| Birth: | May 21, 1825
Mason County
West Virginia, USA | | Death: | Nov. 7, 1898
Missouri, USA | 
The following obituary was published in the November 17, 1898 issue of the MILAN REPUBLICAN, a newspaper of Milan, Sullivan County, Missouri.
Judge Thomas McCallister, the object of this sketch, was born in Mason County, West Virginia, May 21st, 1825. In 1835 the family moved to Madison County, Indiana, where Thomas grew to manhood. In 1849 he was united in marriage with Mary Poindexter, who died in this county in May 1882. In 1856 Mr. McCallister moved with his family to Clay Township, this county, and settled on the farm on which he died. In March 1885 , he was joined in marriage to Margaret Mairs, who survives him and mourns her loss.
To the first marriage were born six children: Josephus, the present recorder of deeds of Sullivan County; William, who died in 1883; Orlando, who resides in Clay Township; Madlum, wife of S.S. Milledge of Herman, Oregon; Lois, wife of J.L. Taylor, also of Herman, Oregon; and Sidney A., wife of William Reger, of Clay Township this county.
Judge McCallister was a man of strong convictions. When the country was in need of men, he answered the call, and was among those who first raised Old Glory, and made her float over the courthouse in this city. In July 1861 he enlisted in the Twenty-third Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and served his country until discharged at Atlanta, Georgia, in September 1864. He enlisted as a private but was promoted to Orderly Sergeant, before being discharged. At the battle of Pittsburg Landing he was taken prisoner and held about six and one-half months. At Macon, Georgia, he was paroled and sent to the hospital at Portsmouth Grove, Rhode Island, where he remained until the spring of 1863. The same year he joined his regiment at Gasconade, Missouri, serving in Missouri until the spring, 1864, when he joined Sherman on his march to the sea.
Previous to the war the Judge was a Democrat, but since that time he has been identified with the Republican party. He has served as collector of his township and as Justice of the Peace. In 1878, he was elected county judge, the duties of which office he faithfully discharged. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and lived a life that wholly conformed to and was consistent with the profession he made. When the summons came it found him on duty and he willingly accompanied the boatman across the chilly river. When he joined his comrades in arms, and the friends who knew him so well. The hand of Judge McCallister was ever open to the needy and distressed. Well may it be said of him:
"The sick he soothed; the hungry fed
Bad care and sorrow flee
He loved to raise the downcast head
Of friendless poverty."
No stronger evidence of the universal esteem in which he was held by his neighbors and the community could be given than the vast concourse of friends and neighbors that assembled and followed his remains to their last resting place. To his family he leaves the heritage of the noblest work of God, "An honest man." To the community the influence of a life that will bear fruitage in the years to come, in the lives of those who came in touch with him. To the State a noble patriot, who when the national life was in danger, left wife and family and offered his life that the nation might live.
"Soldier rest, thy warfares o'er.
Sleep the sleep that knows no waking
Dream of battlefields no more
Days of toil and nights of waking."
Yours is an eternal rest. Yours is a crown well won, a reward sure and eternal. Peace be to you 'till we meet you and greet you in the eternal camping ground.
Thomas McCallister and Mary Jane Poindexter had two additional sons not listed in the obituary. They were: Charles 26 APR 1851 - 14 MAR 1857, and James Garrett 18 NOV 1860 - 26 DEC 1874/75
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Children:
Joe McCallister (1855 - 1923)*
Sidney Ann McCallister Reger (1865 - 1931)*
Thomas Orlando McCallister (1868 - 1910)*
Spouses:
Mary Jane Poindexter McCallister (1827 - 1882)*
Margaret Mairs McCallister (1833 - 1916)*
*Point here for explanation
| | | Burial:
Busby Cemetery
Newtown
Sullivan County
Missouri, USA |
Created by: LMac
Record added: Oct 15, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 22242371 |
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