Dallas Morning News
24 Oct. 1918
Mineola , Texas , Oct. 23. – L. D. Callaway Sr., prominent business man and leading citizen of Mineola , died recently of pneumonia, following an attack of influenza.
He was born Oct. 18, 1869 , in Wood County , Texas.
He was a former Mayor of Mineola and had been actively identified with civic and religious programs.
He was interested in farming, good roads and reclamation projects, being a director of the State Levee and Drainage Association.
At the time of his death he was a member of the school board and was a deacon in the Baptist Church.
He was a member of the Masonic lodge, Knights of Pythias, Praetorians and Woodmen of the World.
He leaves a wife, four daughters and one son. He is survived also by a brother, Jim Callaway, and three sisters, Mrs. S. L. Bradford of Mineola , Mrs. W. N. Harpole and Mrs. J. R. Jenkins of Snyder , Texas
Sub by Marla Zwakman
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Callaway House.
Wood County natives Lorenzo Dow Callaway (1869-1918) and Elizabeth Williams (1874-1949) married in 1892 and had five children.
Lorenzo joined his father, James Anderson Callaway, in his mercantile business, and had other varied interests including ranching and milling.
He also served as a school trustee, city alderman and mayor.
Soon after they married, the Callaways built this home. The one-story Queen Anne-style T-plan residence features shingles and detailing in the gables, partial porches, and decorative spindlework and railings.
Lorenzo died in 1918 in the flu epidemic.
Elizabeth served for many years as manager of lunchroom operations for Mineola schools.
The house remained in the Callaway family until 1984.
24 Oct. 1918
Mineola , Texas , Oct. 23. – L. D. Callaway Sr., prominent business man and leading citizen of Mineola , died recently of pneumonia, following an attack of influenza.
He was born Oct. 18, 1869 , in Wood County , Texas.
He was a former Mayor of Mineola and had been actively identified with civic and religious programs.
He was interested in farming, good roads and reclamation projects, being a director of the State Levee and Drainage Association.
At the time of his death he was a member of the school board and was a deacon in the Baptist Church.
He was a member of the Masonic lodge, Knights of Pythias, Praetorians and Woodmen of the World.
He leaves a wife, four daughters and one son. He is survived also by a brother, Jim Callaway, and three sisters, Mrs. S. L. Bradford of Mineola , Mrs. W. N. Harpole and Mrs. J. R. Jenkins of Snyder , Texas
Sub by Marla Zwakman
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Callaway House.
Wood County natives Lorenzo Dow Callaway (1869-1918) and Elizabeth Williams (1874-1949) married in 1892 and had five children.
Lorenzo joined his father, James Anderson Callaway, in his mercantile business, and had other varied interests including ranching and milling.
He also served as a school trustee, city alderman and mayor.
Soon after they married, the Callaways built this home. The one-story Queen Anne-style T-plan residence features shingles and detailing in the gables, partial porches, and decorative spindlework and railings.
Lorenzo died in 1918 in the flu epidemic.
Elizabeth served for many years as manager of lunchroom operations for Mineola schools.
The house remained in the Callaway family until 1984.
Dallas Morning News
24 Oct. 1918
Mineola , Texas , Oct. 23. – L. D. Callaway Sr., prominent business man and leading citizen of Mineola , died recently of pneumonia, following an attack of influenza.
He was born Oct. 18, 1869 , in Wood County , Texas.
He was a former Mayor of Mineola and had been actively identified with civic and religious programs.
He was interested in farming, good roads and reclamation projects, being a director of the State Levee and Drainage Association.
At the time of his death he was a member of the school board and was a deacon in the Baptist Church.
He was a member of the Masonic lodge, Knights of Pythias, Praetorians and Woodmen of the World.
He leaves a wife, four daughters and one son. He is survived also by a brother, Jim Callaway, and three sisters, Mrs. S. L. Bradford of Mineola , Mrs. W. N. Harpole and Mrs. J. R. Jenkins of Snyder , Texas
Sub by Marla Zwakman
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Callaway House.
Wood County natives Lorenzo Dow Callaway (1869-1918) and Elizabeth Williams (1874-1949) married in 1892 and had five children.
Lorenzo joined his father, James Anderson Callaway, in his mercantile business, and had other varied interests including ranching and milling.
He also served as a school trustee, city alderman and mayor.
Soon after they married, the Callaways built this home. The one-story Queen Anne-style T-plan residence features shingles and detailing in the gables, partial porches, and decorative spindlework and railings.
Lorenzo died in 1918 in the flu epidemic.
Elizabeth served for many years as manager of lunchroom operations for Mineola schools.
The house remained in the Callaway family until 1984.
24 Oct. 1918
Mineola , Texas , Oct. 23. – L. D. Callaway Sr., prominent business man and leading citizen of Mineola , died recently of pneumonia, following an attack of influenza.
He was born Oct. 18, 1869 , in Wood County , Texas.
He was a former Mayor of Mineola and had been actively identified with civic and religious programs.
He was interested in farming, good roads and reclamation projects, being a director of the State Levee and Drainage Association.
At the time of his death he was a member of the school board and was a deacon in the Baptist Church.
He was a member of the Masonic lodge, Knights of Pythias, Praetorians and Woodmen of the World.
He leaves a wife, four daughters and one son. He is survived also by a brother, Jim Callaway, and three sisters, Mrs. S. L. Bradford of Mineola , Mrs. W. N. Harpole and Mrs. J. R. Jenkins of Snyder , Texas
Sub by Marla Zwakman
************************************************************
Callaway House.
Wood County natives Lorenzo Dow Callaway (1869-1918) and Elizabeth Williams (1874-1949) married in 1892 and had five children.
Lorenzo joined his father, James Anderson Callaway, in his mercantile business, and had other varied interests including ranching and milling.
He also served as a school trustee, city alderman and mayor.
Soon after they married, the Callaways built this home. The one-story Queen Anne-style T-plan residence features shingles and detailing in the gables, partial porches, and decorative spindlework and railings.
Lorenzo died in 1918 in the flu epidemic.
Elizabeth served for many years as manager of lunchroom operations for Mineola schools.
The house remained in the Callaway family until 1984.
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