John was baptised by Chester Bullard , elder in Deciples of Christ Church, in 1838. In 1850, John is in the 1850 Census in Pulaski Co., VA, next to James D. and Nancy Calfee and William and Eveline Howard Calfee. He was a farmer and operator of a mill on New River. By 1860, he and wife Jane had a Princeton, WV post office address.
His will, written 27 November 1866, Mercer County, WV, Will Book I, p. 264 (162). He left land on the bank of Bluestone River, Abbs Valley to nephew John A. Calfee, brothers and sisters of William Davis Calfee, William Ballard Calfee and John Franklin Calfee (both sons of brother James D. Calfee), wife Jane A. Calfee, Cynthia Rhoda Calfee (daughter of James D. Calfee), and he freed slaves - Patsy, Margaret, Cintha, Charles and Leticia. James Calfee and John A. Calfee were executors. Will probated 13 May 1867.
"Brother James Calfee, wrote from Mercer County of the death, on the 16th of February, 1867, of John Calfee, Sr., aged 75 years, 1 mo., and 11 days.: He was one of the first fruits of Elder C. Bullard's labors in Pulaski Co., Va., being baptized in the winter, I think, of 1838. He was for many years an elder of a congregation in Pulaski, and soon after his removal to Mercer Co., upon the organization of a congregation in the neighborhood, he was chosen to preside over it. He was vigilant and faithful in the discharge of his duties, striving for the purity and prosperity of the church... Mercer County, Va. March 1867. James Calfee"
(From "the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in West Virginia," by Wilbur H. Cramblet)
Following is a letter he wrote to his brother James Davis Calfee:
Abbs Valley, Feb. 22, 1859
Bro. Davis,
I should have written to you before now but have been expecting a letter from Leander or some friend over there, but have rec. none as yet. We are enjoying common health at this time but the whole family has been sick with coles during the winter, Jane and myself in particular. I had a pain in my jaw from a decayd tooth which caused me to suffer very much, had to take nourishment by sucking it from a spoon. It is well now. I have had this tooth extracted, my other disease is no more. This winter them common. Mrs. Witten is sick, Jane has just got home after staying with her all night, says she is better this morning ...health of the neighborhood is good as far as heard from.
We have had a very wet winter and there is now a good prospect for snow. I reason you heard that Squire Bob has got a wife. I have not been able to ascertain what he intends doing, but guess he'd go to Texas. I have a prospect of geting some .... this spring and if I can I want to buy 20 or 25 head of cattle & will pay the greater part ....in the fall. If you have an opportunity, I want you to see what will be the chance of geting cattle.
I thought probably the Jenings might have cattle that they would sell in the spring.
What of James(?) Thompson I have heard nothing from him since I was over.
Write soon & write often. Jane wants the girls to write to her.
Jane joins in love to our relitives and friends.
Yours truly, John Calfee
From another letter written October 8th, 186-, Abbs Valley:
Dear James - I recd your letter in common time and intended to have answered directly but on account of the annoyances ---- --- I have failed to do so til now. I sympathize with you all in the loss of your dear little boy [Crockett Wilson Calfee.... as what a shock ....death of a dear friend ..... , I recollect the poor little fellow very well, his mother told him to come and tell me howdy last spring. The ways of the Lord are frequently ... to us. ...My heart is about like it was when I ... last spring. Your aunt Jane is not in very good health. I think she has over done her self waiting on soldiers. The rest of the family are well - ever since the raid on Wytheville we have had from a company to a ... in this Valley til first of Oct and then damp weather. Our crops were good in this section. War news are more encouraging of late. I pray that changes may take place to cause a ... gloom. Show this to your Uncle Davis - tel him to write to immediately & let me know what he has heard from Ballard and Leander since the late fighting in Tennessee.
Jane joins in love to all our friends over there. Too many to name here.
Remember us most kindly to your mother & aunts. I hope this war will soon cease & that we all will get to see each other again. Yours truly,
John Calfee
His will, written 27 November 1866, Mercer County, WV, Will Book I, p. 264 (162). He left land on the bank of Bluestone River, Abbs Valley to nephew John A. Calfee, brothers and sisters of William Davis Calfee, William Ballard Calfee and John Franklin Calfee (both sons of brother James D. Calfee), wife Jane A. Calfee, Cynthia Rhoda Calfee (daughter of James D. Calfee), and he freed slaves - Patsy, Margaret, Cintha, Charles and Leticia. James Calfee and John A. Calfee were executors. Will probated 13 May 1867.
"Brother James Calfee, wrote from Mercer County of the death, on the 16th of February, 1867, of John Calfee, Sr., aged 75 years, 1 mo., and 11 days.: He was one of the first fruits of Elder C. Bullard's labors in Pulaski Co., Va., being baptized in the winter, I think, of 1838. He was for many years an elder of a congregation in Pulaski, and soon after his removal to Mercer Co., upon the organization of a congregation in the neighborhood, he was chosen to preside over it. He was vigilant and faithful in the discharge of his duties, striving for the purity and prosperity of the church... Mercer County, Va. March 1867. James Calfee"
(From "the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in West Virginia," by Wilbur H. Cramblet)
Following is a letter he wrote to his brother James Davis Calfee:
Abbs Valley, Feb. 22, 1859
Bro. Davis,
I should have written to you before now but have been expecting a letter from Leander or some friend over there, but have rec. none as yet. We are enjoying common health at this time but the whole family has been sick with coles during the winter, Jane and myself in particular. I had a pain in my jaw from a decayd tooth which caused me to suffer very much, had to take nourishment by sucking it from a spoon. It is well now. I have had this tooth extracted, my other disease is no more. This winter them common. Mrs. Witten is sick, Jane has just got home after staying with her all night, says she is better this morning ...health of the neighborhood is good as far as heard from.
We have had a very wet winter and there is now a good prospect for snow. I reason you heard that Squire Bob has got a wife. I have not been able to ascertain what he intends doing, but guess he'd go to Texas. I have a prospect of geting some .... this spring and if I can I want to buy 20 or 25 head of cattle & will pay the greater part ....in the fall. If you have an opportunity, I want you to see what will be the chance of geting cattle.
I thought probably the Jenings might have cattle that they would sell in the spring.
What of James(?) Thompson I have heard nothing from him since I was over.
Write soon & write often. Jane wants the girls to write to her.
Jane joins in love to our relitives and friends.
Yours truly, John Calfee
From another letter written October 8th, 186-, Abbs Valley:
Dear James - I recd your letter in common time and intended to have answered directly but on account of the annoyances ---- --- I have failed to do so til now. I sympathize with you all in the loss of your dear little boy [Crockett Wilson Calfee.... as what a shock ....death of a dear friend ..... , I recollect the poor little fellow very well, his mother told him to come and tell me howdy last spring. The ways of the Lord are frequently ... to us. ...My heart is about like it was when I ... last spring. Your aunt Jane is not in very good health. I think she has over done her self waiting on soldiers. The rest of the family are well - ever since the raid on Wytheville we have had from a company to a ... in this Valley til first of Oct and then damp weather. Our crops were good in this section. War news are more encouraging of late. I pray that changes may take place to cause a ... gloom. Show this to your Uncle Davis - tel him to write to immediately & let me know what he has heard from Ballard and Leander since the late fighting in Tennessee.
Jane joins in love to all our friends over there. Too many to name here.
Remember us most kindly to your mother & aunts. I hope this war will soon cease & that we all will get to see each other again. Yours truly,
John Calfee
John was baptised by Chester Bullard , elder in Deciples of Christ Church, in 1838. In 1850, John is in the 1850 Census in Pulaski Co., VA, next to James D. and Nancy Calfee and William and Eveline Howard Calfee. He was a farmer and operator of a mill on New River. By 1860, he and wife Jane had a Princeton, WV post office address.
His will, written 27 November 1866, Mercer County, WV, Will Book I, p. 264 (162). He left land on the bank of Bluestone River, Abbs Valley to nephew John A. Calfee, brothers and sisters of William Davis Calfee, William Ballard Calfee and John Franklin Calfee (both sons of brother James D. Calfee), wife Jane A. Calfee, Cynthia Rhoda Calfee (daughter of James D. Calfee), and he freed slaves - Patsy, Margaret, Cintha, Charles and Leticia. James Calfee and John A. Calfee were executors. Will probated 13 May 1867.
"Brother James Calfee, wrote from Mercer County of the death, on the 16th of February, 1867, of John Calfee, Sr., aged 75 years, 1 mo., and 11 days.: He was one of the first fruits of Elder C. Bullard's labors in Pulaski Co., Va., being baptized in the winter, I think, of 1838. He was for many years an elder of a congregation in Pulaski, and soon after his removal to Mercer Co., upon the organization of a congregation in the neighborhood, he was chosen to preside over it. He was vigilant and faithful in the discharge of his duties, striving for the purity and prosperity of the church... Mercer County, Va. March 1867. James Calfee"
(From "the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in West Virginia," by Wilbur H. Cramblet)
Following is a letter he wrote to his brother James Davis Calfee:
Abbs Valley, Feb. 22, 1859
Bro. Davis,
I should have written to you before now but have been expecting a letter from Leander or some friend over there, but have rec. none as yet. We are enjoying common health at this time but the whole family has been sick with coles during the winter, Jane and myself in particular. I had a pain in my jaw from a decayd tooth which caused me to suffer very much, had to take nourishment by sucking it from a spoon. It is well now. I have had this tooth extracted, my other disease is no more. This winter them common. Mrs. Witten is sick, Jane has just got home after staying with her all night, says she is better this morning ...health of the neighborhood is good as far as heard from.
We have had a very wet winter and there is now a good prospect for snow. I reason you heard that Squire Bob has got a wife. I have not been able to ascertain what he intends doing, but guess he'd go to Texas. I have a prospect of geting some .... this spring and if I can I want to buy 20 or 25 head of cattle & will pay the greater part ....in the fall. If you have an opportunity, I want you to see what will be the chance of geting cattle.
I thought probably the Jenings might have cattle that they would sell in the spring.
What of James(?) Thompson I have heard nothing from him since I was over.
Write soon & write often. Jane wants the girls to write to her.
Jane joins in love to our relitives and friends.
Yours truly, John Calfee
From another letter written October 8th, 186-, Abbs Valley:
Dear James - I recd your letter in common time and intended to have answered directly but on account of the annoyances ---- --- I have failed to do so til now. I sympathize with you all in the loss of your dear little boy [Crockett Wilson Calfee.... as what a shock ....death of a dear friend ..... , I recollect the poor little fellow very well, his mother told him to come and tell me howdy last spring. The ways of the Lord are frequently ... to us. ...My heart is about like it was when I ... last spring. Your aunt Jane is not in very good health. I think she has over done her self waiting on soldiers. The rest of the family are well - ever since the raid on Wytheville we have had from a company to a ... in this Valley til first of Oct and then damp weather. Our crops were good in this section. War news are more encouraging of late. I pray that changes may take place to cause a ... gloom. Show this to your Uncle Davis - tel him to write to immediately & let me know what he has heard from Ballard and Leander since the late fighting in Tennessee.
Jane joins in love to all our friends over there. Too many to name here.
Remember us most kindly to your mother & aunts. I hope this war will soon cease & that we all will get to see each other again. Yours truly,
John Calfee
His will, written 27 November 1866, Mercer County, WV, Will Book I, p. 264 (162). He left land on the bank of Bluestone River, Abbs Valley to nephew John A. Calfee, brothers and sisters of William Davis Calfee, William Ballard Calfee and John Franklin Calfee (both sons of brother James D. Calfee), wife Jane A. Calfee, Cynthia Rhoda Calfee (daughter of James D. Calfee), and he freed slaves - Patsy, Margaret, Cintha, Charles and Leticia. James Calfee and John A. Calfee were executors. Will probated 13 May 1867.
"Brother James Calfee, wrote from Mercer County of the death, on the 16th of February, 1867, of John Calfee, Sr., aged 75 years, 1 mo., and 11 days.: He was one of the first fruits of Elder C. Bullard's labors in Pulaski Co., Va., being baptized in the winter, I think, of 1838. He was for many years an elder of a congregation in Pulaski, and soon after his removal to Mercer Co., upon the organization of a congregation in the neighborhood, he was chosen to preside over it. He was vigilant and faithful in the discharge of his duties, striving for the purity and prosperity of the church... Mercer County, Va. March 1867. James Calfee"
(From "the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in West Virginia," by Wilbur H. Cramblet)
Following is a letter he wrote to his brother James Davis Calfee:
Abbs Valley, Feb. 22, 1859
Bro. Davis,
I should have written to you before now but have been expecting a letter from Leander or some friend over there, but have rec. none as yet. We are enjoying common health at this time but the whole family has been sick with coles during the winter, Jane and myself in particular. I had a pain in my jaw from a decayd tooth which caused me to suffer very much, had to take nourishment by sucking it from a spoon. It is well now. I have had this tooth extracted, my other disease is no more. This winter them common. Mrs. Witten is sick, Jane has just got home after staying with her all night, says she is better this morning ...health of the neighborhood is good as far as heard from.
We have had a very wet winter and there is now a good prospect for snow. I reason you heard that Squire Bob has got a wife. I have not been able to ascertain what he intends doing, but guess he'd go to Texas. I have a prospect of geting some .... this spring and if I can I want to buy 20 or 25 head of cattle & will pay the greater part ....in the fall. If you have an opportunity, I want you to see what will be the chance of geting cattle.
I thought probably the Jenings might have cattle that they would sell in the spring.
What of James(?) Thompson I have heard nothing from him since I was over.
Write soon & write often. Jane wants the girls to write to her.
Jane joins in love to our relitives and friends.
Yours truly, John Calfee
From another letter written October 8th, 186-, Abbs Valley:
Dear James - I recd your letter in common time and intended to have answered directly but on account of the annoyances ---- --- I have failed to do so til now. I sympathize with you all in the loss of your dear little boy [Crockett Wilson Calfee.... as what a shock ....death of a dear friend ..... , I recollect the poor little fellow very well, his mother told him to come and tell me howdy last spring. The ways of the Lord are frequently ... to us. ...My heart is about like it was when I ... last spring. Your aunt Jane is not in very good health. I think she has over done her self waiting on soldiers. The rest of the family are well - ever since the raid on Wytheville we have had from a company to a ... in this Valley til first of Oct and then damp weather. Our crops were good in this section. War news are more encouraging of late. I pray that changes may take place to cause a ... gloom. Show this to your Uncle Davis - tel him to write to immediately & let me know what he has heard from Ballard and Leander since the late fighting in Tennessee.
Jane joins in love to all our friends over there. Too many to name here.
Remember us most kindly to your mother & aunts. I hope this war will soon cease & that we all will get to see each other again. Yours truly,
John Calfee
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