Bio following by Emily Morry, Ph.D., librarian at the Collection of the Rochester Public Library's Local History & Genealogy Division and historical researcher in the City Historian's Office:
Cabell Calloway Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1878. Following graduation from Lincoln University–then the only all-Black college north of the Mason-Dixon line–he served as a clerk in a Baltimore law office, then transitioned to real estate.
After a music teacher by the name of Eulalia Reed caught Cabell's fancy, the pair married in 1901. The couple had two daughters, Blanche and Bernice, before moving to Rochester in 1905 with Cabell's brother Harry. It isn't clear why the Calloways relocated to the Flower City, but it may have had something to do with the bleak state of Baltimore's real estate market at the time.
Cabell didn't have much luck in that line of work in his adopted hometown either and instead ended up working as a laborer and porter at various local establishments.
In 1906, seeking to ameliorate his lot and that of fellow African Americans in the city, Calloway decided to start a new branch of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, a fraternal organization of which he'd been a member back in Baltimore.
On April 18, 1906, the Flower City Lodge No. 91 I.B.P.O.E. of the W. was formally established at Clinton Hall with 40 charter members and Cabell Calloway serving as Exalted Ruler. The order would later set up its headquarters at 285 Clarissa Street in the Third Ward at Corn Hill.
The Flower City Lodge hadn't been in place a fortnight when it was met with controversy. In May 1906, five I.B.P.O.E. members, Calloway included, were arrested when a member of the local white Elks, Dr. Richard Decker, complained that they were wearing badges bearing the elk head emblem of the latter organization, and that this represented a statute violation.
After the accused, led by Brother H. Davie Murray, were released on bail, the case was brought to police court. The I.B.P.O.E. brought in a lawyer from New York City, J. Frank Wheaton, who sought to use the case as an opportunity to affirm the rights of African Americans to form, and establish the rules of, their own organizations when they were excluded from similar white groups. Justice Chadsey ruled in favor of the accused.
This legal victory was followed by another bright spot in Calloway's life the following year when son Cabell Calloway III was born on Christmas Day, 1907.
In June 1910, Calloway, suffered an apparent mental break that was significant enough to merit mention in the Democrat & Chronicle.
The reporter described him as being "bereft of reason," climbed out on a pole of the Western Union Telegraph Company at Reynolds Arcade, then looped a bunch of wires around the building's chimney and used them to launch himself through a skylight into the kitchen of the Columbia Rifle Club, where he had once worked.
The following morning, donning a dress coat and gauze shirt, he attempted to solicit subscriptions from passersby for an alleged fund to send two 70-year old men to Lincoln University. He then paid a visit to an Exchange Street saloon, where he indicated that he wanted to leave an order for 250 chauffeurs to report to him at the Central Bank.
After a friend discovered him on Main Street, Calloway was sent to the County Hospital for treatment. In June 1912, he and his family moved back to Baltimore, where he found work as a caterer. Sadly, the following year he was hospitalized again and passed away that October at the age of 35.
Following research from FaG member Robert Hall:
1880 Federal Census for 71 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland: Cabell Calloway, age 35, Occupation: waiter, wife Elizabeth E, age 34, Henry, age 6, Blanche, age 4, Cabell Jr., age 2,. Cabell born in VA, all others born in MD.
1893 Parents' wedding anniversary- china ( 20th ). Source: 'Afro-American' issue of Apr 29th.
1900 Federal Census for 1017 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland: Cabell Calloway, age 53, (Nov 1846), Occupation: painter, wife Elizabeth E, age 52, (Oct 1847), married 27 years, 3 children born, 2 alive, Henry W, age 26, (Jan 1874), Cabell Jr., age 22, ( May 1878), Occupation: real estate. Cabell born in VA, all others born in MD.
1901 Marriage in Feb of Cabell Calloway and Eulalia Reed.
1907 Cabell III born to Cabell Calloway (1880-?1913) and Martha Eulalia Reed ( 1878-1944).
1910 Federal Census for 93 Avenue, Rochester, Monroe, New York: Cabell Calloway, age 30, Occupation: porter; shop work, wife Eulalia, age 31, Occupation: music teacher, married 9 years, 3 children born, 3 alive, Blanche D, age 8, Bernice E, age 6, Cabell III, age 2, Harry W, age 36, Occupation, porter; factory work, all born in MD except Cabell 3rd born in NY, all race: 'm'. Cabell & Eulalia's parents born in VA.
1913 Death year estimate - father.
1920 Federal Census for 2216 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland: John N. Fortune, age 34, Occupation: porter; shop work, wife Martha E, age 39, Occupation: music teacher, 4 step children: Blanche D. Calloway, age 17, Bernice L. Calloway, age 14, Cabell Calloway, age 11, Elmer (Milton Elmer) Calloway, age 8, son John N. Fortune, age 3, daughter Mary C. Fortune, age 1. John born in VA, , all others born in MD except Cabell 3rd and Elmer born in NY, all race: 'b'. John & Eulalia's parents born in VA.
1944 Death of Eulalia Fortune on Sep 30th in Baltimore. Burial location uncertain.
Cabell Calloway Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1878. Following graduation from Lincoln University–then the only all-Black college north of the Mason-Dixon line–he served as a clerk in a Baltimore law office, then transitioned to real estate.
After a music teacher by the name of Eulalia Reed caught Cabell's fancy, the pair married in 1901. The couple had two daughters, Blanche and Bernice, before moving to Rochester in 1905 with Cabell's brother Harry. It isn't clear why the Calloways relocated to the Flower City, but it may have had something to do with the bleak state of Baltimore's real estate market at the time.
Cabell didn't have much luck in that line of work in his adopted hometown either and instead ended up working as a laborer and porter at various local establishments.
In 1906, seeking to ameliorate his lot and that of fellow African Americans in the city, Calloway decided to start a new branch of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, a fraternal organization of which he'd been a member back in Baltimore.
On April 18, 1906, the Flower City Lodge No. 91 I.B.P.O.E. of the W. was formally established at Clinton Hall with 40 charter members and Cabell Calloway serving as Exalted Ruler. The order would later set up its headquarters at 285 Clarissa Street in the Third Ward at Corn Hill.
The Flower City Lodge hadn't been in place a fortnight when it was met with controversy. In May 1906, five I.B.P.O.E. members, Calloway included, were arrested when a member of the local white Elks, Dr. Richard Decker, complained that they were wearing badges bearing the elk head emblem of the latter organization, and that this represented a statute violation.
After the accused, led by Brother H. Davie Murray, were released on bail, the case was brought to police court. The I.B.P.O.E. brought in a lawyer from New York City, J. Frank Wheaton, who sought to use the case as an opportunity to affirm the rights of African Americans to form, and establish the rules of, their own organizations when they were excluded from similar white groups. Justice Chadsey ruled in favor of the accused.
This legal victory was followed by another bright spot in Calloway's life the following year when son Cabell Calloway III was born on Christmas Day, 1907.
In June 1910, Calloway, suffered an apparent mental break that was significant enough to merit mention in the Democrat & Chronicle.
The reporter described him as being "bereft of reason," climbed out on a pole of the Western Union Telegraph Company at Reynolds Arcade, then looped a bunch of wires around the building's chimney and used them to launch himself through a skylight into the kitchen of the Columbia Rifle Club, where he had once worked.
The following morning, donning a dress coat and gauze shirt, he attempted to solicit subscriptions from passersby for an alleged fund to send two 70-year old men to Lincoln University. He then paid a visit to an Exchange Street saloon, where he indicated that he wanted to leave an order for 250 chauffeurs to report to him at the Central Bank.
After a friend discovered him on Main Street, Calloway was sent to the County Hospital for treatment. In June 1912, he and his family moved back to Baltimore, where he found work as a caterer. Sadly, the following year he was hospitalized again and passed away that October at the age of 35.
Following research from FaG member Robert Hall:
1880 Federal Census for 71 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland: Cabell Calloway, age 35, Occupation: waiter, wife Elizabeth E, age 34, Henry, age 6, Blanche, age 4, Cabell Jr., age 2,. Cabell born in VA, all others born in MD.
1893 Parents' wedding anniversary- china ( 20th ). Source: 'Afro-American' issue of Apr 29th.
1900 Federal Census for 1017 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland: Cabell Calloway, age 53, (Nov 1846), Occupation: painter, wife Elizabeth E, age 52, (Oct 1847), married 27 years, 3 children born, 2 alive, Henry W, age 26, (Jan 1874), Cabell Jr., age 22, ( May 1878), Occupation: real estate. Cabell born in VA, all others born in MD.
1901 Marriage in Feb of Cabell Calloway and Eulalia Reed.
1907 Cabell III born to Cabell Calloway (1880-?1913) and Martha Eulalia Reed ( 1878-1944).
1910 Federal Census for 93 Avenue, Rochester, Monroe, New York: Cabell Calloway, age 30, Occupation: porter; shop work, wife Eulalia, age 31, Occupation: music teacher, married 9 years, 3 children born, 3 alive, Blanche D, age 8, Bernice E, age 6, Cabell III, age 2, Harry W, age 36, Occupation, porter; factory work, all born in MD except Cabell 3rd born in NY, all race: 'm'. Cabell & Eulalia's parents born in VA.
1913 Death year estimate - father.
1920 Federal Census for 2216 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland: John N. Fortune, age 34, Occupation: porter; shop work, wife Martha E, age 39, Occupation: music teacher, 4 step children: Blanche D. Calloway, age 17, Bernice L. Calloway, age 14, Cabell Calloway, age 11, Elmer (Milton Elmer) Calloway, age 8, son John N. Fortune, age 3, daughter Mary C. Fortune, age 1. John born in VA, , all others born in MD except Cabell 3rd and Elmer born in NY, all race: 'b'. John & Eulalia's parents born in VA.
1944 Death of Eulalia Fortune on Sep 30th in Baltimore. Burial location uncertain.
Bio following by Emily Morry, Ph.D., librarian at the Collection of the Rochester Public Library's Local History & Genealogy Division and historical researcher in the City Historian's Office:
Cabell Calloway Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1878. Following graduation from Lincoln University–then the only all-Black college north of the Mason-Dixon line–he served as a clerk in a Baltimore law office, then transitioned to real estate.
After a music teacher by the name of Eulalia Reed caught Cabell's fancy, the pair married in 1901. The couple had two daughters, Blanche and Bernice, before moving to Rochester in 1905 with Cabell's brother Harry. It isn't clear why the Calloways relocated to the Flower City, but it may have had something to do with the bleak state of Baltimore's real estate market at the time.
Cabell didn't have much luck in that line of work in his adopted hometown either and instead ended up working as a laborer and porter at various local establishments.
In 1906, seeking to ameliorate his lot and that of fellow African Americans in the city, Calloway decided to start a new branch of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, a fraternal organization of which he'd been a member back in Baltimore.
On April 18, 1906, the Flower City Lodge No. 91 I.B.P.O.E. of the W. was formally established at Clinton Hall with 40 charter members and Cabell Calloway serving as Exalted Ruler. The order would later set up its headquarters at 285 Clarissa Street in the Third Ward at Corn Hill.
The Flower City Lodge hadn't been in place a fortnight when it was met with controversy. In May 1906, five I.B.P.O.E. members, Calloway included, were arrested when a member of the local white Elks, Dr. Richard Decker, complained that they were wearing badges bearing the elk head emblem of the latter organization, and that this represented a statute violation.
After the accused, led by Brother H. Davie Murray, were released on bail, the case was brought to police court. The I.B.P.O.E. brought in a lawyer from New York City, J. Frank Wheaton, who sought to use the case as an opportunity to affirm the rights of African Americans to form, and establish the rules of, their own organizations when they were excluded from similar white groups. Justice Chadsey ruled in favor of the accused.
This legal victory was followed by another bright spot in Calloway's life the following year when son Cabell Calloway III was born on Christmas Day, 1907.
In June 1910, Calloway, suffered an apparent mental break that was significant enough to merit mention in the Democrat & Chronicle.
The reporter described him as being "bereft of reason," climbed out on a pole of the Western Union Telegraph Company at Reynolds Arcade, then looped a bunch of wires around the building's chimney and used them to launch himself through a skylight into the kitchen of the Columbia Rifle Club, where he had once worked.
The following morning, donning a dress coat and gauze shirt, he attempted to solicit subscriptions from passersby for an alleged fund to send two 70-year old men to Lincoln University. He then paid a visit to an Exchange Street saloon, where he indicated that he wanted to leave an order for 250 chauffeurs to report to him at the Central Bank.
After a friend discovered him on Main Street, Calloway was sent to the County Hospital for treatment. In June 1912, he and his family moved back to Baltimore, where he found work as a caterer. Sadly, the following year he was hospitalized again and passed away that October at the age of 35.
Following research from FaG member Robert Hall:
1880 Federal Census for 71 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland: Cabell Calloway, age 35, Occupation: waiter, wife Elizabeth E, age 34, Henry, age 6, Blanche, age 4, Cabell Jr., age 2,. Cabell born in VA, all others born in MD.
1893 Parents' wedding anniversary- china ( 20th ). Source: 'Afro-American' issue of Apr 29th.
1900 Federal Census for 1017 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland: Cabell Calloway, age 53, (Nov 1846), Occupation: painter, wife Elizabeth E, age 52, (Oct 1847), married 27 years, 3 children born, 2 alive, Henry W, age 26, (Jan 1874), Cabell Jr., age 22, ( May 1878), Occupation: real estate. Cabell born in VA, all others born in MD.
1901 Marriage in Feb of Cabell Calloway and Eulalia Reed.
1907 Cabell III born to Cabell Calloway (1880-?1913) and Martha Eulalia Reed ( 1878-1944).
1910 Federal Census for 93 Avenue, Rochester, Monroe, New York: Cabell Calloway, age 30, Occupation: porter; shop work, wife Eulalia, age 31, Occupation: music teacher, married 9 years, 3 children born, 3 alive, Blanche D, age 8, Bernice E, age 6, Cabell III, age 2, Harry W, age 36, Occupation, porter; factory work, all born in MD except Cabell 3rd born in NY, all race: 'm'. Cabell & Eulalia's parents born in VA.
1913 Death year estimate - father.
1920 Federal Census for 2216 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland: John N. Fortune, age 34, Occupation: porter; shop work, wife Martha E, age 39, Occupation: music teacher, 4 step children: Blanche D. Calloway, age 17, Bernice L. Calloway, age 14, Cabell Calloway, age 11, Elmer (Milton Elmer) Calloway, age 8, son John N. Fortune, age 3, daughter Mary C. Fortune, age 1. John born in VA, , all others born in MD except Cabell 3rd and Elmer born in NY, all race: 'b'. John & Eulalia's parents born in VA.
1944 Death of Eulalia Fortune on Sep 30th in Baltimore. Burial location uncertain.
Cabell Calloway Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1878. Following graduation from Lincoln University–then the only all-Black college north of the Mason-Dixon line–he served as a clerk in a Baltimore law office, then transitioned to real estate.
After a music teacher by the name of Eulalia Reed caught Cabell's fancy, the pair married in 1901. The couple had two daughters, Blanche and Bernice, before moving to Rochester in 1905 with Cabell's brother Harry. It isn't clear why the Calloways relocated to the Flower City, but it may have had something to do with the bleak state of Baltimore's real estate market at the time.
Cabell didn't have much luck in that line of work in his adopted hometown either and instead ended up working as a laborer and porter at various local establishments.
In 1906, seeking to ameliorate his lot and that of fellow African Americans in the city, Calloway decided to start a new branch of the Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, a fraternal organization of which he'd been a member back in Baltimore.
On April 18, 1906, the Flower City Lodge No. 91 I.B.P.O.E. of the W. was formally established at Clinton Hall with 40 charter members and Cabell Calloway serving as Exalted Ruler. The order would later set up its headquarters at 285 Clarissa Street in the Third Ward at Corn Hill.
The Flower City Lodge hadn't been in place a fortnight when it was met with controversy. In May 1906, five I.B.P.O.E. members, Calloway included, were arrested when a member of the local white Elks, Dr. Richard Decker, complained that they were wearing badges bearing the elk head emblem of the latter organization, and that this represented a statute violation.
After the accused, led by Brother H. Davie Murray, were released on bail, the case was brought to police court. The I.B.P.O.E. brought in a lawyer from New York City, J. Frank Wheaton, who sought to use the case as an opportunity to affirm the rights of African Americans to form, and establish the rules of, their own organizations when they were excluded from similar white groups. Justice Chadsey ruled in favor of the accused.
This legal victory was followed by another bright spot in Calloway's life the following year when son Cabell Calloway III was born on Christmas Day, 1907.
In June 1910, Calloway, suffered an apparent mental break that was significant enough to merit mention in the Democrat & Chronicle.
The reporter described him as being "bereft of reason," climbed out on a pole of the Western Union Telegraph Company at Reynolds Arcade, then looped a bunch of wires around the building's chimney and used them to launch himself through a skylight into the kitchen of the Columbia Rifle Club, where he had once worked.
The following morning, donning a dress coat and gauze shirt, he attempted to solicit subscriptions from passersby for an alleged fund to send two 70-year old men to Lincoln University. He then paid a visit to an Exchange Street saloon, where he indicated that he wanted to leave an order for 250 chauffeurs to report to him at the Central Bank.
After a friend discovered him on Main Street, Calloway was sent to the County Hospital for treatment. In June 1912, he and his family moved back to Baltimore, where he found work as a caterer. Sadly, the following year he was hospitalized again and passed away that October at the age of 35.
Following research from FaG member Robert Hall:
1880 Federal Census for 71 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland: Cabell Calloway, age 35, Occupation: waiter, wife Elizabeth E, age 34, Henry, age 6, Blanche, age 4, Cabell Jr., age 2,. Cabell born in VA, all others born in MD.
1893 Parents' wedding anniversary- china ( 20th ). Source: 'Afro-American' issue of Apr 29th.
1900 Federal Census for 1017 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland: Cabell Calloway, age 53, (Nov 1846), Occupation: painter, wife Elizabeth E, age 52, (Oct 1847), married 27 years, 3 children born, 2 alive, Henry W, age 26, (Jan 1874), Cabell Jr., age 22, ( May 1878), Occupation: real estate. Cabell born in VA, all others born in MD.
1901 Marriage in Feb of Cabell Calloway and Eulalia Reed.
1907 Cabell III born to Cabell Calloway (1880-?1913) and Martha Eulalia Reed ( 1878-1944).
1910 Federal Census for 93 Avenue, Rochester, Monroe, New York: Cabell Calloway, age 30, Occupation: porter; shop work, wife Eulalia, age 31, Occupation: music teacher, married 9 years, 3 children born, 3 alive, Blanche D, age 8, Bernice E, age 6, Cabell III, age 2, Harry W, age 36, Occupation, porter; factory work, all born in MD except Cabell 3rd born in NY, all race: 'm'. Cabell & Eulalia's parents born in VA.
1913 Death year estimate - father.
1920 Federal Census for 2216 Druid Hill Avenue, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland: John N. Fortune, age 34, Occupation: porter; shop work, wife Martha E, age 39, Occupation: music teacher, 4 step children: Blanche D. Calloway, age 17, Bernice L. Calloway, age 14, Cabell Calloway, age 11, Elmer (Milton Elmer) Calloway, age 8, son John N. Fortune, age 3, daughter Mary C. Fortune, age 1. John born in VA, , all others born in MD except Cabell 3rd and Elmer born in NY, all race: 'b'. John & Eulalia's parents born in VA.
1944 Death of Eulalia Fortune on Sep 30th in Baltimore. Burial location uncertain.
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