Advertisement

Felix Grundy Callahan

Advertisement

Felix Grundy Callahan

Birth
Arkansas, USA
Death
1 Jan 1909 (aged 50)
Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
View Source
Felix Grundy Callahan was a son of James Dobbins Callahan (1812-1864) and Mary A. Jones (1819-1903)
He was married to Americalee Taylor (1860-1894) and had the following children with her... Joseph M. 'Joe'Callahan, twin daughters, Daisy Dean Callahan Hilliard and Deanie Day Callahan Seabolt , and lastly Felix Grundy Callahan Jr.

He later married Mary Francis Spratlin-- and together they had these children, James R. Callahan, Leon Gilbert, and Carrie Nation Callahan Desha.

Callahan ends life by suicide, Felix Grundy Callahan who killed Arthur Seabolt, takes whiskey and strychnine and dies at his home. Grundy Callahan committed suicide last night at his home near Roff, by drinking whiskey & strychnine, as some of the contents were found , left in the bottle from which he drank. Grundy Callahan shot and killed his son-in-law Arthur Seabolt, at the home of the latter, Dec 17, last. Seabolt married a daughter of the wife of Callahan,by her first husband , who was an Indian. The daughter had an allotment , near Roff on which Callahan lived, while Seabolt and his wife resided elsewhere. On December 16, Callahan moved off the premises and on the 17th Seabolt moved in. Callahan returned to Seabolt's home and according to eye witness, shot Seabolt as he was getting out of the crib door with his arms full of corn.. After shooting him down he emptied other shots into the prostrate body. Callahan was committed to jail without bail, but later his attorneys; , Stone & Maxey, secured before Judge West, bond in the sum of $25,000 which was made with scheduled property security of $35,000.
Felix Grundy Callahan was a son of James Dobbins Callahan (1812-1864) and Mary A. Jones (1819-1903)
He was married to Americalee Taylor (1860-1894) and had the following children with her... Joseph M. 'Joe'Callahan, twin daughters, Daisy Dean Callahan Hilliard and Deanie Day Callahan Seabolt , and lastly Felix Grundy Callahan Jr.

He later married Mary Francis Spratlin-- and together they had these children, James R. Callahan, Leon Gilbert, and Carrie Nation Callahan Desha.

Callahan ends life by suicide, Felix Grundy Callahan who killed Arthur Seabolt, takes whiskey and strychnine and dies at his home. Grundy Callahan committed suicide last night at his home near Roff, by drinking whiskey & strychnine, as some of the contents were found , left in the bottle from which he drank. Grundy Callahan shot and killed his son-in-law Arthur Seabolt, at the home of the latter, Dec 17, last. Seabolt married a daughter of the wife of Callahan,by her first husband , who was an Indian. The daughter had an allotment , near Roff on which Callahan lived, while Seabolt and his wife resided elsewhere. On December 16, Callahan moved off the premises and on the 17th Seabolt moved in. Callahan returned to Seabolt's home and according to eye witness, shot Seabolt as he was getting out of the crib door with his arms full of corn.. After shooting him down he emptied other shots into the prostrate body. Callahan was committed to jail without bail, but later his attorneys; , Stone & Maxey, secured before Judge West, bond in the sum of $25,000 which was made with scheduled property security of $35,000.


Sponsored by Ancestry

Advertisement