Milledge William McCall
Sex: M
Birth: 25 DEC 1803 in Liberty County, Georgia
Death: 26 AUG 1880 in Cameron, Louisiana
Burial: McCall Cemetery, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Census: 1880 District 4, 2nd Ward, Cameron, Louisiana Living with son Jesse.
Note:
THE MCCALLS COVER 150 YEARS OF HISTORY
Just after the Civil War, Dr. Milledge William McCall, one of the first permanent settlers of Grand Chenier, faced the challenge of his career.
"there were no medical facilities in Grand Chenier. There. was almost no medicines. After his arrival in Grand Chenier, he was called upon to amputate the arm of a friend, John Wm. Sweeney, which had been badly mangled in a cotton gin accident.
Archie Hollister, a scholar-historian who wrote about early day Cameron Parish and who was a descendant of both the McCalls and the Sweeneys, wrote about the incident:
"McCall's only surgical tools were the ordinary instruments found within the home of that day - a sharp razor, sewing needles, waxed thread and common carpenter's saw. The only anesthetics available were strong whiskey and laudanum. But the a mputation was done successfully, and John W. Sweeney lived to praise the courage and skill of his lifelong friend, Dr. McCall. Dr. Milledge McCall was also called "Judge" because he was a Justice of the Peace. McCall was married to Sarah Barnie Martin, and the couple had 12 childre n- Mary Elizabeth, Eliza Ann, Hester Milledge, Margaret William, Martha Di ane, William Hardson, Milledge Bird, John Martin, Albert. Henry, Thomas, J ames Bray and Jessee Dennis McCall.
The saga of the McCalls and their descendants reads like a living "Who's Who" of Cameron and Calcasieu parishes.
Mrs. Bernice Hollister Denny of Iowa, also a writer of early Cameron history and descendant of Dr. Milledge's son, William Harrison, wrote:
"It is believed that Dr. Milledge McCall moved his family by ox cart or wagon (from St. Martinville) to the Mermentau River, then down the river on poled flatboats to the cheniers -their first home was built of cypress boards fastened with pegs. It lasted 70 years. Cotton was the only money crop of that day, but gardens, fruit, orchards provided for family and livestock."
Dr. Milledge McCall arrived in Grand Chenier about 1837. Transportation consisted mostly of slides drawn by oxen. A two-wheeled cart was a luxury few could afford. One of Dr. Milledge McCall's sons, William Harrison McCall, married Harriet Ann Sweeney, and later went into the Civil War as a Confederate soldier. He died of pneumonia at Mansfield, leaving two children Milledge Bird McCall,-the second son of Dr. McCall, only lived to be 24 and never married. He was killed by Jayhawkers after the war. A daughter - Hester (Hettie) married Judge Andrew J. Kearney, who was the second lawyer to settle in Lake Charles. Kearney moved to Leesburg(Cameron) in 1878 because there was more business there, since it was the po rt of entry for all schooners and ocean-going ships entering the Calcasi eu River. Another of Dr. McCall's daughters, Martha Diana, married John Wetherill. His brother S.P. Wetherill.
Nora Mae Ross
Father: Jesse McCall
Mother: Mary Bird
Marriage: Sarah Barnee Bray Martin b: 7 FEB 1809 in North Carolina
Married: 1826
Children
1. Martha Diann McCall
2. Mary Elizabeth McCall b: 27 JUN 1827 in ,Lafayette, Louisiana
3. Eliza Anne McCall b: 29 OCT 1829 in Baldwin County, Georgia
4. Hester McCall b: 1833 in Louisiana
5. Margaret William McCall b: 1835 in Louisiana
6. William Harrison McCall b: 22 FEB 1838 in Hines County, Mississippi
7. Milledge Bird McCall b: 14 MAR 1840 in Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
8. John Martin McCall b: 28 JAN 1843 in Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
9. Albert Henry McCall b: 25 DEC 1844 in Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
10. James Bray McCall b: 1 JUL 1848
11. Fanny A McCall b: 1849
12. Jessie Dennis McCall b: 1850 in Louisiana
Sex: M
Birth: 25 DEC 1803 in Liberty County, Georgia
Death: 26 AUG 1880 in Cameron, Louisiana
Burial: McCall Cemetery, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Census: 1880 District 4, 2nd Ward, Cameron, Louisiana Living with son Jesse.
Note:
THE MCCALLS COVER 150 YEARS OF HISTORY
Just after the Civil War, Dr. Milledge William McCall, one of the first permanent settlers of Grand Chenier, faced the challenge of his career.
"there were no medical facilities in Grand Chenier. There. was almost no medicines. After his arrival in Grand Chenier, he was called upon to amputate the arm of a friend, John Wm. Sweeney, which had been badly mangled in a cotton gin accident.
Archie Hollister, a scholar-historian who wrote about early day Cameron Parish and who was a descendant of both the McCalls and the Sweeneys, wrote about the incident:
"McCall's only surgical tools were the ordinary instruments found within the home of that day - a sharp razor, sewing needles, waxed thread and common carpenter's saw. The only anesthetics available were strong whiskey and laudanum. But the a mputation was done successfully, and John W. Sweeney lived to praise the courage and skill of his lifelong friend, Dr. McCall. Dr. Milledge McCall was also called "Judge" because he was a Justice of the Peace. McCall was married to Sarah Barnie Martin, and the couple had 12 childre n- Mary Elizabeth, Eliza Ann, Hester Milledge, Margaret William, Martha Di ane, William Hardson, Milledge Bird, John Martin, Albert. Henry, Thomas, J ames Bray and Jessee Dennis McCall.
The saga of the McCalls and their descendants reads like a living "Who's Who" of Cameron and Calcasieu parishes.
Mrs. Bernice Hollister Denny of Iowa, also a writer of early Cameron history and descendant of Dr. Milledge's son, William Harrison, wrote:
"It is believed that Dr. Milledge McCall moved his family by ox cart or wagon (from St. Martinville) to the Mermentau River, then down the river on poled flatboats to the cheniers -their first home was built of cypress boards fastened with pegs. It lasted 70 years. Cotton was the only money crop of that day, but gardens, fruit, orchards provided for family and livestock."
Dr. Milledge McCall arrived in Grand Chenier about 1837. Transportation consisted mostly of slides drawn by oxen. A two-wheeled cart was a luxury few could afford. One of Dr. Milledge McCall's sons, William Harrison McCall, married Harriet Ann Sweeney, and later went into the Civil War as a Confederate soldier. He died of pneumonia at Mansfield, leaving two children Milledge Bird McCall,-the second son of Dr. McCall, only lived to be 24 and never married. He was killed by Jayhawkers after the war. A daughter - Hester (Hettie) married Judge Andrew J. Kearney, who was the second lawyer to settle in Lake Charles. Kearney moved to Leesburg(Cameron) in 1878 because there was more business there, since it was the po rt of entry for all schooners and ocean-going ships entering the Calcasi eu River. Another of Dr. McCall's daughters, Martha Diana, married John Wetherill. His brother S.P. Wetherill.
Nora Mae Ross
Father: Jesse McCall
Mother: Mary Bird
Marriage: Sarah Barnee Bray Martin b: 7 FEB 1809 in North Carolina
Married: 1826
Children
1. Martha Diann McCall
2. Mary Elizabeth McCall b: 27 JUN 1827 in ,Lafayette, Louisiana
3. Eliza Anne McCall b: 29 OCT 1829 in Baldwin County, Georgia
4. Hester McCall b: 1833 in Louisiana
5. Margaret William McCall b: 1835 in Louisiana
6. William Harrison McCall b: 22 FEB 1838 in Hines County, Mississippi
7. Milledge Bird McCall b: 14 MAR 1840 in Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
8. John Martin McCall b: 28 JAN 1843 in Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
9. Albert Henry McCall b: 25 DEC 1844 in Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
10. James Bray McCall b: 1 JUL 1848
11. Fanny A McCall b: 1849
12. Jessie Dennis McCall b: 1850 in Louisiana
Milledge William McCall
Sex: M
Birth: 25 DEC 1803 in Liberty County, Georgia
Death: 26 AUG 1880 in Cameron, Louisiana
Burial: McCall Cemetery, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Census: 1880 District 4, 2nd Ward, Cameron, Louisiana Living with son Jesse.
Note:
THE MCCALLS COVER 150 YEARS OF HISTORY
Just after the Civil War, Dr. Milledge William McCall, one of the first permanent settlers of Grand Chenier, faced the challenge of his career.
"there were no medical facilities in Grand Chenier. There. was almost no medicines. After his arrival in Grand Chenier, he was called upon to amputate the arm of a friend, John Wm. Sweeney, which had been badly mangled in a cotton gin accident.
Archie Hollister, a scholar-historian who wrote about early day Cameron Parish and who was a descendant of both the McCalls and the Sweeneys, wrote about the incident:
"McCall's only surgical tools were the ordinary instruments found within the home of that day - a sharp razor, sewing needles, waxed thread and common carpenter's saw. The only anesthetics available were strong whiskey and laudanum. But the a mputation was done successfully, and John W. Sweeney lived to praise the courage and skill of his lifelong friend, Dr. McCall. Dr. Milledge McCall was also called "Judge" because he was a Justice of the Peace. McCall was married to Sarah Barnie Martin, and the couple had 12 childre n- Mary Elizabeth, Eliza Ann, Hester Milledge, Margaret William, Martha Di ane, William Hardson, Milledge Bird, John Martin, Albert. Henry, Thomas, J ames Bray and Jessee Dennis McCall.
The saga of the McCalls and their descendants reads like a living "Who's Who" of Cameron and Calcasieu parishes.
Mrs. Bernice Hollister Denny of Iowa, also a writer of early Cameron history and descendant of Dr. Milledge's son, William Harrison, wrote:
"It is believed that Dr. Milledge McCall moved his family by ox cart or wagon (from St. Martinville) to the Mermentau River, then down the river on poled flatboats to the cheniers -their first home was built of cypress boards fastened with pegs. It lasted 70 years. Cotton was the only money crop of that day, but gardens, fruit, orchards provided for family and livestock."
Dr. Milledge McCall arrived in Grand Chenier about 1837. Transportation consisted mostly of slides drawn by oxen. A two-wheeled cart was a luxury few could afford. One of Dr. Milledge McCall's sons, William Harrison McCall, married Harriet Ann Sweeney, and later went into the Civil War as a Confederate soldier. He died of pneumonia at Mansfield, leaving two children Milledge Bird McCall,-the second son of Dr. McCall, only lived to be 24 and never married. He was killed by Jayhawkers after the war. A daughter - Hester (Hettie) married Judge Andrew J. Kearney, who was the second lawyer to settle in Lake Charles. Kearney moved to Leesburg(Cameron) in 1878 because there was more business there, since it was the po rt of entry for all schooners and ocean-going ships entering the Calcasi eu River. Another of Dr. McCall's daughters, Martha Diana, married John Wetherill. His brother S.P. Wetherill.
Nora Mae Ross
Father: Jesse McCall
Mother: Mary Bird
Marriage: Sarah Barnee Bray Martin b: 7 FEB 1809 in North Carolina
Married: 1826
Children
1. Martha Diann McCall
2. Mary Elizabeth McCall b: 27 JUN 1827 in ,Lafayette, Louisiana
3. Eliza Anne McCall b: 29 OCT 1829 in Baldwin County, Georgia
4. Hester McCall b: 1833 in Louisiana
5. Margaret William McCall b: 1835 in Louisiana
6. William Harrison McCall b: 22 FEB 1838 in Hines County, Mississippi
7. Milledge Bird McCall b: 14 MAR 1840 in Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
8. John Martin McCall b: 28 JAN 1843 in Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
9. Albert Henry McCall b: 25 DEC 1844 in Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
10. James Bray McCall b: 1 JUL 1848
11. Fanny A McCall b: 1849
12. Jessie Dennis McCall b: 1850 in Louisiana
Sex: M
Birth: 25 DEC 1803 in Liberty County, Georgia
Death: 26 AUG 1880 in Cameron, Louisiana
Burial: McCall Cemetery, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
Census: 1880 District 4, 2nd Ward, Cameron, Louisiana Living with son Jesse.
Note:
THE MCCALLS COVER 150 YEARS OF HISTORY
Just after the Civil War, Dr. Milledge William McCall, one of the first permanent settlers of Grand Chenier, faced the challenge of his career.
"there were no medical facilities in Grand Chenier. There. was almost no medicines. After his arrival in Grand Chenier, he was called upon to amputate the arm of a friend, John Wm. Sweeney, which had been badly mangled in a cotton gin accident.
Archie Hollister, a scholar-historian who wrote about early day Cameron Parish and who was a descendant of both the McCalls and the Sweeneys, wrote about the incident:
"McCall's only surgical tools were the ordinary instruments found within the home of that day - a sharp razor, sewing needles, waxed thread and common carpenter's saw. The only anesthetics available were strong whiskey and laudanum. But the a mputation was done successfully, and John W. Sweeney lived to praise the courage and skill of his lifelong friend, Dr. McCall. Dr. Milledge McCall was also called "Judge" because he was a Justice of the Peace. McCall was married to Sarah Barnie Martin, and the couple had 12 childre n- Mary Elizabeth, Eliza Ann, Hester Milledge, Margaret William, Martha Di ane, William Hardson, Milledge Bird, John Martin, Albert. Henry, Thomas, J ames Bray and Jessee Dennis McCall.
The saga of the McCalls and their descendants reads like a living "Who's Who" of Cameron and Calcasieu parishes.
Mrs. Bernice Hollister Denny of Iowa, also a writer of early Cameron history and descendant of Dr. Milledge's son, William Harrison, wrote:
"It is believed that Dr. Milledge McCall moved his family by ox cart or wagon (from St. Martinville) to the Mermentau River, then down the river on poled flatboats to the cheniers -their first home was built of cypress boards fastened with pegs. It lasted 70 years. Cotton was the only money crop of that day, but gardens, fruit, orchards provided for family and livestock."
Dr. Milledge McCall arrived in Grand Chenier about 1837. Transportation consisted mostly of slides drawn by oxen. A two-wheeled cart was a luxury few could afford. One of Dr. Milledge McCall's sons, William Harrison McCall, married Harriet Ann Sweeney, and later went into the Civil War as a Confederate soldier. He died of pneumonia at Mansfield, leaving two children Milledge Bird McCall,-the second son of Dr. McCall, only lived to be 24 and never married. He was killed by Jayhawkers after the war. A daughter - Hester (Hettie) married Judge Andrew J. Kearney, who was the second lawyer to settle in Lake Charles. Kearney moved to Leesburg(Cameron) in 1878 because there was more business there, since it was the po rt of entry for all schooners and ocean-going ships entering the Calcasi eu River. Another of Dr. McCall's daughters, Martha Diana, married John Wetherill. His brother S.P. Wetherill.
Nora Mae Ross
Father: Jesse McCall
Mother: Mary Bird
Marriage: Sarah Barnee Bray Martin b: 7 FEB 1809 in North Carolina
Married: 1826
Children
1. Martha Diann McCall
2. Mary Elizabeth McCall b: 27 JUN 1827 in ,Lafayette, Louisiana
3. Eliza Anne McCall b: 29 OCT 1829 in Baldwin County, Georgia
4. Hester McCall b: 1833 in Louisiana
5. Margaret William McCall b: 1835 in Louisiana
6. William Harrison McCall b: 22 FEB 1838 in Hines County, Mississippi
7. Milledge Bird McCall b: 14 MAR 1840 in Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
8. John Martin McCall b: 28 JAN 1843 in Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
9. Albert Henry McCall b: 25 DEC 1844 in Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish, Louisiana
10. James Bray McCall b: 1 JUL 1848
11. Fanny A McCall b: 1849
12. Jessie Dennis McCall b: 1850 in Louisiana
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