PANHANDLE - (HC) - Former Carson County Judge Asbery A. Callaghan, 88, of Panhandle, died Tuesday afternoon in Highland General Hospital at Pampa.
Funeral services are pending with Poston Funeral Home of Panhandle.
Born in West Virginia Nov. 16, 1878, Judge Callaghan moved to Panhandle in 1890 from Kiowa, Kans. He attended Panhandle Schools then went to Ft. Worth to graduate from Polytechnic College in 1897.
He was married to Miss Louise A. Henson, on June 5, 1901 in Panhandle Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Callaghan died in 1961, and their two daughters, Mrs. Howard Anderson, died in 1954, and Mrs. H.J. Hughes died ten years later.
Judge Callaghan served as Carson County treasurer, mayor of Panhandle, president of the school board and county judge.
A member of First Methodist Church, he served as financial steward. He was a member of the Rotary Club, Carson Masonic Lodge 1167, and was chairman of the Red Cross Chapter in Carson County several years. He was chairman emeritus at the time of his death.
Callaghan Hotel in Panhandle, and a grocery business were owned and operated by the pioneer man. He had been secretary-treasurer for Panhandle-Claude Farm Loan Association and director for First National Bank and the former Panhandle Bank.
Judge Callaghan had been a resident of St. Ann's Home in Panhandle for two years.
Survivors include two sons-in-law, Howard Anderson of Corpus Christi and H.J. Hughes of Panhandle.
(Published in Borger News Herald, October 5, 1966)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Asbery Callaghan
Death Date: 4 Oct 1966
Death County: Gray
Gender: Male
Social Security Death Index
Name: Asbery Callaghan
Last Residence: 79068 Panhandle, Carson, Texas, United States of America
Born: 16 Nov 1878
Died: Oct 1966
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Asbery A. Callaghan, the only survivor of the family, was born at Craigsville, West Virginia, November 16, 1878. He was educated in the Polytechnic College at Fort Worth, Texas, where he graduated in 1897 from the Commercial Department; and he took a four years' course in the Literary Department of Fort Worth University. On his return home from the university he became associated in business with his father, and at his father's death succeeded him in the interests above outlined. On first entering the mercantile business, young Callaghan assumed the responsibility of its management, and has conducted it ever since, for a period of twenty-one years. The Callaghan general store is the oldest mercantile establishment in the town. Mr. Callaghan is a stockholder and director in the Panhandle Bank, he owns about two-thirds of the city's business property, and he has two farms, four hundred and eighty acres in extent.
During his college days, Mr. Callaghan was corporal and afterward captain of the College Guards Infantry Co., and throughout his business life as well as in college work he has taken the initiative. He helped to organize the Panhandle Commercial Club and was its first secretary, serving one term. He served four terms, eight years in all, as County Treasurer of Carson County, and at the end of his last term openly declined to be a candidate for re-election, announcing the fact through the columns of the Panhandle Herald. This announcement was received with much regret by the people of the county. Mr. Callaghan has always harmonized with the Democratic party and has taken an active part in politics ever since he became a voter. He helped to organize the Carson County Democratic Committee, and since its organization has been its secretary. As the representative of this committee, he met Governor Colquitt on the train en route to Snyder from Post City, Texas, on May 2, 1912, and gave him an invitation to deliver an address at Panhandle. May 13, the Governor addressed at Panhandle the largest assembly ever gathered in the entire Panhandle section.
Mr. Callaghan is associated with the church in which he was reared, and is one of its trustees, and he has membership in the fraternal organizations of the I. O. O. F. and W. O. W.
Mr. Callaghan's favorite playmate in the primary school days is now his wife. This was Miss Louie A. Henson, daughter of Col. A. L. Henson of Jacksboro, Texas, Sergeant of the Texas Rangers, Sheriff of Carson County, and for many years a prominent stock man in the Panhandle. They were married June 5, 1901, in the M. E. church at Panhandle, by the Rev. Henry R. Coleman, and are the parents of two children: Lillian, born October 30, 1903, and Pauline, May 23, 1906, both natives of Panhandle. [A history of Texas and Texans, Volume 4 by Francis White Johnson, 1914
Funeral services are pending with Poston Funeral Home of Panhandle.
Born in West Virginia Nov. 16, 1878, Judge Callaghan moved to Panhandle in 1890 from Kiowa, Kans. He attended Panhandle Schools then went to Ft. Worth to graduate from Polytechnic College in 1897.
He was married to Miss Louise A. Henson, on June 5, 1901 in Panhandle Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Callaghan died in 1961, and their two daughters, Mrs. Howard Anderson, died in 1954, and Mrs. H.J. Hughes died ten years later.
Judge Callaghan served as Carson County treasurer, mayor of Panhandle, president of the school board and county judge.
A member of First Methodist Church, he served as financial steward. He was a member of the Rotary Club, Carson Masonic Lodge 1167, and was chairman of the Red Cross Chapter in Carson County several years. He was chairman emeritus at the time of his death.
Callaghan Hotel in Panhandle, and a grocery business were owned and operated by the pioneer man. He had been secretary-treasurer for Panhandle-Claude Farm Loan Association and director for First National Bank and the former Panhandle Bank.
Judge Callaghan had been a resident of St. Ann's Home in Panhandle for two years.
Survivors include two sons-in-law, Howard Anderson of Corpus Christi and H.J. Hughes of Panhandle.
(Published in Borger News Herald, October 5, 1966)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Asbery Callaghan
Death Date: 4 Oct 1966
Death County: Gray
Gender: Male
Social Security Death Index
Name: Asbery Callaghan
Last Residence: 79068 Panhandle, Carson, Texas, United States of America
Born: 16 Nov 1878
Died: Oct 1966
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Asbery A. Callaghan, the only survivor of the family, was born at Craigsville, West Virginia, November 16, 1878. He was educated in the Polytechnic College at Fort Worth, Texas, where he graduated in 1897 from the Commercial Department; and he took a four years' course in the Literary Department of Fort Worth University. On his return home from the university he became associated in business with his father, and at his father's death succeeded him in the interests above outlined. On first entering the mercantile business, young Callaghan assumed the responsibility of its management, and has conducted it ever since, for a period of twenty-one years. The Callaghan general store is the oldest mercantile establishment in the town. Mr. Callaghan is a stockholder and director in the Panhandle Bank, he owns about two-thirds of the city's business property, and he has two farms, four hundred and eighty acres in extent.
During his college days, Mr. Callaghan was corporal and afterward captain of the College Guards Infantry Co., and throughout his business life as well as in college work he has taken the initiative. He helped to organize the Panhandle Commercial Club and was its first secretary, serving one term. He served four terms, eight years in all, as County Treasurer of Carson County, and at the end of his last term openly declined to be a candidate for re-election, announcing the fact through the columns of the Panhandle Herald. This announcement was received with much regret by the people of the county. Mr. Callaghan has always harmonized with the Democratic party and has taken an active part in politics ever since he became a voter. He helped to organize the Carson County Democratic Committee, and since its organization has been its secretary. As the representative of this committee, he met Governor Colquitt on the train en route to Snyder from Post City, Texas, on May 2, 1912, and gave him an invitation to deliver an address at Panhandle. May 13, the Governor addressed at Panhandle the largest assembly ever gathered in the entire Panhandle section.
Mr. Callaghan is associated with the church in which he was reared, and is one of its trustees, and he has membership in the fraternal organizations of the I. O. O. F. and W. O. W.
Mr. Callaghan's favorite playmate in the primary school days is now his wife. This was Miss Louie A. Henson, daughter of Col. A. L. Henson of Jacksboro, Texas, Sergeant of the Texas Rangers, Sheriff of Carson County, and for many years a prominent stock man in the Panhandle. They were married June 5, 1901, in the M. E. church at Panhandle, by the Rev. Henry R. Coleman, and are the parents of two children: Lillian, born October 30, 1903, and Pauline, May 23, 1906, both natives of Panhandle. [A history of Texas and Texans, Volume 4 by Francis White Johnson, 1914
PANHANDLE - (HC) - Former Carson County Judge Asbery A. Callaghan, 88, of Panhandle, died Tuesday afternoon in Highland General Hospital at Pampa.
Funeral services are pending with Poston Funeral Home of Panhandle.
Born in West Virginia Nov. 16, 1878, Judge Callaghan moved to Panhandle in 1890 from Kiowa, Kans. He attended Panhandle Schools then went to Ft. Worth to graduate from Polytechnic College in 1897.
He was married to Miss Louise A. Henson, on June 5, 1901 in Panhandle Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Callaghan died in 1961, and their two daughters, Mrs. Howard Anderson, died in 1954, and Mrs. H.J. Hughes died ten years later.
Judge Callaghan served as Carson County treasurer, mayor of Panhandle, president of the school board and county judge.
A member of First Methodist Church, he served as financial steward. He was a member of the Rotary Club, Carson Masonic Lodge 1167, and was chairman of the Red Cross Chapter in Carson County several years. He was chairman emeritus at the time of his death.
Callaghan Hotel in Panhandle, and a grocery business were owned and operated by the pioneer man. He had been secretary-treasurer for Panhandle-Claude Farm Loan Association and director for First National Bank and the former Panhandle Bank.
Judge Callaghan had been a resident of St. Ann's Home in Panhandle for two years.
Survivors include two sons-in-law, Howard Anderson of Corpus Christi and H.J. Hughes of Panhandle.
(Published in Borger News Herald, October 5, 1966)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Asbery Callaghan
Death Date: 4 Oct 1966
Death County: Gray
Gender: Male
Social Security Death Index
Name: Asbery Callaghan
Last Residence: 79068 Panhandle, Carson, Texas, United States of America
Born: 16 Nov 1878
Died: Oct 1966
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Asbery A. Callaghan, the only survivor of the family, was born at Craigsville, West Virginia, November 16, 1878. He was educated in the Polytechnic College at Fort Worth, Texas, where he graduated in 1897 from the Commercial Department; and he took a four years' course in the Literary Department of Fort Worth University. On his return home from the university he became associated in business with his father, and at his father's death succeeded him in the interests above outlined. On first entering the mercantile business, young Callaghan assumed the responsibility of its management, and has conducted it ever since, for a period of twenty-one years. The Callaghan general store is the oldest mercantile establishment in the town. Mr. Callaghan is a stockholder and director in the Panhandle Bank, he owns about two-thirds of the city's business property, and he has two farms, four hundred and eighty acres in extent.
During his college days, Mr. Callaghan was corporal and afterward captain of the College Guards Infantry Co., and throughout his business life as well as in college work he has taken the initiative. He helped to organize the Panhandle Commercial Club and was its first secretary, serving one term. He served four terms, eight years in all, as County Treasurer of Carson County, and at the end of his last term openly declined to be a candidate for re-election, announcing the fact through the columns of the Panhandle Herald. This announcement was received with much regret by the people of the county. Mr. Callaghan has always harmonized with the Democratic party and has taken an active part in politics ever since he became a voter. He helped to organize the Carson County Democratic Committee, and since its organization has been its secretary. As the representative of this committee, he met Governor Colquitt on the train en route to Snyder from Post City, Texas, on May 2, 1912, and gave him an invitation to deliver an address at Panhandle. May 13, the Governor addressed at Panhandle the largest assembly ever gathered in the entire Panhandle section.
Mr. Callaghan is associated with the church in which he was reared, and is one of its trustees, and he has membership in the fraternal organizations of the I. O. O. F. and W. O. W.
Mr. Callaghan's favorite playmate in the primary school days is now his wife. This was Miss Louie A. Henson, daughter of Col. A. L. Henson of Jacksboro, Texas, Sergeant of the Texas Rangers, Sheriff of Carson County, and for many years a prominent stock man in the Panhandle. They were married June 5, 1901, in the M. E. church at Panhandle, by the Rev. Henry R. Coleman, and are the parents of two children: Lillian, born October 30, 1903, and Pauline, May 23, 1906, both natives of Panhandle. [A history of Texas and Texans, Volume 4 by Francis White Johnson, 1914
Funeral services are pending with Poston Funeral Home of Panhandle.
Born in West Virginia Nov. 16, 1878, Judge Callaghan moved to Panhandle in 1890 from Kiowa, Kans. He attended Panhandle Schools then went to Ft. Worth to graduate from Polytechnic College in 1897.
He was married to Miss Louise A. Henson, on June 5, 1901 in Panhandle Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Callaghan died in 1961, and their two daughters, Mrs. Howard Anderson, died in 1954, and Mrs. H.J. Hughes died ten years later.
Judge Callaghan served as Carson County treasurer, mayor of Panhandle, president of the school board and county judge.
A member of First Methodist Church, he served as financial steward. He was a member of the Rotary Club, Carson Masonic Lodge 1167, and was chairman of the Red Cross Chapter in Carson County several years. He was chairman emeritus at the time of his death.
Callaghan Hotel in Panhandle, and a grocery business were owned and operated by the pioneer man. He had been secretary-treasurer for Panhandle-Claude Farm Loan Association and director for First National Bank and the former Panhandle Bank.
Judge Callaghan had been a resident of St. Ann's Home in Panhandle for two years.
Survivors include two sons-in-law, Howard Anderson of Corpus Christi and H.J. Hughes of Panhandle.
(Published in Borger News Herald, October 5, 1966)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Asbery Callaghan
Death Date: 4 Oct 1966
Death County: Gray
Gender: Male
Social Security Death Index
Name: Asbery Callaghan
Last Residence: 79068 Panhandle, Carson, Texas, United States of America
Born: 16 Nov 1878
Died: Oct 1966
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Asbery A. Callaghan, the only survivor of the family, was born at Craigsville, West Virginia, November 16, 1878. He was educated in the Polytechnic College at Fort Worth, Texas, where he graduated in 1897 from the Commercial Department; and he took a four years' course in the Literary Department of Fort Worth University. On his return home from the university he became associated in business with his father, and at his father's death succeeded him in the interests above outlined. On first entering the mercantile business, young Callaghan assumed the responsibility of its management, and has conducted it ever since, for a period of twenty-one years. The Callaghan general store is the oldest mercantile establishment in the town. Mr. Callaghan is a stockholder and director in the Panhandle Bank, he owns about two-thirds of the city's business property, and he has two farms, four hundred and eighty acres in extent.
During his college days, Mr. Callaghan was corporal and afterward captain of the College Guards Infantry Co., and throughout his business life as well as in college work he has taken the initiative. He helped to organize the Panhandle Commercial Club and was its first secretary, serving one term. He served four terms, eight years in all, as County Treasurer of Carson County, and at the end of his last term openly declined to be a candidate for re-election, announcing the fact through the columns of the Panhandle Herald. This announcement was received with much regret by the people of the county. Mr. Callaghan has always harmonized with the Democratic party and has taken an active part in politics ever since he became a voter. He helped to organize the Carson County Democratic Committee, and since its organization has been its secretary. As the representative of this committee, he met Governor Colquitt on the train en route to Snyder from Post City, Texas, on May 2, 1912, and gave him an invitation to deliver an address at Panhandle. May 13, the Governor addressed at Panhandle the largest assembly ever gathered in the entire Panhandle section.
Mr. Callaghan is associated with the church in which he was reared, and is one of its trustees, and he has membership in the fraternal organizations of the I. O. O. F. and W. O. W.
Mr. Callaghan's favorite playmate in the primary school days is now his wife. This was Miss Louie A. Henson, daughter of Col. A. L. Henson of Jacksboro, Texas, Sergeant of the Texas Rangers, Sheriff of Carson County, and for many years a prominent stock man in the Panhandle. They were married June 5, 1901, in the M. E. church at Panhandle, by the Rev. Henry R. Coleman, and are the parents of two children: Lillian, born October 30, 1903, and Pauline, May 23, 1906, both natives of Panhandle. [A history of Texas and Texans, Volume 4 by Francis White Johnson, 1914
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