P.B. Calhoun was born 12 Dec 1819 in Wilson Co., TN. He was the son of Thomas and Mary(Johnson) Calhoun. His father, Thomas Calhoun, was of Scotch-Irish origin, born in North Carolina in 1782, and came to Wilson County, Tenn., in 1801. He was married in 1809 and died in 1855. P B's mother, Mary Johnson Calhoun, was also born in North Carolina in 1784 and died in 1850.
Percius spent about a year and a half in Clinton College, Smith County, and afterward entered as sophmore at Miami College, Osford, Ohio, graduating in 1841. In 1855 he married Elizabeth Jennings, daughter of Dr. and Sarah Jennings, and two children were born to their union, named Mary(wife of John Lamb) and P.J. Mrs. Calhoun lived but three years after their marriage. In 1864 Mr. Calhoun married the widow of Thomas Johnson, who has bore him the following children: Mattie S., Ewing G., Lilla M., Thomas Wayne and Corrie M. Mr. Calhoun was a resident of Columbus Miss., a number of years and was clerk of the circuit and county courts for three years. In 1850 he went to Texas and there taught school for three years, and was engaged in the land business for five years. He returned home and remained until the war, when he was made commissary agent of the Confederate States and remained in Georgia until the close of the war. Mr. Calhoun is a distant relation to John C. Calhoun. While in Texas he owned 8,000 acres of land, but suffered losses during the war. He owned good home, was a Democrat and he and his wife were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Percius spent about a year and a half in Clinton College, Smith County, and afterward entered as sophmore at Miami College, Osford, Ohio, graduating in 1841. In 1855 he married Elizabeth Jennings, daughter of Dr. and Sarah Jennings, and two children were born to their union, named Mary(wife of John Lamb) and P.J. Mrs. Calhoun lived but three years after their marriage. In 1864 Mr. Calhoun married the widow of Thomas Johnson, who has bore him the following children: Mattie S., Ewing G., Lilla M., Thomas Wayne and Corrie M. Mr. Calhoun was a resident of Columbus Miss., a number of years and was clerk of the circuit and county courts for three years. In 1850 he went to Texas and there taught school for three years, and was engaged in the land business for five years. He returned home and remained until the war, when he was made commissary agent of the Confederate States and remained in Georgia until the close of the war. Mr. Calhoun is a distant relation to John C. Calhoun. While in Texas he owned 8,000 acres of land, but suffered losses during the war. He owned good home, was a Democrat and he and his wife were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
P.B. Calhoun was born 12 Dec 1819 in Wilson Co., TN. He was the son of Thomas and Mary(Johnson) Calhoun. His father, Thomas Calhoun, was of Scotch-Irish origin, born in North Carolina in 1782, and came to Wilson County, Tenn., in 1801. He was married in 1809 and died in 1855. P B's mother, Mary Johnson Calhoun, was also born in North Carolina in 1784 and died in 1850.
Percius spent about a year and a half in Clinton College, Smith County, and afterward entered as sophmore at Miami College, Osford, Ohio, graduating in 1841. In 1855 he married Elizabeth Jennings, daughter of Dr. and Sarah Jennings, and two children were born to their union, named Mary(wife of John Lamb) and P.J. Mrs. Calhoun lived but three years after their marriage. In 1864 Mr. Calhoun married the widow of Thomas Johnson, who has bore him the following children: Mattie S., Ewing G., Lilla M., Thomas Wayne and Corrie M. Mr. Calhoun was a resident of Columbus Miss., a number of years and was clerk of the circuit and county courts for three years. In 1850 he went to Texas and there taught school for three years, and was engaged in the land business for five years. He returned home and remained until the war, when he was made commissary agent of the Confederate States and remained in Georgia until the close of the war. Mr. Calhoun is a distant relation to John C. Calhoun. While in Texas he owned 8,000 acres of land, but suffered losses during the war. He owned good home, was a Democrat and he and his wife were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Percius spent about a year and a half in Clinton College, Smith County, and afterward entered as sophmore at Miami College, Osford, Ohio, graduating in 1841. In 1855 he married Elizabeth Jennings, daughter of Dr. and Sarah Jennings, and two children were born to their union, named Mary(wife of John Lamb) and P.J. Mrs. Calhoun lived but three years after their marriage. In 1864 Mr. Calhoun married the widow of Thomas Johnson, who has bore him the following children: Mattie S., Ewing G., Lilla M., Thomas Wayne and Corrie M. Mr. Calhoun was a resident of Columbus Miss., a number of years and was clerk of the circuit and county courts for three years. In 1850 he went to Texas and there taught school for three years, and was engaged in the land business for five years. He returned home and remained until the war, when he was made commissary agent of the Confederate States and remained in Georgia until the close of the war. Mr. Calhoun is a distant relation to John C. Calhoun. While in Texas he owned 8,000 acres of land, but suffered losses during the war. He owned good home, was a Democrat and he and his wife were members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
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