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This family history features J D Callahan and her immediate family.



First Generation
1. J D Callahan,1 born ____ (parents not determined). J married, 24 October 1956 in Cook County, Illinois, Harriet A. Tefft6 (born 25 May 1889 in Michigan, the daughter of Henry Clay Tefft and Sarah Jane Hatt;1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Harriet died 17 December 1979 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois1, 2). Harriet is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan.1

  1. Find a Grave (website). Memorial Park Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, Harriet A. Callahan, born: 1889; died: 1979 (from record).
  2. Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998, Harriet A. Callahan, died: 17 December 1979 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, widowed; born: 25 May 1889 in Michigan; father: Henry C. Tefft; mother: Sarah J. Hatt; cemetery: Memorial Park, Battle Creek, Michigan.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Saginaw County, St. Charles, E.D. 74, Sheet No. 10B, Henry C. Tefft, 56, New York, May 1844, ins. agt.; wife of 19 years Sarah J. Tefft, 45, New York, Jany. 1855, 7 children, 6 living; daughter Gladys Tefft, 15, Michigan, Aug. 1884; son Rolla Tefft, 13, Michigan, Nov. 1886; daughter Holter Tefft, 11, Michigan, May 1889; daughter Hazel Tefft, 8, Michigan, Dec. 1891; daughter Marjorie Tefft, 5, Michigan, May 1895; son Chas. H. Tefft, 2, Michigan, Oct. 1897.
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, E.D. 16-1803, Sheet No. 5B, Harriet Pell, 39, Michigan, widow; nephew Searle Gray, 13, Michigan.
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago City, E.D. 103-3092, Sheet No. 81A, In a list of guests at the Alden Hotel, Harriet A. Pell, 50, Michigan, teletype operator, steam railroad.
  6. Cook County, Illinois Marriage Index, 1930-1960, available at ancestry.com. J D Callahan and Harriet A. Pell, married on 24 October 1956 in Cook County, Illinois.