MCCALLUM, Joseph Alma

1878 - 1967  (88 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	MCCALLUM, Joseph Alma
  Birth	19 Sep 1878	Turners Junction, Dupage, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Death	1967	Texas
  WAC	5 May 1998	MTIMP
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
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  Person ID	I1712	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	MCCALLUM, Alexander ,   b. 4 Apr 1848, Carleton, Dalhousie, Ontario, Canada Carleton, Dalhousie, Ontario, Canadad. 8 Oct 1928, Silver City, Grant, New Mexico (Age 80 years)
  Mother	SMITH, Emma Josepha ,   b. 28 Jul 1857, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United Statesd. 30 Nov 1940, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1875	Plano, Kendall, Illinois, United States
  Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 9 May 1998, MTIMP.~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 9 May 1998, MTIMP. ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 9 May 1998, MTIMP.
  Family ID	F940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MONTFORT, Corlie Corine ,   b. 10 Dec 1876, Raytown, Jackson, Missouri, United States Raytown, Jackson, Missouri, United Statesd. 6 Mar 1968, Los Angelas, Los Angelas, California, United States (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	9 Dec 1901	Kansas, Jackson, Missouri, United States
  Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 9 May 1998, MTIMP.~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 9 May 1998, MTIMP. ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 9 May 1998, MTIMP.
  Children	3 sons and 2 daughters
  + 1. MCCALLUM, Homer Alexander ,   b. 4 Nov 1902, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United Statesd. 24 Mar 1968, Los Angelas, Los Angelas, California, United States (Age 65 years)   2. MCCALLUM, Joseph Arthur ,   b. 27 Apr 1904, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United Statesd. 8 Dec 1994, San Juan, Orange, California (Age 90 years) + 3. MCCALLUM, Robert Montfort ,   b. 12 Jan 1906, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United Statesd. 11 Jul 1954, Los Angelas, Los Angelas, California, United States (Age 48 years)   4. MCCALLUM, Corlie Corine ,   b. 27 Aug 1908, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United Statesd. 3 Nov 1991, Alhambra, Los Angelas, California, United States (Age 83 years) + 5. MCCALLUM, Virginia Elizabeth ,   b. 8 Oct 1913, Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United Statesd. 2012 (Age 98 years)
  Family ID	F1050	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Anderson, Mary Audentia Smith. ANCESTRY AND POSTERITY OF JOSEPH SMITH AND EMMA HALE. Independence, Missouri: Herald Publishing House, 1929, 1958. [FHL SPECIAL 929.273 Sm51am] Information provided by Pamela Ann Beienburg Grandy states that Joseph Alma McCallum married another woman by the name of Caroline. He may have died in Texas. After school, he began working as an eletrician. He fought in the Spanish-American War. He played a clarinet which "went to war" with him. In 1908 when his wife was expecting, Joseph moved his family to a homestead near Alamagordo, New Mexico while he remained in Kansas City, Missouri to earn a living for the family. However, the homestead was given up before it became "permanent" and the family moved back to Missouri. In 1912 - 1913 Joseph built airplanes (like the Wright Bros.) and barnstormed them. About 1917, two wealthy McCallum uncles funded him in a small silver mine operation in Pinos Altos and Silver City, New Mexico, so Joseph and family moved from the Chicago area to New Mexico to mine for silver. After four years and no silver had been found, they moved to Silver City where Joseph opened "McCallum's Appliance Co." From Silver City, he eventually moved to El Paso, Texas. Joseph conceived and made the first toy commonly alled a "yo-yo". He called his a "go-come". He patented it bud didn't market it, unfortunately. Robert Bruce McCallum has what is alleged to be Joseph's first model. The fighting in the Spanish-American war was fought in this manner, according to what has been told to Robert Bruce McCallum: The men on each side would sleep, wake up, prepare and eat breakfast then go to the trenches and start shooting one another. This continued until darkness when they had dinner and went to sleep. "My dad used to tell me this story", said his grandson. Alma McCallum 3d Missouri Infantry - Lamoni, Iowa. Taken from The Independant Patriot, Oct. 20. 1898 Lamoni, Iowa. Alma McCallum, a soldier boy of the 3d Missouri Infantry, encamped near Independence, Missouric came home on furlough Thursday and returned Sunday. He belongs to the regimmental band." AND also in The Independant Patriot, Oct. 20, 1898 Lamoni, Iowa: Thursday Alma McCallum returned to his regiment near Independence, Missouri from which he expects to be mustered out soon." BIRTH: Also shown as Born Turners Junction, DuPage, Illinois. ~ENDOWMENT: Also shown as Endowed 7 Jul 1998, MTIMP. BIRTH: Also shown as Born Turners Junction, DuPage, Illinois. ~ENDOWMENT: Also shown as Endowed 7 Jul 1998, MTIMP.