Thomas H Powell

[Bruce Parker]

I'm trying to find info Harrison S Kellam. He was a private under Thomas H Powells 64 Regt Va Militia

 

[bdtex]

Welcome to CivilWarTalk. Where is he buried?

 

[Reconstructed Rebel]

Welcome and good luck with your search.

 

[Bruce Parker]

Welcome to CivilWarTalk. Where is he buried?

Ridgeway,V.A.

 

[Bruce Parker]

 

[bdtex]

I'm trying to find info Harrison S Kellam. He was a private under Thomas H Powells 64 Regt Va Militia

 

[bdtex]

1860 Census:

Name	Harrison S Kallam
Age	37
Birth Year	abt 1823
Gender	Male
Race	White
Birth Place	North Carolina
Home in 1860	Carroll, Virginia
Post Office	Hillsville
Dwelling Number	313
Family Number	314
Occupation	Blacksmith
Personal Estate Value	75
Inferred Spouse	Unity J Kallam
Inferred Child	Spencer KallamFranky J KallamSarah KallamAllen KallamMarry W Kallam

 

[Bruce Parker]

1860 Census:

Name	Harrison S Kallam
Age	37
Birth Year	abt 1823
Gender	Male
Race	White
Birth Place	North Carolina
Home in 1860	Carroll, Virginia
Post Office	Hillsville
Dwelling Number	313
Family Number	314
Occupation	Blacksmith
Personal Estate Value	75
Inferred Spouse	Unity J Kallam
Inferred Child	Spencer KallamFranky J KallamSarah KallamAllen KallamMarry W Kallam

Thank You

 

[bdtex]

1870 Census:

Name	[H S Kallam]
Age in 1870	47
Birth Date	abt 1823
Birthplace	North Carolina
Dwelling Number	288
Home in 1870	Mayo, Rockingham, North Carolina
Race	White
Gender	Male
Post Office	Stoneville
Occupation	Farmer
Male Citizen Over 21	Yes
Personal Estate Value	100
Inferred Spouse	Tone Kallam
Inferred Children	Frankie KallamSarah KallamAllen KallamMary KallamBettie Kallam

 

[bdtex]

Found in Ancestry: U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1880 -1885

Name	H S Kallam
Gender	Male
Race	White
Marital Status	Married
Estimated Birth Year	abt 1820
Birth Place	North Carolina, USA
Age	59
Death Date	Dec 1879
Cause of Death	Suicide
Census year	1880
Census Place	Mayo, Rockingham, North Carolina, USA
Enumeration District	228
Line	4

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[bdtex]

#42 near the top:

 

[bdtex]

Apparently his last name was spelled "Kallam" in some records.

 

[Reconstructed Rebel]

Found in Ancestry: U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1880 -1885

Name	H S Kallam
Gender	Male
Race	White
Marital Status	Married
Estimated Birth Year	abt 1820
Birth Place	North Carolina, USA
Age	59
Death Date	Dec 1879
Cause of Death	Suicide
Census year	1880
Census Place	Mayo, Rockingham, North Carolina, USA
Enumeration District	228
Line	4

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That is heartbreaking. It makes me think of the lasting mental wounds of the war - no treatment or much acknowledgment of it back then. Alcohol seems to be most commonly used for the "cure."

 

[ErnieMac]

Welcome to the Forums. His death was reported in the 19 Dec 1879 edition of the Wilmington (NC) Morning Star. Even though the article gives his first name as Henry, everything else seems to fit.

 

[Bruce Parker]

Apparently his last name was spelled "Kallam" in some records.

Correct

 

[lupaglupa]

What a sad story.

 

[Bruce Parker]

Welcome to the Forums. His death was reported in the 19 Dec 1879 edition of the Wilmington (NC) Morning Star. Even though the article gives his first name as Henry, everything else seems to fit.
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This is Capt Henry S Kallam and the story is he was messed up from the Civil War but this is not Harrison Kallam

 

[Bruce Parker]

This is Capt Henry S Kallam and the story is he was messed up from the Civil War but this is not Harrison Kallam

Capt Henry Kallam is buried in Rakestraw Cemetary in Rockingham County, N.C.

 

[Bruce Parker]

This is Capt Henry S Kallam and the story is he was messed up from the Civil War but this is not Harrison Kallam

They were cousins

 

[ErnieMac]

After my faux pas in mistaking Henry for Harrison I did some digging in Ancestry. Harrison, his wife Unity and 8 children appear in census records for 1850 - 1880. Harrison and Unity were married in North Carolina in 1841. Their first recorded child, John was born later that year and the last, Elizabeth was born in 1864. Military records are consistent with what has already been posted in this thread.

Death records show Unity died on 4 April 1895. Details concerning Unity's death were noted as being provided by her husband, Harrison Kallam, so he was alive as of that date. I found Harrison's Find A Grave link at Chestnut Knob Cemetery in Ridgeway. His date of death on the site is listed as Dec. 1880, which would seem to be in error. The only family member linked to him is daughter Mary W. Kallam Clark. I find no record of Harrison after 1895.