"An Illustrated History of Skagit and Snohomish Counties."  Interstate
Publishing Company, 1906.  p. 577.

EDWARD CALLAHAN

     the energetic young farmer residing five and one-half miles northwest of
Mount Vernon, is a native son of Washington, born near La Conner, Skagit county,
November 15, 1878, the son of James and Harriett (Ball) Callahan. The father is
one of the early settlers in Skagit county, where he came in 1876, and where he
still resides. He was born in Ireland, August 28, 1841, and came with his
parents, James and Margaret (Hartigan) Callahan to Canada when but six years of
age, and one year later crossed the line into the United States, settling in
Indiana, where he grew up to young manhood, learning the cooper's trade under
his father's directions. He later enlisted in the war of the rebellion, in
Company G, 181st Ohio Volunteers. At the close of the service he returned to
Aurora, Indiana, and engaged at his trade and also served two years as marshal
and was agent for a sewing machine company. In 1876 he set his face westward,
going first to San Francisco, thence to Port Townsend, where he took boat for
Whatcom county, of which county his brother-in-law, M. D. Smith, was at the time
auditor. He went from there to the farm of Mr. Smith on the Samish Flats, where
he engaged in farming, and in a short time pre-empted a tract of land near
Padilla, and later purchased the land where he still resides, one of the solid
farmers and respected pioneers of the county. The mother was born in Hamilton
County, Ohio, in 1842, the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Wyatt) Ball, of English
birth, who settled there in 1836, where they passed away many years ago. Edward
is seventh in the family of eleven children, and was the first child born after,
his parents came to the Puget sound country. He grew up on the Samish Flats,
receiving his education in the schools of that community, and remained at home
until twenty-one, when he engaged in farming for himself, renting forty acres of
his father's place. This he still farms, but has rented additional land, where
he resides and farms the two together.
     Edward Callahan and Annie Jenne, were united in marriage at Padilla,
November 27, 1901. Mrs. Callahan was born on Whidby island May 5, 1882, the
daughter of George and Mary (Halfrick) Jenne, who settled on that island in
1876, coming eight years later to the Swinomish Flats.  The father was born in
Germany, May 19, 1854, and came to the United States at the age of fourteen. He
departed this life in Skagit county, January 3, 1902. The mother was born in
Illinois September 14, 1854, and was married at the age of nineteen; seven
children were born to this union, of which Mrs. Callahan is the fifth.
Politically Mr. Callahan is a Democrat. He is a diversified farmer, and in stock
raising is breeding the Guernsey cattle. Mr. and Mrs. Callahan come of pioneer
stock and are themselves native productions of the state of Washington.
 
     
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