Callison, Erville Thurlo

CALLISON, MORRIS, DENNIS, BROOKS

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Date: 8/21/2009 at 11:42:47

Callison, Erville Thurlo

Clearly defined purpose and consecutive effort in the affairs of life will inevitably result in the attaining of a due measure of success, but in following out the career of one who has attained success by his own efforts there comes into view the intrinsic individuality which made such accomplishment possible, and thus there is granted an objective incentive and inspiration, while at the same time there is enkindled a feeling of respect and admiration.

Erville Thurlo Callison, one of the young farmers of Kellogg Township, Jasper County, belongs to the class of men referred to in the preceding paragraph. He was born in this County, May 22, 1879, the son of Frazier and Dora (Morris) Callison, the father born in Virginia in 1856 and the mother in Jasper County, Iowa. The father spent his boyhood in his native state, coming to Iowa early in his career and took up farming. His family consisted of seven children, three sons and four daughters, of whom Erville Thurlo, of this review, is the oldest; the others are, Willie, Bessie, May, Adalaide, Morris and Marie.

The subject grew to maturity in Jasper County and was educated in the public schools here, working on the home farm during the summer months. After attending college at Mt. Vernon, Iowa, he left home, at the age of eighteen to begin life for himself, and in 1899 he located on a farm east of Kellogg. Working hard and saving his money enabled him to purchase his present farm in 1906. It consists of eighty acres and is of splendid soil, a part of which lies in section 10 and part in section 15. Mr. Callison is placing modern improvements on his land and has a very desirable place in every respect.

On January 8, 1902, Mr. Callison was married to Minnie Dennis, who was born in Newton, Iowa, March 15, 1881, the daughter of As aria and Ernie (Brooks) Dennis, the father born in Illinois, and the mother in Ohio. Three children, one son and two daughters, have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Callison, namely: Bessie, Ross and Myrtle.

Politically, Mr. Callison is a Democrat and he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Past and Present of Jasper County Iowa B. F. Bowden & Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1912 Page 1300.