CALHOUN, Julian C. 1866-1936

CALHOUN, CHRISTIAN, JULIAN, CAMPBELL, MORROW

Posted By: Betty Hootman-Volunteer
Date: 8/9/2014 at 20:48:56

Julian C. Calhoun

Julian C. Calhoun, the son of Ross and Mary Julian Calhoun passed away at his home in Keosauqua, November 10, 1936.

He was born near Winchester, Iowa, Dec. 5, 1866, and at the time of his death was 69 years, 11 months, and 5 days.

On July 19, 1892, he was married to Gertrude M. Christian, of Iola, Kansas. To this union two daughters were born. The older, Dana, passed away in infancy. The 2nd, Maude, with his wife survive him. He also leaves three grandsons, Calhoun, Ord, and Julian, and a son-in-law, Ralph C. Campbell, and one sister, Mrs. E. J. Morrow, one brother, Dr. C. B. Calhoun, of Kansas City, and other relatives.

With the passing of Julian C. Calhoun there has gone one of the substantial worthwhile men of this community. He early formed his standard of living and no price was to dear for him to pay to defend his ideals.

Mr. Calhoun’s mother died when he was 7 years old. He and his sister Dana, were raised in the home of their maternal grandparents, John and Jane Julian, of Winchester. After the death of the grandparents in 1888, they went to Ness City, Kansas, to live with their father, Ross Calhoun. He insisted that they must continue their school work. In 1889, Julian entered the Kansas State Normal at Emporia, Kansas. He graduated in 1891 and that fall entered the University of Iowa to study law. He was graduated from that institution in 1893.

He established an office in Milton in the fall of 1893 but moved to Keosauqua the following year and has been in continuous practice for 42 with the exception of the years 1918-19, when he was with the Y.M.C.A. in France, at first with the legal department in Paris, and later transferred to the Lecture Department where he was sent from camp to camp to give a series of lectures on business and commercial law.

He served in the house of Iowa Legislature in 1920-21.

Mr. Calhoun was at heart a student. Using his early education as a place of beginning he continued the training of his mind and in the gathering of knowledge until he became recognized as an authority not only in his chosen profession, the law, but also in Bible study, history, and current topics. His was a natural appreciation that follows the continuous practice of good taste. He was always generous with his time, and gave freely of it and his knowledge to the church and to organizations that he felt were sponsoring a worthy cause.

He joined the M. E. church when a young man and was a faithful member until his death. Supporting the church with all his moral strength as well as giving liberally to its treasury.

With the passing of Mr. Calhoun there passed a man around whom will ever cling the memories of kindness, keen thinking, congenial living and clean hard fighting for the causes he thought were right.

Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon, in the church in charge of Rev. M. E. hays of Keokuk and Rev. C. A. Field of Ottumwa. Interment was in the family lot in the Winchester cemetery where five generations of this Calhoun family are buried.

*Note: Hand written on the top “Keo. Rep. 3 Dec. 1936”

Source: Van Buren County Genealogical Society Obituary Book D, Page 61, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA