Posted on: Calhoun Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/cal/Calhoun/116 Surname: Calhoun, Simmons, Simmonds, Bacon ------------------------- Henry CALHOUN, first child of Sheldon CALHOUN & Sally Ann BACON, was born January 29, 1812, presumably in Frankfort, Herkimer County NY. He married and had two children: 1. Julie CALHOUN married SIMMON(D)S and had a son. It is not known where they resided, perhaps in NY or MI. 2. A son, possibly named John, married and lived in Juneau, Alaska and had one boy and three girls. Our old "Calhouns of Connecticut" published genealogy lists no first name, but a 1935 letter records him as "John." According to The Centennial Gazetteer: A Guide to Juneau, Alaska Place Names, page 8, one of the older streets in Juneau is Calhoun Avenue. It was named for Mrs. Mary V. Calhoun, an early resident of the area. She and her husband, John J. Calhoun, arrived in Juneau from Wisconsin in 1888 and established a dairy along what is now Calhoun Avenue. They occupied the present site of the Governor's Mansion and grazed their cows along Gold Creek, the south bank of which was sometimes called Calhoun Flats. In 1902 they sold the dairy and moved to Seattle where John Calhoun died on January 16, 1906. Mrs. Calhoun died at Nanaimo, British Columbia, April 27, 1912. There are no children mentioned in the Gazetteer. The 1880 Wisconsin census does list NY natives John and Mary Calhoun, ages 37 and 32, farming in Fond du Lac, WI. Children at that time were Elen, 11, Leonora, 5, and Frank, 2. QUESTIONS: Can anybody claim ANY of these folks so I can rule them out as ours? Or, does anyone have an update on descendants? Anyone out there from Alaska? This is one of our toughest unsolved family mysteries. Many thanks. Link: Calhoun SCT>IRL>CT>NY>West URL: <http://home.earthlink.net/~nantasket>