This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BobAndrews61 Surnames: McCalip Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.shelby/1173.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi Phyllis. I guess my sister, Linda Fourman, forwarded your reply to me. In my research, I have put together the following about Houston McCalip, my great-great-grandfather. I am particularly interested in knowing what might have happened to him after the 1880 census in Minnesota, where I found the last mention of him. It appears that his three sons moved back to Indiana and were married there, but I don't know if Houston (Huston) moved back with them or died in Minnesota. Here's what I've got: In 1844, Houston married Mary Carr, and by November 1848, they had two children, Catherine and William H. William Henry McCalip was born in November, 1848. Since there is a record of Houston marrying Nancy Ray on December 28, 1848, it may be assumed that Mary Carr had died during childbirth one month earlier. In 1850, Houston was living with his second wife, Nancy Ray McCalip, in Haw Creek township, Bartholomew County, Indiana, with his two children from his previous marriage to Mary Carr: Catherine (age 3) and William H. (age 1). Sometime in the early 1850s, his second wife Nancy died, and Houston remarried in 1855 to Margaret Pendleton. In the 1860 census, Houston and family had moved to Addison Township, Shelby County, Indiana. Margaret was the sister of Edmund Gaines Pendleton, who would become the husband of Houston's daughter, Catherine, in 1861. . In other words, Margaret was the sister of Houston's future son-in-law. He is living as a farmer, listed with his 3rd wife Margaret (age 24) and 3 children: Catherine (age 13, William H., age 11, and Indiana, age 1. By 1870, Houston and family had moved to Hope, Indiana, in Bartholomew County. where he is employed as "driving teams." His family included his third wife Margaret and their four children: Indiana (age 11), Jonathan (age 8), Lewis (age 4), and Eldridge (age 1). Houston's daughter Indiana and her husband George L. Fry moved to Osakis, Minnesota by 1876, where they had their first child, Claude, in that year. According to the 1880 census for Minnesota, Houston and Margaret got a divorce and Houston moved to Osakis, Minnesota by that year with his sons John, Lewis, and Eldridge. Houston's daughter Indiana and her husband George L. Fry had also moved to Osakis, which may explain why Houston did. Houston does not show up in the Minnesota census after 1880. He may have died there or moved back to Indiana with his sons, for John, Lewis, and Eldridge are all reported in the 1900 Indiana census. John apparently married a woman named Amanda in 1884. I would appreciate any information you may have, or any corrections that should be made. Thanks! Bob Andrews Chevy Chase, Maryland Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.