This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CALLAHAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3EC.2ACE/556.1.1 Message Board Post: Tom, There was a Ron Callahan who recently sent a query about Callahans. I answered his questions and sent him the obit for Judge John Kevin Callahan. He was an attorney, district attorney and county judge in this county. He married late in life and had no children. You may want to contact Ron as you may have some connection. Here is the obituary: John K. Callahan, age 88, of Montello, died Firday, July 26, 1985, at Divine Savior Hospital in Portage. He was born November 17, 1896 in the township of Montello, Marquette County, to John and Rose Anne (Reardon) Callahan. He married Luella N. Retzner on June 9, 1945 in Mosinee, WI. She preceded him in death on November 17, 1977. He graduated from Montello High School in 1914, from Oshkosh Normal School in 1918, and from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1924. He taught school in Marquette County and throughout the State of Wisconsin. He was elected district attorney of Marquette County in 1924 and started serving the county in January 1925. In 1930, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly for the counties of Marquette and Adams and served from 1931 to 1935. In November of 1937, he was elected Judge of Marquette County and served in that capacity until his retirement on November 30, 1966. He served as a Reserve Judge for the State of Wisconsin and served throughout the state in that capacity from December 1, 1966 until 1983. He was past president of the Montello State Bank, past president of the County Judges of Wisconsin, member of the Knights of Columbus and a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church of Montello. Survivors include one brother, Carroll (Phyllis) Callahan of Columbus; nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, and by four brothers, Paul, Leo, Glynn and Gerald. Funeral services were held Sunday, July 28, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Montello, with the Revernds Richard Lesniak, Austin Henry and Monsignor Francis E. Doherty concelebrating the Mass. Burial took place in the Parish cemetery. Funeral arrangements were made by the Steinhaus Funeral Home of Montello. Ron's e-mail is ctn80478@webtv.net Hope this helps, Joanie Ingraham