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Erville
Thurlo Callison 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. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1300. |
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