----Source: 1891 History of Clark & Jackson Counties, Wisconsin; pg. 287-288

HENRY C. CALLENDER, of Irving, Jackson County, was born in Calhoun County, Michigan, August 23, 1848, the son of Dewey S. Callender, who was born in New York, December 26, 1800. He went to Calhoun County in 1836, and in 1864 came to Jackson County, where he died at the age of eighty years. He was a farmer by occupation, and politically was a Republican. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject's mother, Clarissa (Parker) Callender, was born in Vermont, and died in Jackson County, this State. She was a daughter of Lemuel and Esther Parker, both natives of Vermont, and of English Extraction. They subsequently went to Calhoun County, Michigan, where they both died. They were the parents of nine children, namely: Mary S., Delia E., John M., Jared D., Emily Z., Fanny C., Augusta A., Charles H. and Henry C. Three of these have died: Jared, Delia and Augusta.

Our subject, the youngest child, was reared and educated on a farm in Calhoun County, Michigan. In 1864 he came with his father to Jackson County, this State, where he now owns 300 acres in sections 28 and 33. He gives considerable attention to stock-raising in addition to general farming. Politically he is a Republican.

Mr. Callender was married April 26, 1874, to Ida E. Tiffany, a native of Illinois, who died February 16, 1875, in Jackson County, at the age of twenty years. Mr. Callender was again married April 29, 1876, to Inez A. Burrows, who was born in New York, August 21, 1854, the daughter of David and Betsy (Cargill) Burrows, natives of New York. They afterward came to Monroe County, Wisconsin, where they now reside. The father is a shoemaker by trade. Mr. and Mrs. Callender had two children, both of whom died when young Dewey S. and David B.