Bios: S. JAMES CALLAHAN, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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       S. JAMES CALLAHAN,
   
   [p. 528] a leading citizen of New Castle, secretary of the Chamber of
   Commerce and prominent in Republican politics, was born in 1868, in
   Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, and was about seven years of age when his
   parents moved to Tioga County.
   
   Mr. Callahan was liberally educated attending the Wellsboro High School,
   Cook Academy and Hillsdale College, after which he accepted a position
   as teacher in a school in Lycoming County. In spite of the fact that
   this school was situated twenty-five miles from home, he visited the old
   mother, who was left alone on the farm, every week, walking the distance
   back and forth, his father having died the previous winter. After
   completing his college attendance he acquired a knowledge of shorthand
   and typewriting, which he had lacked, at Pott's College, at
   Williamsport, Pa., and this acquirement he has frequently found a great
   convenience. He then entered the law office of C. E. Sprout, a leading
   attorney at Williamsport, with whom he studied law for one year and
   during this time had an agency for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
   Company in that district. After coming to New Castle he continued with
   that company as general agent for about six years and then became
   general agent for the New York Life, a position he still fills. He
   registered, on locating at New Castle, with Attorney McCaslin, with whom
   he completed his law studies, and was admitted to the bar in April,
   1907, and has engaged in the practice of his profession in addition to
   attending to his numerous other interests. He is a member of the
   Lawrence County Bar Association.
   
   At Warren, Ohio, in 1900, Mr. Callahan was married to Etta B. Hayford,
   of that city, and they have had three children: Clare; Berdena, who died
   aged two years and eight months, and James. Mr. and Mrs. Callahan belong
   to the First Baptist Church, in which he has been a prominent and useful
   official member. He was chairman of the finance committee when the
   church edifice was remodeled, and at present is a member of the lecture
   course committee. He has farming interests in Mercer County. In politics
   he is an ardent Republican and is treasurer of the Lawrence County
   Republican Committee. For three years he has been secretary of the New
   Castle Chamber of Commerce and is closely identified with the city's
   business interests. He belongs also to various branches of Masonry.
   
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   20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
   Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
   Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
   
   Updated: 2 Nov 2001