Captain James Callaway

Captain James Callaway raised and commanded a company of one hundred Rangers during the War of 1812-14 and is said to have fought Indians in more than 100 engagements before being killed in the last battle of the war. He sacrificed his life in defense of his country and fell in the same battle in which McMullin, McDermid, and Houchins were killed. He was shot by an Indian from ambush while swimming in Loutre Creek, and the Rangers afterward recovered his body and buried him on the hillside overlooking Loutre at the mouth of Prairie Fork Creek. The man for whom Callaway County was named, he was born in Boonesburough, Ky., on Sept. 13th 1783, was the grandson of Daniel Boone, and his mother's maiden name was Jemima Boone. He was regarded as a brave and successful Indian fighter and was killed in battle with the Indians on the 7th of March, 1815.

Fulton, Missouri · United States