Samuel Benton Callahan information

Samuel Callahan
Samuel Callahan
Member of the C.S. House of Representatives; from the Creek and Seminole's At-large district
	In office; February 18, 1864 – May 10, 1865
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born	January 26, 1833; Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Died	February 17, 1911 (aged 78); Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political party	Democratic

Samuel Benton Callahan (January 26, 1833 – February 17, 1911) was an influential, Muscogee politician, born in Mobile, Alabama, to a white father, James Callahan, and Amanda Doyle, a mixed-blood Creek woman. He is listed as 1/8th Creek by Blood on the Dawes Rolls.^[1] One source says that James was an Irishman who had previously been an architect or a shipbuilder from Pennsylvania, while Amanda was one-fourth Muscogee.^[2] His father died while he was young; he and his mother were required to emigrate to Indian Territory in 1836. His mother married Dr. Owen Davis of Sulphur Springs, Texas, where they raised Samuel.

He married Sarah Elizabeth McAllester, the daughter of a Methodist minister in Sulphur Springs, in 1858. then moved back to Indian Territory. During the American Civil War, he served in the First Creek Mounted Volunteers of the Confederate Army, In 1864, he resigned his command to serve in the Second Confederate Congress in Richmond, Virginia, where he would represent both the Creek and Seminole nations as a delegate.^[3]

Very soon after Samuel left to join the army, a band of marauders invaded his ranch, burning or looting everything valuable they could found. His wife barely escaped discovery and fled to safety in Sulphur Springs along with a slave nurse, a bag of gold and two small children.^[2] Callahan returned to his family in Sulphur Springs, then moved back to Indian Territory after the war.^[a] Settling near Muskogee, he resumed farming and ranching, and soon became a significant player in the politics of the Creek Nation. He served in the Creek National Council as clerk of the House of Kings (the Creek equivalent of the Senate) for four years, then as clerk to the Creek Supreme Court. He also acted as executive secretary for three notable principal chiefs, Samuel Checote, Roley McIntosh and Isparhecher. He worked for a time as editor of the Muskogee Indian Journal, starting in 1887. He was the superintendent of the Wealaka Boarding School. In 1901, he was appointed Justice of the Creek Supreme Court.^[2]

Samuel Callahan was born in Mobile, Alabama, as a member of the Creek tribe. He represented the Creek and Seminole nations in the Second Confederate Congress. Removed with his tribe to Indian Territory, he fled with his family to Sulphur Springs, Texas during the Civil War. His daughter Sophia Alice Callahan was born during their time in Texas, but at War's end, the family returned to Okmulgee.^[4] He served as the editor of the Indian Journal in Muskogee and He was active in tribal affairs, serving as executive secretary to three principal chiefs of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and became a justice of the Muscogee Nation Supreme Court in 1901.^[5]

^ "Search the Dawes Rolls, 1898–1914". Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Callahan, S. Alice. Wynema:A Child of the Forest. p. xiii. (1891)
^ The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Callahan at politicalgraveyard.com
^ Cox, Cox & Justice 2014, p. 642.
^ Lin, Liyun; Boru, Nesebu; Babulal, Ganesh (1999). "Sophia Alice Callahan". Voices from the Gaps. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy. hdl:11299/166110.

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[1] "Search the Dawes Rolls, 1898–1914". Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved 2024-01-03.

[Wynema-2] Callahan, S. Alice. Wynema:A Child of the Forest. p. xiii. (1891)

[3] The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Callahan at politicalgraveyard.com

[FOOTNOTECoxCoxJustice2014642-5] Cox, Cox & Justice 2014, p. 642.

[brief_bio-6] Lin, Liyun; Boru, Nesebu; Babulal, Ganesh (1999). "Sophia Alice Callahan". Voices from the Gaps. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy. hdl:11299/166110.

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Samuel Callahan

Member of the C.S. House of Representatives from the Creek and Seminole's At-large district
In office February 18, 1864 – May 10, 1865
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished

Personal details
Born	(1833-01-26)January 26, 1833 Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Died	February 17, 1911(1911-02-17) (aged 78) Muskogee, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political party	Democratic