The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-03
WIN. B. SMITHsoN, Sec.
Hon. James McOallum.


The following paper in regard to
Mr.. McCallum was adopted by the
Masonic Lodge of Pulaski, Of
which he was member:
This lodge is thriced robed in
mourning for her sons. Brother
James McCallum entered into ever
lasting rest at IL o'clock p. NJ,
September 16, lacking sixteen days
of being 80 years of age. He was
born October 2, 1906, in Robertson
county, N. C. His father and moth
er, Daniel and Sarah McCallun,
moved to Sumner county, Tenn, in
1908; made one crop and came to
Giles county in 1909 and settled
near what is now known as Bethany
Church, From this date until his
death Brother McCallum was a Cit
izen of this county. He was made
an Entered Apprentice on ST. job Ms
Day, in December, 1927, at Elkton;
q Fellow Craft in 1928; a Master
Mason April %, 1928: Royal
Arch Nj ason in Lafayette Chapter
in 1874; Knight Templar in De
Molay Commandery No. 4 in 1857.
He was Master OF Elkton Lo ige;
repeatedly Master OF Pulaski Lodge;
; High Priest Of The Chapter; Emin-
ent Commander of Pulaski Com
msndery; Grand Master of Masons
in Tennessee for three years-1S60-
land Chairman of the commit
tee on Masonic Jurisprudence in
the Grand Lodge FOR many years.
He was elected Magistrate at an
early age, was appointed Clerk
and Master OF the Chancery Court
in 1912 and served under various
chaacellors until 1861, wheE he was
elected to TIL Legislature. where
he took an active and prominent
part Ia the exciting events of that
period. In 1868 he was chosen to
fill seat in the Confederate con-
gress. After the war, in partner
ship with his kinsman, our late
brother, Gen. John g. Brown and
his son, Brother w H. McCallum,
he engaged in the practice of law,
doing an immense business until
age and declining health forced him
TO retire from active life. In poll
tics before the war he was Wing,
and was looked to for advice and
directed most of The campaigns
with prudence and often success.
In county elections he frequently
voted for personal friends who had
been trusted and found worthy,
without rega,d 20 party affiliations.
After the war he was an unswerv-
ing Democrat, always supporting
aud working for the triumph OF his
party.
In religious belief he was q
Presbyterian and was for may
years az elder, teacher of the Bible
class and superintendent of the
Sabbath school He loved all de-
nominations, and engaged in every
Christian endeavor, taking an act
I've part IN and S ry!ng as pr, sidenl
of the Giles Co unity Biuc ciety.
He was unyielding in his opp,si-
tion 10 any departpre f;om or IN
fringemeht uron the ane;eLt and
ume-honore1 tenets o. @ craft
aud would so lar as be TO II pc
vent allow no innosa:i n, beiiev.
ing that the "old path. an land
marks" we're the safest for the fra
ternity. He lamented that the SO.
cial customs of former days had
been abandoned.
No public enterprise was under
taken in the county 10 develop its
resources; no effolt made Ia in
c ease the moral, educational apo
religious interests of his people. in
which he did not engage with purs
mind and heart. His example wa.
ever worthy of imitation. His love
and concern for the Young wer.
great, always ready with his coun
sci and watehfuI for their welfare
, MS lie was pure and almost with
out spo: or slemish Contidentl,
do we assert that 10 one WHO wa.
: touched by his influence can 81,
that it was not for good; no on.
can in the day OF final account.
charge him with misleading or Civ.
ing advice that tended to evil. III,
was sociable aud hospitable in dis
position, ever ready when not en-
gagged IN business with a pleasa n
] anecdote, Of which be posse sed /.
] great fund, to illustrate some poin
o. enforce moral. His humor wal
refined and pithy. But few net
/ we're IS well read in history snC
general literature, and the peopl,
/ of his county were almost as wei
, known as If they were one famil,
. and he their patrlarchal head.
II In church history be was an al,
thcri.y, and In Masonic lore ant