The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-28
AN INTERESTING STORY.
Facts which go TO Prove that the
Press and Banner Had Grounds
for What IL Said.

We have urged the Messis. Graydon &
Graydon TO allow us to coay the following
letter. which we here present TO show that
what we said was not without foundation
in fact.
The omissions or blanks are left in the let
for the simple reason, that the Messrs. Gray
don preferred not TO let the public see the
whole of the letter.
The reader Gun now pass judgment as TO
whether we have Injured the memory "l
the late Colonel Calhoun.
-, Tenn. Jan. Il, 1891.
Gray don & Graydon, Attorney at Law,
DEAR SIES:-IOurs Oi June 18th IN answer
To my letter OF Dec. 2ljLh, 1880 was received
this norulng and wi now write you again.
In reference 10 the Calhoun affair." must Say
1t Is u very remarkable Case from the Slate
nenls OF Mrs. Rowe and Mrs. Cool. For
eight months | have been trying To fnd out
whether the Jas. Edward Calhoun who died in
your county in, 1889 was the father OF these
parties or not. They say that Was the naine
OF their father. but Is this the man, is the
question. | am informed by parties who
live iE South Carolina that he had no family
Some Say he married wife, Miss Simpkins
i'm Edgefirld county In 1910 or about that
time and some Say that he never was married
and am informed srine in Sonth Carolina
have said he had u family one time and they
lett and no one ever knew what became OF
Them and some parties there Will not answer
any letters | write 1T all, consequently l am
ut a loss to know what are the true facts An
old lady writes from Louisville, KY, that
she rented Mrs. Calhoun Il house when she
first came to Louisville, ky.,in 1851 or 5, and
| that she came from South Carolina and her
husbands name was James Edward Calhoun
and was always known by that name, and
that she said she Was Miss Simpkins before
she was married and lived in South Carolina.
| This statement was made by her without
any suggestion at all OF the name before mar
Mrs Calhoun came to Louisville, and while
she was living In her home lady BY the
given name ofi"Callie came there, and
Staid five or six weeks and told Mrs. Calhoun
that she had come 10 take them back, and
| she was going to see that they were treated
right, and that they should have their rights,
and that Mrs. Calhoun was liking 10 go back,
and during the time the lady got possession
of the marriage certificate and deeds that
Mrs. Calhoun brought with her and left be.
fore they knew itund that her husband was
was going 10 have her arrested and take the
papers from her, and Mrs. Calhoun prevailed
on her husband not 10 do SO for the reason
she was afraid If he did her husband, James
| Edward Calhoun, might come and take from
i her the children. This Is what an old lazy
in Louisville Will state on outh.
Mrs. Rowe Is the only one who lives here.
Mrs. Cool is the oldest one living and is about
Il or near that age now. She tells me on sun.
day before her mother left, her father whip.
ped her mother severely for asking company
to take supper with them. The next day her
mother took her five girl children ana ran
away walking about two days To get where
she could lake q train and then went To u
river and took boat and never left it until
they reachea Loulssliis Esa Wnere ney ianueu'
She saysin 1857 her mother died in Louis.
willie and was buried there. She further says
to the best Of heI remembrance the house
they lived in was q long house, one end Of the
house was higher from the ground than the
other near by was u spring out Of which
they used water.
i She says her father WAS rather tall
man and wore what is called "plug hat
She says she does not know in what county
her mother was married and she being about II