Monogrammed Brick Stories
Brick: Calhoon, Ed
Contributed by Lane Calhoon Dolly
Clan Colquhoun is a Highland Scottish clan featuring many spellings. Rev. Alexander Colhoun (1662–1716) is the common Irish ancestor between Dr. Ed Latta Calhoon and the famous statesman, John C. Calhoun. In the 18th C, several of Alexander Colhoun's children came to Virginia from Ireland. Dr. Calhoon's great grandfather, Jacob Calhoun, a Civil War veteran, was the 4th generation born in VA. He bought land in MO following the war. After the land runs and before 1907, four of his children were part of a community migrating from MO to homestead in Ellis County, Oklahoma. In 1813, Walter Calhoon married Wina Rae Latta. They moved to a dugout south of Beaver, Oklahoma, to homestead. Their son, Ed Calhoon, aimed for medicine and practiced over 50 years in Beaver.
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In 2012 the Oklahoma Historical Society invited those who purchased one of the monogrammed bricks paving the Red River Journey at the Oklahoma History Center to share about the person or group their brick honors. Below is a list of those who submitted stories and the message shown on their brick. Use the links below to read the contributed story.
This project was made possible by a generous donation from Catherine B. Wootten.
