Information about William Calhoun that was emailed by a descendant of William's that lives in S. Dakota. She says: Her grandmother was Bessie Brown Sanborn, the daughter of Clifford Sanborn and Etta Rachel Calhoun.

Sarah Jane Fuller was born in Indiana and was 17 when she married John Fuller. Before the Civil War broke out, they moved to Rolla, MO; when war started John Fuller joined the Confederate Army and was killed, leaving Sarah Jane with 2 small children, John Jr & Martha. Sarah's mother Mary Deem had come to stay with and help Sarah Jane. To support her family, Sarah walked and planted corn for 50 cents a day. One day she came home to no house - bushwackers had burned it because they thought she was hiding soldiers in the cellar. Her mother & children escaped to a neighbors.

Etta's story says Sarah met & married William Calhoun at Rolla, Mo. (but I have the marriage registry of William marrying Sarah in McLean Co. Illinois in 1859). Sarah & William met when he was a union soldier. Her email states they lived at Leroy (1880 census) which they did but an earlier census I have shows them at Downs, IL. lst in 1870

William & Sarah Jane had the following children: William, Rebecca Marie, C. Walter, Etta Rachel (1875), Jennie & Teena (Tina?), all born in IL.

Mother of Sarah Jane, Mary Deem appears with the Calhoun family on the 1880 census in Illinois. I wonder if the Deem name is a lst or 2nd marriage. Sarah's daughter Mattie Fuller marriage registry that I have show her mother's maiden name was Padget/Padgett instead of Deem. There were Padget's living close to William in the country at Downs, IL.

OBIT: (copy in files)
Little River, Rice County, Kansas, Thursday 3/24/1921 - MRS. W.A. CALHOUN
Sarah J. Padgett was born in Owen County, Indiana, May 28, 1841. In 1857 she was united in marriage to ALEXANDER FULLER in Phillips County, Missouri. To this union were born two children, JOHN & MATTIE (Martha) E. FULLER. Mr. Fuller departed this life in 1864...

In 1869 she was united in marriage to William A. Calhoun at Downs, Ill. In the fall of 1888 they moved to LITTLE RIVER, KANSAS., where they lived until the fall of 1896, at which time they moved to SPRINGFIELD, NEBRASKA. There were born to this union FIVE children. After the death of MR. CALHOUN, 12/31/1897 (his tombstone shows 1/1/1898), Mrs. Calhoun moved back to LITTLE RIVER and made her home with her daughter, Mrs. J.H. Frankeberger, (daughter Martha Fuller Frankeberger) until her death on 3/18/1921. She more than lived out her allotted three-score and ten, being 79 years, 9 months and 25 days old when she passed to her reward.

On April 26, 1916, she suffered a stroke of paralysis which made her an invalid and in September 1919, she suffered another stroke. Since the last stroke she has been unable to talk. During all the four years of her affliction she had been beautifully patient.

From early womanhood she was a member of the Christian church, but united with the M.E. church at Little River in 1902 of which she was a consistent member at the time of her death.

She leaves to mourn the loss of a good mother FIVE CHILDREN, John Fuller having passed beyond 3/17/1904, and Arthena (Calhoun) Perry 2/20/1911. Those living are Mrs. J.H. Frankeberger (Mattie) of Little River, Kansas; Mrs. C.W. Sanborn (daughter Etta Rachel Calhoun) of Bethany, Nebraska; Mrs. Lou Shanek (daughter Jennie), Mrs. C.D. Keesling (daughter Rebecca Maria) of Aurora, Oregon; Walter Calhoun of Sylvia, Kansas. They were all, except Mrs. Keesling, at the bedside of Mrs. Calhoun when life's shadows met eternities day. She leaves 42 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren and a host of friends.

Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist church in Little River by the Rev. W.W. Owen at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon and interment was made in BEAN CEMETERY.

CENSUS: 1850 Philip Deam
Owen Co., Indiana, Franklin Twp., 8/29/1859, lines 38-42:
-Philip Deam, age 36, male, born Virginia
-Mary Deam, age 34 female, born Tennessee ***
-Female Deam, age 12, born Indiana (must be Philip's daughter from a former marriage)
-SARAH J. PAGETT, age 11, female, BORN INDIANA (these 3 would be Mary's children)
-James K. Pagett, age 5, male, born Indiana
-Christopher Pagett, age 5, born Indiana

• Married: 27 MAY 1869 in Leroy, Downs Twp, McLean, IL ^{8 3 9 10 11}

1. Rebecca Mariah CALHOUN b: 28 JUN 1870 in IL
2. Walter Albe CALHOUN b: 19 AUG 1872 in IL
3. Rachel Etta CALHOUN b: 9 JAN 1875 in IL
4. Jennie CALHOUN b: 18 OCT 1877 in IL
5. Arthenia CALHOUN b: 15 SEP 1879 in IL

• Married: 1 MAR 1857 in , Phillips, MO ^{3 12}

1. John FULLER b: ABT 1861
2. Martha A. FULLER b: 1861

1. Title: US Census - 1850
   Abbrev: US Census - 1850
   Note: Philip Deam - Franklin Twp., Owen Co., IN
2. Title: Obituary
   Abbrev: Obituary
   Note: For named individual
3. Title: Obit: Calhoun, Mrs. W. A. (Sarah Padgett)
   Abbrev: Obit: Calhoun, Mrs. W. A. (Sarah Padgett)
   Note:
   Little River, Rice County, Kansas, Thursday 3/24/1921
4. Title: Calhoun Emails, 2001 - 2010
   Abbrev: Calhoun Emails, 2001-2010
   Note:
   Confidential Calhoun source
   
   Note: Sarah J Paget
   Text: Sarah J. (Paget) (Fuller) Calhoun is buried at Bean Cemetery in Little River, Kansas. 1841-1921 Lot 0-115. Little River, KS was where Mattie (Fuller) Frankeberger (Sarah's daughter from lst marriage) & Etta (Calhoun) Sanborn (daughter from marriage to William) lived.
5. Title: Calhoun Emails, 2001 - 2010
   Abbrev: Calhoun Emails, 2001-2010
   Note:
   Confidential Calhoun source
   
   Note: Mary Paggett
   Text: Sarah's maiden name was Paggett/Paget/Pagett & not Deem. When Sarah's daughter (Martha/Mattie Fuller) from Sarah's lst marriage married the maiden name of her mother was shown as Pagget. Missouri marriages shows:
   Mary Pagget married Philip Deem 9/1/1843 in Owen Co., Indiana
6. Title: Marker in Cemetery listed with photo
   Abbrev: Marker in Cemetery listed with photo
   Quality: 3
7. Title: Pension file: Calhoun, William - by Sarah Jane Calhoun
   Publication: Claim 673158 and Case 259778, 1895 - 1901
   Abbrev: Pension file: Calhoun, William - by Sarah Jane Calhoun
   Note: Statement by Mary Deem
   Text: Mentions her daughter, Sarah J, marriage to Alexander Fuller and later to Wm Calhoun.
   Date: 6 DEC 1901
8. Title: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 - 1900
   Author: State of IL
   Abbrev: State of IL
   Publication: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/genealogy/marrsrch.html
   Abbrev: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 - 1900
   Note: CALHOUN, WILLIAM FULLER, SARAH J MC LEAN 05/27/1869 00F/0140
   Text:
9. Title: Pension file: Calhoun, William - by Sarah Jane Calhoun
   Publication: Claim 673158 and Case 259778, 1895 - 1901
   Abbrev: Pension file: Calhoun, William - by Sarah Jane Calhoun
   Note: Deposition of Sarah J Calhoun for pension payment at Little River, KS
   Text: Discusses health of Wm Calhoun - rhuematism, heart trouble, asthma,
   Date: 28 JUN 1895
10. Title: Pension file: Calhoun, William - by Sarah Jane Calhoun
    Publication: Claim 673158 and Case 259778, 1895 - 1901
    Abbrev: Pension file: Calhoun, William - by Sarah Jane Calhoun
    Note: Statement by Mary Wise
    Text: Re: sister to Sarah and marriage to Wm Calhoun
    Date: 6 DEC 1901
11. Title: Pension file: Calhoun, William - by Sarah Jane Calhoun
    Publication: Claim 673158 and Case 259778, 1895 - 1901
    Abbrev: Pension file: Calhoun, William - by Sarah Jane Calhoun
    Note: Statement by Sarah J Fuller Calhoun
    Text: Death claim; notes marriages of Wm Calhoun
    Date: 7 MAY 1901
12. Title: Pension file: Calhoun, William - by Sarah Jane Calhoun
    Publication: Claim 673158 and Case 259778, 1895 - 1901
    Abbrev: Pension file: Calhoun, William - by Sarah Jane Calhoun
    Note: Statement by Wm Arthur
    Text: Re: Sarah J Calhoun first marriage to Alexander Fuller
    Date: 6 DEC 1901