Researching Richard Callaway
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The name Richard means "strong ruler" and is of German origin.
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Richard Callaway (umpire)
Richard Callaway, known as "Dick", (2 August 1860 – 19 March 1935 at Sydney, New South Wales) was a cricket Test match umpire. Callaway's younger brother Sydney played Test cricket for Australia.
Callaway umpired 31 first-class matches between 1899 and 1921. He umpired three Test matches between Australia and England in the 1901/02 season. Umpiring threatened to be controversial in this series, with England captain Archie MacLaren demanding the right to appoint one of the two umpires for the first Test match, at Sydney from 13 December 1901; the New South Wales Cricket Association at first passed a resolution asserting its right to appoint both umpires, but then rescinded the resolution while confirming Callaway as its umpire for the match. In the event, MacLaren did not pursue his demand, and Callaway stood with Bob Crockett from the Victorian Cricket Association umpires' list in a match which England won by an innings.
In addition to cricket, Callaway was involved as an administrator and umpire in attempts to establish baseball in Australia; a report of a baseball benefit match arranged on Callaway's behalf in 1920 in the Sydney Morning Herald stated that "Mr Callaway is regarded as the 'father' of baseball in this State".
Callaway worked for 42 years in the accounts section of the New South Wales Lands Department. He died at his home in the Sydney beachside suburb of North Bondi on 19 March 1935 after a lengthy illness, aged 74. He and his wife Elizabeth had five sons and two daughters.
Source: Richard Callaway (umpire), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaRichard Callaway
Richard Callaway or Richard Calloway (June 14, 1717 – November 8, 1780) was a longhunter and early settler of Kentucky. Born in Caroline County, Virginia, Callaway joined Daniel Boone in 1775 in marking the Wilderness Road into central Kentucky, becoming one of the founders of Boonesborough, Kentucky. He took part in organizing the short-lived colony of Transylvania.
In 1776, two of Callaway's daughters, along with Daniel Boone's Jemima, were kidnapped outside Boonesborough by Native Americans. Callaway led one of parties in the rescue of the girls. His nephew Flanders Callaway later married Jemima Boone. In April 1777, Callaway and John Todd were elected to the Virginia legislature as burgesses from Kentucky County, Virginia. In June 1778, he was appointed a justice of the peace and made colonel of the county's militia.
Callaway was a defender during the 1778 siege of Boonesborough. He disagreed with some of Boone's actions and resented the younger man's popularity with the settlers, and later brought court martial charges against Boone. Callaway was angry when the court acquitted and then promoted him.
On November 8, 1780, Colonel Richard Callaway was ambushed about a mile outside of Boonesborough by a Shawnee war party. He was killed and scalped, and his body was mutilated.
Calloway County, Kentucky, was named after Callaway.
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