Here are a  couple  of  pictures  of  the  Callahan  family.   I still don't know where the picture of Grandpa on the Ostrich was taken, but it was a magical picture to a little kid who didn't know who the old fellow was for over fifty years.

                                        --Harold Wayne
 
 

Andrew Jackson Callahan was born near Greenford, Mahoning Co., Ohio, on November 17, 1837.   He enlisted
as a private in Co. D,  1st Reg't,  California Volunteer Infantry,  on August 28, 1861,  at Presidio Barracks.    In November,  1862,  along with others who felt  "harshly treated"  by their commanding officers,  he  deserted  at Mesilla,  New Mexico Territory.   After traveling to  New Orleans by foot,  he re-enlisted under the name  John Callahan  (Calaghan.  Callaghan)  in  Co. C,  1st Reg't Texas  Volunteer Cavalry on  February 3, 1863.   He was declared missing inaction near Clinton, Louisiana,  on March 7, 1865,  paroled as a prisoner of war from Benton Barracks, Missouri,  shortly thereafter,  and mustered out on  June 2, 1865  at St. Louis.   After employment by Abner Ross  in  St. Louis,  he  moved  with  that family to  Lockhart,  Texas,  and married  Elizabeth Alice Ross (daughter of Abner and Tabitha Boucher) in  Caldwell Co., Texas, on November 6, 1867.  They would eventually establish a homestead for farming and ranching on the Henderson Branch of the Guadalupe River, near Ingram, Kerr Co., Texas.  Alice died there November 6, 1891.   A. J. Callahan died on the John and Kate Walker Ranch, Kerr Co., Texas on January 12, 1928.  Their nine children are pictured.   I have also determined that the picture
of Grandpa Callahan on the ostrich was taken probably at Sawtelle, California, about 1910 or 11.