Mightier Acorns

Journeys through Genealogy and Family History

A parody of a family coat of arms designed with acorns as elements, with the motto "ex gladnis potentioribus" Latin for "from Mighty Acorns"
From Mighty Acorns

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Tad Callin has been working on family history and genealogy since the late 1990s. He does most of his research on Ancestry and posts what he learns to WikiTree.

Category: Franklin County, OH

Families that lived in the county and research done there.

  • The Case of the Missing Bellamys

    The family of Sarah Jane (Bellamy) Clark Sarah Jane Bellamy was born in Cabell County, Virginia, on 17 December 1836. She is my maternal grandfather’s paternal grandmother—and she is one of My Sixteen. Since writing about her grandfather, Matthew Bellamy, in The Slaveholders, I have spent some time improving the WikiTree profiles for this family, and most…

  • A Tale of Two Mildreds

    The life of Leo Homer Callin (1893-1958) I am descended from John Callin, one of two brothers who settled in Milton Township, Ohio, in the 1810s. Leo Homer Callin (1893-1958) was descended from John’s brother, James. Their father was (most likely) James Callin, the Revolutionary War soldier I’ve written about Leo was the son of…

  • What's In a Name?

    And a face to go with the name… As many folks may know, I have a deep affection for unusual names. The person at the center of today’s post possesses my all-time favorite unusual name – beating out the likes of “Gladimere Schreck” and “Thor Glyde Day” for the honor. But before we get to…

  • Pretty Paul's Gangster Days

    The short, tragic life of Paul Olin “Pretty” Callin Paul Olin Callin (1902 – 1930) was the youngest of three siblings: he had an older sister, Ruth, and a brother, Martin. They grew up in Ashland, Ohio, where their father worked as a blacksmith. Delbert Dean Callin (1863-1934) was a descendant of my 5th-great grandfather, James…