My dad is Von Callister (b.1947 - Delta, UT)
his dad is Joseph Lathel Callister (b.1909 - Oak City, UT)
his dad is Joseph Platte Callister (b.1879 - Oak City, UT)
his mom is Caroline Eliza Lyman (b.1851 - Salt Lake City, UT)
her dad was Amasa Mason Lyman (b.1813 - Lyman, NH)
Amasa was an early convert to the church and actually an apostle while Joseph Smith was alive. He was born in the tiny northern New Hampshire town of Lyman, named so for the Lyman settlers of the town some 30 years earlier. Amasa's father (Roswell Lyman) died when Amasa was only 5 and Amasa's grandpa on his mother's side (Perez Mason b.1747) played a big role in raising him until he too passed away when Amasa was 11 or 12. At the age of 17 Amasa heard the missionaries that were passing through Lyman and was baptized and moved to upstate New York to join the saints.
I was anxious to research and try to locate some graves of these people. I discovered that Perez Mason was actually very easy to find since he had been a veteran of the Revolutionary War and most war veteran's graves are kept on record. So we knew the cemetery he was buried in and thought we might get lucky and find that Roswell and Perez's wife are also buried there. Well, we took the drive (I think it was about 1hr 15min) to the North Monroe cemetery right on the NH/VT border where we quickly found Perez's headstone and his wife's right alongside. It was pretty cool!! Unfortunately we didn't find Roswell there, nor at the two other cemeteries we searched in the area. It's entirely possible that he is buried in Lebanon, NH where his parents and at least some of his siblings are buried. Lebanon is only about an hour away from us, and might be a fun trip some other time.
It was pretty thrilling to be standing next to my Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather's grave!
Happy Father's Day Dad, and happy Father's Day Perez :)
6 comments:
I wish I could have been there--I love hunting through cemeteries. It is so cool to be there with your roots! I have emailed you the location of Amasa Mason Lyman's death. I doubt you will find his grave back there. : )
Very neat Dan... Now when people question the western "foreigner" in their midst, make sure they understand where the roots lie....that'll shut'm up... (or make them more angry)....
Oh how I love looking in those old cemeteries!!!!!! There is something so awesome about it...and even more so when your ancesters are buried there. I will have to go to Scotland/England someday and walk thru those. So glad that you are connecting there in NH in different many ways. love Mom
super cool! those are some old school headstones!
Can't wait for you to give us the grand New England ancestor tour! That really is so neat!
Also, I just checked out your house--so perfect! I didn't know you were right on the water. It is David's dream to own kayaks and a canoe, and spend our weekends in them!
Looks sweet and dreamy!
So neat Dan! How fun to go grave hunting. That's awesome that you have a NH connection :)
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