Callaway, Llewellyn Link, 1868-1951

Llewellyn Link Callaway was born in Tuscola, Illinois on December 15, 1868, the son of James Edmund Callaway and Mary Elizabeth (Link) Callaway. He moved to Montana with his parents in 1871 but he returned to the eastern states for his education, eventually earning a law degree from the University of Michigan in 1891. Callaway returned to Montana and established a law practice in Virginia City in 1894. A staunch Republican, Callaway was elected Madison County attorney in 1894 and afterwards served two terms as the town's mayor. In 1905 he began service as a district judge, and also served as chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court from 1922 to 1931. Callaway had an interest in Montana history and wrote several works on the state's colorful past that were published after his death. He married Ellen N. Badger on December 12, 1894 and died in 1951.

From the guide to the Llewellyn Link Callaway Letter to A. S. Daggy, 1895 July 25, (Montana State University-Bozeman Library, Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections)

Montana Supreme Court justice.

Llewellyn L. Callaway was born in 1868. When his father James Edmund Callaway was appointed secretary of Montana Territory in 1871, family moved to Virginia City, Montana Territory. Llewellyn Callaway practiced law in Virginia City and White Sulphur Springs. He served as mayor of Virginia City and as a justice on the Montana Supreme Court. He died in 1951.

From the description of Llewellyn Link Callaway papers, 1932-1950. (Montana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70961350