San Francisco County
Biographies
D. T. CALLAHAN, M.D.
D. T. Callahan,
M.D., whose residence is at 1003 Devisadero
street, San
Francisco, has been a resident of California
since 1852, and for a few years of his earlier life was engaged in practice of
medicine. He was born at Grand
Gulf, Mississippi, in 1846, the
son of the late Jeremiah Callahan, who was one of the pioneer merchants of San
Francisco. He
was connected with his brother, Daniel, in the early days of California
in Shasta county.
In 1857 he established himself in this city and attended to the
receiving and forwarding of merchandise to the houses in Shasta. He was also prominent in the organization of
the Hibernian Bank of this city, in which he was a director for many years. At an early day Mr. Callahan bought largely
of real estate in this city, which has become very valuable. He died in this
county in 1872; and was a native of the county of Cork, Ireland, having come to
America as a young man, settling first in New York and then at Grand Gulf,
Mississippi, where he acquired considerable property interests. The excitement following the discovery of
gold brought him to California,
where he soon became recognized as one of the active and leading spirits in its
material development.
The subject of
this sketch received his early education at the Mount St. Mary’s College
of Emmitsburg, Maryland,
where he remained four years. He later
went to Europe, where he studied at the l’Ecole des Mines, receiving his education in chemistry,
mining, mineralogy, etc. Returning to California,
he entered the medical department of the University
of California, where he graduated
in 1875. He then entered into practice
in San Francisco and Oakland,
in which he continued for several years.
Failing health caused him to give up the practice of medicine, and he
has since devoted himself to his private property interests and literary
pursuits. Dr. Callahan has published
since that time several volumes of poetry, among which are best known “Calderon
Antiope,” and the drama entitled “The Legion of Honor,”
which has been brought out at the Baldwin Theater of this city. The latter is a production adopted from the
French drama entitled L’Honneur de la Maison. Besides his
literary work, Dr. Callahan occasionally indulges in speculations.
Transcribed 8-24-05 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: "The Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 2, Page 267-8, Lewis
Publishing Co, 1892.
©
2005 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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