McCALL, CHARLES RODERICK, consul and teacher, was born October 3, 1858, at Perote,
Pike County, and died August 24, 1898, at Troy; son of Daniel Alexander and Serena (Dennis) McCall, the former
a native of Cumberland County, N. C., who came to Alabama in 1839, settled in Barbour County where he engaged in
planting, merchandising, and steam boating until 1856 when he removed to that part of Pike County, now embraced
in Bullock, was elected probate judge of Bullock, admitted to the bar early after the war and practiced in Union
Springs as a partner of Col. James N. Arrington; grandson of Judge Charles A. and Esther (Maddox) Dennis of Orion,
Pike County, among the early settlers there, coming from Talbot County, Ga., represented Pike County in the legislatures
of 1826-27-29-35. Mr. McCall received his early education in Union Springs where he was taught by B. J. Mclver,
Angus McDonald, and C L. McCartha; graduated at the University of Alabama with the degree of A. B. in 1878, an
d M. A., in 1879. Of five prizes competed for by his class he won the prize in Greek and the two first prizes offered
in English. On the day of his first graduation, he was elected instructor in Latin and English in the university
and held this position for two years. In 1880 he resigned from his professional duties to become editor of the
"Greenville Advocate." Three years later he removed to Troy to become editor and part proprietor of the
"Troy Messenger." In 1885 he was appointed by Secretary of State Bayard, vice-consul general of the United
States at Rio de Janeiro, was promoted by President Cleveland to be consul at Santos, Brazil, which promotion was
made on recommendation of Assistant Secretary of State, James D. Porter: "for merit and for tried efficiency
in the consular service." During his residence in Brazil he learned to speak Portuguese and Spanish and increased
his knowledge of French and German. He resigned the consularship in 1 889, shortly before President Harrison was
inaugurated, and returning to Alabama became editor and part owner of the "Union Springs Herald." In
1890 he was unanimously elected teacher of languages in the State normal school at Troy where he taught Latin,
Greek and French until his death. During the summer of 1896-97 he taught Latin, Greek and Spanish in the schools
of the Monteagle assembly, Monteagle, Tenn., besides delivering a course of lectures before the assembly on literary
and historical subjects. He was a Democrat and a Presbyterian. Married: November 28, 1889, at Ocean Springs, Miss.,
to Emily, daughter of Thomas C and Sarah Foster. Last residence: Troy.
[History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Volume 4 By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie
Bankhead Owen, 1921 - Transcribed by AFOFG]
