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William Henry Callahan was born in Liverpool, England in April of 1863. He was the child of Henry Floyd Callahan Jr. and Martha Pikes Callahan of Liverpool, England. His family immigrated in the year 1865 to the city of Saint Denis, Lemoyne located in the United States after his father bought a coal mining buisness named Callahan Coal and Oil. When William was 14 years old his father was involved in a planned massacre by two men over a disagreement over money, and one year later his mother, Martha died due to complications with Turberculosis. William went to go live with his uncle Sam Callahan in Annesburg, New Hanover located North of Saint Denis where he grew up. At the age of 21, William was involved in a gambling heist where he stole 2,000 dollars worth of jewerly in Saint Denis in 1884 and 2 years later he stole 3,250 dollars in another gambling incident. In 1897 he was captured in Blackwater, West Elizabeth when he was charged with Murder of a guard. He escaped from jail 6 months later and his whereabouts were unknown until his death in 1927 atthe age of 64 where he was found dead after a gun duel with an acompliss by the name of John Danvers. Callahan was found with 30,000 dollars worth of stolen goods and Danvers was charged with murder and was hanged in 1932.