When Rev. Thomas Hooke McCallie was born on 1 August 1837, in Washington, Tennessee, United States, his father, Thomas McCallie, was 41 and his mother, Mary Alexandar Hooke, was 38. He married Ellen Douglas Jarnagin on 28 January 1862, in Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Red Bank, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Civil District 5, Hardeman, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. He died on 30 April 1912, in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States.