When Thomas Miles Callison was born on 6 December 1858, in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States, his father, Absolem Gilispie Callison, was 24 and his mother, Mary Jane McCutcheon, was 23. He married Frances Emmaline Anderson in 1883. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Missouri, United States in 1870. He died on 14 February 1928, in Gillham, Sevier, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Gillham, Sevier, Arkansas, United States.