It was at a Caldwell family reunion that I began this project, in October 2004. My grandmother was Ruby Caldwell, an aunt or great aunt to most of the people in the room. There are a lot of stories about the Caldwells, including pirates, religious dissenters, founders of areas in Ireland and Scotland and so forth. In a later edition of the web site, I'll gather those stories and publish them.
This page goes all the way down to the youngest known children, but does not contain birth dates for those still living.
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Descendants of William Caldwell
Generation No. 1
1. WILLIAM1 CALDWELL died Unknown.
Notes for WILLIAM CALDWELL:
Some genealogists say this should be Alexander...If Alexander, he was of Cardwell; also called Alex
deColville; living Prestwick, County Ayrshire, SCT prior to 1550. "The following published in Belfast Times
1858? by R. M. Sibert, History of Ireland-Caldwell's became a prominent family in 1349. William Cauldwell,
Prebendary of Glasgow, was Lord Chancellor of Scotland. His descendant, William Caldwell of Straeton,
Ayrshire had sons Joseph, David and John who appeared early in the parish of Ennis Killen, Fermaugh. John
Caldwell became prominent as a merchant in Ennis Killen and Londonderry (where he died in Ennis) in 1639-
Will proved 1640; m.1627 to Mary Sweetenham;
issue-Baptisms Derry Cathedral."
http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/mahouser/caldwell.html
Child of WILLIAM CALDWELL is:
2. i. WILLIAM2 CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1575, Straeton, Ayreshire, Scotland; d. Unknown.
Generation No. 2
2. WILLIAM2 CALDWELL (WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1575 in Straeton, Ayreshire, Scotland, and died Unknown.
Children of WILLIAM CALDWELL are:
3. i. JOHN3 CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1600, Prestwick, Scotland Or Donegal, Ireland; d. 19 Feb 1639,
Londonderry, Ireland.
ii. JOSEPH CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
iii. DAVID CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
Generation No. 3
3. JOHN3 CALDWELL (WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1600 in Prestwick, Scotland Or Donegal, Ireland, and
died 19 Feb 1639 in Londonderry, Ireland. He married MARY SWEETENHAM 1627 in Ireland, daughter of
ANTHONY SWEETENHAM and ELIZABETH HOCKNELL. She died Unknown.
Notes for JOHN CALDWELL:
He was a merchant in Londonderry and Enniskillen County, Fermaugh, IRE.
http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/mahouser/caldwell.html
More About JOHN CALDWELL:
Probate: 1640
More About JOHN CALDWELL and MARY SWEETENHAM:
Marriage: 1627, Ireland
Children of JOHN CALDWELL and MARY SWEETENHAM are:
4. i. JOHN4 CALDWELL, b. Abt. 16 Sep 1630, Ballybogan, County Donegal, Ireland; d. Abt. Jun 1692,
Ballybogan, County Donegal, Ireland.
5. ii. WILLIAM CALDWELL, b. Abt. 10 May 1628, Glendermott, Donegal, Ireland; d. Abt. Oct 1698.
iii. MARY CALDWELL, b. Abt. 20 Sep 1632, Ballybogan, County Donegal, Ireland; d. Jan 1692; m.
WILLIAM EIFEFIELD; d. Unknown.
iv. JAMES CALDWELL, b. Abt. 30 Nov 1634, Glendermott, Donegal, Ireland; d. 1716; m. CATHERINE
HUME; d. Unknown.
v. MARGARET CALDWELL, b. Abt. 24 May 1636, Glendermott, Donegal, Ireland; d. Unknown; m.
HUGH DELOP; d. Unknown.
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vi. JOSEPH CALDWELL, b. Abt. 06 Apr 1637, Glendermott, Donegal, Ireland; d. Unknown; m. JAN
MCCABE; d. Unknown.
vii. ALEXANDER CALDWELL, b. Abt. 04 Sep 1639, Glendermott, Donegal, Ireland; d. Unknown; m. ANN
CALDWELL; d. Unknown.
Generation No. 4
4. JOHN4 CALDWELL (JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 16 Sep 1630 in Ballybogan, County Donegal,
Ireland, and died Abt. Jun 1692 in Ballybogan, County Donegal, Ireland. He married (1) MARGARET PORTER 11
Jun 1651 in Ireland. She died 1653 in Ballybogan, County Donegal, Ireland. He married (2) MARY HOLMES 06
Jun 1654 in Ballybogan, County Donegal, Ireland, daughter of JAMES HOLMES and JANE JENNINGS. She died
Unknown.
More About JOHN CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Conleigh Parish, Ballycoogan, Ireland
Notes for MARGARET PORTER:
Marriage performed by John Elwin, Mayor. It was witnessed by Alexander Ewing and Daniel
McCullen. http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/mahouser/caldwell.html
More About MARGARET PORTER:
Burial: Unknown, Ballybogan, County Donegal, Ireland
More About JOHN CALDWELL and MARGARET PORTER:
Marriage: 11 Jun 1651, Ireland
More About JOHN CALDWELL and MARY HOLMES:
Marriage: 06 Jun 1654, Ballybogan, County Donegal, Ireland
Children of JOHN CALDWELL and MARY HOLMES are:
6. i. JOSEPH5 CALDWELL, b. 09 Jan 1657, Lifford Parish, County Donegal, Ireland; d. 30 Sep 1730,
County Donegal, Ireland.
ii. MARGARET CALDWELL, b. Abt. 19 Aug 1655, Ballybogan, County Donegal, Ireland; d. Abt. 19 Aug
1655, Ballybogan, County Donegal, Ireland.
iii. MARY JANE CALDWELL, b. Abt. 08 Oct 1660, Ballybogan, County Donegal, Ireland; d. Unknown.
iv. WILLIAM CALDWELL, b. 10 Apr 1662, Ballybogan, County Donegal, Ireland; d. 20 Oct 1725; m.
ELIZABETH PORTER; b. 02 Oct 1697; d. Unknown.
v. ANDREW CALDWELL, b. 08 Sep 1664, Ballybogan, County Donegal, Ireland; d. Unknown.
5. WILLIAM4 CALDWELL (JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 10 May 1628 in Glendermott, Donegal,
Ireland, and died Abt. Oct 1698. He married ELIZABETH HUSTON Aft. 27 May 1652 in Londonderry, Ireland.
She died Unknown.
Notes for WILLIAM CALDWELL:
William is buried at Parish Glendemott, County Donegal, IRE. Published by Irish Parish Society; Marriages
Derry Cathedral; "The Banns between William Caldwell and Elizabeth Husten, both of Glendermott Parish
published before the congregation. Londonderry, Three Lord's Day (27 May 1652) by John Hanford, Mayor."
Marriage Notes
"The banns between Wm. Caldwell & Eliz. Husten, both of Glendermott Parish, Published before the
congregation. Londonderry, Three Lord's Day (27 May 1652), by John Hanford, Mayor."
(Published by Irish Parish Socty.-Marriages Derry Cath.)
http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/mahouser/caldwell.html
More About WILLIAM CALDWELL and ELIZABETH HUSTON:
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Marriage: Aft. 27 May 1652, Londonderry, Ireland
Children of WILLIAM CALDWELL and ELIZABETH HUSTON are:
i. JOHN5 CALDWELL, b. Abt. 19 Aug 1653; d. Unknown.
More About JOHN CALDWELL:
Date born 2: Abt. 10 Jun 1659, Ballybogan, County Donegal, Ireland
ii. ROBERT CALDWELL, b. Abt. 03 Nov 1654; d. Unknown.
iii. THOMAS CALDWELL, b. Abt. 10 Jun 1656; d. Unknown.
iv. ALEXANDER CALDWELL, b. Abt. 23 Sep 1658; d. Unknown.
v. JEAN CALDWELL, b. Abt. 02 Sep 1661; d. Unknown.
Generation No. 5
6. JOSEPH5 CALDWELL (JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 09 Jan 1657 in Lifford Parish, County
Donegal, Ireland, and died 30 Sep 1730 in County Donegal, Ireland. He married JANE MCGHEE 08 Apr 1682 in
County Donegal, Ireland, daughter of ALEXANDER MCGHEE and JANE MILLIKEN. She died Unknown.
Notes for JOSEPH CALDWELL:
From notes on Family Tree: All of his children except Margaret came to America. Margaret died in Ireland.
Andrew came in 1718. Most of the others came in 1727.
A daughter of Capt. John's son, William (Margaret Caldwell) m. James Richey, Sr. Jeanne/Jane Caldwell m.
Alexander Richey, and they were the parents of James Richey, Sr. who m. Margaret Caldwell above.This was the
case of "cousin" marriage. James Richey, Sr. married the daughter of his first cousin William Caldwell, his first
cousin-once-removed!
More About JOSEPH CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, On his farm "Lifford" or "Leffera", Parish Ballycoogan, County Donegal, Ireland
More About JANE MCGHEE:
Name 2: Jane McGhie
More About JOSEPH CALDWELL and JANE MCGHEE:
Marriage: 08 Apr 1682, County Donegal, Ireland
Children of JOSEPH CALDWELL and JANE MCGHEE are:
7. i. CAPTAIN JOHN6 CALDWELL, b. 09 Jan 1683, Lifford Parish, County Donegal, Ireland; d. 06 Oct
1750, Cub Creek, Charlotte County, Virginia.
8. ii. JEANNE CALDWELL, b. 1688, Lifford Parish, County Donegal, Ireland; d. 1784, Farmville, Amelia or
Prince Edward County, Virginia.
iii. ELIZABETH CALDWELL, b. 1684, County Donegal, Ireland; d. Unknown, Virginia; m. JAMES MOORE;
d. Unknown.
More About ELIZABETH CALDWELL:
Immigration: 1727, to America with her brother and his family
iv. MARGARET CALDWELL, b. 1686, County Donegal, Ireland; d. 1740, Ireland; m. ROBERT J.
MCJUNKIN; d. Unknown.
v. GEORGE CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1690, County Donegal, Ireland; d. Unknown; m. JANE PHILLIPS; d.
Unknown.
9. vi. CATHERINE CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1691 - 1692, County Donegal, Ireland; d. Unknown, Virginia.
10. vii. ANDREW CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1691 - 1693, County Donegal, Ireland; d. Unknown.
Generation No. 6
7. CAPTAIN JOHN6 CALDWELL (JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 09 Jan 1683 in Lifford
Parish, County Donegal, Ireland1, and died 06 Oct 1750 in Cub Creek, Charlotte County, Virginia1. He married
MARGARET PHILLIPS 04 Jan 1704 in County Derry, Ireland1, daughter of GRIFFITH PHILLIPS and JANET
MCCULLOUGH. She was born Bet. 1670 - 1690 in County Donegal, Ireland, and died Unknown in Charlotte
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County, Virginia.
Notes for CAPTAIN JOHN CALDWELL:
It is likely that at least one relative was in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania when he arrived. David Caldwell was
born in 1725, the son of Andrew Caldwell.
http://sdss4.physics.lsa.umich.edu:8080/~mckay/amckay/presbioc.htm That website contains information about
other Caldwells in the Maryland-Pennsylvania-New Jersey area who were ministers of the Presbyterian Church.
From a book on Irish castles, someone has posted this description on the internet: Castle Cadlwell, Fermanagh.
Originally known as the Castle Hasset, ruined CastleCaldwell is a plantation structure built between 1610 and
1619 by Francis Blennerhasset as one of a series of strongholds guarding the Lough Erne road. In 1662, the
Blennerhasset family sold the castle to James Caldwell, who renamed it and whose descendants lived there for
over 200 years. The remains include two of the hawn's flankers, a boathouse and a quay, and a ruined Protestant
church. The latter was bulit by Francie Blennerhasset in 1641, and during later use as a family chapel, acquired
some interesting monuments. The English traveller Arthur Young enjoyed the hospitality of James Caldwell in
1776. Beside the road is the Fiddler's Stone, a monument raised to a drunken fiddler who fell from a boat and
drowned while travelling with Sir James' band in 1770. The whole of this area at the northwest corner of Lough
Erne is classed as a region of outstanding natural baeuty. As well as being a forest park, it is also a reserve under
the control of a RSPB warden who watches over the thriving local wildlife.
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 19, pp 92-94 Our [John Roger and Elias B. Caldwell--cousins]
grandfather emigrated from Scotland to Ireland soon after King William's conquest of that place [ie. Scotland--
King William III of England; 1650-1702]. Our grandfather, John Caldwell, was born in Ireland and was there
married to a Margaret Phillips (our grandmother). He remained there until they had five children, at which time
he got three of his brothers-in-law, who had married his sisters, to come to America with him (to wit) Moor,
Ritchey, and Dudgeon. Wll:[?] of whom I well remember and one brother-in-law who married his wife's sister
whose name was Dougherty, grandfather of my wife and Thomas Dougherty formerly clerk to the lowest house of
Congress. They set sail together and landed in Delaware the very day that King George II was proclaimed there
[King George II of England; 1683-1760]. From thence they got up the country to a place in Pa., then, called
Chestnut Level. Our grandfather naturally of an enterprising spirit, explored the country southwesterly from a
place in Va. to Albemarle Co. to which he moved and was soon followed by all his kindred.
There he lived some years; there our grandfather died and his oldest son and my mother-his only daughter-were
married.
They and their companions moved with him to Roanoke River and the fine lands there explored the country
westerly until his followers fixed on a fine level waterly spot not 30 miles outside any inhabitants, to which place
him and his sons and brothers-in-law moved about the year 1742-43.
They were soon after joined by other friends mostly from Ireland or Pa. until they formed a little settlement which
was known and always called Caldwell Settlement. For thirty years after father was the first Justice of the Peace
and his oldest son the oldest militia officer that was ever appointed under King George II within 25 miles of that
place in that neighborhood. I was born and in it was married and had six children before I moved to Ky in the
year 1781.
Our grandfathers children were William, Thomas, David, all are buried in the same graveyard with their father.
David's widow and all the family moved to Ky. Uncle John went to So. Carolina and died there. Uncle William's
widow and all that family went also to So. Carolina. Our friend John C. Calhoun is a son of the 2nd daughter of
that family."
(signed by) Cousin John Roger
More About CAPTAIN JOHN CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Cub Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte County, Virginia
Immigration: 10 Dec 1727, Newark, Delaware, possibly on the ship Eaglewing
Member: Elder, church of Rev. John Thompson in Chestnut Level, Pennsylvania
Moved 1: Abt. 1728, to Drumore Township, Chestnut Level, Pennsylvania, upon arrival in America
Moved 2: Bet. 1730 - 1734, Cub Creek, Charlotte County, Virginia, which was also called "Caldwell's
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Settlement" and was in Lunenberg County, Virginia at one point
Will: 26 Nov 1748, Lunenberg County, Virginia
More About MARGARET PHILLIPS:
Burial: Unknown, Cub Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte County, Virginia
More About JOHN CALDWELL and MARGARET PHILLIPS:
Marriage: 04 Jan 1704, County Derry, Ireland1
Children of JOHN CALDWELL and MARGARET PHILLIPS are:
11. i. WILLIAM7 CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1706, County Derry or County Antrim, Ireland; d. 17 Feb 1761, Cub
Creek, Lunenberg County, Virginia.
12. ii. THOMAS CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1706 - 1708, County Donegal, Ireland; d. 1770, Cub Creek, Charlotte
County, Virginia.
13. iii. DAVID CALDWELL, b. 1710, County Donegal, Ireland; d. Abt. 1768, Charlotte County, Virginia.
14. iv. MARGARET CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1712, Ireland; d. 1791, Mercer County, Kentucky.
15. v. JOHN CALDWELL, JR., b. 20 Mar 1715, Ballyoogan, Donegal, Ireland; d. 30 Oct 1795, Columbia,
Maury County, Tennessee.
16. vi. ROBERT CALDWELL, b. 05 Jul 1732, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. 30 Jul 1806, Mercer,
Boyle County, Kentucky.
17. vii. REVEREND JAMES CALDWELL, b. Apr 1734, Cub Creek, Lunenberg County, Virginia; d. 24 Nov
1781, Elizabethtown, New Jersey.
8. JEANNE6 CALDWELL (JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1688 in Lifford Parish, County
Donegal, Ireland, and died 1784 in Farmville, Amelia or Prince Edward County, Virginia. She married
ALEXANDER RICHEY. He died Unknown.
Notes for JEANNE CALDWELL:
Some genealogists say that Jeanne/Jane's parents were Andrew Caldwell and Jeanne Galbraith. She may have
been born in County Donegal, Ireland.
More About JEANNE CALDWELL:
Name 2: Jane Caldwell
Immigration: 1727, to America with her brother and his family
Children of JEANNE CALDWELL and ALEXANDER RICHEY are:
18. i. JAMES7 RICHEY, b. 25 Jul 1724, Ireland or Virginia; d. 12 Aug 1808, Shoals Junction, Abbeville
District, South Carolina.
ii. JOHN RICHEY, d. Unknown.
iii. AGNES RICHEY, d. Unknown.
iv. MARY RICHEY, d. Unknown.
19. v. ALEXANDER RICHEY, b. 20 Aug 1739; d. 11 Jan 1818.
vi. SAMUEL RICHEY, d. Unknown.
vii. CATRIN RICHEY, d. Unknown.
viii. SUSANNA RICHEY, d. Unknown.
9. CATHERINE6 CALDWELL (JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Bet. 1691 - 1692 in County
Donegal, Ireland, and died Unknown in Virginia. She married JOHN DUDGEON. He died Unknown.
More About CATHERINE CALDWELL:
Immigration: 1727, to America with her brother and his family
Child of CATHERINE CALDWELL and JOHN DUDGEON is:
20. i. MARY7 DUDGEON, d. Unknown.
10. ANDREW6 CALDWELL (JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Bet. 1691 - 1693 in County
Donegal, Ireland, and died Unknown. He married ANN STEWART. She died Unknown.
More About ANDREW CALDWELL:
Immigration: 1718, to America
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Moved: 1718, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
More About ANN STEWART:
Name 2: Ann Stuart
Child of ANDREW CALDWELL and ANN STEWART is:
i. DAVID7 CALDWELL, b. 23 Mar 1725; d. Unknown; m. RACHEL CRAIGHEAD; d. Unknown.
Generation No. 7
11. WILLIAM7 CALDWELL (JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1706 in County
Derry or County Antrim, Ireland, and died 17 Feb 1761 in Cub Creek, Lunenberg County, Virginia. He married
REBECCA PARKS Bet. 1724 - 1727 in County Antrim, Ireland, daughter of JACQUES PARKS. She died Unknown.
More About WILLIAM CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Cub Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte County, Virginia
Military service: First military officer appointed by King George III in America. Major in the French and Indian
War.
Probate: 07 Apr 1761, Lunenberg County, Virginia
Will: 09 Jan 1758, Lunenberg County, Virginia
More About REBECCA PARKS:
Moved: Aft. 17 Feb 1761, To South Carolina after the death of her husband
More About WILLIAM CALDWELL and REBECCA PARKS:
Marriage: Bet. 1724 - 1727, County Antrim, Ireland
Children of WILLIAM CALDWELL and REBECCA PARKS are:
i. HENRY8 CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
ii. REBECCA CALDWELL, b. Aft. 1724; d. Unknown; m. JOSIAH EAST; d. Unknown.
iii. JOHN CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1728, Pennsylvania; d. Nov 1781, South Carolina; m. MARGARET
DAVIDSON, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; d. Unknown.
More About JOHN CALDWELL and MARGARET DAVIDSON:
Marriage: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
21. iv. MARGARET CALDWELL, b. 04 Jan 1729, Pennsylvania; d. 12 Sep 1802, Shoals Junction, Abbeville
District, South Carolina.
v. SARAH CALDWELL, b. 1730, Lunenberg County, Virginia; d. Unknown; m. DR. JAMES MARTIN; d.
Unknown.
vi. ELEANOR CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1734 - 1746, Lunenberg County, Virginia; d. Unknown; m. JOHN
MOORE, 16 May 1766; d. Unknown.
More About JOHN MOORE and ELEANOR CALDWELL:
Marriage: 16 May 1766
22. vii. DAVID CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1741 - 1760, Charlotte County, Virginia; d. Unknown.
23. viii. MARTHA CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1743 - 1750, Cub Creek, Charlotte County, Virginia; d. 15 May 1802,
Abbeville District, South Carolina.
24. ix. WILLIAM THOMAS CALDWELL, b. 10 Mar 1748, Lunenberg County, Virginia; d. 16 Dec 1814,
Newberry District, South Carolina.
25. x. JAMES CALDWELL, b. 07 Aug 1755, Cub Creek, Charlotte County, Virginia; d. 11 Jan 1813,
Newberry District, South Carolina.
26. xi. ELIZABETH CALDWELL, b. 15 Oct 1757; d. 29 Dec 1851, South Carolina.
12. THOMAS7 CALDWELL (JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Bet. 1706 - 1708 in
County Donegal, Ireland, and died 1770 in Cub Creek, Charlotte County, Virginia. He married MARY JANE
PARKS Bet. 1724 - 1725 in Ireland, daughter of HENRY PARKS. She died Unknown.
Notes for THOMAS CALDWELL:
Some researchers say he is not mentioned in his father's will, drawn on November 26, 1748, so we assume he
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died before that. However, other researchers say he is mentioned betweeen David and Robert, receiving 500
acres of land on the east side of Cub Creek
More About THOMAS CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Cub Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte County, Virginia
More About THOMAS CALDWELL and MARY PARKS:
Marriage: Bet. 1724 - 1725, Ireland
Children of THOMAS CALDWELL and MARY PARKS are:
27. i. MARY8 CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1724 - 1728, Ireland or Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. 1787,
Montgomery County, Virginia.
ii. WILLIAM CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1727 - 1731, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. Unknown; m. JEAN
AUSTIN, 1755; d. Unknown.
More About WILLIAM CALDWELL and JEAN AUSTIN:
Marriage: 1755
iii. JOHN CALDWELL, b. 1728, Pennsylvania or Virginia; d. 1785, Newberry District, South Carolina; m.
ANN FINLEY; d. Unknown.
iv. THOMAS CALDWELL, b. 1730, Pennsylvania or Virginia; d. Unknown; m. DELPHIA BALLARD, 1749;
d. Unknown.
More About THOMAS CALDWELL and DELPHIA BALLARD:
Marriage: 1749
v. JAMES CALDWELL, b. 1732, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. 10 Aug 1787; m. ELIZABETH
MOORE, 1752; d. Unknown.
More About JAMES CALDWELL and ELIZABETH MOORE:
Marriage: 1752
vi. HENRY CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1732 - 1734; d. 1752.
vii. MARGARET CALDWELL, b. 1734, Lunenberg County, Virginia; d. Unknown; m. WILLIAM STOKES; d.
Unknown.
13. DAVID7 CALDWELL (JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1710 in County Donegal,
Ireland, and died Abt. 1768 in Charlotte County, Virginia. He married MARY DUDGEON Abt. 1745 in Virginia,
daughter of JOHN DUDGEON and CATHERINE CALDWELL. She died Unknown.
More About DAVID CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Cub Creek Cemetery, Albemarle County, Virginia
Member: Elder, Cub Creek Presbyterian Church, Lunenberg County, Virginia
Probate: 06 Mar 1769, Lunenberg County, Virginia
Will: 19 Oct 1765, Lunenberg County, Virginia
More About MARY DUDGEON:
Moved: Aft. 1768, After her husband's death, she and her entire family moved to Ketnucky.
More About DAVID CALDWELL and MARY DUDGEON:
Marriage: Abt. 1745, Virginia
Children of DAVID CALDWELL and MARY DUDGEON are:
i. JAMES8 CALDWELL, b. 1768; d. Unknown; m. ANGELINE ISHAM; d. Unknown.
Notes for JAMES CALDWELL:
He is mentioned in his father's will as "youngest son."
ii. JOHN CALDWELL, b. 1746; d. Unknown; m. (1) ? MANN; d. Unknown; m. (2) J. NEELY; d. Unknown.
iii. THOMAS CALDWELL, b. Bef. 1769; d. Unknown.
iv. WILLIAM CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. S. CHINN; d. Unknown.
v. DAVID VARNER CALDWELL, b. 11 Mar 1753, Virginia; d. Unknown.
vi. SARAH CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. JOHN OWENS; d. Unknown.
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vii. MARY CALDWELL, b. 1757; d. Unknown; m. (1) ? SMITH; d. Unknown; m. (2) B. MANN; d. Unknown.
viii. ROBERT CALDWELL, b. 1762; d. Unknown; m. HANNAH WILLIS; d. Unknown.
ix. JEANNE CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. ROBERT LUMPKINS; d. Unknown.
x. MARGARET CALDWELL, b. 1765; d. Unknown; m. T. EPPERSON; d. Unknown.
14. MARGARET7 CALDWELL (JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1712 in
Ireland, and died 1791 in Mercer County, Kentucky. She married WILLIAM ROGERS 1738 in Lunenberg County,
Virginia. He died Unknown.
Notes for MARGARET CALDWELL:
A history of Cub Creek written in 1938 says her descendants became famous citizens of Kentucky and Tennessee.
More About WILLIAM ROGERS:
Civil: First Justice of the Peace in Caldwell Settlement, Virginia ?
More About WILLIAM ROGERS and MARGARET CALDWELL:
Marriage: 1738, Lunenberg County, Virginia
Children of MARGARET CALDWELL and WILLIAM ROGERS are:
i. MARGARET8 ROGERS, b. 1744; d. 1800, Virginia.
ii. JOHN ROGERS, b. 1746, Cub Creek, Albemarle County, Virginia; d. 1836, Kentucky.
Notes for JOHN ROGERS:
The following letter can be found in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 19, pp 92-
94 (a letter from John Roger to Elias B. Caldwell; subject-the Caldwell family).
"Our [John Roger and Elias B. Caldwell--cousins] grandfather emigrated from Scotland to Ireland
soon after King William's conquest of that place [ie. Scotland--King William III of England; 1650-
1702]. Our grandfather, John Caldwell, was born in Ireland and was there married to a Margaret
Phillips (our grandmother). He remained there until they had five children, at which time he got
three of his brothers-in-law, who had married his sisters, to come to America with him (to wit) Moor,
Ritchey, and Dudgeon. Wll:[?] of whom I well remember and one brother-in-law who married his
wife's sister whose name was Dougherty, grandfather of my wife and Thomas Dougherty formerly
clerk to the lowest house of Congress. They set sail together and landed in Delaware the very day
that King George II was proclaimed there [King George II of England; 1683-1760]. From thence
they got up the country to a place in Pa., then, called Chestnut Level. Our grandfather naturally of
an enterprising spirit, explored the country southwesterly from a place in Va. to Albemarle Co. to
which he moved and was soon followed by all his kindred.
There he lived some years; there our grandfather died and his oldest son and my mother-his only
daughter-were married.
They and their companions moved with him to Roanoke River and the fine lands there explored the
country westerly until his followers fixed on a fine level waterly spot not 30 miles outside any
inhabitants, to which place him and his sons and brothers-in-law moved about the year 1742-43.
They were soon after joined by other friends mostly from Ireland or Pa. until they formed a little
settlement which was known and always called Caldwell Settlement. For thirty years after father
was the first Justice of the Peace and his oldest son the oldest militia officer that was ever
appointed under King George II within 25 miles of that place in that neighborhood. I was born and
in it was married and had six children before I moved to Ky in the year 1781.
Our grandfathers children were William, Thomas, David, all are buried in the same graveyard with
their father. David's widow and all the family moved to Ky. Uncle John went to So. Carolina and
died there. Uncle William's widow and all that family went also to So. Carolina. Our friend John C.
Calhoun is a son of the 2nd daughter of that family."
(signed by) Cousin John Roger
More About JOHN ROGERS:
Moved: 1781, From Virginia to Kentucky, afte rhe had 6 children in Virginia
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iii. ROBERT ROGERS, b. Bet. 1747 - 1748; d. Unknown.
iv. ANN ROGERS, b. Bet. 1748 - 1749; d. Unknown.
v. ANDREW ROGERS, b. 1749; d. 1725.
15. JOHN7 CALDWELL, JR. (JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 20 Mar 1715 in
Ballyoogan, Donegal, Ireland, and died 30 Oct 1795 in Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee. He married (1)
MARTHA CALHOUN 1739. She was born 1719, and died 1773. He married (2) MARGARET ELEANOR EWING
1740. She was born 1720, and died Bet. 1744 - 1814. He married (3) JANE KENNEDY 1746 in Old Cub Creek
Church, Lunenberg County, Virginia. She died Unknown.
Notes for JOHN CALDWELL, JR.:
In a history of Cub Creek Presbyterian Church, it states that he was the 4th son. It says he moved to South
Carolina, where he was killed by Indians.
More About JOHN CALDWELL, JR.:
Died 2: Alternate place: Maury, Tennessee
Cause of Death: Killed by Indians
More About JOHN CALDWELL and MARTHA CALHOUN:
Marriage: 1739
More About JOHN CALDWELL and MARGARET EWING:
Marriage: 1740
More About JOHN CALDWELL and JANE KENNEDY:
Marriage: 1746, Old Cub Creek Church, Lunenberg County, Virginia
Children of JOHN CALDWELL and MARGARET EWING are:
i. ROBERT8 CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
ii. WILLIAM CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
28. iii. JOHN CALDWELL, b. 1740, Virginia; d. 30 Oct 1795, Halifax County, Virginia.
iv. SAMUEL CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
v. ALLEN CALDWELL, b. 1745; d. 1822, Virginia.
Children of JOHN CALDWELL and JANE KENNEDY are:
29. vi. ALEXANDER8 CALDWELL, b. 1755, Knox County, Tennessee; d. Bef. 25 Sep 1833, Jefferson
County, Alabama.
vii. JAMES CALDWELL, b. 1749; d. Unknown.
viii. ANTHONY CALDWELL, b. 1751; d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH AIKENS, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
More About ANTHONY CALDWELL and ELIZABETH AIKENS:
Marriage: Tennessee
ix. SAMUEL CALDWELL, b. 1753; d. Unknown; m. HARRIETT SCOTT, Kentucky; d. Unknown.
More About SAMUEL CALDWELL and HARRIETT SCOTT:
Marriage: Kentucky
x. SALLY CALDWELL, b. 1754; d. Unknown.
xi. WILLIAM CALDWELL, b. 16 Jul 1756; d. Unknown; m. ELEANOR MOORE; d. Unknown.
xii. POLLY CALDWELL, b. 1757; d. Unknown; m. JAMES CLEMONS; d. Unknown.
xiii. HUGH CALDWELL, b. 1760; d. Unknown; m. NELLY DAUGHERTY; d. Unknown.
16. ROBERT7 CALDWELL (JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 05 Jul 1732 in
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died 30 Jul 1806 in Mercer, Boyle County, Kentucky. He married MARY
LOGAN 01 Jan 1755 in Virginia. She died Unknown.
Notes for ROBERT CALDWELL:
He moved to Kentucky, where Caldwell County was named in his honor.
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More About ROBERT CALDWELL:
Burial 1: Unknown, Frankfort, Kentucky
Burial 2: Robert is buried on his farm; Caldwell/Irvine Cemetery, Boyle Co., KY
More About MARY LOGAN:
Burial: Unknown, Mary is buried on the family farm; Caldwell/Irvine Cemetery, Boyle Co., KY
More About ROBERT CALDWELL and MARY LOGAN:
Marriage: 01 Jan 1755, Virginia
Children of ROBERT CALDWELL and MARY LOGAN are:
i. MARGARET8 CALDWELL, b. 29 Oct 1755; d. Unknown; m. ? COOK; d. Unknown.
ii. JOHN CALDWELL, b. 22 Sep 1758; d. 1804.
iii. DAVID CALDWELL, b. 07 Jun 1760; d. Unknown.
iv. WILLIAM T. CALDWELL, b. 13 May 1762; d. Unknown; m. ? WICKLIFF; d. Unknown.
v. ROBERT CALDWELL, b. 23 May 1764; d. Unknown.
vi. PHILLIPS CALDWELL, b. 26 Jan 1767; d. Unknown.
vii. JANE CALDWELL, b. 31 Mar 1770; d. Unknown; m. ROBERT LOGAN; d. Unknown.
viii. SAMUEL CALDWELL, b. 09 Dec 1771; d. Unknown; m. ANNE BALCH; d. Unknown.
ix. MARY CALDWELL, b. 23 Aug 1773; d. Unknown; m. ? PALMER; d. Unknown.
x. ELIZABETH CALDWELL, b. 02 Jul 1776; d. Unknown; m. SAMUEL GRUNDY; d. Unknown.
xi. JAMES LOGAN CALDWELL, b. 08 Jan 1778; d. Unknown.
xii. RICHARD CALDWELL, b. 01 Oct 1781; d. Unknown.
17. REVEREND JAMES7 CALDWELL (JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Apr 1734 in
Cub Creek, Lunenberg County, Virginia, and died 24 Nov 1781 in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. He married
HANNAH OGDEN 14 Mar 1763 in Newark, New Jersey, daughter of JOHN OGDEN and HANNAH SAYRE. She died
Unknown.
Notes for REVEREND JAMES CALDWELL:
He was killed by an American traitor named Morgan at Elizabethtown, NJ. N. J. Morgan was reputed to have
been paid by the British for this assasination. Rev.James Caldwell was said to have conducted services with a
loaded pistol on each side of his Bible.
More About REVEREND JAMES CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Graduation: 1759, Princeton University
Military service: Chaplain in Col. Elias Drayton's Regiment of New Jersey, Revolutionary War
Occupation: 1762, Installed as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Elizabbethtown, New Jersey. He
remained there until his death.
More About HANNAH OGDEN:
Burial: Unknown, Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Elizabethtown, New Jersey
More About JAMES CALDWELL and HANNAH OGDEN:
Marriage: 14 Mar 1763, Newark, New Jersey
Children of JAMES CALDWELL and HANNAH OGDEN are:
i. MARGARET PHILLIPS8 CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. ISAAC CANFIELD, 1787; d. Unknown.
More About ISAAC CANFIELD and MARGARET CALDWELL:
Marriage: 1787
ii. JOHN DICKSON CALDWELL, b. 1765; d. 11 May 1766.
iii. HANNAH CALDWELL, b. 20 Sep 1767; d. 20 Feb 1825.
iv. JOHN EDWARD CALDWELL, b. 1765; d. Unknown; m. ? VAN WYCK, 1806; d. Unknown.
More About JOHN CALDWELL and ? VAN WYCK:
Marriage: 1806
v. JAMES BAXTER CALDWELL, b. 1771; d. Unknown; m. (1) H. GILL; d. Unknown; m. (2) N. BEVAN; d.
Unknown.
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vi. ESTER FLYNT CALDWELL, b. 1772; d. Unknown; m. REVEREND ROBERT FINLEY, 1798; d.
Unknown.
More About ROBERT FINLEY and ESTER CALDWELL:
Marriage: 1798
vii. JOSEPH FLYNT CALDWELL, b. 1774; d. Unknown; m. MARGARET MAGRUDER, 1815; d. Unknown.
More About JOSEPH CALDWELL and MARGARET MAGRUDER:
Marriage: 1815
viii. ELIAS B. CALDWELL, b. 1776; d. Unknown; m. (1) ? BOYD; d. Unknown; m. (2) ? LINGREN; d.
Unknown.
ix. SARAH CALDWELL, b. 1778; d. Unknown; m. J. S. VERNDENBURG, 1800; d. Unknown.
More About J. VERNDENBURG and SARAH CALDWELL:
Marriage: 1800
x. MARIE CALDWELL, b. 1779; d. Unknown; m. R. S. ROBERTSON; d. Unknown.
18. JAMES7 RICHEY (JEANNE6 CALDWELL, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 25 Jul 1724 in
Ireland or Virginia, and died 12 Aug 1808 in Shoals Junction, Abbeville District, South Carolina. He married
MARGARET CALDWELL Abt. 1749 in Virginia, daughter of WILLIAM CALDWELL and REBECCA PARKS. She was
born 04 Jan 1729 in Pennsylvania, and died 12 Sep 1802 in Shoals Junction, Abbeville District, South Carolina.
More About JAMES RICHEY:
Burial: Unknown, Greenville Presbyterian Church, Abbeville District, South Carolina near Donalds, South
Caorlina
Will: 16 Dec 1807
More About MARGARET CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Old Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Abbeville District, South Carolina, near
Donalds, South Carolina
More About JAMES RICHEY and MARGARET CALDWELL:
Marriage: Abt. 1749, Virginia
Children of JAMES RICHEY and MARGARET CALDWELL are:
i. ALEXANDER8 RICHEY, b. Bet. 1748 - 1749; d. Unknown.
ii. JOHN RICHEY, b. Abt. 1750; d. Unknown.
iii. JAMES RICHEY, b. 02 Nov 1752; d. Unknown.
iv. JEANNE RICHEY, b. Abt. 1753; d. Unknown.
v. MARGARET RICHEY, b. Abt. 1753; d. Unknown.
vi. ROBERT J. RICHEY, b. Abt. 1754; d. Unknown.
vii. ANN RICHEY, b. Abt. 1758; d. Unknown.
viii. NANCY AGNES RICHEY, b. 30 Jun 1763, Virginia; d. 28 Apr 1847; m. HENRY PURDY; d. Unknown.
30. ix. ANDREW RICHEY, b. Abt. 1768; d. Unknown.
x. WILLIAM A. RICHEY, b. Abt. 1769; d. Unknown.
19. ALEXANDER7 RICHEY (JEANNE6 CALDWELL, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 20 Aug
1739, and died 11 Jan 1818. He married MARY WILSON 18 Dec 1761. She died Unknown.
More About ALEXANDER RICHEY and MARY WILSON:
Marriage: 18 Dec 1761
Children of ALEXANDER RICHEY and MARY WILSON are:
i. ALEXANDER8 RICHEY, d. Unknown.
ii. ELIZABETH RICHEY, d. Unknown.
iii. SUSANNAH RICHEY, d. Unknown.
iv. JOHN RICHEY, d. Unknown.
v. JAMES RICHEY, d. Unknown.
vi. MARY RICHEY, d. Unknown.
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vii. HUGH RICHEY, d. Unknown.
20. MARY7 DUDGEON (CATHERINE6 CALDWELL, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) died Unknown.
She married DAVID CALDWELL Abt. 1745 in Virginia, son of JOHN CALDWELL and MARGARET PHILLIPS. He was
born 1710 in County Donegal, Ireland, and died Abt. 1768 in Charlotte County, Virginia.
More About MARY DUDGEON:
Moved: Aft. 1768, After her husband's death, she and her entire family moved to Ketnucky.
More About DAVID CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Cub Creek Cemetery, Albemarle County, Virginia
Member: Elder, Cub Creek Presbyterian Church, Lunenberg County, Virginia
Probate: 06 Mar 1769, Lunenberg County, Virginia
Will: 19 Oct 1765, Lunenberg County, Virginia
More About DAVID CALDWELL and MARY DUDGEON:
Marriage: Abt. 1745, Virginia
Children are listed above under (13) David Caldwell.
Generation No. 8
21. MARGARET8 CALDWELL (WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 04 Jan
1729 in Pennsylvania, and died 12 Sep 1802 in Shoals Junction, Abbeville District, South Carolina. She married
JAMES RICHEY Abt. 1749 in Virginia, son of ALEXANDER RICHEY and JEANNE CALDWELL. He was born 25 Jul
1724 in Ireland or Virginia, and died 12 Aug 1808 in Shoals Junction, Abbeville District, South Carolina.
More About MARGARET CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Old Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Abbeville District, South Carolina, near
Donalds, South Carolina
More About JAMES RICHEY:
Burial: Unknown, Greenville Presbyterian Church, Abbeville District, South Carolina near Donalds, South
Caorlina
Will: 16 Dec 1807
More About JAMES RICHEY and MARGARET CALDWELL:
Marriage: Abt. 1749, Virginia
Children are listed above under (18) James Richey.
22. DAVID8 CALDWELL (WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Bet. 1741 -
1760 in Charlotte County, Virginia, and died Unknown. He married (1) SARAH MARTIN. She died Unknown.
He married (2) NANCY CAREY. She died Unknown. He married (3) ? FORREST. She died Unknown.
Notes for DAVID CALDWELL:
David had a hearing problem from youth and could not serve in the Revolution. The children listed may not be
from the same mothers.
Children of DAVID CALDWELL and SARAH MARTIN are:
i. REBECCA JACKSON9 CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. GIDEON RIDDLE; d. Unknown.
ii. SARAH MARTIN CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. ZACH HOULDITCH; d. Unknown.
iii. GEORGE WASHINGON CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. NANCY ?; d. Unknown.
iv. JOHN WESLEY CALDWELL, d. 1875, Clay County, Alabama.
v. THOMAS CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
vi. DAVID CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
vii. WILLIAM CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
viii. CAREY CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
ix. JAMES CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
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x. FRANK CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
23. MARTHA8 CALDWELL (WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Bet. 1743 -
1750 in Cub Creek, Charlotte County, Virginia, and died 15 May 1802 in Abbeville District, South Carolina. She
married PATRICK CALHOUN Jun 1770 in South Carolina. He died Unknown.
More About PATRICK CALHOUN and MARTHA CALDWELL:
Marriage: Jun 1770, South Carolina
Children of MARTHA CALDWELL and PATRICK CALHOUN are:
31. i. JOHN CALDWELL9 CALHOUN, b. 18 Mar 1782; d. 31 Mar 1850, Washington, DC.
ii. CATHERINE CALHOUN, d. Unknown; m. REVEREND JAMES WADDELL; d. Unknown.
iii. JAMES CALHOUN, d. Unknown.
iv. PATRICK CALHOUN, d. Unknown; m. NANCY DEGRAFFENREID; d. Unknown.
v. WILLIAM CALHOUN, b. 19 Sep 1776; d. 10 Dec 1840; m. CATHERINE JENNER DEGRAFFENREID; d.
Unknown.
24. WILLIAM THOMAS8 CALDWELL (WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 10
Mar 1748 in Lunenberg County, Virginia, and died 16 Dec 1814 in Newberry District, South Carolina. He
married ELIZABETH ANN WILLIAMS 1766 in Newberry District, South Carolina, daughter of JOHN WILLIAMS and
MARY ATWOOD. She was born 28 May 1750 in South Carolina, and died 03 Jan 1815 in Newberry District,
South Carolina.
Notes for WILLIAM THOMAS CALDWELL:
He moved to SC with his mother and lived 2 years with brother in law Patrick Calhoun in Abbeville Dist., SC. He
joined his brother John Caldwell in Newberry Dist., SC. He later inherited his brother John's estate, married and
settled on Mill Creek. It was said of him, "Rode good horses as long as he lived, and rode well."
More About WILLIAM THOMAS CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina
Civil 1: 1787, Appointed by county court to run traverse lines of the district to determine the central point for a
courthouse.
Civil 2: 1789, Judge
Elected: 1804, Senator for the Newberry District
Military service 1: Joined his brother John's company of Rangers in the Revolutionary War; promoted to
Lieutenant
Military service 2: After his capture and escape, he joined a company of militia led by his brother James. At
battle of Cowpens, South Carolina.
Military service 3: Captured and held prisoner at Saint Augustine, Florida; escaped and continued serving
Occupation: Surveyor when he moved to Newberry District, South Carolina with his brother John
More About WILLIAM CALDWELL and ELIZABETH WILLIAMS:
Marriage: 1766, Newberry District, South Carolina
Children of WILLIAM CALDWELL and ELIZABETH WILLIAMS are:
i. WILLIAM T.9 CALDWELL, b. 1815; d. 1815.
32. ii. JOHN CALHOUN CALDWELL, b. 09 Sep 1785; d. 15 Jan 1856, Newberry District, South Carolina.
iii. JAMES W. CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
33. iv. ELIZABETH ANN CALDWELL, b. 19 Jul 1803, Newberry District, South Carolina; d. 02 May 1889,
South Carolina.
v. PATRICK CALHOUN CALDWELL, b. 10 Mar 1801, Newberry District, South Carolina; d. 22 Nov 1855;
m. FRANCES B. NANCE, 13 Dec 1827; b. 1810; d. 1828.
More About PATRICK CALDWELL and FRANCES NANCE:
Marriage: 13 Dec 1827
34. vi. WILLIAM CALDWELL, b. 1795; d. Unknown.
vii. JOSEPH A. CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
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25. JAMES8 CALDWELL (WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 07 Aug 1755
in Cub Creek, Charlotte County, Virginia, and died 11 Jan 1813 in Newberry District, South Carolina. He
married ELIZABETH FORREST Abt. 1778 in Newberry District, South Carolina, daughter of GEORGE FORREST and
FRANCIS ATWOOD. She died Unknown.
More About JAMES CALDWELL:
Civil: Abducted the notorious Tory Matthew Love from the courthouse at Ninety Six, South Carolina, and helped
hang him
Elected 1: Served one term in the House of Representatives and resigned.
Elected 2: Bef. Dec 1807, Sheriff of Newberry District, South Carolina,
Member: Little River Presbyterian Church, Newberry District, South Carolina
Military service 1: 1780, Commanded a company of militia (no earlier part in Revolutionary War)
Military service 2: 17 Jan 1781, Severely wounded by Tarleton's Dragons at battle of Cowpens, South Carolina,
and was incapacitated for further service.
Moved: 1760, to South Carolina
More About JAMES CALDWELL and ELIZABETH FORREST:
Marriage: Abt. 1778, Newberry District, South Carolina
Children of JAMES CALDWELL and ELIZABETH FORREST are:
i. JOHN9 CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
35. ii. ELIZABETH CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
iii. FRANCIS ATWOOD CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. HUGH DICKSON; d. Unknown.
iv. DAVID ROBERT CALDWELL, b. 1811; d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH WARDLAW; d. Unknown.
36. v. WILLIAM CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
37. vi. GEORGE FORREST CALDWELL, b. 1794; d. 12 Mar 1834.
vii. REBECCA WALKUP CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. JAMES SPROUL; d. Unknown.
viii. MARY ANN CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. (1) ? YOUNG; d. Unknown; m. (2) JAMES HUNTER; d.
Unknown.
ix. SAMUEL CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. (1) ? GOLDING; d. Unknown; m. (2) R. W. COTHRAN; d.
Unknown.
38. x. JAMES CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
26. ELIZABETH8 CALDWELL (WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 15 Oct
1757, and died 29 Dec 1851 in South Carolina. She married ROBERT GILLAM. He died Unknown.
More About ELIZABETH CALDWELL:
Baptism: By Reverend Patrick Henry, an uncle of the patriot Patrick Henry, as was her sister Eleanor.
Children of ELIZABETH CALDWELL and ROBERT GILLAM are:
i. SARAH9 GILLAM, d. Unknown; m. (1) ? WATERS; d. Unknown; m. (2) ? SHEPPARD; d. Unknown.
ii. WILLIAM GILLAM, d. Unknown.
iii. JAMES GILLAM, d. Unknown.
iv. INFANT GILLAM, d. Unknown.
v. INFANT GILLAM, d. Unknown.
vi. INFANT GILLAM, d. Unknown.
27. MARY8 CALDWELL (THOMAS7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Bet. 1724 -
1728 in Ireland or Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died 1787 in Montgomery County, Virginia. She married
JOHN FINLEY 1748, son of JAMES FINLEY and ELIZABETH PATTERSON. He died Unknown.
More About JOHN FINLEY and MARY CALDWELL:
Marriage: 1748
Child of MARY CALDWELL and JOHN FINLEY is:
i. DAVID9 FINLEY, d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH MOUNT; d. Unknown.
28. JOHN8 CALDWELL (JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1740 in Virginia,
and died 30 Oct 1795 in Halifax County, Virginia. He married NANCY HARDIN Bet. 1759 - 1789 in Halifax
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County, Virginia. She was born 1745, and died Bet. 1794 - 1840.
More About JOHN CALDWELL and NANCY HARDIN:
Marriage: Bet. 1759 - 1789, Halifax County, Virginia
Child of JOHN CALDWELL and NANCY HARDIN is:
i. WILLIAM H.9 CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
29. ALEXANDER8 CALDWELL (JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1755 in
Knox County, Tennessee, and died Bef. 25 Sep 1833 in Jefferson County, Alabama. He married MARGARET E.
LOONEY 05 Jan 1778 in Craigs Creek, Botetourt, Virginia2, daughter of ABSALOM LOONEY and MARGARET
MOORE. She was born 05 Jan 1758 in Botetourt Augusta County, Virginia, and died Aft. 05 Nov 1830 in
Jefferson County, Alabama.
Notes for ALEXANDER CALDWELL:
There are some discrepancies in their children, where 2 children are born in May and December of the same year
and so forth. These will be worked out in time.
1833 Sept. 25, Final Settlement, ALEXANDER CALDWELL estate, Knox County, TN:
ROBERT CALDWELL ($82.50), Absalom CALDWELL ($82.50), George SMITH ($29.50), John CALDWELL
($73.25), Benjamin LOONEY ($82.50), Benjamin CALDWELL ($82.50), Alexander CALDWELL ($82.50),
Benjamin LOONEY ($73.25), Jesse GALLAWAY ($73.25), William COPELAND ($55.23), and others. Note
that two Benjamin LOONEYs received an heir's share.
Sons: Robert, Absalom, John, Benjamin, Alexander. Jess Gallaway, husband of daughter Nancy. Benjamin
Looney, husband of daughter Jane Jessie. William Copeland, George Smith and second Benjamin Looney still a
mystery.
More About ALEXANDER CALDWELL:
Census: 1830, Jefferson County, Alabama with his wife next to his son Absalom.
Probate: 25 Sep 1833, Final settlement of will in Knox County, Tennessee
Will: 25 Sep 1833, Final settlement of estate
Notes for MARGARET E. LOONEY:
Botetourt County was formed from Augusta and Rockbridge Counties in 1770, so the place would have been
called Augusta County when she was born and Botetourt County now.
More About MARGARET E. LOONEY:
Name 2: Margarte Looney3
Date born 2: 1758, Botetourt, VA3
More About ALEXANDER CALDWELL and MARGARET LOONEY:
Marriage: 05 Jan 1778, Craigs Creek, Botetourt, Virginia4
Children of ALEXANDER CALDWELL and MARGARET LOONEY are:
39. i. NANCY9 CALDWELL, b. Tennessee; d. 1836, Morgan County, Indiana.
ii. JOHN CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
iii. ALEXANDER CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
Notes for ALEXANDER CALDWELL:
War of 1812, Alexander CALDWELL enlisted as a Private (promoted to Corporal) in Major John
Chiles' Battalion, Mounted Gunmen, East TN Volunteers, also known as Major John Childes'
Battalion, East TN Mounted Infantry Volunteers. Robert CALDWELL enlisted in the same Battalion
(Sept. 20, 1814 - May 1, 1815), as did Benjamin, James, and William CALDWELL, Jesse
GALLOWAY, and Arthur Y. and Michael LOONEY. --War of 1812 Muster Rolls, NARA Record
Group 94, M602, roll 32 (Caldwell), roll 77 (Galloway), roll 128 (Looney).
1833 Sept. 25, Final Settlement, ALEXANDER CALDWELL estate, Knox County, TN:
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ROBERT CALDWELL ($82.50), Absalom CALDWELL ($82.50), George SMITH ($29.50), John
CALDWELL ($73.25), Benjamin LOONEY ($82.50), Benjamin CALDWELL ($82.50), Alexander
CALDWELL ($82.50), Benjamin LOONEY ($73.25), Jesse GALLAWAY ($73.25), William
COPELAND ($55.23), and others. Note that two Benjamin LOONEYs received an heir's share.
1820 census, Giles County, Tennessee, 0000101001 That translates to 1 male 26-45, 1 female
under 10, one female 45.
40. iv. BENJAMIN CALDWELL, b. 1778, Virginia; d. Aft. 01 Jun 1850, Knox County, Tennessee.
41. v. ROBERT CALDWELL, b. 03 May 1788, Knox County, Tennessee; d. 28 Apr 1866, Grant Township,
Webster County, Missouri.
42. vi. ABSALOM CALDWELL, b. 08 Dec 1788, Knox County, Tennessee; d. 10 Feb 1863, Jefferson
County, Alabama.
43. vii. JANE JESSIE CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1796 - 1800; d. Bef. 1835, Hawkins County, Tennessee.
30. ANDREW8 RICHEY (JAMES7, JEANNE6 CALDWELL, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt.
1768, and died Unknown. He married ELIZABETH WEBB. She died Unknown.
Child of ANDREW RICHEY and ELIZABETH WEBB is:
44. i. ELI9 RICHEY, d. Unknown.
Generation No. 9
31. JOHN CALDWELL9 CALHOUN (MARTHA8 CALDWELL, WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born 18 Mar 1782, and died 31 Mar 1850 in Washington, DC. He married FLORIDE COLHOUN 08
Jan 1811, daughter of JOHN COLHOUN. She died Unknown.
More About JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN:
Civil 1: 1807, Admitted to the bar
Civil 2: 1808, Appointed to staff of Governor Drayton
Civil 3: Bet. 1817 - 1825, Appointed Secretary of War by President Monroe
Civil 4: Bet. 1844 - 1845, Candidate for President; withdrew and was appointed Secretary of War by President
Tyler
Elected 1: 1807, House of Representatives from South Carolina
Elected 2: Vice President of United States until resigning in 1832
Elected 3: Bet. 1810 - 1816, Elected to Congress every two years
Elected 4: Bet. 1832 - 1840, Senator from South Carolina until resignation 1842-1843
Elected 5: 1846, to Senate, until his death in 1850
Graduation 1: Bet. 1802 - 1805, Yale University
Graduation 2: Bef. 1805, Law school in Litchfield, Connecticut
More About JOHN CALHOUN and FLORIDE COLHOUN:
Marriage: 08 Jan 1811
Children of JOHN CALHOUN and FLORIDE COLHOUN are:
i. ANDREW PICKENS10 CALHOUN, d. Unknown; m. (1) ? CHAPPELL; d. Unknown; m. (2) M. GREEN; d.
Unknown.
ii. ANNA MARIA CALHOUN, d. Unknown; m. THOMAS GREEN CLEMSON; d. Unknown.
iii. PATRICK CALHOUN, d. Unknown.
iv. JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN, d. Unknown; m. (1) ? ADAMS; d. Unknown; m. (2) KATE PUTNAM; d.
Unknown.
v. MARTHA CORDELIA CALHOUN, d. Unknown.
vi. JAMES CALHOUN, d. Unknown.
vii. WILLIAM LOWNDES CALHOUN, d. Unknown; m. (1) ? CLOUD; d. Unknown; m. (2) KATE ?; d.
Unknown.
32. JOHN CALHOUN9 CALDWELL (WILLIAM THOMAS8, WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born 09 Sep 1785, and died 15 Jan 1856 in Newberry District, South Carolina. He married (1)
ABIGAIL O'NEAL. She died Unknown. He married (2) ELIZABETH HUNTER 1808. She died Jan 1816 in
Newberry District, South Carolina.
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More About JOHN CALDWELL and ELIZABETH HUNTER:
Marriage: 1808
Children of JOHN CALDWELL and ELIZABETH HUNTER are:
45. i. WILLIAM T.10 CALDWELL, b. 22 Nov 1809; d. 28 Jul 1876, Laurens, South Carolina.
ii. SARAH S. CALDWELL, b. Apr 1814, Laurens, South Carolina; d. 1870, Winston County, Mississippi;
m. EDWARD FOSTER; b. 16 Dec 1810; d. 01 Jul 1891, Mississippi.
33. ELIZABETH ANN9 CALDWELL (WILLIAM THOMAS8, WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born 19 Jul 1803 in Newberry District, South Carolina, and died 02 May 1889 in South Carolina.
She married FRANCIS BERNARD HIGGINS 01 Oct 1820. He was born 22 Oct 1794 in South Carolina, and died 30
Dec 1863 in South Carolina.
More About FRANCIS HIGGINS and ELIZABETH CALDWELL:
Marriage: 01 Oct 1820
Child of ELIZABETH CALDWELL and FRANCIS HIGGINS is:
46. i. FRANCES CALDWELL10 HIGGINS, d. Unknown.
34. WILLIAM9 CALDWELL (WILLIAM THOMAS8, WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born 1795, and died Unknown.
Child of WILLIAM CALDWELL is:
i. J. C.10 CALDWELL, b. 17 Sep 1817; d. 1905, Gowansville, South Carolina.
35. ELIZABETH9 CALDWELL (JAMES8, WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) died
Unknown. She married JAMES CHILES. He died Unknown.
Child of ELIZABETH CALDWELL and JAMES CHILES is:
47. i. ELIZABETH10 CHILES, d. Unknown.
36. WILLIAM9 CALDWELL (JAMES8, WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) died
Unknown. He married (1) ? CRESWELL. She died Unknown. He married (2) ? MCDOWELL. She died Unknown.
Children of WILLIAM CALDWELL and ? CRESWELL are:
i. JAMES10 CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. ? EATON; d. Unknown.
48. ii. WILLIAM CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
37. GEORGE FORREST9 CALDWELL (JAMES8, WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was
born 1794, and died 12 Mar 1834. He married EDNA BROOKS, daughter of LIEUTENANT BROOKS and NANCY
BUTLER. She died Unknown.
More About GEORGE FORREST CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Greenwood County, South Carolina
More About EDNA BROOKS:
Burial: Unknown, Greenwood County, South Carolina
Children of GEORGE CALDWELL and EDNA BROOKS are:
i. CHARLOTTE10 CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. JAMES N. MAYNARD; d. Unknown.
ii. ANN ELIZABETH CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. JOHN T. WEBBER; d. Unknown.
iii. GEORGE ROBERT CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. MARY MOORE; d. Unknown.
iv. JAMES BUTLER CALDWELL, b. 1823; d. 18 Nov 1850.
v. MARY REBECCA CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. HODGES STALLWORTH; d. Unknown.
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38. JAMES9 CALDWELL (JAMES8, WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) died Unknown.
He married ELIZABETH MILLER. She died Unknown.
Child of JAMES CALDWELL and ELIZABETH MILLER is:
i. JAMES MILLER10 CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. ANN FREZIL ROBINSON; d. Unknown.
39. NANCY9 CALDWELL (ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born in
Tennessee, and died 1836 in Morgan County, Indiana. She married JESSE GALLOWAY 31 Jul 1816 in Knox
County, Tennessee. He was born Abt. 1779 in Old Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, KY, and died Unknown.
More About JESSE GALLOWAY and NANCY CALDWELL:
Marriage: 31 Jul 1816, Knox County, Tennessee
Children of NANCY CALDWELL and JESSE GALLOWAY are:
i. MARIAH10 GALLOWAY, b. 1817; d. Unknown.
ii. MARGARET GALLOWAY, b. 1819; d. Unknown.
iii. ELIZABETH GALLOWAY, b. 1821; d. Unknown.
iv. CHARLES GALLOWAY, b. 15 Oct 1825; d. Unknown.
v. ALEXANDER GALLOWAY, b. 1827; d. Unknown.
vi. CAROLINE GALLOWAY, b. 1829; d. Unknown.
vii. MARY GALLOWAY, b. 1831; d. Unknown.
viii. UNKNOWN CHILD GALLOWAY, b. 1833; d. Unknown.
40. BENJAMIN9 CALDWELL (ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
1778 in Virginia, and died Aft. 01 Jun 1850 in Knox County, Tennessee. He married ?. She died Unknown.
Notes for BENJAMIN CALDWELL:
The 5 children listed are a result of the way early censuses were done. They did not list names, just ages and
gender.
1830 Knox County, TN, census, p.366, Eastern District of TN, Thomas C. Lyon:
line 20, BENJAMIN CALDWELL, 1 M 50-60 (b. ca. 1770-1779); 1 F 40-50 (b. ca. 1780-1789); 3 M & 1 F 15-
20 (b. ca. 1810-1814); 2 M 10-15 (b. ca. 1815-1819); 1 M 5-10 (b. ca. 1820-1824); 9 total.
1833 Sept. 25, Final Settlement, ALEXANDER CALDWELL estate, Knox County, TN:
ROBERT CALDWELL ($82.50), Absalom CALDWELL ($82.50), George SMITH ($29.50), John CALDWELL
($73.25), Benjamin LOONEY ($82.50), Benjamin CALDWELL ($82.50), Alexander CALDWELL ($82.50),
Benjamin LOONEY ($73.25), Jesse GALLAWAY ($73.25), William COPELAND ($55.23), and others. Note
that two Benjamin LOONEYs received an heir's share.
1840 Knox County, TN, census, p.21, no Twp. listed:
line 13, Benj CALDWELL, 1 M 60-70 (b. ca. 1770-1779); 2 M & 1 F 20-30 (b. ca. 1810-1819); 1 F 15-20 (b. ca.
1820-1824); 1 F 5-10 (b. ca. 1830-1834); 6 total.
1850 Knox County, TN, census, p.206B, 15th Sub Division, Nov. 29, 1850, Daniel McCollum:
1609/1618, Benjamin CALDWELL, 72 M, farmer, VA; Nancy, 36 F, TN; Franklin, 31 M, TN; Oalena [sic], 15
F, TN. Nancy cannot read/write.
1860 Knox County, TN, census, C., Frank, Henry, 2 Johns, Mark, Mary, Minerva, Nancy, P., S. COLWELL,
p.146, District 4
1860 Knox County, TN, census, Alexander, Elizabeth, Harriet, Mary, Robert, William CALWELL, p.158,
District 5
More About BENJAMIN CALDWELL:
Military service: War of 1812 Private (discharged as Private) in Major John Chiles' Battalion, Mounted Gunmen,
East TN Volunteers, also known as Major John Childes' Battalion, East TN Mounted Infantry Volunteers
Children of BENJAMIN CALDWELL and ? are:
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i. FIRST BOY10 CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1810 - 1814, Knox County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
ii. SECOND BOY CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1810 - 1814, Knox County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
iii. THIRD BOY CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1810 - 1814, Knox County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
iv. NANCY CALDWELL, b. 1814, Knox County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
v. FOURTH BOY CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1815 - 1819, Knox County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
vi. FRANKLIN CALDWELL, b. 1819, Knox County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
vii. UNKNOWN CHILD CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1820 - 1824, Knox County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
viii. OALENA CALDWELL, b. 1835, Knox County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
41. ROBERT9 CALDWELL (ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 03
May 1788 in Knox County, Tennessee, and died 28 Apr 1866 in Grant Township, Webster County, Missouri. He
married SARAH H. RHODES Mar 1810 in Knox County, Tennessee. She was born 14 Nov 1790 in North Carolina,
and died Unknown.
Notes for ROBERT CALDWELL:
1810 March 1, ROBERT CALDWELL and SARAH RHODES were md. at the house of Jacob Bishop in Knox
County, TN, by Beriah Frazier, a Justice of the Peace. --Affidavit of Eunice RHODES, age 80, of Bull Run P.O.,
Knox County, TN, no date (ca. 1876); Eunice was 14 years of age when she witnessed ROBERT and SARAH's
marriage.
1814-1815, ROBERT CALDWELL served in the War of 1812 (Sept. 20, 1814 - May 1, 1815) as a Private in
Captain Charles Conway's Company C, Major John Chiles' Battalion, Mounted Gunmen, East TN Mounted
Infantry Volunteers. ROBERT, age 25, was described as 5' 10" with fair complexion, black hair, and gray eyes.
ROBERT stated under oath, Dec. 1, 1851, "that he sold his discharge shortly after he left the servis of the United
States."
Alexander CALDWELL enlisted as a Private (promoted to Corporal) in the same Battalion, as did Benjamin,
James, and William CALDWELL (Private / Private), Jesse GALLOWAY (Private / Corporal), and Arthur Y. and
Michael LOONEY (Private / Private). --War of 1812 Muster Rolls, NARA Record Group 94, M602, roll 32
(Caldwell), roll 77 (Galloway), roll 128 (Looney).
We were told when we began this history in the 1970s that ROBERT acquired 360 acres in Greene County, MO,
in 1829, but ROBERT and his family were still in Knox County, TN, in 1830. Available evidence suggests that
ROBERT did not come to Missouri until the late 1830s, and he did not own land until the 1860s when he was
taxed in 1865 for 200 acres in Webster County (Section 16, Twp. 30N, Range 19W). The exact date that he
acquired this land is not yet known.
1830 Knox County, TN, census, p.352, Eastern District of TN, Thomas C. Lyon:
line 10, ROBERT CALDWELL, 1 M 40-50 (b. ca. 1780-1789); 1 F 30-40 (b. ca. 1790-1799); 1 M 20-30 (b. ca.
1800-1809); 1 M 15-20 (b. ca. 1810-1814; 1 F 10-15 (b. ca. 1815-1819); 2 F under 5 (b. ca. 1825-1830); 7 tota
(Robert age 42; Sarah age 39; Absalom age 20; James age about 17; unknown girl; Mary age about 7; Margaret
age about 2)
1833 Sept. 25, Final Settlement, ALEXANDER CALDWELL estate, Knox County, TN:
ROBERT CALDWELL ($82.50), Absalom CALDWELL ($82.50), George SMITH ($29.50), John CALDWELL
($73.25), Benjamin LOONEY ($82.50), Benjamin CALDWELL ($82.50), Alexander CALDWELL ($82.50),
Benjamin LOONEY ($73.25), Jesse GALLAWAY ($73.25), William COPELAND ($55.23), and others. Note
that two Benjamin LOONEYs received an heir's share.
1833, personal property tax, Greene County, MO, John LOONEY and son Benjamin.
No CALDWELLs listed. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ozarksgs/1833tax.htm
John LOONEY was a grandson of Robert LOONEY and Margaret RHEA. Robert LOONEY was a brother of
ROBERT CALDWELL's grandfather, Absalom LOONEY.
Photocopies of four incomplete portions of a letter signed by JAMES CALDWELL sent to us by Marvin Tong --
top half of one page, bottom half of two more pages (with the left edge of the top half of the first page with one of
these), plus the address portion. Written in a different hand from the hand writing the letter: East Tennessee, Roan
County, Kingston Post Office, ROBERT CALDWELL (Roane County, TN, formed Nov. 6, 1801, from Knox
County; county seat, Kingston; the only CALDWELL, any spelling / any year, in Roane County was John
CALDWELL, 1830 census, p.8, S. TN River):
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. . . as soon as can to me and let me know how you're
doing. I will inform you [widers] family they are
all well at present would are doing as well as [then]
can ask and has got plenty of everything that
is needed and would be glad to see you all. James
[Miliken] has grown to be very stout young man
and his common weight is from one hundred seventy
and they have lots of stock horses and hogs and cattle
and sheep and lots of wheat and corn and plenty of
everything that is need for ______ a ______
here is the last cease of the letter and how to you . . .
1840 Feb. 5, Greene County, MO, Mary COLEWELL [dau. of ROBERT CALDWELL] md. Thomas MALONE,
by Thomas Potter ECC, p.67, cert. #235. This record suggests that ROBERT was in Missouri by 1839.
1840 Greene County, MO, census, p.297, no Twp. listed:
#30, ROBERT CALDWELL, 1 M 50-60 (b. ca. 1780-1789); 1 F 40-50 (b. ca. 1790-1799); 1 M 20-30 (b. ca.
1810-1819); 2 F 10-15 (b. ca. 1825-1829).
(Robert age 52; Sarah age 49; Absalom age 30; Margaret age about 12; 2nd F 10-15 unknown because dau. Mary
md. Thomas MALONE, Feb. 5, 1840, so this girl is likely not Mary.) These three 1840 records are the earliest
evidence we have located that document when ROBERT CALDWELL came to Greene County, MO.
1840 August 1, record of stray cows taken up by Benjamin Harper living in Jackson Twp., Greene County, MO;
appraised by Stewart Warren and ROBERT CALDWELL. --Stray Records, Book 1 (1833-1842), p.192.
ROBERT CALDWELL also listed in Book 2 (1842-1847), p.26; Book 4 (1851-1853), p.86. Index to Greene
County Stray Records 1833-1913. These are records of stray livestock. During the 19th and early 20th centuries,
Missouri statutes provided specific guidelines for individuals finding and harboring lost cattle, horses, mules and
other livestock. Before a person could take possession of the stray, he was required to post a notice of intent for at
least thirty days and pay a bond to ensure that the animal would not be disposed of in that time. After notices had
been posted in public places for thirty days, the finder was required to file a notice with a justice of the peace,
who determined if the proper procedure was followed and collected a bond equal to the appraised value of the
animal. After one year, if the animal remained unclaimed, half of the bond was returned to the finder. The justice
of the peace submitted lists which were provided to the county clerk, who posted the information in the stray
books. http://198.209.8.166/sheproom/Records/strtoc.htm
1843 Greene County, MO, tax list, ROBERT CALDWELL, 1 horse $35. (Springfield, MO: Ozarks Genealogical
Society, 1988), p.94. (note that Robert owned no land)
1846, invitation "To the Mipis Caldwell / Present"
Washington Anniversary. The pleasure of your company is respectfully solicited at a BALL, to be given at the
Union Hotel, in the Town of Springfield, on the 23d Feb. 1846, at 4 O'Clock P. M. in commemoration of the
Birth of the Father of Liberty. / Printed at the office of the Texas Democrat. --photocopy of original document,
Caldwell family papers, courtesy Marvin E. Tong, Jr.
1849 April 7, Springfield Advertiser, Springfield, Missouri. A List of Letters. Remaining in the Post Office at
Springfield, Mo., on the 31st of March, 1849, and if said letters are not taken out within three months from this
date they will be sent to the Gen'l Post Office as dead letters. [lengthy list includes] CALDWELL ROBERT [in
left column] Price T. G. -2 [in right column]. --Dorothy Ann McKinney Deck, comp., Miscellaneous Records
from the Springfield Advertiser, Springfield, Missouri, January 2, 1847 - June 16, 1849 (Springfield, MO: Rachel
Donelson Chapter, DAR), 1980-1981), 178, 180.
1849, November Term, Circuit Court, Greene County, MO. ROBERT CALDWELL and SARAH CALDWELL
were witnesses in a child abandonment case. The Grand Jury indictment stated that William J. Potter and Elias
Potter did "feloniously wickedly willfully and maliciously expose and abandon a female infant of the age of one
month. Said infant being then and there under the control and management of the said William J. Potter and Elias
Potter in an enclosure of one Marcus Boyd. Said enclosure then & there being an exposed place with intent then
and there feloniously willfully wickedly and maliciously wholly to abandon said infant by reason of which said
exposure and abandonment said infant then and there died." --ROBERT CALDWELL, Aban'd Child case, CR
Folder No. 220, Greene County, MO, Criminal Index, Volume One; SARAH CALDWELL, Grand Jury, CR
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Folder No. 209, Greene County, MO, Criminal Index, Volume One.
1850 Greene County, MO, census, p.382B, Jackson Twp., Dec. 28, 1850, Wm. G. Roberts:
2032/2032, ROBERT CALDWELL, 66 M, farmer, TN; SARAH, 65 F, NC; Absolem L., 40 M, farmer, $500
real, NC; Mary MALONE, 27 F, NC; Sarah MALONE, 10 F, IL. (note that Absalom owned land, but ROBERT
did not)
1850 Dec. 13, ROBERT CALDWELL, aged 65, a resident of Greene County, MO, applied for bounty land for
his War of 1812 service.
1851 Greene County, MO, tax list, ROBERT CALDWELL, 1 horse $25; 3 cattle $18; 1 timepiece $4; money on
notes $50. (Springfield, MO: Ozarks Genealogical Society, 1988), p.22. (note that Robert owned no land)
1852 Jan. 15, ROBERT's Patent 36,997 recorded in Vol. 60, p.19, but the location of this record and the location
of the land is not known. (Another record dated Feb. 12, 1856, notes this patent for 40 acres, and also notes 120
acres, but gives no further details.)
1855, March Term, ROBERT CALDWELL served on a jury in a civil action between two men. Greene County,
MO, Circuit Court Cases, Book D, p.228. http://198.209.8.166/records/mar1855a.htm (Abstract of Circuit Court
Record Books, 1853-1856, p.80)
1855, April 26, ROBERT CALDWELL, a resident of Greene County, MO, aged 68, states "he obtained a Land
Warrant No. 36997, for 40 acres, which he having legally transferred and disposed of, is not within his power
now to return."
1860 Greene County and Webster County, MO, censuses, ROBERT CALDWELL not yet found (wife SARAH
enumerated with son Absalom in Greene County)
(?) see 1860 Polk County, MO, census, Robert CALDWELL, p.13, Marion Twp. (and 1850 census, p.32; 1870
census, p.149, Mooney Twp.)
1861, June 9 - Aug. 20, ROBERT CALDWELL served as Private in County F, Captain Bodenhamer's Infantry
Company, Webster County, MO, Home Guards Regiment, during the Civil War. ROBERT was paid $29.20 for 2
months service, April 10, 1867. Recorded Vol. 2, p.57.
Webster County Home Guard Infantry Regiment organized July 1861; duty at Springfield, MO; mustered out
Aug. 18, 1861. --Fredrick H. Dyer, Dyer's Compendium of the War of the Rebellion (Cedar Rapids, IA: Torch
Press, 1908; reprint Broadfoot Publishing, Morningside Press, 1994).
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mruddy/dyer.htm
1865 Webster County, MO, tax list, p.25, ROBERT CALDWELL, 160 acres, E2 SW4, W2 SE4, tax value $800;
40 acres, SW4 NE4, tax value $200, all in Section 16, Twp. 30N, Range 19W, total 200 acres.
1866, ROBERT was attended in his last illness by A.H. Hampton M.D. who stated in a Sept. 22, 1876, affidavit
that ROBERT "died of Senile Gangrene."
*Senile gangrene (Med.), a form of gangrene occuring particularly in old people, and caused usually by
insufficient blood supply due to degeneration of the walls of the smaller arteries. --Websters Revised Unabridged
Dictionary 1913 http://www.bibliomania.com/Reference/Webster/data/1389.html
1866, May 16 and May 24, newspaper notices that ROBERT CALDWELL's estate had been entered into the
probate court. --William Kearney Hall, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, Newspaper Abstracts, 1865-1875,
1876-1883 (Springfield, MO: Ozarks Genealogical Society, 1987), 23.
1867-1868, Webster County, MO, Circuit Court, ROBERT CALDWELL, deceased. Civil Action for Partition [of
his land]. Plaintiffs SARAH CALDWELL, his widow; A.L. CALDWELL, a son; Margaret RHODES, a daughter,
and wife of Nicholas RHODES; Mary MALONE, a deceased daughter, Sarah MALONE, her daughter.
Defendants JAMES CALDWELL, a deceased son, his children, William Jefferson CALDWELL, a non-resident
of Missouri; Eveline CALDWELL, a minor and a non-resident of Missouri; HENRY CALDWELL, a minor;
James CALDWELL, a minor; Margaret UPSHAW, wife of John UPSHAW; Mary MALONE, a deceased
daughter, Martha MALONE, her daughter, a minor. [ROBERT CALDWELL d. without a will in 1866; note that
the plaintiffs in this suit were adults while the defendants were either minors or non-residents of MO.] --Webster
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County, MO, Circuit Court Record 807(b), 1865-1870, Book # unknown (spine lost), pp.199 (Spring Term
1867), 249, 261, 348-49 (August Term 1867, 10th day, Sept. 5, 1867), 395 (Feby Term 1868, 7th day, March
2nd), 433, 448 (August Term 1868, 6th day, Aug. 29th), 449.
1868 Aug. 29th, 6th day, August Term. Partition, Report of Sale. "On the 25th day of August 1868, Margaret
RHODES was the highest and best bidder, at the fair and sum of One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-five
Dollars [$1,875.00], which sum has been paid me [the Sheriff of Webster County] in U.S. Currency by the said
Margaret RHODES" and a deed executed to her. After expenses of $166.20 were deducted, the heirs of ROBERT
CALDWELL received $1,708.80 apportioned according to law -- Sarah CALDWELL, A.L. CALDWELL, and
Margaret RHODES each receiving 1/5; the children of son James dividing 1/5; and the children of Mary
MALONE dividing 1/5.
More About ROBERT CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Family cemetery near Strafford, Greene County, MO
More About ROBERT CALDWELL and SARAH RHODES:
Marriage: Mar 1810, Knox County, Tennessee
Children of ROBERT CALDWELL and SARAH RHODES are:
i. ABSALOM10 CALDWELL, b. 08 May 1810, Probably Knox County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
ii. DOCTOR JAMES CALDWELL, b. 1813, Probably Knox County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
iii. UNKNOWN GIRL CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1815 - 1819, Probably Knox County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
iv. MARY CALDWELL, b. 1823, Probably Knox County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
v. MARGARET CALDWELL, b. 1828, Probably Knox County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
42. ABSALOM9 CALDWELL (ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)5,6 was
born 08 Dec 1788 in Knox County, Tennessee7,8, and died 10 Feb 1863 in Jefferson County, Alabama. He
married HANNAH HINDS 11 Jan 1808 in Knox County, Tennessee9,10,11, daughter of LEVI HINDS and HULDAH
BYRAM. She was born Abt. 1790 in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee12,13, and died 02 Aug 1877 in
Alabama14.
Notes for ABSALOM CALDWELL:
Census of 1830 shows Absalom Caldwell living next door to Alexander Caldwell,
in Jefferson County, Alabama, with the following members of his famiy: :
1 male under 5 (James)
1 male between 5 and 10 (perhaps Byram, no birth date known)
1 male between 10 and 15 (Hugh)
2 males between 15 and 20 (Benjamin James and unknown)
1 male between 40 and 50 (Absalom)
1 female under 5 (could be Dicey, no birth date known
2 females between 5 and 10 (Huldah and Margaret)
1 female between 10 and 15 (could be Dicey, no birth date known
1 female between 15 and 20 (Lydia)
1 female between 40 and 50 (Hannah)
The names next to the ages and genders are those family members that are accounted for by the census. These
children and Alexander living next door account for everyone born by 1830. There is one missing girl child.
Name: ABSALOM CALDWELL Land Office: HUNTSVILLE Document Number: 4011 Total Acres:
160.6 Signature: Yes Canceled Document: No
Issue Date: June 08, 1833 Mineral Rights Reserved: No Metes and Bounds: No Statutory Reference: 3
Stat. 566 Multiple Warantee Names: No
Act or Treaty: April 24, 1820 Multiple Patentee Names: No Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries Land
Description: 1 SE HUNTSVILLE No 19S 4W 6 (This is in Jefferson County according to the Federal land
patent site)
At the Alden kindred site for John Alden, there is a genealogy list for descendents of John Alden. That list goes
down to Absalom Caldwell, confirming that this family is descended from John Alden of Plimoth, Massachusetts.
http://www.alden.org/membership/synopsis.htm
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1850 census:
John Caldwell, next to Pleasant Shaw, next to John Caldwell, next to John Moses, next to Joseph Goodwin, next
to William Brock, next to Mark Goodwin Jr (husband of Absalom's daughter Lydia), next to Absalom Caldwell,
next to James Caldwell, next to Hugh Caldwell. In 1860, none of those families are together except Mark
Goodwin, but Absalom is supposed to be still living.
In the 1860 census, Melissa Caldwell is living in the home. She is 50. She is not a child of Absalom's, so I'm not
sure who she is. Isaac and Valentine may be Alexander's child, as may the others. The household is Absalom,
Hannah, Alexander, Melissa (may be Alexander's second wife), Hulda, Isaac, Valentine, Ann, Margaret. Jane,
Mary, Lovace? , Fanny
Legal description of land: SE 6/ 19-S 4-W No Huntsville AL Jefferson
More About ABSALOM CALDWELL:
Name 2: Absalom Coldwell15
Census 1: 1850, Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama Roll M432_7 page 145
Census 2: 1830, Jefferson County, Alabama, Roll 1, next to Alexander Caldwell, his father.
Census 3: 1860, Elyton/Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama Roll M653_12 Page 759
Civil: AL15,15
Property 1: 08 Jun 1833, 160 acres in Huntsville land office, but the land is in Jefferson County, Alabama;
purchase not homestead
Property 2: 1850, Owns property worth $2500 according to census
Residence: 1830, Not Stated, Jefferson, Alabama16
Will: 1833, Knox County, Tennessee
Notes for HANNAH HINDS:
Where did Hannah go when Absalom died? She outlived him by 14 years.
More About ABSALOM CALDWELL and HANNAH HINDS:
Marriage: 11 Jan 1808, Knox County, Tennessee17,18,19
Children of ABSALOM CALDWELL and HANNAH HINDS are:
i. BYRAM10 CALDWELL, b. Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
ii. LAURENA CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1808 - 1820, Alabama; d. Unknown.
49. iii. ALEXANDER CALDWELL, b. 1809, Knox County, Tennessee; d. 1876, Jefferson County, Alabama.
50. iv. LYDIA CALDWELL, b. 1810, Alabama; d. Bet. 1870 - 1880.
51. v. DICEY CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1810 - 1820; d. Unknown.
52. vi. HUGH CALDWELL, b. 01 Jan 1816, Alabama; d. 1891, Jefferson County, Alabama.
vii. HULDAH CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1821, Alabama20; d. Unknown.
More About HULDAH CALDWELL:
Census: 1880, Living with Nancy Caldwell and her husband Alden Byram.
viii. MARGARET CALDWELL, b. 22 Sep 1822, Alabama; d. Unknown; m. MASON HARTGROVES, 22 Mar
1843, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
More About MASON HARTGROVES and MARGARET CALDWELL:
Marriage: 22 Mar 1843, Jefferson County, Alabama
ix. JAMES CALDWELL, b. 1826, Alabama21; d. Unknown; m. LUCRETIA A. BELL, 04 Sep 1849,
Jefferson County, Alabama; b. Abt. 1827, Alabama22; d. Unknown.
More About JAMES CALDWELL:
Census: 1850, Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama, next to his parents
More About JAMES CALDWELL and LUCRETIA BELL:
Marriage: 04 Sep 1849, Jefferson County, Alabama
53. x. JOHN CALDWELL, b. Bet. 1828 - 1830, Alabama; d. Unknown.
54. xi. NANCY M. CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1831, Alabama; d. Unknown.
xii. WILLIAM W. CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1841, Jefferson County, Alabama23; d. Unknown.
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Notes for WILLIAM W. CALDWELL:
The 1850 census for Absalom Caldwell lists William.
The 1860 census lists a William Caldwell in Goshen County, Texas. He is 20 years old, from
Alabama and rooms in a home. Samuel H. Caldwell, aged 15 and Maude Caldwell, aged 14 live in
the house with him. There is also a William W. Caldwell on the East Side of the Cahaba River in
Bibb County, Alabama.
More About WILLIAM W. CALDWELL:
Census: 09 Nov 1850, Living at home with his parents, aged 9
55. xiii. BENJAMIN JAMES CALDWELL, b. 1813, Alabama; d. Bef. 1860.
43. JANE JESSIE9 CALDWELL (ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was
born Bet. 1796 - 1800, and died Bef. 1835 in Hawkins County, Tennessee. She married BENJAMIN LOONEY 18
Mar 1821 in Knox County, Tennessee, son of MICHAEL LOONEY and TEMPERANCE CROSS. He was born 1792 in
Stanley Valley, Hawkins County, Tennessee, and died Unknown.
Notes for JANE JESSIE CALDWELL:
1833 Sept. 25, Final Settlement, ALEXANDER CALDWELL estate, Knox County, TN:
ROBERT CALDWELL ($82.50), Absalom CALDWELL ($82.50), George SMITH ($29.50), John CALDWELL
($73.25), Benjamin LOONEY ($82.50), Benjamin CALDWELL ($82.50), Alexander CALDWELL ($82.50),
Benjamin LOONEY ($73.25), Jesse GALLAWAY ($73.25), William COPELAND ($55.23), and others. Note
that two Benjamin LOONEYs received an heir's share.
Margaret LOONEY b. say 1759, m. (Botetourt bond) 5 January 1778 Alexander CALDWELL of Knox County,
Tenn. Their dau. Jessie CALDWELL m. 18 March 1821 Benj. 4 LOONEY, her 1st cousin, of Hawkins County,
Tenn. --Leroy W. Tilton, "Early Looneys in America," Part 4, Absalom Looney Branch (Second Generation)
http://home.flash.net/~johnsonl/p4_6_10.htm
More About BENJAMIN LOONEY:
Date born 2: 1792
More About BENJAMIN LOONEY and JANE CALDWELL:
Marriage: 18 Mar 1821, Knox County, Tennessee
Children of JANE CALDWELL and BENJAMIN LOONEY are:
i. MARIAH E.10 LOONEY, b. 04 Jan 1822; d. Unknown.
ii. MINERVA ANNE LOONEY, b. 1824; d. Unknown.
iii. MARGARET JANE LOONEY, b. 1828, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
iv. MARY LOONEY, b. 1830; d. Unknown.
44. ELI9 RICHEY (ANDREW8, JAMES7, JEANNE6 CALDWELL, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) died
Unknown. He married REBECCA WEBB. She died Unknown.
Child of ELI RICHEY and REBECCA WEBB is:
56. i. JAMES MADISON10 RITCHIE, d. Unknown.
Generation No. 10
45. WILLIAM T.10 CALDWELL (JOHN CALHOUN9, WILLIAM THOMAS8, WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 22 Nov 1809, and died 28 Jul 1876 in Laurens, South Carolina. He married
MARY BAILEY CHANDLER. She was born 06 Aug 1814, and died 09 Jun 1879 in Laurens, South Carolina.
Children of WILLIAM CALDWELL and MARY CHANDLER are:
i. ELIZABETH HUNTER11 CALDWELL, b. 23 Sep 1841, Laurens, South Carolina; d. Unknown.
57. ii. JOHN P. CALDWELL, b. 1844, Laurens, South Carolina; d. 29 Oct 1937, Laurens, South Carolina.
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iii. SARAH A. CALDWELL, b. 12 Sep 1847, Laurens, South Carolina; d. 11 Nov 1924, Laurens, South
Carolina.
iv. MARGARET D. CALDWELL, b. 22 May 1849, Laurens, South Carolina; d. 27 Feb 1910, Laurens,
South Carolina.
v. WILLIAM THOMAS CALDWELL, b. 09 Mar 1852, Laurens, South Carolina; d. 04 Jul 1930, Laurens,
South Carolina; m. PARTHENA C ALLISON; b. 15 Mar 1841; d. 12 May 1918, Laurens, South
Carolina.
vi. MARRETTA CALDWELL, b. 06 Aug 1854, Laurens, South Carolina; d. 25 Feb 1910, Laurens, South
Carolina.
46. FRANCES CALDWELL10 HIGGINS (ELIZABETH ANN9 CALDWELL, WILLIAM THOMAS8, WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5,
JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) died Unknown. She married JAMES MCINTOSH. He died Unknown.
Child of FRANCES HIGGINS and JAMES MCINTOSH is:
i. MARTHA11 MCINTOSH, b. Newberry District, South Carolina; d. Unknown; m. GEORGE BUELL; d.
Unknown.
47. ELIZABETH10 CHILES (ELIZABETH9 CALDWELL, JAMES8, WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) died Unknown. She married REVEREND JOHN C. WILLIAMS. He died Unknown.
Children of ELIZABETH CHILES and JOHN WILLIAMS are:
i. FANNIE11 WILLIAMS, d. Unknown.
ii. IDA WILLIAMS, d. Unknown.
iii. JAMES WILLIAMS, d. Unknown.
48. WILLIAM10 CALDWELL (WILLIAM9, JAMES8, WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
died Unknown. He married NANCY FOWLER. She died Unknown.
Notes for WILLIAM CALDWELL:
He lived in Cokesbury, South Carolina and had 8 children.
Children of WILLIAM CALDWELL and NANCY FOWLER are:
i. JAMES11 CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
ii. EDWARD CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
iii. LILLIAN DREW CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
iv. REBECCA CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. REVEREND J. G. HENDERSON; d. Unknown.
v. NETTIE CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. ED SMITH; d. Unknown.
vi. ELIZABETH CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. D. K. NORRIS; d. Unknown.
49. ALEXANDER10 CALDWELL (ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born 1809 in Knox County, Tennessee24, and died 1876 in Jefferson County, Alabama. He
married (1) FRANCIS GRIFFIN 05 Jun 1823 in Jefferson County, Alabama. She died Bef. 29 Apr 1830. He
married (2) ELIZABETH GOODWIN 24 Apr 1830 in Jefferson County, Alabama25, daughter of MARK GOODWIN and
TABITHA PARSONS. She was born Bet. 1812 - 1815 in South Carolina, and died 1858 in Jefferson County,
Alabama. He married (3) MELISSA COWARD26 25 Mar 1858 in Jefferson County, Alabama. She was born Abt.
1810 in South Carolina27, and died Bet. 1880 - 1900.
Notes for ALEXANDER CALDWELL:
Another family researcher thought his date of death was 22 Mar 1864. In 1850, he says he is born in Alabama.
He also says he cannot read or write. In 1870, he says he was born in Tennessee.
More About ALEXANDER CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Alexander Caldwell Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Census 1: 1850, Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama, Roll M432_7 page 152
Census 2: 1860, Elyton/Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama Roll M653_12 Page 759, living with his parents
and his family
Notes for FRANCIS GRIFFIN:
No children are attributed to this marriage.
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More About FRANCIS GRIFFIN:
Burial: Unknown, Alexander Caldwell Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About ALEXANDER CALDWELL and FRANCIS GRIFFIN:
Marriage: 05 Jun 1823, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About ELIZABETH GOODWIN:
Name 2: Called Betsy
More About ALEXANDER CALDWELL and ELIZABETH GOODWIN:
Marriage: 24 Apr 1830, Jefferson County, Alabama28
Notes for MELISSA COWARD:
Another family researcher thinks she was born in 1810, York District, SC.
In the 1860 census, she states her age as 50, so she would have been born in 1810.
In the 1880 census, she is living with her stepson, Joseph Harley Caldwell. She is not around in the 1900 census.
More About ALEXANDER CALDWELL and MELISSA COWARD:
Marriage: 25 Mar 1858, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of ALEXANDER CALDWELL and ELIZABETH GOODWIN are:
i. ANN GRAVITT11 CALDWELL29, b. 1849; d. Unknown.
Notes for ANN GRAVITT CALDWELL:
There is a record in Madison County for a marriage between Ann Caldwell and Thomas Robinson
in 1868.
58. ii. AUGUSTUS CALDWELL, b. 04 Sep 1831, Alabama; d. 22 Oct 1862, Tazwell, TN.
59. iii. MELISSA CALDWELL, b. 1834, Alabama; d. Unknown.
iv. SILAS CALDWELL, b. 1836, Alabama; d. Unknown; m. RUTH A. CROTWELL30, 25 Mar 1861,
Jefferson County, Alabama31; d. Unknown.
More About SILAS CALDWELL and RUTH CROTWELL:
Marriage: 25 Mar 1861, Jefferson County, Alabama31
v. MARGARET CALDWELL, b. 1841, Alabama; d. Unknown.
60. vi. ISAAC CALDWELL, b. 1843, Alabama; d. Aft. 1880.
vii. MARTHA ANN CALDWELL, b. 1847, Alabama; d. Unknown.
61. viii. JOSEPH HARLEY CALDWELL, b. 16 Sep 1854, Alabama; d. 20 Jul 1918, Peggs, Cherokee County,
Oklahoma.
ix. FANNY M. CALDWELL32, b. Abt. 1856, Alabama; d. Unknown.
Child of ALEXANDER CALDWELL and MELISSA COWARD is:
x. MARY L.11 CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1863, Alabama33; d. Unknown.
50. LYDIA10 CALDWELL (ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born 1810 in Alabama, and died Bet. 1870 - 1880. She married MARK GOODWIN 20 Jan 1830 in Jefferson
County, Alabama, son of MARK GOODWIN and TABITHA PARSONS. He was born Abt. 1806 in South Carolina,
and died Aft. 1880.
More About LYDIA CALDWELL:
Name 2: Lydia ?
Census 1: 1870, Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama
Census 2: 1880, Her husband is living with his son, but she is not.
Notes for MARK GOODWIN:
In 1850, Absalom Caldwell is his next door neighbor.
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In 1860, Augustus Caldwell lives 2 doors down, with William Bell next to Mark Goodwin.
More About MARK GOODWIN:
Census 1: 1850, Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama, next to Absalom Caldwell.
Census 2: 1860, Elyton/Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama
Census 3: 1870, Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama, with wife Lydia, next to son James. John and Mary
Elizabeth live at home, aged 38 and 28.
Census 4: 1880, Aged 74, lives with son James. Son John also lives in that household. No wife.
More About MARK GOODWIN and LYDIA CALDWELL:
Marriage: 20 Jan 1830, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of LYDIA CALDWELL and MARK GOODWIN are:
i. JOHN11 GOODWIN, b. 1831, Alabama; d. Unknown.
More About JOHN GOODWIN:
Census: 1880, Living in his brother James' home, as are Mark (father) and Mary (sister)
ii. ORWIN GOODWIN, b. 1838, Alabama; d. Unknown.
iii. HULDAH GOODWIN, b. 1840, Alabama; d. Unknown.
iv. MARY ELIZABETH GOODWIN, b. 1842, Alabama; d. Unknown.
Notes for MARY ELIZABETH GOODWIN:
In the 1850 census, she is called Elizabeth. In the 1860 census, she is called Mary E.
More About MARY ELIZABETH GOODWIN:
Census: 1880, Living in her brother James' house, claiming age as 35 rather than 38
v. MARTHA GOODWIN, b. 1844, Alabama; d. Unknown.
vi. ALMARINDA GOODWIN, b. 1846, Alabama; d. Unknown.
62. vii. JAMES GOODWIN, b. 1849, Alabama; d. Unknown.
51. DICEY10 CALDWELL (ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born Bet. 1810 - 1820, and died Unknown. She married JOHN GOODWIN 23 Oct 1831 in Jefferson County,
Alabama, son of MARK GOODWIN and TABITHA PARSONS. He was born 1803 in Laurens, South Carolina, and
died Unknown.
More About JOHN GOODWIN:
Census: 1850, Mud Creek Beat, Jefferson County, Alabama Roll 432_7, page 145.
More About JOHN GOODWIN and DICEY CALDWELL:
Marriage: 23 Oct 1831, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of DICEY CALDWELL and JOHN GOODWIN are:
63. i. MARK11 GOODWIN, b. 1831; d. Unknown.
ii. SARAH GOODWIN, b. 1834; d. Unknown.
iii. JOSEPHUS GOODWIN, b. 06 Feb 1836; d. Unknown; m. MARY E. HOWTON, 24 Jun 1860, Jefferson
County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
More About JOSEPHUS GOODWIN and MARY HOWTON:
Marriage: 24 Jun 1860, Jefferson County, Alabama
iv. ALMARINDA GOODWIN, b. 1838; d. Unknown; m. JAMES M. CARROLL, 24 Dec 1854, Jefferson
County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
More About JAMES CARROLL and ALMARINDA GOODWIN:
Marriage: 24 Dec 1854, Jefferson County, Alabama
v. MARY J. GOODWIN, b. 1838; d. Unknown.
Notes for MARY J. GOODWIN:
This child was probably Mary I. Rice, daughter of his second wife Parzead. While some
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researchers list her as John and Dicey's chld, the dates don't work for that relationship.
vi. DICEY GOODWIN, b. 1844, Alabama; d. Unknown.
52. HUGH10 CALDWELL (ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)34
was born 01 Jan 1816 in Alabama35, and died 1891 in Jefferson County, Alabama. He married ELIZABETH
PARSONS 25 Jan 1840 in Elytown, Jefferson County, Alabama. She was born 1823 in Georgia36,37, and died 1901
in Jefferson County, Alabama.
Notes for HUGH CALDWELL:
The list of 16 children came from a list compiled by David Reed on the website of the Hueytown Historical
Society. In some cases, it seems a little impossible, for instance where a child is born in April and another in
September of the same year.
In the 1870 census, neither Hugh nor Elizabeth can read or write.
More About HUGH CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
Census 1: 1850, Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama, next to his brother James who lives next to his parents.
Census 2: 1860, Elyton/Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama, next to his brother John, who lives next to his
father Absalom.
More About ELIZABETH PARSONS:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
Census: 1900, Living with her son Carroll Harris Caldwell
More About HUGH CALDWELL and ELIZABETH PARSONS:
Marriage: 25 Jan 1840, Elytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of HUGH CALDWELL and ELIZABETH PARSONS are:
i. THOMAS11 CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1841, Alabama38; d. Unknown.
ii. BYRAM HINES CALDWELL, b. 1843, Jefferson County, Alabama39; d. Unknown.
More About BYRAM HINES CALDWELL:
Name 2: Byron Hinds Caldwell
Name 3: Hines
Census: 02 Nov 1850, Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama, Roll M432_7 page 145
64. iii. JOSEPH ABSALOM CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1847, Alabama; d. Aft. 1880.
65. iv. CARROLL HARRIS CALDWELL, b. 17 Feb 1848, Alabama; d. 28 Jul 1921.
66. v. MARTHA A. CALDWELL, b. 06 Apr 1851, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 27 Jul 1903.
vi. E. VIRGINIA M. C. CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1853, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
67. vii. ALFRED JACKSON CALDWELL, b. 10 Oct 1855, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 16 Feb 1940,
Jefferson County, Alabama.
viii. JAMES OLIVER CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1857, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown; m. ELIZABETH
THOMAS WILLARD, 27 Jul 187940; b. Abt. 1862, Georgia; d. Unknown.
More About JAMES OLIVER CALDWELL:
Name 2: Oliver
More About JAMES CALDWELL and ELIZABETH WILLARD:
Marriage: 27 Jul 187940
ix. ELVIRA CALDWELL, b. 1860, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
More About ELVIRA CALDWELL:
Census: 1860, 5 month old infant
68. x. CANDANCE FRANCIS CALDWELL, b. 28 Apr 1860, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 16 Oct 1933.
69. xi. ALEXANDER S. CALDWELL, b. 28 Nov 1860, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 10 Jan 1942.
xii. M. L. B. N. CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1864, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
xiii. H. C. CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1868, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
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53. JOHN10 CALDWELL (ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)41
was born Bet. 1828 - 1830 in Alabama42,43, and died Unknown. He married MANERVA ?44. She was born Abt.
1835 in Alabama45, and died Unknown.
Notes for JOHN CALDWELL:
In the 1850 census, John is 21 and Manerva is 15. They are living in the Jonesboro census district. John cannot
read and write, but Manerva can.
this may be his death certificate: Name: John Caldwell Death Date: 01 May 1917 Death County: Jefferson
Volume: 46 Roll: 1 Page #: 315
More About JOHN CALDWELL:
Census 1: 1860, Elyton/Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama, next to Absalom Caldwell
Census 2: 1850, Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama Roll M432_7 page 144
Census 3: 1880, Year: 1880; Census Place: Montevallo, Shelby, Alabama; Roll: T9_31; Family History Film:
1254031; Page: 218A; Enumeration District: 123; Image: 0122
Children of JOHN CALDWELL and MANERVA ? are:
i. GISELLE11 CALDWELL, b. Alabama; d. Unknown.
ii. WILLIAM A. CALDWELL, b. 1860, Alabama; d. Unknown.
iii. FRANKLIN W. CALDWELL, b. 1869, Alabama; d. Unknown.
iv. JAMES CALDWELL, b. 1855, Alabama; d. Unknown.
v. CORA CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
vi. HATTIE CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
vii. NANCY CALDWELL, b. 1853, Alabama; d. Unknown.
70. viii. MARION C. CALDWELL, b. 1858, Alabama; d. Aft. 1920.
ix. HENRY CALDWELL, b. 1856, Alabama; d. Unknown.
54. NANCY M.10 CALDWELL (ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1831 in Alabama46, and died Unknown. She married ALDEN M. BYRAM 13 Oct 1853 in
Jefferson County, Alabama47, son of ALDEN BYRAM and MARY MARONEY. He was born 1831 in Alabama, and
died Unknown.
Notes for ALDEN M. BYRAM:
There is another Alden Byram who lived in Shelby County, Alabama, about the same time and was married to
Zilpha Lee. In 1880, Huldah Caldwell, Nancy's sister, is living with them. Alden says that he is temporarily
disabled by a gunshot.
More About ALDEN M. BYRAM:
Census: 08 Jul 1880, Year: 1880; Census Place: , Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T9_17; Family History Film:
1254017; Page: 526B; Enumeration District: 175; Image Township 20, range 5
More About ALDEN BYRAM and NANCY CALDWELL:
Marriage: 13 Oct 1853, Jefferson County, Alabama47
Children of NANCY CALDWELL and ALDEN BYRAM are:
i. LAURA11 BYRAM, b. 1866, Alabama; d. Unknown.
ii. FANNIE BYRAM, b. 1868, Alabama; d. Unknown.
iii. HULDA BYRAM, b. 1870, Alabama; d. Unknown.
iv. JOSEPH BYRAM, b. 1872, Alabama; d. Unknown.
55. BENJAMIN JAMES10 CALDWELL (ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born 1813 in Alabama, and died Bef. 1860. He married SARAH GOODWIN 1834, daughter of
MARK GOODWIN and TABITHA PARSONS. She was born 1812 in South Carolina, and died Bef. 1860.
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Notes for BENJAMIN JAMES CALDWELL:
By 1860, he and his wife are apparently dead. His children are living with Absalom and Hannah Caldwell, his
parents.
More About BENJAMIN JAMES CALDWELL:
Census: 1850, Jonesboro, Jefferson, Alabama Roll M432_7 Page 149
Notes for SARAH GOODWIN:
One researcher noted that she was still living. Since her parents were born in 1772 and 1775, it is unlikely that
she is living.
More About SARAH GOODWIN:
Name 2: Called Sally
More About BENJAMIN CALDWELL and SARAH GOODWIN:
Marriage: 1834
Children of BENJAMIN CALDWELL and SARAH GOODWIN are:
i. NANCY CATHERINE11 CALDWELL, b. 1836, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
ii. LEVI J. CALDWELL, b. 1838, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
More About LEVI J. CALDWELL:
Name 2: Levi J Caldwell48
Date born 2: 1838, Alabama48
Census: 1850, Jonesboro, Jefferson, Alabama Roll M432_7 Page 14948
iii. WILLIAM W. CALDWELL, b. 1840, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
iv. SARAH C. CALDWELL, b. 1845, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
Notes for SARAH C. CALDWELL:
Twin of B. Valentine
In the 1860 census, she is living with Jesse and Melissa Thompson. Melissa is the daughter of
Alexander Caldwell. He is her father Benjamin's brother, so Melissa is her first cousin.
v. B. VALENTINE CALDWELL, b. 1845, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
Notes for B. VALENTINE CALDWELL:
Twin of Sarah C.
vi. MARY CALDWELL, b. 10 Jan 1849; d. Unknown.
Notes for MARY CALDWELL:
Twin of Hulda Jane.
vii. HULDA JANE CALDWELL, b. 10 Jan 1849; d. Unknown.
Notes for HULDA JANE CALDWELL:
Twin of Mary.
56. JAMES MADISON10 RITCHIE (ELI9 RICHEY, ANDREW8, JAMES7, JEANNE6 CALDWELL, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) died Unknown. He married ELIZABETH DICKERSON. She died Unknown.
Child of JAMES RITCHIE and ELIZABETH DICKERSON is:
71. i. JAMES RILEY11 RITCHIE, d. Unknown.
Generation No. 11
57. JOHN P.11 CALDWELL (WILLIAM T.10, JOHN CALHOUN9, WILLIAM THOMAS8, WILLIAM7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4,
JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1844 in Laurens, South Carolina, and died 29 Oct 1937 in Laurens, South
Carolina. He married MARGARET FRANCES BLACKWELL. She was born 13 Nov 1843 in Laurens, South
Carolina, and died 11 Mar 1910 in Laurens, South Carolina.
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Children of JOHN CALDWELL and MARGARET BLACKWELL are:
i. WILLIAM MADISON12 CALDWELL, b. 1873, South Carolina; d. Unknown.
ii. J. B. CALDWELL, b. South Carolina; d. Unknown.
72. iii. MOLLIE E. CALDWELL, b. 13 Dec 1875, South Carolina; d. 06 Feb 1943, Laurens, South Carolina.
iv. LILA E. CALDWELL, b. 08 Jun 1877, South Carolina; d. 01 Nov 1902, Laurens, South Carolina.
v. CHARLES CLIFTON CALDWELL, b. 27 Jun 1879, South Carolina; d. 05 Feb 1961, Laurens, South
Carolina; m. MARY ELIZABETH REDDEN; b. 19 Jan 1876; d. 10 Dec 1926, Laurens, South Carolina.
vi. MINNIE C. CALDWELL, b. 28 Oct 1885, Laurens, South Carolina; d. 19 Sep 1991, Laurens, South
Carolina; m. ? BROWN; d. Unknown.
58. AUGUSTUS11 CALDWELL (ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 04 Sep 1831 in Alabama, and died 22 Oct 1862 in Tazwell, TN. He married
MARY E. COMBS 08 Nov 1849. She was born 05 Dec 1831 in Alabama, and died 1905.
Notes for AUGUSTUS CALDWELL:
Died in Civil War.
More About AUGUSTUS CALDWELL:
Census 1: 1860, Elyton/Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama
Census 2: 1850, Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama, Roll M432_7 page 152, next to his brother Alexander.
More About AUGUSTUS CALDWELL and MARY COMBS:
Marriage: 08 Nov 1849
Children of AUGUSTUS CALDWELL and MARY COMBS are:
i. ELIZA12 CALDWELL, b. 1850, Alabama; d. Unknown.
ii. MARTHA CALDWELL, b. 1852, Alabama; d. Unknown.
iii. JASPER CALDWELL, b. 1854, Alabama; d. Unknown.
iv. MELISSA CALDWELL, b. 1856, Alabama; d. Unknown.
v. GUSTUS CALDWELL, b. 1859, Alabama; d. Unknown.
59. MELISSA11 CALDWELL (ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)49 was born 1834 in Alabama, and died Unknown. She married JESSE THOMPSON50 14 Jun
1857 in Jefferson County, Alabama. He was born 1830 in Alabama, and died Unknown.
More About JESSE THOMPSON and MELISSA CALDWELL:
Marriage: 14 Jun 1857, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of MELISSA CALDWELL and JESSE THOMPSON are:
i. WILLIAM WHITMILL12 THOMPSON, b. 1856, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown; m. LOUELLA
E. STEVENS; d. Unknown.
ii. ELIZA THOMPSON, b. 1859, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
60. ISAAC11 CALDWELL (ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)51 was born 1843 in Alabama, and died Aft. 1880. He married MARTHA F. ?. She was born
1849 in Alabama, and died Unknown.
Notes for ISAAC CALDWELL:
There are those who think he died in the Civil War, but he clearly appears in the 1880 census.
In Jefferson County Alabama Marriages, 1856-1864, there is listed
Caldwell, Isaac Arington, Eliza Ann 31 Jan 1864 531
Children of ISAAC CALDWELL and MARTHA ? are:
i. GUS12 CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
ii. ELLIS ALEXANDER CALDWELL, b. 1870, Alabama; d. Unknown.
iii. JOE CALDWELL, d. Unknown.
iv. ALMEDA CALDWELL, b. 1868, Alabama; d. Unknown; m. ? ADCOCK; d. Unknown.
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More About ALMEDA CALDWELL:
Name 2: Called Media
v. MILLIE CALDWELL, b. 1875, Alabama; d. Unknown; m. ? BURCHETT; d. Unknown.
vi. LEXIA CALDWELL, d. Unknown; m. ? DIXSON; d. Unknown.
vii. NANCY A. CALDWELL, b. 1873, Alabama; d. Unknown; m. SHERMAN WALDEN; d. Unknown.
More About NANCY A. CALDWELL:
Name 2: Called Nannie
61. JOSEPH HARLEY11 CALDWELL (ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4,
JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)52 was born 16 Sep 1854 in Alabama53, and died 20 Jul 1918 in Peggs, Cherokee
County, Oklahoma54. He married MARY JANE ISRAEL55 26 Sep 1874 in Jefferson County, Alabama56, daughter
of LEANDER ISRAEL and MARY ENNIS. She was born 11 Sep 1856 in Cherokee County, Alabama, and died 11
Mar 1931 in Alabama.
Notes for JOSEPH HARLEY CALDWELL:
Found in Jefferson County, Alabama 1880 census married to Mary Jane
1880 Alabama Census
Joseph H. CALDWELL Self M Mal e W 26 AL Farmer AL AL
Mary J. CALDWELL Wif e M Female W 23 AL Keeping House AL AL
Mar y M. CALDWELL Dau S Female W 5 AL AL A L
Benjamin CALDWELL Son S Male W 2 AL A L AL
Melissa CALDWELL Mother W Female W 55 A L At Home AL AL
Fanny CALDWELL Sister S Femal e W 24 AL At Home AL AL
Mary L.CALDWELL Sis ter S Female W 15 AL At Home AL AL -------- --------------------------------------------------
--------- ---- Source Information:
Year: 1880; Census Place: , Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T9_17; Family History Film: 1254017; Page: 461A;
Enumeration District: 72; Image: .
In 1880 census, next family was Isaac Caldwell
Found on cemetery list at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~timmons/newhome.html and
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/cherokee/cemeteries/nwhomefull.txt
Joseph H. Caldwell, 1853-1918, which is at variance from his date of birth in other places.
He was found by some to be peculiar. If there was a singing school, we had to be there. He liked to hunt and
fish, but sometimes would pout for a week without Grandma knowing why. Told by Martha Jane Caldwell
Payne, his daughter, to Weldon.
From handwrtten notes provided by Weldon to Linda Smith Williams (quoting Jenny Payne): Aunt Jennie
remembers being with him the day he died at home, near Locust Grove, Oklahoma. He had "leakage of the
heart." On the morning of July 20, while she and Grandma Caldwell were with him, two neighbor men stopped.
One saw that J.H. couldn't last long and stayed with him. At 11:00 a.m., Joseph Harley looked at the clock and
said " I have about one hour left." Mama says that he died at exactly 12 noon.
More About JOSEPH HARLEY CALDWELL:
Date born 2: 1854, Alabama57
Burial: 1918, New Home Cemetery, Peggs, OK
Census: 1880, Year: 1880; Census Place: , Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T9_17; Family History Film: 1254017;
Page: 461A; Enumeration District: 72; Image:
Residence: 1880, Jefferson, Alabama57
Notes for MARY JANE ISRAEL:
She told Aunt Jennie that when she was a small girl, she used to go down to the cemetery where she is buried and
read her Bible during school recess. That story comes from Martha Jane Caldwell Payne, who was her daughter.
Jenny Payne believed that she was born 9/11/1856 in Jefferson County and died March 11, 1931.
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Her wedding license was issues September 16, 1874. The performing person is listed as Whifield Anthony.
After her husband died in Oklahoma, she returned to Alabama on the train. She was not feeling very well and the
preacher broughter her back. This was probably senile dementia. She went to live with her daughter Hattie.
More About MARY JANE ISRAEL:
Name 2: Mary J Israel58
Date born 2: 1856, Alabama58
Burial: 1931, Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Alabama
Census: 1860, Elyton Post Office, Bethlehem Precinct, Jefferson County, Alabama
Residence: 1860, Bethlahem, Jefferson, Alabama58
More About JOSEPH CALDWELL and MARY ISRAEL:
Marriage: 26 Sep 1874, Jefferson County, Alabama59
Children of JOSEPH CALDWELL and MARY ISRAEL are:
73. i. MARY MELISSA12 CALDWELL, b. 10 Sep 1875, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 10 Mar 1970,
Jefferson County, Alabama.
74. ii. BENJAMIN ALEXANDER CALDWELL, b. 26 Jan 1878, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 25 Jan 1953,
Jefferson County, Alabama.
75. iii. MAGNOLIA E. CALDWELL, b. 30 Jul 1880, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 16 Sep 1967.
iv. HATTIE I. CALDWELL, b. 13 Mar 1883, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 26 Oct 1956, Praco,
Jefferson County, Alabama; m. THOMAS GREEN, 02 Apr, 1905; b. 06 Jan 1868; d. 1933, Praco,
Jefferson County, Alabama.
Notes for HATTIE I. CALDWELL:
No children.
Notes for THOMAS GREEN:
According to Jenny Payne, he was a coal miner whose brother was killed in an explosion just
before Tom went on shift. This was a persuading factor in Grandma Caldwell agreeing to move to
Oklahoma, so her boys wouldn't have to work in the mines. Married (along with Zepha and Lee
Cooley) in Caldwell's front yard on Sunday before finally moving to Oklahoma.
No children
Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery
More About THOMAS GREEN and HATTIE CALDWELL:
Marriage: 02 Apr, 1905
76. v. ZEPHARANE C. CALDWELL, b. 16 Jul 1886, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 03 Dec 1974, Jefferson
County, Alabama.
vi. JESSE LEE CALDWELL, b. 24 Dec 1888, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Apr 1923, Locust Grove,
Oklahoma; m. IDA MAE KINSEY, 23 Nov 1910; b. McKay or Ducktown, Tennessee; d. Unknown.
Notes for JESSE LEE CALDWELL:
His sister said he could get along with anyone.
He used to work on the railroad.
He probably had heart trouble.
Jenny Payne said that he died in a boarding house in Locust Grove, Oklahoma, which has now
been converted into a funeral home, but still stands.
More About JESSE LEE CALDWELL:
Died 2: 1923, In a boarding house in Locust Grove, OK
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
More About JESSE CALDWELL and IDA KINSEY:
Marriage: 23 Nov 1910
vii. REVEREND JAMES WARD CALDWELL, b. 11 May 1891, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 01 Nov
1978, Carrollton, Alabama; m. (1) CARRIE O. PAYNE; b. 1890, Georgia; d. 26 Dec 1960, Carrollton,
Alabama; m. (2) IRENE NOWELL; d. Unknown.
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Notes for REVEREND JAMES WARD CALDWELL:
Baptist preacher
He is probably buried in Carrollton, Alabama
More About REVEREND JAMES WARD CALDWELL:
Census: 1920, Peggs Township, Cherokee County, Oklahoma
More About CARRIE O. PAYNE:
Name 2: Carrie O. Payne Satterfield
77. viii. MARTHA JANE CALDWELL, b. 22 Sep 1894, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 10 Jan 1986.
ix. WILLIAM ISAAC CALDWELL, b. 07 Jan 1897, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 11 Oct 1982; m. MARY
JANE CORDELIA FRANKLIN; b. 26 Nov 1900; d. 20 Dec 1991.
Notes for WILLIAM ISAAC CALDWELL:
Last known address: Brentwood, California
78. x. JOHN RAY CALDWELL, b. 20 May 1900, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 15 Mar 1973, Locust Grove,
Mayes County, Oklahoma.
62. JAMES11 GOODWIN (LYDIA10 CALDWELL, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1849 in Alabama, and died Unknown. He married MARGARET ?. She was born
1854 in Alabama, and died Unknown.
Children of JAMES GOODWIN and MARGARET ? are:
i. MARY12 GOODWIN, b. 1871, Alabama; d. Unknown.
ii. JAMES L. GOODWIN, b. 1873, Alabama; d. Unknown.
iii. ELLEN GOODWIN, b. 1875, Alabama; d. Unknown.
iv. ALAER GOODWIN, b. 1877, Alabama; d. Unknown.
63. MARK11 GOODWIN (DICEY10 CALDWELL, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1831, and died Unknown. He married MAHALIA GARNER 28 Dec 1847 in
Jefferson County, Alabama. She was born 1832 in Alabama, and died Unknown.
More About MARK GOODWIN and MAHALIA GARNER:
Marriage: 28 Dec 1847, Jefferson County, Alabama
Child of MARK GOODWIN and MAHALIA GARNER is:
i. LUCINDA12 GOODWIN, b. 1849, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Unknown.
64. JOSEPH ABSALOM11 CALDWELL (HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1847 in Alabama60, and died Aft. 1880. He married M. LOUIZA THOMPSON
24 Dec 186761. She was born Abt. 1840 in Georgia, and died Aft. 1880.
More About JOSEPH CALDWELL and M. THOMPSON:
Marriage: 24 Dec 186761
Children of JOSEPH CALDWELL and M. THOMPSON are:
i. HENRY C.12 CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1868; d. Unknown.
ii. ANN CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1872; d. Unknown.
65. CARROLL HARRIS11 CALDWELL (HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 17 Feb 1848 in Alabama62, and died 28 Jul 1921. He married FRANCES ROSE
ANN HASTY Bef. 1875, daughter of ? HASTY and ARAMENTA ?. She was born 20 Jul 1856, and died 13 Dec
1903.
Notes for CARROLL HARRIS CALDWELL:
In 1900 his mohter is living with him.
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More About CARROLL HARRIS CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About FRANCES ROSE ANN HASTY:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About CARROLL CALDWELL and FRANCES HASTY:
Marriage: Bef. 1875
Children of CARROLL CALDWELL and FRANCES HASTY are:
i. NORMAN12 CALDWELL, b. 12 Nov 1875, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 21 Nov 1941; m. RUBY
TILLMAN, 22 Aug 1911, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama; b. 04 Aug 1875; d. 02 Jun 1942.
More About NORMAN CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About RUBY TILLMAN:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About NORMAN CALDWELL and RUBY TILLMAN:
Marriage: 22 Aug 1911, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
ii. NEWMAN H. CALDWELL, b. 31 Jul 1877, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 22 Nov 1952, Jefferson
County, Alabama; m. IDA PARSONS, 23 Dec 1900, Jefferson County, Alabama; b. 25 Mar 1875; d.
03 Dec 1942, Jefferson County, Alabama.
More About NEWMAN H. CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About IDA PARSONS:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About NEWMAN CALDWELL and IDA PARSONS:
Marriage: 23 Dec 1900, Jefferson County, Alabama
iii. CARROLL H. CALDWELL, JR., b. 23 Jun 1879; d. 27 Feb 1901.
More About CARROLL H. CALDWELL, JR.:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
79. iv. JOHN DUNCAN CALDWELL, b. 03 Nov 1881; d. 16 Feb 1965, Jefferson County, Alabama.
v. LEILA BELLE CALDWELL, b. 19 Jun 1884, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 23 May 1959.
More About LEILA BELLE CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
80. vi. LULA N. CALDWELL, b. 10 Nov 1892, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 19 Apr 1966.
81. vii. LILLY CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1896; d. Abt. 15 May 1980.
66. MARTHA A.11 CALDWELL (HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 06 Apr 1851 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 27 Jul 1903. She married
JAMES MARION PARSONS 29 Sep 1876 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, son of SAMUEL PARSONS and
MARY GOODWIN. He was born 03 Nov 1855 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 07 Feb 1922.
More About MARTHA A. CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Dogwood Cemetery, near Adger, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About JAMES PARSONS and MARTHA CALDWELL:
Marriage: 29 Sep 1876, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of MARTHA CALDWELL and JAMES PARSONS are:
82. i. MEADIE MALISSA12 PARSONS, b. 02 Oct 1878, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 21 Feb 1946.
83. ii. HEZZIE GARFIELD PARSONS, b. 10 May 1882; d. 22 Jul 1964.
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84. iii. NANCY MARY PARSONS, b. 22 Feb 1886; d. 28 Nov 1945.
iv. NORA PARSONS, b. Abt. 1888; d. Unknown; m. JOE PASSEGER, 20 Apr 1920, Bessemer, Jefferson
County, Alabama; b. Abt. 1874; d. Unknown.
More About JOE PASSEGER and NORA PARSONS:
Marriage: 20 Apr 1920, Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama
67. ALFRED JACKSON11 CALDWELL (HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 10 Oct 1855 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 16 Feb 1940 in Jefferson
County, Alabama63. He married MARY J. PARSONS 02 Dec 1877, daughter of JOHN PARSONS and AMANDA
PHILLIPS. She was born 31 Mar 1856, and died 21 Sep 1924 in Jefferson County, Alabama63.
More About ALFRED JACKSON CALDWELL:
Name 2: Jackson
Burial: Unknown, Concord Baptist Church Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About MARY J. PARSONS:
Burial: Unknown, Concord Baptist Church Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About ALFRED CALDWELL and MARY PARSONS:
Marriage: 02 Dec 1877
Child of ALFRED CALDWELL and MARY PARSONS is:
i. MORTIMER12 CALDWELL, b. 18 Apr 1879, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 06 Dec 1910, Jefferson
County, Alabama.
More About MORTIMER CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Concord Baptist Church Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
68. CANDANCE FRANCIS11 CALDWELL (HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 28 Apr 1860 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 16 Oct 1933. She married
JOHN J. NICHOLSON 18 Oct 1884 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. He was born 01 Jan 1861, and
died 12 Dec 1916.
More About CANDANCE FRANCIS CALDWELL:
Name 2: Called Frankie
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
Census: 1880, Year: 1880; Census Place: Beat 2 And 3, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T9_17; Family History Film:
1254017; Page: 509C; Enumeration District: 76;
More About JOHN J. NICHOLSON:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About JOHN NICHOLSON and CANDANCE CALDWELL:
Marriage: 18 Oct 1884, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of CANDANCE CALDWELL and JOHN NICHOLSON are:
i. ?12 NICHOLSON, b. Aft. 1884; d. Unknown; m. ? HUFFSTUTLER; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
ii. DAUGHTER NICHOLSON, b. Aft. 1884; d. Unknown; m. ? STEPHENS; b. Unknown; d. Unknown.
85. iii. REVEREND HUGH NICHOLSON, b. Abt. 1887; d. 03 Mar 1959.
86. iv. MATTIE NICHOLSON, b. 19 Mar 1893, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 24 Feb 1986, Jefferson
County, Alabama.
69. ALEXANDER S.11 CALDWELL (HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 28 Nov 1860 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 10 Jan 1942. He married C.
A.. She died Aft. 1896.
More About ALEXANDER S. CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
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Children of ALEXANDER CALDWELL and C. A. are:
i. VELMA12 CALDWELL, b. 06 Dec 1896; d. 06 Dec 1896.
More About VELMA CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
ii. ZELLA CALDWELL, b. 06 Dec 1896; d. 06 Dec 1896.
More About ZELLA CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
70. MARION C.11 CALDWELL (JOHN10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born 1858 in Alabama, and died Aft. 1920. He married KATIE ? 1882. She was born 1858 in
Alabama, and died Aft. 1920.
More About MARION C. CALDWELL:
Census 1: 1880, Year: 1880; Census Place: Montevallo, Shelby, Alabama; Roll: T9_31; Family History Film:
1254031; Page: 218A; Enumeration District: 123; Image: 0122
Census 2: 1910, Montevalle, Shelby County, Alabama, Series T624, Roll 32, Part 3, Page 81A
Census 3: 1920, Wilton, Shelby County, Alabama Roll T625_40, Page 2B, ED 114, Image 0742
Notes for KATIE ?:
In the 1910 census, she states that she cannot read or write. She says that she has had 2 children and 1 is living.
In the 1920 census, she has lost 9-10 years of age.
More About MARION CALDWELL and KATIE ?:
Marriage: 1882
Child of MARION CALDWELL and KATIE ? is:
i. OLIVER R.12 CALDWELL, b. 1902, Alabama; d. Unknown.
71. JAMES RILEY11 RITCHIE (JAMES MADISON10, ELI9 RICHEY, ANDREW8, JAMES7, JEANNE6 CALDWELL, JOSEPH5,
JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) died Unknown. He married MARINDA CARTER. She died Unknown.
Child of JAMES RITCHIE and MARINDA CARTER is:
87. i. CHARLIE OSCAR12 RITCHIE, b. Private.
Generation No. 12
72. MOLLIE E.12 CALDWELL (JOHN P.11, WILLIAM T.10, JOHN CALHOUN9, WILLIAM THOMAS8, WILLIAM7, JOHN6,
JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 13 Dec 1875 in South Carolina, and died 06 Feb 1943 in
Laurens, South Carolina. She married HENRY LEE PITTS 1900 in Laurens, South Carolina. He was born 03 Aug
1876 in Laurens, South Carolina, and died 21 Jun 1932 in Laurens, South Carolina.
More About HENRY PITTS and MOLLIE CALDWELL:
Marriage: 1900, Laurens, South Carolina
Children of MOLLIE CALDWELL and HENRY PITTS are:
i. WILLIAM BEAUREGARD13 PITTS, b. 31 Dec 1886; d. Unknown.
ii. CHARLES BROOKS PITTS, b. 13 Jul 1901, Laurens, South Carolina; d. Unknown.
iii. PATRICK GORDON PITTS, b. 03 Jan 1903, Laurens, South Carolina; d. Unknown.
iv. MARGRET FLORIDE PITTS, b. 07 Mar 1906, Laurens, South Carolina; d. Unknown.
v. MINNIE LEE PITTS, b. Private.
vi. OMEGA MAE PITTS, b. Private.
vii. MAMIE IMOGENE PITTS, b. Private.
viii. CLAUDE MILLS PITTS, b. 04 Feb 1918, Laurens, South Carolina; d. 19 Mar 1987, Forest Park,
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Georgia.
73. MARY MELISSA12 CALDWELL (JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6,
JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)64 was born 10 Sep 1875 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 10
Mar 1970 in Jefferson County, Alabama. She married STEPHEN ALFORD SHOEMAKER 01 Jul 1891, son of
FLEMING SHOEMAKER and AMANDA LOVETT. He was born 11 Nov 1867, and died 13 Feb 1956 in Jefferson
County, Alabama.
Notes for MARY MELISSA CALDWELL:
According to Weldon and to Linda Williams , Mary ran off at 14 to marry Alf Shoemaker. They were in
Alabama when the Caldwells moved to Oklahoma, but moved later that year. MV Payne said Alf "could lay off
the straightest cotton rows of anybody I ever saw." Ruby Smith told Linda Williams this story.
Another family researcher has her date of death as 11 Mar 1971
Notes for STEPHEN ALFORD SHOEMAKER:
Death certfiicate: 13 feb 1956, Jefferson County, Alabama, Volume 7, Certificate 3261, Roll 6.
More About STEPHEN ALFORD SHOEMAKER:
Name 2: Called Alf Shoemaker
Name 3: Stephen Alford Shoemaker
Census: 1920, Adams Creek Township, Wagoner, Oklahoma
More About STEPHEN SHOEMAKER and MARY CALDWELL:
Marriage: 01 Jul 1891
Children of MARY CALDWELL and STEPHEN SHOEMAKER are:
i. FRANCES LUCKINBILL13 SHOEMAKER, b. 16 Jun 1898, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 08 Mar 1926,
Jefferson County, Alabama.
ii. CARRIE E SHOEMAKER, b. 1905; d. 01 Apr 1988, Jefferson County, Alabama.
iii. LOYD H SHOEMAKER, b. 1907, Oklahoma; d. 01 Jan 1981, Jefferson County, Alabama.
More About LOYD H SHOEMAKER:
Burial: Unknown, Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Jefferson County, Alabama (no marker, but in
notes)
iv. DORCUS E SHOEMAKER, b. Private.
v. MAJORIE SHOEMAKER, b. 1903, Alabama; d. Unknown.
vi. DAUGHTER SHOEMAKER, b. 1901, Alabama; d. Unknown.
74. BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12 CALDWELL (JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7,
JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)65 was born 26 Jan 1878 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and
died 25 Jan 1953 in Jefferson County, Alabama. He married JULIA IDA WHEELER 1900 in Jefferson County,
Alabama, daughter of ANDREW WHEELER and MARY JONES. She was born 24 Jun 1878 in Jackson County,
Alabama, and died 03 Aug 1959 in West End Hospital, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama66.
Notes for BENJAMIN ALEXANDER CALDWELL:
Jenny Payne says he was buried on his 75th birthday.
He married Julia Ida Wheeler before the Caldwells moved to Oklahoma. Ben and Julie rented a house near the
family, who were living in the "McNair Place," a big two-story house (with pecan groves) owned by an Indian
family named McNair. (Jenny Payne, as related to Weldon ).
In the 1900 census, Benjamin and Juie live alone (without kids), between the Goolsbys and the Spencers. A short
distance away there are Rufus Nicholson, his wife, Rufus Linus Nicholson, and Walter Hugh Nicholson and his
family. This is not the house where they lived when their grandchildren were growing up. This house was on
Pleasant Grove Road, about 3 miles away toward Edgewater. Eventually, after they moved from the house, Ben's
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brother Jim and his wife Carrie moved there. The Paynes moved into the house across the road when they came
back from Texas and Oklahoma.
In the 1910 census, the following families live all in a row:
Andrew and Mary Angeline Wheeler
Richard J. and Jennie Wheeler
Kate Wheeler Glasgow and Bascom Glasgow
Frank C. and Retha Anthony Wheeler
Joseph A. and Bessie Wheeler
He should have been back in Alabama for the 1920 census, but I can't find a record of it. He had a child born in
Alabama in 1915, so he should have been in Alabama rather than Oklahoma in 1920.
The 1930 census has Ben and Julia with son Jim and daughter Alice in Jefferson County, Alabama. Richard
Jones Wheeler is listed just before Ben and Julia. Joseph Andrew Wheeler lives nearby on that same side.
Walter Goolsby lives on the other side, then James Goolsby, then John and Nora Anthony. Ben owns his home,
which is worth $6,000. He is a carpenter for a coal and iron company. He is not a veteran. These census pages
do not list the name of the road or the house numbers.
Death certificate: Jefferson County, Alabama, Jan 25, 1953, Volume 3, Certificate 1117, Roll 5.
More About BENJAMIN ALEXANDER CALDWELL:
Burial: 1953, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Census 1: 1930, Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 7, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 22; Page: 10A; Enumeration
District: 129; Image: 381.0. next to Richard Jones Wheeler and near Joseph A. Wheeler
Census 2: 1880, Year: 1880; Census Place: , Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T9_17; Family History Film: 1254017;
Page: 461A; Enumeration District: 72; Image: With his parents in Jefferson County, Albaama
Census 3: 1900, Year: 1900; Census Place: Precinct 7, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T623 20; Page: 17A;
Enumeration District: 90
Census 4: 1910, Jefferson County, Alabama
Occupation: Carpenter, doing construction work for Tennessee Coal and Iron on their company houses. He could
fix a toof, paint, fix a wall or whatever needed doing. He worked in Edgewater just before he retired.
Notes for JULIA IDA WHEELER:
She said that when they were in Oklahoma, the wind blew so strong that it blew the plants away as fast as they
could plant crops. She said people went crazy from the wind and its damage.
Her grand-daughter says: She did what all the pioneer women did. She sewed, kept house, kept a garden, and
cooked. Her grand-daughter says that she had such an imagination about cooking. She knew how to take
whatever was in the house and make a meal. If it was almost grocery day and stores were low, she could still
figure out a good meal. When everyone was starving and she needed a quick meal, she would fry fatback, then
cook sauerkraut in that same pan. She'd cook a pan of cornbread while it was cooking, then put that out for lunch
with buttermilk and home-made jelly. (Her grand-daughter Julia Minerva was good at that too.) She sang
"Bringing In The Sheaves" while she mopped the kitchen floor.
Her great-granddaughter says: I remember her Folgers Coffee can. It sat next to her chair. I guess she dipped
snuff and spat into the can. As a child this fascinated me! I remember her as a kind woman who appeared in my
life every once in a while and then disappeared. I am gateful to my mother for taking the time to write about her
so we would all know something about her.
More About JULIA IDA WHEELER:
Burial: 1959, Pleaant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About BENJAMIN CALDWELL and JULIA WHEELER:
Marriage: 1900, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of BENJAMIN CALDWELL and JULIA WHEELER are:
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i. IDA LOIS13 CALDWELL, b. 05 Feb 1901, Birmingham, Alabama; d. 04 Mar 1992, Brewton, Alabama;
m. (1) ROBERT WRIGHT; b. Casselberry, Elmore County, Alabama; d. Unknown, Brewton,
Alabama; m. (2) THOMAS E. SWEARINGTON; d. Bef. 1940; m. (3) SAMUEL LINTON HEATH, Abt.
1926; b. 1890, Hissop, Alabama; d. Unknown.
Notes for IDA LOIS CALDWELL:
Lois went to college and worked various jobs in the Baptist church. In 1946, she was a secretary at
Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater, Florida, after her husband Sam died. Her niece says she
mostly "did what Baptist preachers' wives did." She did not have children.
She married her husbands in this order. Each died. All were Southern Baptist ministers.
Samuel Heath
Robert Wright
Thomas Swearington
In about 1940, her family visited her in Clearwater for two weeks: Alyce and her kids, Elizabeth and
her kids and Granny and Popa and Linda Smith. They traveled in Popa's car and Elizabeth's car.
(Alyce did not drive.) There is a picture of all the kids on a dock on Lake Tarpon, which was called
Lake Butler then. They stayed in a 2 bedroom cabin, which had a kitchen. There was a beach
along the lake, sandy and nice. If there were the alligators that inhabited Lake Tarpon later, they
did not know about it. To go to the beach, they had to go to Alternate 19, then across the
causeway to the beach. The causeway was originally built by WPA workers in the 1930s and was
a construction marvel. They picked oranges in an orange grove, then went to Tarpon Springs and
went out on the sponge boat. Her niece Linda remembers the diver putting on his gear to dive for
sponges. The kids would get up in the morning and put on their bathing suits and stay in them all
day long. Every afternoon they went to the beach. One afternoon they visited Calvary Baptist
Church, where she worked and saw the dome, which is beautiful. They visited her at the Gray
Moss Inn in downtown Clearwater, where she lived. She had an apartment on the second floor
that opened onto a veranda. (That has been torn down in the late 1990s and is now a parking lot
for the Scientologists' conference center.)
Earlier in the summer, Linda went home with Alyce from a visit to Birmingham. Alyce returned to
Lanette on the train and Linda went to help her keep her children in order. Since Linda was in
Lanette, she was included in the trip to Clearwater, then returned home to Birmingham with her
grandparents.
More About ROBERT WRIGHT:
Occupation: Minister
More About THOMAS E. SWEARINGTON:
Occupation: Southern Baptist Minister
Notes for SAMUEL LINTON HEATH:
In 1930, Samuel and Lois are living in Hartselle, Alabama. They are renting a home, for which they
are paying $15 per month. They have been married 4 to 5 years, having married when he was 35
and she was 24. They and all of their parents were born in Alabama. He is a Baptist clergyman.
He says that he is a veteran of World War I.
More About SAMUEL LINTON HEATH:
Census: 1930, Hartselle, Morgan County, Alabama
Occupation: Southern Baptist clergyman
Residence: 1930, Year: 1930; Census Place: Hartselle, Morgan, Alabama; Roll: 45; Page: 12A;
Enumeration District: 21; Image: 241.0.
More About SAMUEL HEATH and IDA CALDWELL:
Marriage: Abt. 1926
88. ii. RUBY SPENCER CALDWELL, b. 11 Jan 1903, Ensley, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 25 Oct 1986,
Panama City, Bay, FL.
89. iii. WILLIS MASON CALDWELL, b. 01 Oct 1904, Birmingham, Alabama; d. 08 Aug 1977, Gadsden,
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Alabama.
iv. HAROLD WAYNE CALDWELL, b. 10 Sep 1907, Birmingham, Alabama; d. 10 Mar 1930, Pensacola,
Escambia, Florida.
Notes for HAROLD WAYNE CALDWELL:
In an email dated May 16, 2005, Ben Caldwell says:
The subject came up about Harold Wain Caldwell wanting to fly. I found a log book for him
amoung my dad's log books. It showed him as an AMM2c which is an Aviation Machinist Mate
second class. That is an aircraft mechanic. The log book shows him flying as a crew member.
The first entry is January 9, 1927, but at least one previous page is missing, so I don't know exactly
when he started. The last entry is for August 9, 1928. He was stationed aboard the USS
Marblehead (CL-12), a light cruiser. During the time he was aboard her, she saw service in
Nicaragua, Pearl Harbor, and Shanghai, China.
In the log book is a document from the naval air station at Pensacola, Florida, dated September 10,
1928 designating him a student pilot. I have attached a copy of that document. (This document will
be on the grannyandpopacaldwell.com website.) He must have been transferred from the USS
Marblehead to Pensacola to start flight school. He died March 10, 1930. There are no entries in
his log book for the last 19 months of his life. I can only assume that he had another log book and
was a student pilot at Pensacola during that time. That is plenty of time for him to have finished
flight school and become a full fledged pilot.
The story I heard about his death was that he was in a boat that capsized. He swam to shore, but
went back to try to save one of his buddies and they both drowned.
More About HAROLD WAYNE CALDWELL:
Name 2: Harold Wain Caldwell To Military
Cause of Death: Boating accident at Pensacola, Florida
Military service: U. S. Navy
90. v. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CALDWELL, b. 17 Jun 1909, Wahilla, OKlahoma; d. 10 Dec 1964, Pensacola,
Escambia, Florida.
91. vi. ELIZABETH JANE CALDWELL, b. Private.
92. vii. JAMES WILSON CALDWELL, b. Jul 1913, Locust Grove, Oklahoma; d. 16 Dec 1980, Brewton,
Alabama.
93. viii. VIRGINIA ALICE CALDWELL, b. 14 Aug 1915, Birmingham, Alabama; d. 2004.
ix. INFANT CALDWELL, b. Abt. 1919, Birmingham, Alabama; d. 1919, Birmingham, Alabama.
75. MAGNOLIA E.12 CALDWELL (JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6,
JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)67 was born 30 Jul 1880 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 16
Sep 1967. She married WADE HEDGECOCK 1899 in Jefferson County, Alabama. He was born 1888 in Georgia,
and died Aug 1951 in Dallas, Texas68.
Notes for MAGNOLIA E. CALDWELL:
She had twins, but they could not find food to agree with them, and they died. That would be Lawrence and
Florence.
Jenny Payne told Weldon that she married Wade Hedgecock before the Caldwells moved to Oklahoma. Wade
mined and lived at Hueytown and later Carbon Hill. They finally moved to Oklahoma. Wade died in Dallas of
tuberculosis, but had been in a mental hospital.
More About MAGNOLIA E. CALDWELL:
Name 2: Nola
Notes for WADE HEDGECOCK:
Miner at Hueytown and later Carbon Hill
Lived in Hueytown.
Moved to Oklahoma in about 1890.
1920 census: Living in Choteau with his wife and 7 children. He says his father was born in Georgia and his
mother in Alabama. He is farming. Enumeration district 54, page 12A.
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1930 census: Living in Hueytown Village, Jefferson County, Alabama He owns his home, which is worth $2500.
His wife and 5 children live with him. Mary Jane Israel Caldwell is not yet in his home, but she doesn't seem to
be in Oklahome either.
Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 40, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 32; Page: ; Enumeration District: 189; Image:
528.0.
More About WADE HEDGECOCK:
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis, in Dallas Texas
Census 1: 1920, Choteau, Mayes County, Oklahoma
Census 2: 1930, Jefferson County, Alabama
Occupation: 1930, Digger in a coal mine
More About WADE HEDGECOCK and MAGNOLIA CALDWELL:
Marriage: 1899, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of MAGNOLIA CALDWELL and WADE HEDGECOCK are:
i. PAUL13 HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
ii. BENJAMIN HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
iii. FELTON HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
iv. DAISY HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
v. CARL HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
vi. TERRELL OR VERL HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
vii. WOODROW HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
viii. LAWRENCE HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
ix. FLORENCE HEDGECOCK, b. Private.
76. ZEPHARANE C.12 CALDWELL (JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6,
JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 16 Jul 1886 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 03
Dec 1974 in Jefferson County, Alabama. She married LEE ELLINDER COOLEY 02 Apr 1905 in Jefferson County,
Alabama, son of MARTHA E.. He was born 12 Nov 1870 in Alabama69, and died 12 Aug 1936 in Praco,
Alabama.
Notes for ZEPHARANE C. CALDWELL:
She lived in Cottage Hills rest home about a half-hour from where she was born in house now owned by “Sam”
Harris, Julia Wheeler's sister..
More About ZEPHARANE C. CALDWELL:
Name 2: Zepha
Burial: Unknown, Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Alabama
Notes for LEE ELLINDER COOLEY:
According to Jenny Payne, Lee was a coal miner who died in 1936 after being bedfast for five years, in Praco,
Alabama.
Death certificate: August 1936, Jefferson County, Alabama, Volume 39, Roll 3, Page 19148
In 1900, he is living in Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama. He is head of household, with 2 brothers, 1 sister
and 1 nephew living in his home. Next to him is William E. Cooley His nephew Arthur is 11, born in June 1889,
but we don't know whose son he is. Lee is a farmer and his brothers are day laborers. He is renting a property
that is classified as a farm. Everyone in the household can read and write. Year: 1900; Census Place: Jonesboro,
Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T623 20; Page: 31A; Enumeration District: 85
In 1920, he is living in Tuscaloosa County, with his wife and 2 children.
In 1930, he is living in Praco in Jefferson County, Alabama. He rents his home for $7.00 per month. Arthur,
Herman, Vera and Eva are at home. Which children were born in Alabama and which in Oklahoma changes from
census to census, so it is hard to tell accurately what is going on. Lee and his son Arthur are both coal miners.
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He is working, and he is not a veteran. Everyone in the family can read and write. Year: 1930; Census Place:
Precinct 43, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 32; Page: ; Enumeration District: 192; Image: 666.0.
More About LEE ELLINDER COOLEY:
Name 2: Lee A Cooley70
Burial: Unknown, Village Falls Cemetery, Mulga, Alabama
Cause of Death: Died after being bed-ridden for 5 years.
Census 1: 1920, Living in Parsons District, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Census 2: 1900, Jonesboro, Jefferson County, Alabama
Census 3: 1930, Praco, Jefferson County, Alabama
Occupation: 1920, Coal miner
Residence: 1930, Precinct 43, Jefferson, Alabama70
More About LEE COOLEY and ZEPHARANE CALDWELL:
Marriage: 02 Apr 1905, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of ZEPHARANE CALDWELL and LEE COOLEY are:
i. MAY13 COOLEY, b. Private.
ii. EDITH COOLEY, b. Private.
iii. ARTHUR COOLEY, b. Private.
iv. HERMAN F. COOLEY, b. Private.
v. VERA COOLEY, b. Private.
vi. ERA COOLEY, b. 24 Feb 1921; d. 16 Mar 1971; m. MARVIN L. MALLARD; b. 26 Jun 1921; d. 21 Nov
1993.
More About MARVIN L. MALLARD:
Burial: Unknown, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Military service: S1, U. S. Navy, World War II
vii. JUANITA COOLEY, b. Private.
viii. VIRGINIA F. COOLEY, b. Private.
ix. BOBBIE J. COOLEY, b. Private.
77. MARTHA JANE12 CALDWELL (JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6,
JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 22 Sep 1894 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 10
Jan 1986. She married MILLARD VERNON PAYNE Bef. 05 Jun 1918 in Oklahoma, son of JESSE PAYNE and MARY
BAYLESS. He was born 13 Mar 1889 in Rising Fawn, Lafayette, Georgia71, and died 01 Jan 1947 in Jefferson
County, Alabama72.
Notes for MILLARD VERNON PAYNE:
In 1900, Millard and his family apparently lived in Justict District, Johnson County, Texas. HIs parents, Jessie
and Mary, say that they were born in Georgia, but their parents were from Tennessee.
In 1920, he is living in Oklahoma with his brother. He is married, but his wife is not living with the family at that
time.
In 1930, they are living in Johnson County, Texas. Walter Payne and his family live next door.
More About MILLARD VERNON PAYNE:
Name 2: Millard Payne73
Military service: 05 Jun 1918, Draft card completed
Moved 1: 1934, Moved from Texas to Jefferson County, Alabama
Moved 2: Abt. 1928, Thrity, Texas
Occupation 1: 1920, Census lists him as a cotton picker
Occupation 2: 1918, Self-employed farmer
Residence 1: 1920, Stephens, Tillman, Oklahoma living with his brother Paul73
Residence 2: Not Stated, Mayes, Oklahoma74
Residence 3: 1900, Justice Precinct 6, Johnson, Texas75
Residence 4: 1930, Precinct 7, Brown, Texas next to his brother Walter76
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More About MILLARD PAYNE and MARTHA CALDWELL:
Marriage: Bef. 05 Jun 1918, Oklahoma
Children of MARTHA CALDWELL and MILLARD PAYNE are:
i. PAULINE13 PAYNE, b. Private.
ii. TALMADGE PAYNE, b. 1923, Oklahoma; d. Unknown, Texas?.
Notes for TALMADGE PAYNE:
Learned capentry from Emmett Nicholson Smith before World War II
More About TALMADGE PAYNE:
Name 2: Talmadge W. Payne77
Name 3: Talmage T. Payne77
Date born 2: 28 Nov 192277
Date born 3: 15 Aug 192777
Died 2: 09 Aug 199177
Died 3: 10 Feb 1995, Clanton, Chilton, Alabama77
Civil: Alabama77,77
Military service: Co-pilot on a B24 stationed in England
Social Security Number 1: 419-32-755977
Social Security Number 2: 422-16-810177
iii. IONE PAYNE, b. Private.
iv. DORIS PAYNE, b. Private.
v. WELDON PAYNE, b. Private.
78. JOHN RAY12 CALDWELL (JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5,
JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 20 May 1900 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 15 Mar 1973
in Locust Grove, Mayes County, Oklahoma. He married LILLIE LITTLEFIELD. She was born 1904 in Oklahoma,
and died Unknown.
Notes for JOHN RAY CALDWELL:
He registered for the draft (World War I) in Peggs, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. He stated he was 18, born on
May 20, 1900. He said he was a farmer employed by Mrs. Mary Jane Caldwell. He also listed her as his nearest
relative and said she was living in Peggs. He is described as medium height, slender build, brown hair and brown
eyes. It is signed on September 12, 1918.
In 1920, he is still living in Peggs, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. He is 18, living with his life Lillie and his
mother, whose name is listed as Jane. Her age is right, but she lists her place of birth as Georgia and her parents
as born in the United States. John on the other hand lists his parents place of birth as Alabama, as well as his.
Roll: T625_1451 Page: 6A ED: 14 Image: 0831
In 1930 he is still living in Peggs. With him are his wife and 2 children.
Year: 1930; Census Place: Peggs, Cherokee, Oklahoma; Roll: 1897; Page: ; Enumeration District: 13; Image:
298.0.
The family selected his casket at the funeral home in Locust Grove, Oklahoma, where his brother Lee had died 50
years earlier.
More About JOHN RAY CALDWELL:
Census 1: 1920, Peggs Township, Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Census 2: 1930, Peggs Township, Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Social Security Number: 446-07-5160
Notes for LILLIE LITTLEFIELD:
She says that her parents were born in Arkansas. There are a lot of Littlefields in Peggs.
Children of JOHN CALDWELL and LILLIE LITTLEFIELD are:
i. HAROLD W.13 CALDWELL, b. Private.
ii. LAURA L. CALDWELL, b. Private.
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79. JOHN DUNCAN12 CALDWELL (CARROLL HARRIS11, HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5,
JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 03 Nov 1881, and died 16 Feb 1965 in Jefferson County, Alabama.
He married ROSA A. BRIDGES 30 Dec 1907 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, daughter of GEORGE
BRIDGES and MARTHA MAYFIELD. She was born 22 Aug 1888, and died 07 Jan 1975 in Jefferson County,
Alabama.
More About JOHN DUNCAN CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
Census 1: 1930, Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 51, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 32; Page: ; Enumeration
District: 202; Image: 917.0.
Census 2: 1900, Year: 1900; Census Place: Jonesboro, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T623 20; Page: 29A;
Enumeration District: 85.
Occupation: 1930, Lamphouse man? Camphouse man? Coal mines
More About ROSA A. BRIDGES:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About JOHN CALDWELL and ROSA BRIDGES:
Marriage: 30 Dec 1907, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of JOHN CALDWELL and ROSA BRIDGES are:
i. LEON13 CALDWELL, b. Private; m. GENEVA MCCORD PRIVATE, Private; b. Private.
More About LEON CALDWELL and GENEVA PRIVATE:
Private-Begin: Private
ii. PEARL CALDWELL, b. Private; m. JAMES F. DONALDSON PRIVATE, Private; b. Abt. 1906; d. Abt. 02
May 1986.
More About JAMES F. DONALDSON PRIVATE:
Burial: Unknown, Vallaha Cemetery, near Midfield, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About JAMES PRIVATE and PEARL CALDWELL:
Private-Begin: Private
iii. RUBY CALDWELL, b. Private; m. ROY M. DONALDSON PRIVATE, Private; b. Abt. 1907; d. Abt. 12
Aug 1965.
More About ROY M. DONALDSON PRIVATE:
Burial: Unknown, Vallaha Cemetery, near Midfield, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About ROY PRIVATE and RUBY CALDWELL:
Private-Begin: Private
iv. JEWEL CALDWELL, b. Private; m. ARTHUR JOE WOOD PRIVATE, Private; b. Private.
More About ARTHUR PRIVATE and JEWEL CALDWELL:
Private-Begin: Private
80. LULA N.12 CALDWELL (CARROLL HARRIS11, HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4,
JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 10 Nov 1892 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 19 Apr 1966. She
married FRANK A. DAGNAN. He was born 25 Jul 1885, and died 22 May 1921.
More About LULA N. CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About FRANK A. DAGNAN:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of LULA CALDWELL and FRANK DAGNAN are:
94. i. ROY ELAM13 DAGNAN, b. 02 Aug 1915, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 26 Apr 1985.
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ii. BEULAH DAGNAN, b. Private; m. ? DUKE PRIVATE, Private; b. Private.
More About ? PRIVATE and BEULAH DAGNAN:
Private-Begin: Private
iii. MURRELL DAGNAN, b. Private; m. ? CARTWRIGHT PRIVATE, Private; b. Private.
More About ? PRIVATE and MURRELL DAGNAN:
Private-Begin: Private
81. LILLY12 CALDWELL (CARROLL HARRIS11, HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4,
JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1896, and died Abt. 15 May 1980. She married WALTER L.
ROBERTS, son of GEORGE ROBERTS and MARY PAYNE. He was born Abt. 1889, and died 19 Oct 1974.
More About LILLY CALDWELL:
Burial: Unknown, Highland Memorial Gardens, Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About WALTER L. ROBERTS:
Burial: Unknown, Highland Memorial Gardens, Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of LILLY CALDWELL and WALTER ROBERTS are:
i. WALTER L.13 ROBERTS, JR., b. Private.
ii. CLAUDE ROBERTS, b. Private.
iii. ? ROBERTS, b. Private; m. A. O. MORDECAI PRIVATE, Private; b. Private.
More About A. PRIVATE and ? ROBERTS:
Private-Begin: Private
82. MEADIE MALISSA12 PARSONS (MARTHA A.11 CALDWELL, HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6,
JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 02 Oct 1878 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 21
Feb 1946. She married DANIEL TAYLOR HOGG 02 Jun 1898 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. He was
born 04 Sep 1868, and died 25 Mar 1939.
More About MEADIE MALISSA PARSONS:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About DANIEL TAYLOR HOGG:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About DANIEL HOGG and MEADIE PARSONS:
Marriage: 02 Jun 1898, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of MEADIE PARSONS and DANIEL HOGG are:
i. INFANT13 HOGG, b. 30 Dec 1898; d. 30 Dec 1898.
More About INFANT HOGG:
Burial: Unknown, Adger Cemetery, Adger, southwest Jefferson County, Alabama
95. ii. NELLIE M. HOGG, b. Abt. 1900; d. Abt. 28 Jul 1989.
iii. JAMES DANIEL HOGG, b. Abt. 1902; d. Abt. 04 Feb 1980.
More About JAMES DANIEL HOGG:
Burial: Unknown, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bessemer, Jefferrson County, Alabama
iv. SECOND INFANT HOGG, b. 06 Jul 1903; d. 11 Jul 1903.
More About SECOND INFANT HOGG:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
v. THIRD INFANT HOGG, b. 06 Jul 1903, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 06 Jul 1903.
More About THIRD INFANT HOGG:
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Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
vi. SAMUEL JAKE HOGG, b. 03 Jan 1905; d. Unknown.
vii. JOHN T. HOGG, b. 07 Feb 1906, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 25 Jun 1906.
More About JOHN T. HOGG:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
viii. HENRY R. HOGG, b. Abt. 1907; d. Abt. 12 Aug 1991.
More About HENRY R. HOGG:
Burial: Unknown, Highland Memorial Gardens, Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama
ix. THOMAS J. HOGG, b. Abt. 1909; d. Abt. 27 Nov 1988.
More About THOMAS J. HOGG:
Burial: Unknown, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bessemer, Jefferrson County, Alabama
x. MINNIE L. HOGG, b. Abt. 1913; d. Abt. 07 Aug 1999.
More About MINNIE L. HOGG:
Burial: Unknown, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bessemer, Jefferrson County, Alabama
xi. MARY V. HOGG, b. Abt. 1916; d. Abt. 23 Jul 1998.
More About MARY V. HOGG:
Burial: Unknown, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bessemer, Jefferrson County, Alabama
83. HEZZIE GARFIELD12 PARSONS (MARTHA A.11 CALDWELL, HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6,
JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 10 May 1882, and died 22 Jul 1964. He married (1) ELLA
ALEXANDER 10 Dec 1903 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. She was born 12 Jul 1893, and died 31
Mar 1952. He married (2) PEARL MCDOUGAL Private. She was born Private.
More About HEZZIE GARFIELD PARSONS:
Burial: Unknown, Adger Cemetery, Adger, southwest Jefferson County, Alabama
More About ELLA ALEXANDER:
Name 2: Ella A. Alexander
Date born 2: 12 Jul 1873
Burial 1: Unknown, Adger Cemetery, Adger, southwest Jefferson County, Alabama
Burial 2: Adger Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About HEZZIE PARSONS and ELLA ALEXANDER:
Marriage: 10 Dec 1903, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About HEZZIE PARSONS and PEARL MCDOUGAL:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of HEZZIE PARSONS and ELLA ALEXANDER are:
i. GLADYS13 PARSONS, b. Abt. 1907; d. Abt. 11 Nov 1989; m. ? HIGGBOTTHAM; b. Unknown; d.
Unknown.
More About GLADYS PARSONS:
Burial: Unknown, Vallaha Cemetery, near Midfield, Jefferson County, Alabama
ii. ELBRIDGE PARSONS, b. 06 May 1909; d. 20 Mar 1926.
More About ELBRIDGE PARSONS:
Burial: Unknown, Adger Cemetery, Adger, southwest Jefferson County, Alabama
iii. D. E. PARSONS, b. Private.
84. NANCY MARY12 PARSONS (MARTHA A.11 CALDWELL, HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6,
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JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 22 Feb 1886, and died 28 Nov 1945. She married
HARVEY L. PARSONS 05 Nov 1904 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, son of LEWIS PARSONS and
MINERVA ?. He was born 30 Dec 1877, and died 13 Apr 1949.
More About NANCY MARY PARSONS:
Burial: Unknown, Dogwood Cemetery, near Adger, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About HARVEY L. PARSONS:
Burial 1: Unknown, Dogwood Cemetery, near Adger, Jefferson County, Alabama
Burial 2: Dogwood Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About HARVEY PARSONS and NANCY PARSONS:
Marriage: 05 Nov 1904, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of NANCY PARSONS and HARVEY PARSONS are:
i. INFANT13 PARSONS, b. Unknown; d. 19 May 1918.
More About INFANT PARSONS:
Burial: Unknown, Dogwood Cemetery, near Adger, Jefferson County, Alabama
ii. SECOND INFANT PARSONS, b. Unknown; d. 12 Aug 1908.
More About SECOND INFANT PARSONS:
Burial: Unknown, Dogwood Cemetery, near Adger, Jefferson County, Alabama
iii. THIRD INFANT PARSONS, b. Unknown; d. 08 Aug 1907.
More About THIRD INFANT PARSONS:
Burial: Unknown, Dogwood Cemetery, near Adger, Jefferson County, Alabama
iv. FOURTH INFANT PARSONS, b. Unknown; d. 09 Sep 1906.
More About FOURTH INFANT PARSONS:
Burial: Unknown, Dogwood Cemetery, near Adger, Jefferson County, Alabama
85. REVEREND HUGH12 NICHOLSON (CANDANCE FRANCIS11 CALDWELL, HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7,
JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1887, and died 03 Mar 1959. He married
JOSEPHINE E. NICHOLS. She died Unknown.
More About REVEREND HUGH NICHOLSON:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of HUGH NICHOLSON and JOSEPHINE NICHOLS are:
i. MYRTLE V.13 NICHOLSON, b. Abt. 1908; d. 30 Jun 1977; m. D. H. ARMSTRONG PRIVATE; b. Private;
d. Unknown.
More About MYRTLE V. NICHOLSON:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
ii. INEZ NICHOLSON, b. 13 Jul 1910; d. 27 Nov 1915.
More About INEZ NICHOLSON:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
96. iii. BERNICE L. NICHOLSON, b. 27 Feb 1919; d. 21 Oct 1993.
iv. ? NICHOLSON, b. Private; m. C. R. HOOPS, Private; b. Private.
More About C. HOOPS and ? NICHOLSON:
Private-Begin: Private
v. H. C. NICHOLSON, b. Private.
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86. MATTIE12 NICHOLSON (CANDANCE FRANCIS11 CALDWELL, HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6,
JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 19 Mar 1893 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 24
Feb 1986 in Jefferson County, Alabama. She married HUGH G. GLOVER. He was born 1884 in Alabama, and
died 1951 in Jefferson County, Alabama.
More About MATTIE NICHOLSON:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About HUGH G. GLOVER:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of MATTIE NICHOLSON and HUGH GLOVER are:
i. GERTRUDE E.13 GLOVER, b. 1913, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 07 Feb 1923.
More About GERTRUDE E. GLOVER:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
ii. FRED WILLIAM GLOVER, b. Abt. 1918, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. Abt. 15 Jan 1996.
More About FRED WILLIAM GLOVER:
Burial: Unknown, Highland Memorial Gardens, Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama
iii. MARY RUTH GLOVER, b. 10 Aug 1924, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 17 Jul 1978.
More About MARY RUTH GLOVER:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
iv. EDWARD C. GLOVER, b. 1926, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 12 Apr 1927.
More About EDWARD C. GLOVER:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
v. JACKIE N. GLOVER, b. 27 Jul 1933, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 01 Oct 1970.
More About JACKIE N. GLOVER:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
87. CHARLIE OSCAR12 RITCHIE (JAMES RILEY11, JAMES MADISON10, ELI9 RICHEY, ANDREW8, JAMES7, JEANNE6
CALDWELL, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married ADA DOTSON Private.
She was born Private.
More About CHARLIE RITCHIE and ADA DOTSON:
Private-Begin: Private
Child of CHARLIE RITCHIE and ADA DOTSON is:
97. i. LERA ELLEN13 RITCHIE, b. Private.
Generation No. 13
88. RUBY SPENCER13 CALDWELL (BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9,
ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 11 Jan 1903 in Ensley,
Jefferson County, Alabama78, and died 25 Oct 1986 in Panama City, Bay, FL. She married EMMETT NICHOLSON
SMITH 27 Oct 1922 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, son of WALTER SMITH and MINERVA
NICHOLSON. He was born 16 Aug 1893 in Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Alabama79, and died 09 Feb 1950 in
Lake City, Columbia County, FL80.
Notes for RUBY SPENCER CALDWELL:
Social Security Information from Death Index
Ruby SMITH
Birth Date: 11 Jan 1903
Death Date: Oct 1986
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Social Security Number: 263-46-6085
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Florida
Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 32404
Localities: Panama City, Bay, Florida
She was buried on her wedding anniversary, having outlived her husband by 36 years.
Her daughter says: She quit school in 7th grade and stayed home to help her mother. Later in life she was a
cook, caretaker and so forth. During World War II she took a home nursing course. When any of the people in
the neighborhood had a baby, she would help the doctor. When anyone was sick, they would come get her to sit
with the sick person and take care of them When her grand-daughter Linda Rae was 3, she had dysentery while
she was away visiting with Ruby. Ruby sat in the hospital with her, crocheted and fed her 7-up and jello. She
grew flowers, both plain and unusual. People would come by and see her flowers and she would pick a bouquet
for them. She made many, many, rag dolls, long and skinny, all sewn by hand. They could go in the washing
machine and dryer and come out and be loved some more. She made completely hand-sewn quilts, then made
potholders from the scraps. Everyone in the family used her potholders. Everyone thinks of her when they see a
pansy. She always said the kids could pick all the pansies they wanted. Pansies were fair game.
Her grand-daughter says: Granny Rube taught me to crochet, sew by hand and pick flowers properly. In my
garden now I have all sorts of flowers that remind me of her: pansies, peonies, columbines, and coral bells. My
most vivid memory of her is watching her kill a diamond back rattler with a hoe when she was about 58 years old.
My most vivid memory of her house in Lynn Haven, Florida, was some asparagus my mother picked and cooked
for me there one spring. It was the best asparagus I ever ate. I loved her quilts and I always sewed, but I thought
I could NEVER make a quilt like she could. One day, when I was in my late thirties, I saw a quilt made of old
blue jeans and tied with red yarn. It was so ugly. I knew I could do better than that, so I started making quilts and
enjoying every minute of it. I am proud to say that I have a copy of her rag doll pattern.
Her son says that she did not sell flowers until later in life. She always said, "Flowers shoudl be given away" and
gave away a fortune in them. She also made those rag dolls complete in every detail with panties,
petticoats,socks. His wife has one with small glasses made of small copper wire and once tried to get her to make
one using some of his sister's red hair. Granny Rube made one of cotton yarn that looked like her daughter's hair
instead. if you have one of hers notice the small stitches, handmade like they were machine made. EVERY baby
as far back as I can remember, got a stuffed crochet multi color ball (and I think Nell still has one of our kids ball)
Nell still treats some of those rag dolls like they were gold.
More About RUBY SPENCER CALDWELL:
Name 2: Called Granny Rube
Burial: 1986, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Notes for EMMETT NICHOLSON SMITH:
Florida Death Index 1877-1998 Name: Emmet M. Smith Place: Columbia Gender: M Race: W Volume: 1393
Certificate: 2497 Death Date: 1950 (He was at the Veterans Hospital in Lake City when he died.)
Their son, Jack Smith, was born in a house on the property of Andrew Lindsay Wheeler. It was a 2-story house
back behind the main house.
During the 1930 census, the family was living in Mount Clemons Michigan, near Detroit. He was working there
reupholstering and repairing Victorian furntiure and returned to Alabama just before the birth of his daughter,
Linda. On April 24, 1930, he lived in Clinton Township, Mount Clemons, at 25 Church Street, with Ruby, Guy
and Jack. There were two boarders in the house, whose names appear to be Verna Leonardson(born in Michigan)
and Charles Simmons (born in Illinois). The family is paying $30 a month for rent. Emmett says his father was
born in Georgia and Ruby says her mother was born in Missouri according to the census takers, both things that
we believe are not true. The lodgers are a waitress at a hotel and a laborer doing odd jobs. Emmett lists himself
as a a carpenter in a cabinet shop.
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His daughter says: He always planted a few crops because farming was in his blood. They had 39 acres in
Alabama, but a lot of it was woods (long-term leases from Tennessee Coal and Iron company). He would have
corn, sweet potatoes and soy beans, in a time when people were not growing soy beans. He fed them to the
animals, but said that people would be eating them before long. He had a kitchen garden too. He worked in a
defense plant in Alabama, during World War II. His daughter does not know what he did because they didn't talk
about what they did at the plant. She thinks he made powder for explosives. His son thinks he was working on
setting the plant up rather than working in the plant. He learned how to cut hair in the Army, so on Sunday
afternoons their front porch was a barber shop. Everyone who was working 6 days a week in the defense plants
during the war would get their hair cut because that was their only day off. When it became popular for women to
bob their hair, he cut his wife's hair. The relationship with her father was cooler after that, and he may have never
forgiven Emmett for cutting Ruby's hair.
His son says: My dad worked in the Edgewater coal mine as a brick mason building block and brick walls for air
and ventilation control and motor shops in the mine for part of the war years. He worked as a saw filer,
sharpening saws while building a powder plant for DUPONT co. in Sylacaga, Al. Tthey produced powder for
dynamite and all kinds of explosives ( I think the full name was I. E. Dupont and De mours co. I may not have
it spelled right ). Both before and after the war he worked as a contractor building houses.
He says his dad was a man of sometimes strong opinions and did not care what other people thought, a trait which
arguably carried down in the famly. At church one time the discussion came up among a small group about why
some person did not come to church. Someone in the group mentioned that this person just did not have a suit to
wear and felt out of place .My dad very quickly answered "who is going to church, the person or the clothes ? If
the clothes are going you can just put them in a paper sack and send them." After more discussion about being
too poor to own a suit my dad suggested that the group start wearing KHAKI pants and any kind of clean shirt
and forget the tie. The next Sunday he showed up in khaki pants. He was the only one but he continued to do
that. He did not believe that clothes make the man. I am afraid that I have to agree. He worked at the powder
plant as a carpenter-- saw filer while building the plant. he never worked in the plant after it went into production
His son also says his dad had 2 separate 40 acre, adjoining leases with 40 acres in cultivation, the rest was in
woods and pasture. He believed in a good garden He liked to go to church and tell people "I have plenty of
garden vegetables, Come on over and help yourself " then when we got home he would tell me to go pick some
and bring it to the house so they won't be tromping around in the garden (some of them didn't know how to pick
and would destroy more than they picked). From the 6th grade on I got out of school at 1:00 and came hom,
,hooked up the mule(s) and plowed until he came home to take over the plowing and I would go in and fix the
mules feed sometimes milk the cow and then do my homework (what part of it I ever done) I think the main
reason for some of the farming was to keep me out of trouble - - - It worked. I came in one day and told him I
wanted to go to a specific ball game.He wasn't in the best mood that day He said " I've got your d- - - ball game
there is a team of mules and 40 acres and if that runs out I will lease some more" well that fall we bought a used
tractor and I learned to drive it pretty good, The 40 acres ran out, I had plowed it over and over..My dad always
tried to do what he said he would do so he leased 5 acres - - -5 miles from home I plowed that and planted it in
soybeans, I cut and raked it and he gave it away because it had NUT grass in it and he,didn't want to
contaminate our place with it. But I never got into trouble I didn't have time. Of all the farming we done , I sold
1 half wagon load of watermelons..Of the rest, we had what we used and gave away more than we used I can't
remember ever selling anything more. ---He first leased the front 40 acres that he had helped uncle Hugh
Nicholson clear the trees off of it I can remember some of the trees were oaks over 2 feet in diameter. the first
lease was before my sister Linda was born The second lease was an adjoining 40 acres that uncle Dick Wheeler
*(Granny Caldwell's brother ) had leased for years and he gave up the lease. since we had the front 40 the
company ( T. C I ) let us have it.There was some mine cracks--big cracks in the ground varying in size some4--6
ft. wide and 40--50 ft long open 4 to 8 ft deep ( WE had a mule fall into one once and we had to dig her out ) We
filled them and watched them and farmed right over them. Occasionally one would open up and we would have
to fill it again some of the cracks are there now in among the houses that have been built in my field.
More About EMMETT NICHOLSON SMITH:
Burial: 1950, Pleaant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Military service: Corporal, U. S. Army, World War I
Occupation: Brick mason, carpenter, builder, did his own drafting, made his own plans, did blacksmithing (shoed
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horses for everyone), built furniture. Loved to use the lathe.
Residence 1: 1920, Living with parents: 1920 U.S. Census • Alabama • DeKalb • Van Buren • ED# 69
Residence 2: 1900, Precinct 7, Jefferson, Alabama81
Residence 3: 1930, Year: 1930; Census Place: Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan; Roll: 1009; Page: 11A;
Enumeration District: 29; Image: 244.0.
More About EMMETT SMITH and RUBY CALDWELL:
Marriage: 27 Oct 1922, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama
Children of RUBY CALDWELL and EMMETT SMITH are:
i. GUY WINTON14 SMITH, b. 16 Sep 1923, Birmingham, AL; d. 10 Aug 1946, Veterans Hospital,
Cullman, Alabama.
Notes for GUY WINTON SMITH:
He left the Army in about May 1945. He serve under General Mark Clark.
More About GUY WINTON SMITH:
Burial: 1946, Pleaant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Cause of Death: Automobile accident, with Ruth Ferguson.
Military service: 01 Oct 1941, 1st Armored Division, Africa and Italy, including against Desert Fox,
Rommel
ii. BILLY BYRON SMITH, b. 22 Jul 1925, Birmingham, AL; d. 09 Nov 1926, Birmingham, Jefferson, AL.
Notes for BILLY BYRON SMITH:
Another family researcher says he died on 3 Nov 1925.
He was named for Lord Byron, the poet, because his mother liked that poetry.
More About BILLY BYRON SMITH:
Burial: 1926, Pleaant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Cause of Death: Colitis
98. iii. JACK SMITH, b. Private.
99. iv. LINDA SMITH, b. Private.
100. v. JULIA MINERVA SMITH, b. 31 Jan 1935, Birmingham, AL; d. 14 Aug 2000, Panama City, Bay,
Florida.
vi. DAVID ALLEN SMITH, b. 12 May 1944, Birmingham, AL; d. 12 May 1944, Birmingham, AL.
Notes for DAVID ALLEN SMITH:
Date on stone in Plesant Grove cemetery says 1945, but Linda Smith Williams places this date as
incorrect due to other events occurring at the time. The stone was placed by Ruby Caldwell Smith
later in life, when she had grown somewhat forgetful.
More About DAVID ALLEN SMITH:
Burial: 1944, Pleaant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Cause of Death: Stillborn, placenta previa
89. WILLIS MASON13 CALDWELL (BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9,
ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)82 was born 01 Oct 1904 in
Birmingham, Alabama, and died 08 Aug 1977 in Gadsden, Alabama82. He married (1) STELLA WHITE. She was
born 26 Oct 1905 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 07 Nov 1997 in Adamsville, Jefferson County,
Alabama. He married (2) BEULAH GILBERT Private. She was born Private. He married (3) RUBY P. Private. She
was born Private.
Notes for WILLIS MASON CALDWELL:
Name: Willis Caldwell
SSN: 416-09-8041
Last Residence: 35904 Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United States of America
Born: 1 Oct 1904
Died: Aug 1977
State (Year) SSN issued: Alabama (Before 1951 )
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He did electrical work. He had a knack for working on cars. According to Linda Williams that sometimes
included making them NOT work.
More About WILLIS MASON CALDWELL:
Date born 2: 01 Oct 190482
Social Security Number: 416-09-804182
SSN issued: Alabama82
Notes for STELLA WHITE:
Stella sewed the most beautiful things. She had a knack for fancy sewing, but she could make anything. After she
was divorced, she went to work at the company store to Tennessee Coal and Iron. She worked there until she
retired, in addition to all of her motherly things.
More About STELLA WHITE:
Social Security Number: Bef. 1951, 416-20-5149, from Social Security Death index
More About WILLIS CALDWELL and BEULAH GILBERT:
Private-Begin: Private
More About WILLIS CALDWELL and RUBY P.:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of WILLIS CALDWELL and STELLA WHITE are:
101. i. BETTY RUTH14 CALDWELL, b. Private.
102. ii. THELMA JEAN CALDWELL, b. Private.
Child of WILLIS CALDWELL and BEULAH GILBERT is:
iii. RUBY MARIE14 CALDWELL, b. Private.
Children of WILLIS CALDWELL and RUBY P. are:
iv. JULIA14 CALDWELL, b. Private.
v. MASON CALDWELL JR., b. Private.
vi. CLARA CALDWELL, b. Private.
90. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN13 CALDWELL (BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9,
ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 17 Jun 1909 in Wahilla,
OKlahoma83, and died 10 Dec 1964 in Pensacola, Escambia, Florida. He married (1) MARY M. WILLIS, daughter
of WILLIAM WILLIS and EVA. She was born 1909, and died 1950. He married (2) EMILY MARGARET FARRELL.
She was born 22 Aug 1911 in Providence, Rhode Island, and died 06 Jun 2004.
Notes for BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CALDWELL:
When he was 17, he ren away and joined the Navy with a friend of his. He and Harry both joined, but they did
not go together. He trained at Pensacola, Florida. He was a navigator and pilot. After World War II, some
smart aleck young medic did his annual physical and decided he had asthma, so he had to go on a desk job. He
finished his Navy career in Pensacola. He retired as a Commander, without a high school diploma. According to
his son, he was up for Captain, but had little chance of making it given his lack of education. He was an Ensign at
the beginning of World War II. He was promoted during the war. At the end of the war, Congress voted to allow
some of them to keep their rank and he was allowed to. He finished his Navy career in Pensacola. He retired as
a Commander, without a high school diploma. According to his son, he was up for Captain, but had little chance
of making it given his lack of education.
In the 1930 census, he is living at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Warrington (Pensacola), Florida. The writing is
not too clear, but it looks like he is living in Barracks Building 231.
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Name: Benjamin Franklin Caldwell
Veteran's Rank: CDR
Branch: US Navy
Last known address: Naval Air Station, 80 Hovey Road Pensacola , FL 32508
Birth Date: 17 Jun 1909
Death Date: 10 Dec 1964
Veteran Service Start Date: 27 Feb 1938
Veteran Service End Date: 1 Mar 1958
Interment Date: 14 Dec 1964
Cemetery: Barrancas National Cemetery
Buried At: Section 30 Site 275
Cemetery URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/barrancas.htm
Source Information:
National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2004 [database online]. Provo, Utah:
MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.
More About BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CALDWELL:
Burial: 14 Dec 1964, Barrancas National Cemetery
Census: 1930, Year: 1930; Census Place: Warrington, Escambia, Florida; Roll: 315; Page: 10B; Enumeration
District: 4; Image: 379.0.
Occupation: 1940, Flying for the Secretary of the Navy
More About MARY M. WILLIS:
Burial: Unknown, Pleaant Grove Cemetery, Jefferson County, Alabama
Cause of Death: Brain tumor
Notes for EMILY MARGARET FARRELL:
Name: Emily M Caldwell
Veteran's Rank: CDR
Branch: US Navy
Relation Name: Benjamin Franklin Caldwell
Relationship: Wife
Last known address: Naval Air Station, 80 Hovey Road Pensacola , FL 32508
Birth Date: 22 Aug 1911
Death Date: 6 Jun 2004
Interment Date: 10 Jun 2004
Cemetery: Barrancas National Cemetery
Buried At: Section 30 Site 275
Cemetery URL: http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/barrancas.htm
Relationship Notes: Wife of Caldwell, Benjamin Franklin
Source Information:
National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca.1800-2004 [database online]. Provo, Utah:
MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator.
More About EMILY MARGARET FARRELL:
Burial: 10 Jun 2004, Barrancas National Cemetery
Children of BENJAMIN CALDWELL and MARY WILLIS are:
i. HAROLD WILLIS14 CALDWELL, b. Private; m. MARIE ?, Private; b. Private.
More About HAROLD CALDWELL and MARIE ?:
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103. ii. BENJAMIN EARL CALDWELL, b. Private.
iii. MARILYN JOYCE CALDWELL, b. Private.
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91. ELIZABETH JANE13 CALDWELL (BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9,
ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married HOMER
VANN Private. He was born Private.
More About HOMER VANN and ELIZABETH CALDWELL:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of ELIZABETH CALDWELL and HOMER VANN are:
104. i. LOIS ELIZABETH14 VANN, b. Private.
105. ii. WILLIAM DONALD VANN, b. Private.
92. JAMES WILSON13 CALDWELL (BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9,
ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Jul 1913 in Locust Grove,
Oklahoma84, and died 16 Dec 1980 in Brewton, Alabama. He married MARGARET LOUISE WILLIS Private. She
was born Private.
Notes for JAMES WILSON CALDWELL:
He was a painter He might have done a little maintenance work also. Then he felt called to be a Baptist preacher,
so he went to college and then to seminary. He was a preacher in various Baptist churches in Alabama after
school. He was living in Brewton, Alabama when he died. His niece says he was a good preacher.
More About JAMES CALDWELL and MARGARET WILLIS:
Private-Begin: Private
Child of JAMES CALDWELL and MARGARET WILLIS is:
106. i. BOBBIE LOUISE14 CALDWELL, b. Private.
93. VIRGINIA ALICE13 CALDWELL (BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9,
ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 14 Aug 1915 in Birmingham,
Alabama, and died 2004. She married JOHN RUSSELL MCKENZIE Private. He was born Private.
Notes for VIRGINIA ALICE CALDWELL:
In the Pleasant Grove Cemetery, there was a stone in the Caldwell lot. Cars kept missing the curve and hitting the
stone. So, Alice bought a really big stone so that cars could not damage it. It seems to be working.
Alice always had a beautiful garden. When her children were grown up, she went to work at Auburn University.
She first took classes to learn to be a secretary. Eventually, when David was in college, she worked as an
administrative assistant to the Dean of the school of agriculture. She continued in that job until she retired. She
used to take rocks to the elementary school and talk to the children about the different rocks in her collection.
She sewed and made all of her children's clothes while they were growing up. I am sure they saw this as a mixed
blessing.
Her son Craig is a geologist. He sent her rocks from everywhere he went, to add to her rock collection.
Alyce and Russell lived in Lanette, Alabama, until their children started going to college. Then they moved to
Auburn because it was cheaper to move there than it was to have their children living at the college.
More About JOHN MCKENZIE and VIRGINIA CALDWELL:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of VIRGINIA CALDWELL and JOHN MCKENZIE are:
107. i. JOHN CRAIG14 MCKENZIE, b. Private.
108. ii. JULIA ELIZABETH MCKENZIE, b. Private.
109. iii. HENRY NEAL MCKENZIE, b. Private.
110. iv. EDNA JANE MCKENZIE, b. Private.
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111. v. ALYCE JEAN MCKENZIE, b. Private.
112. vi. DAVID RUSSELL MCKENZIE, b. Private.
94. ROY ELAM13 DAGNAN (LULA N.12 CALDWELL, CARROLL HARRIS11, HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7,
JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 02 Aug 1915 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and
died 26 Apr 1985. He married LOLA MEEKS, daughter of MARTIN MEEKS and MATTIE HONEYCUTT. She was
born 17 Jan 1923, and died 12 May 1998.
More About ROY ELAM DAGNAN:
Burial: Unknown, Adger Cemetery, Adger, southwest Jefferson County, Alabama
More About LOLA MEEKS:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
Child of ROY DAGNAN and LOLA MEEKS is:
i. LES14 DAGNAN, b. Private.
95. NELLIE M.13 HOGG (MEADIE MALISSA12 PARSONS, MARTHA A.11 CALDWELL, HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8,
JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1900, and died Abt. 28 Jul 1989. She
married C. B. BAILEY. He died Unknown.
More About NELLIE M. HOGG:
Burial: Unknown, Cedar Hill Cemetery
Child of NELLIE HOGG and C. BAILEY is:
i. CHARLES E.14 BAILEY, b. Abt. 1926; d. Abt. 24 Oct 1926.
More About CHARLES E. BAILEY:
Burial: Unknown, Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bessemer, Jefferrson County, Alabama
96. BERNICE L.13 NICHOLSON (HUGH12, CANDANCE FRANCIS11 CALDWELL, HUGH10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8,
JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 27 Feb 1919, and died 21 Oct 1993. She
married MARVIN SMITH Private. He was born Private.
More About BERNICE L. NICHOLSON:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
More About MARVIN SMITH and BERNICE NICHOLSON:
Private-Begin: Private
Child of BERNICE NICHOLSON and MARVIN SMITH is:
i. JOHN D.14 SMITH, b. 01 Mar 1945; d. 15 Jan 1971.
More About JOHN D. SMITH:
Burial: Unknown, Valley Creek Cemetery, Hueytown, Jefferson County, Alabama
97. LERA ELLEN13 RITCHIE (CHARLIE OSCAR12, JAMES RILEY11, JAMES MADISON10, ELI9 RICHEY, ANDREW8,
JAMES7, JEANNE6 CALDWELL, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married
WILLIAM RALEIGH ENGLISH Private. He was born Private.
More About WILLIAM ENGLISH and LERA RITCHIE:
Private-Begin: Private
Child of LERA RITCHIE and WILLIAM ENGLISH is:
i. WILLIAM LEE14 ENGLISH, b. Private.
Generation No. 14
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98. JACK14 SMITH (RUBY SPENCER13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10,
ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He
married HELEN VERNELL FOREHAND Private. She was born Private.
More About JACK SMITH and HELEN FOREHAND:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of JACK SMITH and HELEN FOREHAND are:
113. i. SUSAN VERNELL15 SMITH, b. Private.
114. ii. JACK SMITH, JR., b. Private.
99. LINDA14 SMITH (RUBY SPENCER13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10,
ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She
married JOHN FRANKLIN WILLIAMS Private. He was born Private.
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Children of LINDA SMITH and JOHN WILLIAMS are:
115. i. LINDA RAE15 WILLIAMS, b. Private.
ii. FREDERICK NICHOLSON WILLIAMS, b. Private.
iii. ALYCE FAYE WILLIAMS, b. Private.
iv. TIMOTHY EARL WILLIAMS, b. Private.
116. v. THOMAS EUGENE WILLIAMS, b. Private.
100. JULIA MINERVA14 SMITH (RUBY SPENCER13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11,
ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 31
Jan 1935 in Birmingham, AL, and died 14 Aug 2000 in Panama City, Bay, Florida. She married (1) JAMES IVY
WEEKS 07 Jul 1951 in Panama City, FL. He was born 06 Apr 1930 in Southport, Florida, and died 19 Feb 2004
in Panama City, Bay, Florida. She married (2) WILLIAM HOWARD WOODYARD 02 Jul 1982 in Panama City, Bay,
FL. He was born 08 Sep 1933 in Washington, DC, and died 01 Feb 2001 in Aiken, Aiken County, South
Carolina.
Notes for JULIA MINERVA SMITH:
Name: Julia M. Woodyard
SSN: 420-42-6605
Last Residence: 32404 Panama City, Bay, Florida, United States of America
Born: 31 Jan 1935
Died: 14 Aug 2000
State (Year) SSN issued: Alabama (Before 1951 )
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Burial: Unknown, Lynn Haven Cemetery
Notes for JAMES IVY WEEKS:
Name: James I. Weeks
SSN: 261-34-0812
Last Residence: 32409 Panama City, Bay, Florida, United States of America
Born: 6 Apr 1930
Died: 19 Feb 2004
State (Year) SSN issued: Florida (Before 1951 )
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Marriage: 07 Jul 1951, Panama City, FL
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Marriage: 02 Jul 1982, Panama City, Bay, FL
Children of JULIA SMITH and JAMES WEEKS are:
117. i. JULIA ELAINE15 WEEKS, b. Private.
118. ii. JAMES EMMETT WEEKS, b. Private.
iii. ROBERT WAYNE WEEKS, b. Private.
119. iv. MARY JANE WEEKS, b. Private.
v. BENJAMIN DAVID WEEKS, b. Private; m. PERL LYNN CLARK, Private; b. Private.
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vi. JODY MARIE WEEKS, b. Private; m. DAVID MARK LORE, Private; b. 23 Aug 1956, Philadelphia, PA;
d. 01 Sep 1983, Panama City, Bay, Florida.
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101. BETTY RUTH14 CALDWELL (WILLIS MASON13, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10,
ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She
married EDWARD KENNETH CRUMPTON Private, son of CHARLEY CRUMPTON and HELEN CRUMPTON. He was
born Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
Children of BETTY CALDWELL and EDWARD CRUMPTON are:
120. i. CHARLES KENNETH15 CRUMPTON, b. 12 Feb 1952, Jefferson County, Alabama; d. 17 May 1988,
Jefferson County, Alabama.
121. ii. THOMAS ELDRED CRUMPTON, b. Private.
122. iii. PAUL DANIEL CRUMPTON, b. Private.
123. iv. JAMES ROBERT CRUMPTON, b. Private.
102. THELMA JEAN14 CALDWELL (WILLIS MASON13, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10,
ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She
married FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT GOOLSBY Private. He was born 16 Oct 1931 in Adamsville, Jefferson County,
Alabama, and died 04 Jul 1985 in Adamsville, Jefferson County, Alabama85.
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Children of THELMA CALDWELL and FRANKLIN GOOLSBY are:
124. i. JOEL FRANKLIN15 GOOLSBY, b. Private.
125. ii. MARK DAVID GOOLSBY, b. Private.
iii. BENJAMIN WHITE GOOLSBY, b. Private.
103. BENJAMIN EARL14 CALDWELL (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN13, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11,
ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
Private. He married (1) DONNACELLA MORGAN Private. She was born 13 Dec 1946 in Brantley, Alabama, and
died 17 Dec 1979 in Pensacola, Escambia, Florida. He married (2) KATHRYN FISHER Private. She was born
Private.
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Cause of Death: Autombile accident
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Children of BENJAMIN CALDWELL and DONNACELLA MORGAN are:
i. BENJAMIN ALBERT15 CALDWELL, b. Private.
ii. KIMBERLY ANN CALDWELL, b. Private; m. ? MERIWETHER, Private; b. Private.
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iii. STACEY CALDWELL, b. Private; m. ROBERT HANNA, Private; b. Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
104. LOIS ELIZABETH14 VANN (ELIZABETH JANE13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11,
ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
Private. She married THOMAS WILLIAMS Private. He was born Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
Children of LOIS VANN and THOMAS WILLIAMS are:
i. JULIE15 WILLIAMS, b. Private.
126. ii. MICHAEL WILLIAMS, b. Private.
127. iii. ELAINE WILLIAMS, b. Private.
128. iv. JANE WILLIAMS, b. Private.
105. WILLIAM DONALD14 VANN (ELIZABETH JANE13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11,
ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
Private. He married HELEN HOBGOOD Private. She was born Private.
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Children of WILLIAM VANN and HELEN HOBGOOD are:
i. MARK HOMER15 VANN, b. Private; m. ANN RIPLEY, Private; b. Private.
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129. ii. DAVID DONALD VANN, b. Private.
106. BOBBIE LOUISE14 CALDWELL (JAMES WILSON13, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10,
ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She
married JAMES WILKINSON PARKINSON Private. He was born Private.
More About JAMES PARKINSON and BOBBIE CALDWELL:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of BOBBIE CALDWELL and JAMES PARKINSON are:
130. i. JAMES EUGENE15 PARKINSON, b. Private.
131. ii. STANLEY WAYNE PARKINSON, b. Private.
107. JOHN CRAIG14 MCKENZIE (VIRGINIA ALICE13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11,
ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
Private. He married (1) AVIS SHIRLEY COLLINS MANENTE Private. She was born Private. He married (2)
BARBARA LEIGH KOHN Private. She was born Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
Children of JOHN MCKENZIE and AVIS MANENTE are:
i. MARLENE MARIE15 MANENTE, b. Private.
ii. LEO MAHLON RICHER, b. Private.
Children of JOHN MCKENZIE and BARBARA KOHN are:
iii. ALYCIA LEIGH15 MCKENZIE, b. Private; m. RUSSELL DAVID COLLINS, Private; b. Private.
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iv. MEGAN CALDWELL MCKENZIE, b. Private.
108. JULIA ELIZABETH14 MCKENZIE (VIRGINIA ALICE13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11,
ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
Private. She married GEORGE GARLAND HODGES, JR. Private. He was born Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
Children of JULIA MCKENZIE and GEORGE HODGES are:
i. VIRGINIA KATHRYN15 HODGES, b. Private.
ii. GEORGE GARLAND HODGES III, b. Private.
109. HENRY NEAL14 MCKENZIE (VIRGINIA ALICE13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11,
ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
Private. He married NELLE CLAUDELL BROOKS Private. She was born Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
Children of HENRY MCKENZIE and NELLE BROOKS are:
i. KATHRYN PAIGE15 MCKENZIE, b. Private.
ii. MICHAEL NEAL MCKENZIE, b. Private.
110. EDNA JANE14 MCKENZIE (VIRGINIA ALICE13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11,
ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
Private. She married PHILLIP FULGHUM Private. He was born Private.
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Children of EDNA MCKENZIE and PHILLIP FULGHUM are:
132. i. RICHARD MARK15 FULGHUM, b. Private.
133. ii. DEBRA CHRIS FULGHUM, b. Private.
iii. BETHANY MICHELLE FULGHUM, b. Private.
111. ALYCE JEAN14 MCKENZIE (VIRGINIA ALICE13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11,
ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
Private. She married ROBERT EVAN HURST Private. He was born Private.
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Children of ALYCE MCKENZIE and ROBERT HURST are:
134. i. TANYA ELAINE15 HURST, b. Private.
ii. ERIC JASON HURST, b. Private; m. ERIN A. GILLIGAN, Private; b. Private.
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112. DAVID RUSSELL14 MCKENZIE (VIRGINIA ALICE13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11,
ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
Private. He married JEANNE REYNOLDS Private. She was born Private.
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Children of DAVID MCKENZIE and JEANNE REYNOLDS are:
i. DAVID SPENCER15 MCKENZIE, b. Private.
ii. THOMAS BENNETT MCKENZIE, b. Private.
Generation No. 15
113. SUSAN VERNELL15 SMITH (JACK14, RUBY SPENCER13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11,
ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
Private. She married WILLIAM MARK HICKS Private. He was born Private.
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Children of SUSAN SMITH and WILLIAM HICKS are:
i. JOEY BRYCE16 HICKS, b. Private.
ii. REBECCA JOLINE HICKS, b. Private.
114. JACK15 SMITH, JR. (JACK14, RUBY SPENCER13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11,
ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
Private. He married ANNA MARIE ORTEGA Private. She was born Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
Child of JACK SMITH and ANNA ORTEGA is:
i. CHRISTOPHER JAMES16 SMITH, b. Private.
115. LINDA RAE15 WILLIAMS (LINDA14 SMITH, RUBY SPENCER13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH
HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born Private. She married (1) GORDON WAYNE DASHER, JR. Private. He was born Private. She married (2)
MAURICE E. MAGLY JR. Private. He was born Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
Child of LINDA WILLIAMS and GORDON DASHER is:
135. i. JULIA ELIZABETH16 DASHER, b. Private.
116. THOMAS EUGENE15 WILLIAMS (LINDA14 SMITH, RUBY SPENCER13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12,
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JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married STPEHANIE LOREN GREY Private. She was born Private.
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Children of THOMAS WILLIAMS and STPEHANIE GREY are:
i. AARON CHARLES16 WILLIAMS, b. Private.
ii. SHANNON LINDSAY WILLIAMS, b. Private.
117. JULIA ELAINE15 WEEKS (JULIA MINERVA14 SMITH, RUBY SPENCER13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12,
JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married GARY MONROE MILLER Private. He was born 22 Sep 1954 in Panama
City, Bay, Florida, and died 29 Sep 1994.
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Private-Begin: Private
Children of JULIA WEEKS and GARY MILLER are:
i. JOSHUA AARON16 MILLER, b. Private.
ii. STEVEN ANDREW MILLER, b. Private.
iii. BRIAN THOMAS MILLER, b. Private.
118. JAMES EMMETT15 WEEKS (JULIA MINERVA14 SMITH, RUBY SPENCER13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12,
JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married ROBIN MARIE MULLKIN Private. She was born Private.
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Children of JAMES WEEKS and ROBIN MULLKIN are:
i. JAMES EMMETT16 WEEKS, JR., b. Private.
ii. BRANDIE MARIE WEEKS, b. Private.
119. MARY JANE15 WEEKS (JULIA MINERVA14 SMITH, RUBY SPENCER13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12,
JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married EARL DEAN HUDSON Private. He was born Private.
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Children of MARY WEEKS and EARL HUDSON are:
136. i. PAIGE ANN16 HUDSON, b. Private.
ii. JULIA MAE HUDSON, b. 22 Jun 1985; d. 22 Jun 1985.
120. CHARLES KENNETH15 CRUMPTON (BETTY RUTH14 CALDWELL, WILLIS MASON13, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12,
JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born 12 Feb 1952 in Jefferson County, Alabama, and died 17 May 1988 in Jefferson County,
Alabama. He married BRENDA JANE WATTS CARGILE Private. She was born Private.
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Children of CHARLES CRUMPTON and BRENDA CARGILE are:
137. i. JERRY DWIGHT WATTS16 CRUMPTON, b. Private.
ii. SUZANNE CHARLENE CRUMPTON, b. Private.
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121. THOMAS ELDRED15 CRUMPTON (BETTY RUTH14 CALDWELL, WILLIS MASON13, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12,
JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married (1) DEBRA S. CAMPBELL Private. She was born Private. He married (2)
CARRIE MARIE SCARBOUGH Private. She was born Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
Child of THOMAS CRUMPTON and DEBRA CAMPBELL is:
i. AMY MICHELLE16 CRUMPTON, b. Private.
Child of THOMAS CRUMPTON and CARRIE SCARBOUGH is:
ii. HUNTER MONTANA16 CRUMPTON, b. Private.
122. PAUL DANIEL15 CRUMPTON (BETTY RUTH14 CALDWELL, WILLIS MASON13, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH
HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born Private. He married ATHENA LOUISA MADDOX Private. She was born Private.
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Child of PAUL CRUMPTON and ATHENA MADDOX is:
i. PAUL DANIEL16 CRUMPTON, JR., b. Private.
123. JAMES ROBERT15 CRUMPTON (BETTY RUTH14 CALDWELL, WILLIS MASON13, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH
HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born Private. He married SHERYL LYNN EVANS Private. She was born Private.
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Children of JAMES CRUMPTON and SHERYL EVANS are:
i. CLAYTON KENNETH16 CRUMPTON, b. Private.
ii. AMANDA BROOKE CRUMPTON, b. Private.
iii. CLINT JEREMIAH CRUMPTON, b. Private.
124. JOEL FRANKLIN15 GOOLSBY (THELMA JEAN14 CALDWELL, WILLIS MASON13, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH
HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born Private. He married (1) PAULA KAY HAYS Private. She was born Private. He married (2) SHERRI
LYNN PRICE Private. She was born Private.
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Private-Begin: Private
Children of JOEL GOOLSBY and PAULA HAYS are:
i. JENNIFER BRAE16 GOOLSBY, b. Private.
ii. JAMIE LYNN GOOLSBY, b. Private.
iii. JOANNA BROOKS GOOLSBY, b. Private.
125. MARK DAVID15 GOOLSBY (THELMA JEAN14 CALDWELL, WILLIS MASON13, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH
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HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born Private. He married SHEILA DIANNA M. SUMMEREL Private. She was born Private.
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Child of MARK GOOLSBY and SHEILA SUMMEREL is:
i. JACOB HEATH16 GOOLSBY, b. Private.
126. MICHAEL15 WILLIAMS (LOIS ELIZABETH14 VANN, ELIZABETH JANE13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12,
JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married LYNN FACCHI Private. She was born Private.
More About MICHAEL WILLIAMS and LYNN FACCHI:
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Children of MICHAEL WILLIAMS and LYNN FACCHI are:
i. SUSAN16 WILLIAMS, b. Private.
ii. EMILLY WILLIAMS, b. Private.
127. ELAINE15 WILLIAMS (LOIS ELIZABETH14 VANN, ELIZABETH JANE13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12,
JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married GARY JOHNSON Private. He was born Private.
More About GARY JOHNSON and ELAINE WILLIAMS:
Private-Begin: Private
Children of ELAINE WILLIAMS and GARY JOHNSON are:
i. SHANNON16 JOHNSON, b. Private.
ii. ERIN JOHNSON, b. Private.
iii. TYLER JOHNSON, b. Private.
128. JANE15 WILLIAMS (LOIS ELIZABETH14 VANN, ELIZABETH JANE13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH
HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born Private. She married JERRY JESTER Private. He was born Private.
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Children of JANE WILLIAMS and JERRY JESTER are:
i. JAMES16 JESTER, b. Private.
ii. JOHN JESTER, b. Private.
iii. JESSICA JESTER JESTER, b. Private.
129. DAVID DONALD15 VANN (WILLIAM DONALD14, ELIZABETH JANE13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12,
JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married KRISTI MILVEY Private. She was born Private.
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Child of DAVID VANN and KRISTI MILVEY is:
i. KATIE ELIZABETH16 VANN, b. Private.
130. JAMES EUGENE15 PARKINSON (BOBBIE LOUISE14 CALDWELL, JAMES WILSON13, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12,
JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married TERI LYNN JOHNSON Private. She was born Private.
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Children of JAMES PARKINSON and TERI JOHNSON are:
i. JAMIE CELESTE16 PARKINSON, b. Private.
ii. LORI DENISE PARKINSON, b. Private.
131. STANLEY WAYNE15 PARKINSON (BOBBIE LOUISE14 CALDWELL, JAMES WILSON13, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12,
JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married PEGGY MARIE ROBERSON Private. She was born Private.
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Children of STANLEY PARKINSON and PEGGY ROBERSON are:
i. DAWN MICHELLE16 PARKINSON, b. Private.
ii. MATTHEW COLDER PARKINSON, b. Private.
132. RICHARD MARK15 FULGHUM (EDNA JANE14 MCKENZIE, VIRGINIA ALICE13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN
ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married ANN CHERYL MACKOOL Private. She was born Private.
More About RICHARD FULGHUM and ANN MACKOOL:
Private-Begin: Private
Child of RICHARD FULGHUM and ANN MACKOOL is:
i. JESSICA NICOLE MCKOOL16 FULGHUM, b. Private.
133. DEBRA CHRIS15 FULGHUM (EDNA JANE14 MCKENZIE, VIRGINIA ALICE13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12,
JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married RANDAL CHARLES KIRK Private. He was born Private.
More About RANDAL KIRK and DEBRA FULGHUM:
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Child of DEBRA FULGHUM and RANDAL KIRK is:
i. CIERRA DANIELLE16 KIRK, b. Private.
134. TANYA ELAINE15 HURST (ALYCE JEAN14 MCKENZIE, VIRGINIA ALICE13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12,
JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married PERRY WILLIAMS Private. He was born Private.
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Child of TANYA HURST and PERRY WILLIAMS is:
i. KELSIE ELIZABETH16 WILLIAMS, b. Private.
Generation No. 16
135. JULIA ELIZABETH16 DASHER (LINDA RAE15 WILLIAMS, LINDA14 SMITH, RUBY SPENCER13 CALDWELL, BENJAMIN
ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5, JOHN4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married JAMES ROBERT HASSETT, JR. Private. He was born Private.
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Children of JULIA DASHER and JAMES HASSETT are:
i. GORDON WAYNE DASHER17 HASSETT, b. Private.
ii. MELYNDA ANN HASSETT, b. Private.
iii. JENNIFER ALLISON HASSETT, b. Private.
136. PAIGE ANN16 HUDSON (MARY JANE15 WEEKS, JULIA MINERVA14 SMITH, RUBY SPENCER13 CALDWELL,
BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5,
JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. She married LOREN DUANE MARTIN II Private. He was
born Private.
More About LOREN MARTIN and PAIGE HUDSON:
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Child of PAIGE HUDSON and LOREN MARTIN is:
i. LOREN DUANE17 MARTIN, b. Private.
137. JERRY DWIGHT WATTS16 CRUMPTON (CHARLES KENNETH15, BETTY RUTH14 CALDWELL, WILLIS MASON13,
BENJAMIN ALEXANDER12, JOSEPH HARLEY11, ALEXANDER10, ABSALOM9, ALEXANDER8, JOHN7, JOHN6, JOSEPH5,
JOHN4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Private. He married JILL RANA LATTA Private. She was born
Private.
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Children of JERRY CRUMPTON and JILL LATTA are:
i. ANDREW SCOTT17 CRUMPTON, b. Private.
ii. CODY ALLEN CRUMPTON, b. Private.
Endnotes
1. http://www.angelfire.com/ga2/mahouser/caldwell.html.
2. website, Family Search LDS, Documents wedding date as 05 Jan 1778 and location as Craigs Creek, Botetourt, Virginia.
3. Family Data Collection - Births.
4. website, Family Search LDS, Documents wedding date as 05 Jan 1778 and location as Craigs Creek, Botetourt, Virginia.
5. Alabama Land Records.
6. 1830 United States Federal Census.
7. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama, Jonesboro District, 1850, 62 years old, farmer, born in Tennessee.
8. website, www. ancestry.com, Entery ID: I31060.
9. website, www.ancestry.com, ID: I31060.
10. website, Family Search LDS, Shows marriage in 1808 in Alabama. This record shows Lydia as a child born in 1810.
11. website, http://www.alden.org/aldengen/pafg402.htm#26395, John Alden database says they were married about 1811.
12. Census, Jonesboro District, Jefferson County, Alabama 1850, Hannah is 60, married to Absalom, born in Tennessee.
13. website, www. ancestry.com, ID: I31060.
14. website, Family Search LDS.
15. Alabama Land Records.
16. 1830 United States Federal Census.
17. website, www.ancestry.com, ID: I31060.
18. website, Family Search LDS, Shows marriage in 1808 in Alabama. This record shows Lydia as a child born in 1810.
19. website, http://www.alden.org/aldengen/pafg402.htm#26395, John Alden database says they were married about 1811.
20. Census, Jonesboro District, Jefferson County, Alabama 1850, Huldah is 29, living with her parents, born in Alabama.
21. Census, Jonesboro District, Jefferson County, Alabama 1850, Lives between Absalom and Hugh Caldwell. Age
supported by census claim. Born in Alabama.
22. Census, Jonesboro District, Jefferson County, Alabama 1850, Married to James Caldwell and age 23, born in Alabama.
23. Census, Jonesboro District, Jefferson County, Alabama 1850, William is 9, living with parents, born in Alabama.Note
that the 1850 census did not list relationships among family members, so William could be a son of Huldah, but his last name
is shown as Caldwell.
24. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama 1830, Alexander is living next door to Absalom and is married.
25. website, Marriages in Alabama, Source Information:Hunting For Bears, comp. Alabama Marriages, 1807-1902 [database
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online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: Alabama marriage information taken from county courthouse
records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format,
located at the Family History Library.
26. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama, 1880, Living in the home of Joseph Harley Caldwell as a widow, age 55, with 2
daughters living with her.
27. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama, 1880, Age: 55.
28. website, Marriages in Alabama, Source Information:Hunting For Bears, comp. Alabama Marriages, 1807-1902 [database
online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: Alabama marriage information taken from county courthouse
records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format,
located at the Family History Library.
29. Weldon, Handwritten notes, As told to him by his mother, Jenny Payne.
30. website.http://www.atabney.com/jcvol3.html
31. http://www.atabney.com/jcvol3.html, Certificate 405.
32. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama 1880, She lived in the home of her brother, Joseph H. Caldwell, with her widowed
mother, Melissa. She was 24 years old.
33. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama, 1880, She lived in the home of her brother, Joseph H., with her mother Melissa.
Her age was shown as 15 in 1880.
34. Weldon, Handwritten Notes, From Jenny Payne: Another brother, Hugh, had wife, Peggy and five children: Alex, Jack,
Joe, Tom and Carol or Carroll, probably.
35. Census, Jonesboro District, Jefferson County, Alabama 1850, Hugh apparently lives 2 houses down from Absalom,
separated by James Caldwell's household. He is 35, a farmer, born in Alabama.
36. Census, Jonesboro District, Jefferson County, Alabama 1850, Elizabeth is 25, born in Georgia.
37. Cemetery record, dates of birth and death.
38. Census, Jonesboro District, Jefferson County, Alabama 1850, Thomas is 9 years old and born in Alabama.
39. Census, Jonesboro District, Jefferson County, Alabama 1850, Byram is 7 years old, born in Alabama.
40. 1860 census at Hueytown.org.
41. Weldon, Handwritten notes, From Jenny Payne: Jack Caldwell (Alex's brother) had these children: Gazelle, Will, Frank,
Jim, Cora, Hattie.
42. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama 1830, Not shown as a family member.
43. Census, Page 144B, Jonesboro.
44. Census, 1850 Page 144B, Jonesboro.
45. Census, 1850, page 144B, Jonesboro.
46. Census, Jonesboro District, Jefferson County, Alabama 1850, Nancy is 19, living with her parents and born in Alabama.
47. David Reed, 1850 census, page 145A, notes.
48. 1850 United States Federal Census.
49.
http://www.hueytown.org/historical/Federal%20Censuses/1860_Federal_Census_Jefferson_County_Alabama_Jonesboro.pdf.
50. Weldon, Handwritten notes, Lissa Thompson (ralted to Hoagtown Thompsons).
51. Weldon, Handwritten notes, From Jenny Payne: Alex's son Isaac (Ike) had these children: gus, Alex, Joe, Media
Adcock, Millie Burchett, Lexia Dixson, and Nannie (Mrs. Sherman( Walden.
52. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama 1880, Joseph H., aged 26.
53. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama 1880, Age and place of birth are conssitent.
54. website, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~timmons/newhome.html, CALDWELL, Joseph H., 1853-1918, FA=?,
MO=?, SP=?
55. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama 1880, Mary J. age 20.
56. Family Bible, Handwritten notes from Jenny Payne, Joseph Harley married Mary Jane Israel on September 16, 1874.
57. 1880 United States Federal Census.
58. 1860 United States Federal Census.
59. Family Bible, Handwritten notes from Jenny Payne, Joseph Harley married Mary Jane Israel on September 16, 1874.
60. Census, Jonesboro District, Jefferson County, Alabama 1850, Joseph is 5 years old and born in Alabama.
61. 1860 census at Hueytown.org.
62. Census, Jonesboro District, Jefferson County, Alabama 1850, Carroll is 3 years old and born in Alabama.
63. Cemetery record.
64. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama 1880, Mary M., daughter of Joseph H. and Mary J., age 5.
65. Census, Jefferson County, Alabama, 1880, Son of Joseph H. and Mary J., age 3.
66. Linda Smith Williams, Linda Smith Wiliams, Personal knowledge, She remembers that her mother, Ruby and sister,
Minerva were with her grandmother when she died.
67. Weldon, Notes provided to Ruby Caldwell Smith.
68. Weldon, Noites provided to Ruby Caldwell Smith.
69. 1930 United States Federal Census, Jefferson County, Alabama.
70. 1930 United States Federal Census.
71. website, Image of draft card.
72. website, Jefferson, Volume 2, Certificate 668, Roll 2.
73. 1920 United States Federal Census.
74. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
75. 1900 United States Federal Census.
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76. 1930 United States Federal Census.
77. Social Security Death Index.
78. Social Security Death Index, 263-46-6085, Birth and death dates and location at time of death are confirmed.
79. US Government, 1880 census.
80. Linda Smith Williams, Linda Smith Wiliams.
81. 1900 United States Federal Census.
82. Social Security Death Index.
83. Ruby Spencer Caldwell Smith, Handwritten list, Benjamin Franklin was born in Wahila, Oklahoma. Emily and the U.S.
Navy called him Ben. The rest of the family called him Frank.
84. Ruby Spencer Caldwell Smith, Handwritten notes.
85. Social security death index
86. Marriage Record Book, Book 52, Page 127, Birmingham court house (David Reed).
87. Marriage Record Book, Book 43, Page 194, Birmingham court house (David Reed).
88. Marriage Record Book, Book 24, Pge 65, Birmingham court house (David Reed).
89. Marriage Record Book, Book 34, Page 3, Birmingham court house (David Reed).
90. Marriage Record Book, Book 28, Page 495, Bessemer court house (David Reed).
91. Marriage Record Book, Book 34, Page 3, Birmingham court house (David Reed).
92. Marriage Record Book, Book 28, Page 495, Bessemer court house (David Reed).
93. Marriage Record Book, Book 35, Page 526, Birmingham court house (David Reed).
94. Social Security Death Index, 263-46-6085, Birth and death dates and location at time of death are confirmed.
95. US Government, 1880 census.
96. Linda Smith Williams, Linda Smith Wiliams.
97. 1900 United States Federal Census.
98. Social Security Death Index.
99. Ruby Spencer Caldwell Smith, Handwritten list, Benjamin Franklin was born in Wahila, Oklahoma. Emily and the U.S.
Navy called him Ben. The rest of the family called him Frank.
100. Ruby Spencer Caldwell Smith, Handwritten notes.
101. Social security death index
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