Jackson County AlArchives Biographies.....Caldwell, George B. 1861 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 September 8, 2011, 5:17 pm Source: See below Author: Smith & De Land, publishers GEORGE B. CALDWELL was born in Belfont, Jackson county, April 2, 1861, and is a son of Hamlin and Mary J. (Snodgrass) Caldwell. His early life was spent on his father's farm, and his education was acquired at the schools of Springfield, Ohio, and at Lookout Mountain academy. From nineteen to twenty-five years of age he was in business in Louisiana, and there in April, 1875. married Miss Sarah E. Hair, daughter of J. B. and Ann (Brone) Hair, natives respectively of the states of Ohio and Tennessee. In 1876 he returned to his native county and resumed farming. He came to Scottsboro, merchandised a few months, was burned out, and is now, in addition to his farming, running a saw mill. The only official position that he appears to have held is that of justice of the peace, and he filled that office one term. Hamlin Caldwell, father to the subject of this sketch, was born in New Hampshire in 1812. His parents moved to Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1814, and when twelve years of age he took up his abode in Cincinnati, making his home with a sister. For awhile, when a young man, he was in mercantile business at Chillicothe, Ohio, and from there, in 1837, came to Alabama and located in Jackson county. At Belfonte, this county, he established a store, having brought his stock of goods with him from Ohio. He was among the first merchants, if not the very first, at Belfonte, and he continued there until 1850. For the then next succeeding thirty years he followed farming, and in 1880 moved into Scottsboro, where he has since made his home. He reared a family of six children. Mr. Caldwell is a self-made man. He started in the world poor, without even the advantages of schooling, but he rounds up a ripe old age with a handsome competency, and with the knowledge that in the accumulation thereof he has wronged no man. His father was Enrope Caldwell, a native of New Hampshire, and his mother's maiden name was Hamlin, a relative of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land 1888 PART III. HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE. CEREAL BELT. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/jackson/bios/caldwell850gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb