Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Caldwell, Henry M. 1857 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

HENRY M. CALDWELL.

   Henry M. Caldwell, farmer, Camden, Washington township, Carroll county, was
born on December 8, 1857, and is a son of Richard W. and Hannah (Cline)
Caldwell. He grew to young manhood in Carroll county, attending the public
schools in the winter and assisting with the farm work during the summer
seasons. When he started out for himself he farmed on rented land, and now owns
two hundred and twenty acres, located, part in Washington .and part in
Carrollton townships. Politically, Mr. Caldwell is a stanch Democrat, to which
party he has given his active support by serving as trustee of Washington
township for four years, and was the man who introduced music into the Deer
Creek schools. Mr. Caldwell has always been a public-spirited man and has done
much for the welfare of his township. He is a stockholder in the Camden Grain
and Supply Company and is also a stockholder in the Deer Creek Telephone Company.

   Richard W. Caldwell, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Butler
county, Ohio, and his wife, Hannah (Cline) Caldwell, was born in Tippecanoe
county, Indiana. He came with his parents to Carroll county when a boy, his
father dying soon afterward, and he was bound out to Isaac Wright until he was
twenty-one years old. Mr. Wright sent him to school and cared for him, and when
he started out for himself he gave him a horse, saddle and bridle, and with good
management and constant industry, he acquired a fine tract of land, consisting
of two hundred acres, all acquired through his own efforts. Mrs. Caldwell was a
sister of Isaac Wright's wife. They were members of the Primitive Baptist church
and the parents of three children, Henry M., Allen C, a farmer of Logansport,
and Joseph L., of Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan, Canada.

   Henry M. Caldwell was united in marriage on August 3, 1878, with Margaret A.
Atwood, daughter of James and Mary J. (Shigley) Atwood. She was born on March 8,
1858, in Cass county, Indiana, and grew up in Cass and Carroll counties of this
state. Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell have had five children. A. L. Caldwell, whose early
education was secured at the public schools and later at the Deer Creek high
school, has considerable talent for. music, of which he is very fond, and is
quite an artist on the violin. He was united in marriage with Delia McCloskey
and has three children. Mary H. Caldwell became the wife of W. I. Bridge, lives
in Washington township, and they have four children: Roy M: Caldwell, born on
May 15, 1890, is the leader of the Deer Creek band, and is a natural musician.
Catherine Caldwell is the wife of Chester Joyce, lives in Washington township,
Carroll county, and they have two children. Willard O. Caldwell is the youngest,
being but twelve years old. Mrs. Caldwell is a member of the Presbyterian
church, to which her two daughters also belong. Mr. Caldwell, his wife and one
daughter are members of the Eastern Star.


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Biographical Section of

HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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