CALDWELL BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== CALDWELL, Earl Raymond - b: 1890 Henry Co, MO source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - page: 393 residence: Walker Twp Earl R. Caldwell, one of the progressive young farmers of Walker township, who is farming 120 acres of the CaIdwell home place, was born in 1890 and is a son of John Caldwell, who was born in Ohio in 1844, and who first located in Pettis County when he came from his native State to Missouri. In the spring of 1875, he came to Henry County and settled on a tract of prairie land which he improved with a splendid farm residence which is a mansion in size and became very successful as an agriculturist. John Caldwell became owner of 320 acres of well improved land, and he tilled his acreage until his removal to Urich on April 1, 1911, where he engaged in the milling and feed business. Mr. Caldwell married Abigail Neptune, who was born in Ohio in 1844 and died in March, 1914. Of the children born to John Caldwell and wife, six are now living: Charles, Urich, Missouri; Francis, Urich, Missouri; Mrs. Nettie Toalson, Urich, Missouri; Mrs. Flora Long, Walker township; Earl R., subject of this sketch; Florence Chenoweth, Walker township. Earl R. Caldwell was educated in the district school and took charge of the home farm when his father removed to Urich. He was married in 1911 to Miss Nelia Allison, daughter of A. H. Allison of Walker township, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. They have two children: Vestal Harvey, aged four years; and Frances Willard, aged three years. Mr. Caldwell is a Republican and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. John Caldwell operated the first threshing outfit ever used in Henry County and for a number of years after coming to Henry County, he operated a sawmill and threshing outfit operated by steam. ==================================================================== CALDWELL, John - b: 1844 Noble Co, OH source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 720 residence: Walker Twp John Caldwell was born In Noble County, Ohio, September 18 1844, and was the third in a family of five children, of whom one brother, William, and two sisters, Jane Neptune and Mary Moberly, are living. His parents were Robert Caldwell, a native of Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth Ann (Coles) Caldwell, originally from Ohio. His father died while the son was but a boy and his mother seven years after married a William Huddleston. Her death occurred in 1872. In the spring of 1864 Young Caldwell entered the Twentieth Ohio Infantry and was attached to General Sherman's command and served with him through his memorable campaign, being discharged at Springfield in July, 1865. On Christmas day of that year, he was married in Noble County, Ohio, to Miss Abigal Neptune, who was born in Belmont County, Ohio, March 9 1844. In the spring of 1867 they came to Missouri and for two years lived at Dresden, Pettis County. There he engaged in milling at which he worked until 1880, coming to Henry County in 1877 when he erected the mill on Deepwater. In 1869 he purchased his present tract of land and in 1875 he moved upon it. He has 160 acres in cultivation and handles a number of cattle and hogs. He and his wife are identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church and in politics Mr. Caldwell is Republican. He stands prominent among the enterprising men of Walker Township and takes an active interest in all matters of moral and educational tendencies. His family has numbered eight children: Charles W., William Hampson, Nettie Jane, Francis Marion, Flora Ellen May, Florence Matilda, Clifford Levy and one who died in infancy. Recently Mr. C. and wife have had the misfortune to lose their second son, William Hampson, who died on the 17th of November, 1882. He was born March 3 1869 and was a promising boy of nearly fourteen years. ==================================================================== CALDWELL, Seth A. - b: 1838 Franklin Co, MO source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 755 residence: Fairview Twp Seth A. Caldwell, farmer and stock feeder, section 31, is a native of Franklin County, Missouri, and was born July 10, 1838. John Caldwell, his father, was born in Kentucky in 1796, and in 1805 moved to Missouri with his parents, who were one of the first families settling in Franklin County. There he grew to manhood and married Mary Ann Stockton, also a Kentuckian by birth. He resided in Franklin County till his death, which occurred in 1862. The subject of this sketch passed his youth on a farm, having but very limited opportunities for schooling. He has, however, obtained a good education in the common English branches, almost entirely by self culture, and he has taught in the public schools for a number of years. He was married in Franklin County, October 15, 1863, to Miss Paulina E. Campbell, of that locality, and a daughter of Harvey Campbell. Mr. Caldwell resided in Franklin County until February, 1878, when he came to Henry County and located in Fairview Township on the farm where he now resides. He has 240 acres of land, improved with a comfortable house and a young bearing orchard of 125 apple, about 150 peach and forty cherry trees. During the past year about sixty-five acres of his farm, which were planted to corn, yielding forty bushels per acre. He is also engaged in feeding and trading in stock, and usually feeds about one car load of steers and fifty hogs annually. He entered the Confederate service in the fall of 1864, in the Fourth Missouri cavalry, under Col. Burbridge, and served till the close of the war, participating in a number of engagements. After the close of the war he returned to his family. Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell have a family of five children: Robert E., Eugene S., Edgar V., Cynthia C. and John Harvey. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. 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