Biographical Sketch of Joseph W. Caldwell, Johnson County, Missouri
Post Oak Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

JOSEPH W. CALDWELL,

farmer and stock-raiser, P.O. Cornelia.  The son of Rev. W.P.C.
Caldwell; born December 10, 1841, in Caldwell county, Kentucky.  When
his parents removed from Kentucky to Johnson county, Missouri, the
subject of our sketch was about five years of age.  He attended school
in his own neighborhood, at High Point; also, at Warrensburg and
Calhoun.  Soon after the war broke out he enlisted in the confederate
service, and did much service under Gen. F.M. Cockrell's command, in
various parts of Missouri, and the southern states.  He was married to
Miss Martha Ann Townsley, daughter of James and Sarah Townsley, March 7,
1872.  Their children are: Mary F., George T., Sarah J., and Joseph W.
Mr. Caldwell has a good farm of 160 acres, all under cultivation. He
feeds cattle as well as carrying on farming in a very intelligent
manner.  He has a genial and social bearing, which wins him many
friends.

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