CRAWFORD COUNTY OHIO - BIO: WILLIAM CALDWELL (1881)

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CRAWFORD COUNTY
HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.718-719 [C surnames]
CHICAGO
BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS
186 DEARBORN STREET
1881

BUCYRUS TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO

WILLIAM CALDWELL, Bucyrus son of Alexander and Mary (Agnew) Caldwell, was born Jan. 9, 1812 near
Gettysburg, Adams Co., Penn. His early manhood and Youth were passed on the farm and in attending school.
>From his 19th year until he was 27 he worked for his father. In 1839 his father had come to Crawford Co.. Ohio,
purchased a farm and the following year he and sister drove from Pennsylvania to Ohio in a buggy. Here he found
his father had purchased 258 acres of land on the Marion road, paying $11 per acre for it. This road was one that
was traveled considerably by stock men and soon Mr. Caldwell's house became a kind of tavern or place of
entertainment for the weary traveler. In 1841 William purchased the farm from the heirs, the father having died.
On the 19th of day of May, 1845 he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Stow, daughter of Samuel and Susan
(Knisely) Stow, and by her he had the following family :Alexander, born March 19, 1846, died Oct. 20, 1856 : Mary
B., Nov. 23, 1847; Martha E. ; Charles, June 7, 1852 William May 31, 1854 ; Samuel E.. May 28, 1857 ; and
Frank. Dec. 30, 1859, Mrs. Caldwell was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio, Feb. 28, 1825, and her people were old
settlers and prominent people of Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. Mr. Caldwell owns 488 acres of fine farming and grazing
land, all of which he has made by his own exertions, with the exception of $1,200 from his father's estate. He first
devoted his time and attention to raising grain. when he took charge of the place, but since 1843 has devoted his
time to wool-growing. He is a self-reliant and highly esteemed citizen. He and wife are consistent members of tile
Presbyterian Church while he is a Democrat in politics.