Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography: William Hampton CALDWELL, M. D. ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, , 1998. ************************************************************************** WILLIAM HAMPTON CALDWELL, M. D. - was born in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, May 10, 1858, a son of Dewit Clinton Bolivar CALDWELL and Sarah Jane CALDWELL, and a grandson of Joseph Franklin and Ann (TYLER) CALDWELL. Dr. Joseph F. CALDWELL, his grandfather, came to Greenbrier County in 1820, and in Lewisburg established the first newspaper published west of the Blue Ridge, in the same year - The Palladium of Virginia. He also established the first stage lines through the State, from Lewisburg to New Bern, North Carolina, and Guyandotte, Charleston, etc. This was in 1837 or 1838, the mails prior to that date having been carried by a man on horseback. He was a member of the West Virginia legislature in 1867, and introduced a bill relative to incorporation limits of Lewisburg. He was mayor of Lewisburg, president of the board of registration, and always a citizen prominent in the interest of the town, county, and State. Dr. H. Clay CALDWELL, son of Dr. J. F. CALDWELL, was assistant surgeon in the navy for several years, being promoted to full surgeon a year or two previous to his death, which occurred while home on leave of absence at the residence of his father, in Lewisburg, December 1, 1859, in the 28th year of his age. He was a young man of brilliant promise, of very superior mind, and an honor to his profession. The father of William H., also a physician, was justice of the peace, clerk of the county court of Greenbrier County, and also United States examining surgeon for West Virginia. William H. CALDWELL, in addition to his professional duties, has held the seal of notary in and for Greenbrier County for the past two years. His residence is in Lewisburg District, and he owns the "Stone House", at River Dale, on the Greenbrier River - one of the first houses built in the county, erected and owned by Benjamin GRIGSBY, a Presbyterian minister and pioneer of the county. His address is: Dr. W. H. CALDWELL, Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia. New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock, 1974.