-----Original Message----- From: Judith Oldham <joldham@fastlane.net> To: MOADAIR-L@rootsweb.com <MOADAIR-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, March 04, 2001 7:19 AM Subject: [Fwd: Caldwell; etc > >I am forwarding this information kindly transcribed and sent to me by >Tilly Lay. >If someone is on the Sullivan County list, you might want to forward it. > >When I receive her photo, I will scan it and submit it to the photo >page. > >Judith Oldham >-------- Original Message -------- >From: Otilya Lay <olay@efn.org> >Subject: Wortman/Kimble >To: joldham@fastlane.net > >Hi, >I have run off a genealogy report on the Wortmans which I have in my >files. I'll get them in Monday's mail. I will also enclude the >picture which I would like you to put on your site for unidentified >pictures. Thank you very much. You do not have to return the picture. > >Page 776: (I am including this because it looks like the Caldwells are >related to each other) Robert A. Caldwell was born in Ireland in >1828, and is a son of Robert and Mary (Wisely) Caldwell, also natives of >Ireland. His grandfather, Robert Caldwell, was a Scotchman, but reared >his family in the northern part of Ireland. In 1848 Robet A. >immigrated to the United States with his parents, landing in >Philadelphia, May 11 of that year. He located in and raisde in Carbon >County, Penn., until 1853, and in the fall of that year purchased a >slightly improved farm in Sullivan Co, Mo., where he has since resided, >and which by hard manual labor he has improved, and of which he has made >a nice farm. He has since purchased more land, and now owns 380 acres, >240 being in the home place. One hundred acres are prairie land, and >forth good timber land. He is a hospitable gentleman, and lives in a >comfortable house, surrounded with good outbuildings. During the war >he was a member of the State Militia, and helped defend the homes of his >county against the invasions and attacks of the bushwhackers who >thronged the vicinity. He has raised a fmily of seven children, and >lost fiev in infancy. Those living are: Robert (married and at >home), William (married and at home), Mary J. (wife of Mathew >McCracken), Martha (wife of Joseph Kimble), Ellen, Josephine and >Margaret Ann. Mrs Caldwell is a native of Ireland, and was married to >our subject while he lived in Carbon County, Penn., on September 14, >1854. Her maiden name was Margaret Ann Moody. Mr and Mrs. Caldwell >and four of the family are members of the Presbyterian Church. The >parents of Mr. Caldwell died in Sullivan County. > >Page 777: John Caldwell was born in Ireland in May, 1843, and is a son >of Robert and Mary Caldwell (see preceding sketch). He accompanied his >parents to the United States, living for a time in Carbon County, Penn., >and then removed to Sullivan County, Mo., in the fall of 1853. Here he >grew to manhood, and in December, 1869, was married to Miss Josephine >Dearing, a native of Sullivan County, who died in 1877. This union was >blessed with three children: Margaret, James A., and John W. In the >fall of 1877, Mr Caldwell was united in marriage to Miss Catherine >McClaskey, daughter of James McClaskey, of Sullivan County, by whom he >has had two children, Mary E. and Arthur. Mr. Caldwell is a stanch >Republican, but has never sought nor held office. He has been a >resident of Sullivan County since first coming heer, and now lives upon >the old home place, to which he has added 400 acres of fenced land and >160 acres of meadow land. He is one of the respected and prosperous >farmers of the township. > >Hope you can find a connection in these. Tilly Lay > > >==== MOADAIR Mailing List ==== >Questions? Contact Leslie Aug67@att.net > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >