Penny’s Family Tree - Person Sheet
Penny’s Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Caldwell Sr. 224,10,9
Birth22 Jun 1778, Ireland
Death2 May 1862, Orange Twp., Meigs Co., OH
BurialOrange Twp., Meigs Co., OH9
OccupationFarmer
Misc. Notes
See William and children’s information begins at [***] below.
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Meigs County History, vol. 2, published by the Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society 1987. page 320
Contributed by Pat Santee
Swan- Caldwell
The Swans came from England in the late 1600’s and settled at Litchfield, Conn. Isaac Swan was born ca 1730 and died 5 Dec. 1802. Isaac and Elizabeth Swan’s son, Daniel, was born ca 1754 and died 23 Aug. 1829. He married Huldah Parmalee. Their son, Levi, was born 9 May 1779 at Litchfield, Conn. He married Mary Bradley.

Levi and Mary Swann moved near Marietta, OH about 1817 and then to Long Bottom, OH about 1829. Levi died 19 Dec. 1874 and is buried in Sand Hill Cemetery.
Levi’s and Mary’s 6 sons were:
1. Nathan, b. 22 June 1801, m. Beulah Gates on 20 Feb 1824.
2. Marvin, b. 7 July 1803, m. Margaret Calder on 19 April 1827
3. Henry, b. ca 1806, m. Mary Beckford on 19 July 1840.
4. Levi Riley, b. ca 1809, m. Charlotte Harris on 20 May 1830.
5. Laurence Bradley, b. ca 1811, m. Emily Dustin on 1 Oct. 1840.
6. Milo, b. ca 1813, m. Emeline Harris on 21 Oct. 1836.

Margaret Calder [who married Marvin, above, was], born 1809, daughter of Alexander Calder and Phoebe Mabey Both born NY.

Marvin and Margaret Swan’s children were:
1. Alexander W., b. 18 Jan. 1828, m. Anna Caldwell on 17 April 1853.
2. Theodore, b. 5 March 1830, drowned in the flood of April 1852.
3. Elizabeth, b. 18 May 1833, m. Joshua Holter on 14 June 1875.
4. Levi, b. 27 Aug. 1835, m. Mary Fellows on 28 Dec. 1865
5. Mary Lauanza, b. 20 May 1838, m. Benjamin Fellows on 23 Dec 1865
6. Horace C., b. 27 Oct. 1840, m. Mary A. Curtis on 12 May 1868.
7. Marvin D., b. 23 Oct 1843, wounded in Civil War-died at home, 1864.
8. James C., b. b. 5. Nov. 1847, m. 1. Lillie Mae Milhoan, 13 Aug. 1882, m. 2. Rosetta McKinley Pickens

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William Caldwell Sr. (Colwell) was born 22 June 1778 in Ireland and died 2 May 1862 in Meigs Co., OH. He married Anna Hamilton on 16 Oct 1800. Anna was born 4 March 1777 in PA, and died 21 March 1862 in Meigs Co. They are buried in Tiffany Cemetery in Meigs Co., OH.

Their son Hamilton Caldwell, was born 29 June 1804, and died 12 May 1839. He married Sophronia Smart on 29 July 1830. She was born May 1805, the daughter of Charles Smart, Sr. b. ca 1763 at Exeter, NH, and died ca 1839 in Meigs Co. Charles Smart, Sr.‘s wife was Silence Gardner, b. ca 1769 in Maine.

Hamilton and Sophronia Caldwell’s children were:
1. Anna, b. 16 May 1831, m. Alexander W. Swan on 17 April 1853.
2. Sarah Jane, b. ca 1832, m. Alexander Dixon on 1 Jan. 1854.
3. Mary A., b. ca 1834, m. Cyrus Leonard on 21 Dec. 1851.
4 Gardner H., b. 30 April 1836, m. Harriett Stewart 16 Nov. 1856.
5 Lucretia, b. ca 1838, m. William Hammond 20 Aug 1857.

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Meigs County History, vol. 2 published by the Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society 1987. p. 98, Came from Ireland when 9 yrs old. Submitted by Gaye Caldwell Kirkhart.
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A Post-em on Merry Anne Pierson’s WorldConnect page for William Caldwell
INGRAM, DEBORAH DREWINGRAM@EUREKANET.COM
2000-04-08 16:41:17
William Caldwell Sr. born 6-22-1778 married Anna Hamilton born 3-4-1777 on October 16-1800. William died 5-2-1862 and Anna died 3-21-1862. Both are buried in Tiffany Cemetery, Tuppers Plains, Meigs County, Ohio. Children: John W. Caldwell, William Jr., Elizabeth, Peggy, Hamilton, Jean, Mary Ann, Anny, and Samuel Caldwell. I am a decedent of William Jr. who married Elizabeth Fleck in Washington County, Ohio on 11-26-1835. William Jr. was born in Pennsylvania 5-20-1808 and Elizabeth was born 4-23-1812 in Washington Co. Ohio. He died 4-3-1898 and she died 6-2-1861, buried in the Tiffany Cemetery.
Spouses
Birth4 Mar 1777, , , PA
Marriage16 Oct 18009
ChildrenHamilton (1804-1839)
 John W. (1810-1867)
 William (1808-1898)
 Elizabeth (Betsey) (1801-1877)
 Peggy (Died as Infant) (1803-1803)
 Jean (1806-)
 Mary Ann (Died as Infant) (1812-1813)
 Anny (1814-)
 Samuel (Died as Infant) (1817-1817)
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