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THE
CALDWELL FAMILY. The name of Caldwell
has been conspicuous in the annals of Duck Creek Valley from
the earliest history of that region, to the present day.
The progenitor of the Noble County Caldwells was
Robert Caldwell, a native of Chester County, Pa.
He was a man of much natural ability and of great force of
character, these traits being inherited from his
Scotch-Irish ancestors. He served as a teamster in the
Revolutionary War married and settled in Pennsylvania, and
in 1795 emigrated to the Northwest Territory, settling in
Washington County, Ohio, where were then the chief
settlements in the territory. He explored this section
of the county, and by the advice of General Putnam,
made a selection of the land on which he afterward located.
In the year 1808 he came up the west fork of Dick Creek with
his sons and began an improvement on the present Caldwell
farm. He was therefore among the earliest pioneers of
the valley, and the first to make a clearing where the town
of Caldwell now stands. Robert Caldwell died in
1831. His wife's maiden name was Jane Fulton,
who was also a native of Pennsylvania, and a niece of
Robert Fulton, the pioneer steam navigator. Their
children (several of whom were born in Pennsylvania), were
Robert, John, Joseph Samuel, Hiram, Jane, Polly,
Elizabeth, Rebecca, Matilda and Nancy.
The sons are all dead except Joseph. They were
all prominent farmers, and resided in Noble County. Of
the daughters, Jane married Rodney Severance,
and died in Morgan county. Polly married
James Logan, remained in Pennsylvania, and died there.
Elizabeth, the widow of David Archibald, is
still living in Noble County. Rebecca
(deceased) was the wife of John Noble.
Matilda, the wife of John Noble. Matilda
the wife of John Brownrigg, is still living
in Noble county. Nancy became the wife of
Samuel Price.
Joseph Caldwell, the oldest living resident of the
county, was born in Caywood, Washington County, Ohio, in the
year 1798, and came to what is now Noble County in 1809.
He has witnessed the transition of a wilderness to one of
the fertile and productive regions of this action of the
State, and in his person typifies many of the causes which
have produced this great change. Beneath his
observation, like a grand panorama, the forests have
disappeared and fertile fields have taken their place.
Villages and hamlets have sprang up as if by magic.
The iron horse rushes over the same route that he traveled
when a boy by blazed trees through an almost impenetrable
forest. Today he lives in the full possession of his
mental faculties, one of the last survivors of a race the
like of which will never been seen again.
His youth and early manhood were passed upon his
father's farm, where he shared the privations of a pioneer
family. At the age of twenty-six he married Miss
Margaret, daughter of David McKee, whose personal
history will be found in the chapter devoted to Noble
Township. Shortly after their marriage the young
couple commenced life upon the farm where he now resides,
which is a part of the tract entered by his father in 1808,
and which at the time was unimproved with the exception of a
small field where is now the Caldwell school building.
Like his brother Samuel, he identified himself with
nearly all the initial events in the history of this section
of the county. He was one of the pioneer salt-makers
of the Duck Creek Valley, and was one of the parties who
sank the second well bored in the valley; in this well
petroleum was discovered, and it can be said to have been
the first oil well in the United States. The life of
Joseph Caldwell has been comparatively uneventful.
His experiences have not been unlike those of most of the
pioneer farmers of his time. With him the desideratum
has been the welfare of his family and the acquisition of
that priceless agency, an unsullied reputation - and the
full fruition of his desires has been attained. His
aged helpmeet was born near Stanlyville, Washington County,
Ohio, in the year 1800. She has been to him a wife in
all that term implies, and the mother of four children:
Rhoda A. (Coffy), Milton, Ruth (Okey) and Joseph. The
latter resides on the farm where he was born in 1843.
He married Miss Melissa, daughter of Jefferson
Glidden, one of the pioneers of Olive Township.
Samuel Caldwell was in his lifetime one of the
most active, prominent and best-known citizens of the
county. He was born near Lower Salem, Washington
County, Ohio, in 1800 came to Olive Township, with his
parents, and passed the remainder of his days on the farm,
entered by his father. Brought up as a pioneer
farmer's son and subjected to the rigid discipline of that
life, he had few educational advantages, though, perhaps,
more than many of the youth of that day enjoyed. He
attended school for one term in Marietta, and soon afterward
finished his education in the pioneer schools of the
township. He was active as a young man, in all the
sports of the early days. He held some offices in the
State Militia, and was widely known as "Colonel,"
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JAMES F. CAPELL was one of the brightest and best men
of the county. He not only succeeded admirably in his
profession, but he also edited a paper with conspicuous
ability, and was distinguished for the force and vigor of
his writings. Dr. Capell was one of the early
treasurers of Noble County, and in the controversy which
resulted in the removal of the county seat from Sarahsville,
he was always an active participant. He was born and
reared in Marion Township, and after receiving both a common
school and collegiate education, he began the study of
medicine under Dr. Waddell, of Belmont County.
He located at Sarahsville early in the history of that town,
and was soon in successful practice. For thirty years
he was an untiring worker in the professional field, and had
the esteem and respect of all who knew him. Probably
his practice was larger than that of any other physician of
the county of his time. He died in the vicinity of
Caldwell, at the home of his father-in-law,
Dr. David McGarry.
Preceeding Dr. Capell at Sarahsville, there were
several physicians who were brief residents - Dr. Welch,
originally from Belmont County; Dr. Connor, from the
vicinity of Cumberland, and others. Dr. J. Y.
Hopkins was a resident of Sarahsville in 1851. He
remained several years. The present physicians are:
Dr. W. S. Spriggs
and Dr. J. D.
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| JAMES K.
CASEY came to Sarahsville from Cumberland about 1853
and practiced in that place for about three years. He
removed to Cambridge and thence to Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
He died in the West recently. He was a good lawyer and
a gifted speaker. |
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WILLIAM
CHAMBERS, a leading lawyer, was born in Calvert County,
Maryland, in 1842. His father, William Chambers, was a
sea-faring man in his early life, but afterwards became a
farmer. The subject of this notice was reared on a farm. In
1853 he came to Ohio with his parents. His father settled on
a farm in Monroe County where he died in 1866 at the age of
seventy years. William lived on the farm and followed school
teaching a portion of the time until 1867, when he entered
upon the study of the law. In 1869 he was admitted to the
bar and in 1871 began the practice of his profession in
Caldwell. In 1872, on the incorporation of the village, he
became its first mayor, holding the office four years. In
1875 he was elected prosecuting attorney. He served one term
in that office. Mr. Chambers is a Republican and has been an
active worker for his party. He is a man of extensive and
varied information and is thoroughly versed in the law. He
was married in 1870 to Martha A., daughter of
Rev. Jeremiah
Phillips, of the Pittsburgh M. E. Conference. They have four
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| ANDREW W.
CLARK and family, from Washington County, Pa., came
to Buffalo township about 1816. He was born in 1786
adn died in 1864. He married Sarah Lawrence,
and was the father of Margaret, William, John, Robert,
Barbara, Alexander, James, Sarah J., Samuel L., Martha A.
and Andrew W., four of whom are dead.
Andrew was in the army, and died during the war.
William Clark, who died in 1886, was born in 1812.
He married Mary Ann Clark, and was the father of six
children. The family are Methodists. |
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| JOSEPH B.
CLARK, was
born in Guernsey County in 1830. In 1861 he married
Margaret E. Conkle. Mr. Clark was formerly
engaged in the mercantile business and is now a farmer.
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He
has served six years as Infirmary director. |
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| SAMUEL W. P.
COCHRAN, from Zanesville, where
he had previously been in the tobacco business, after being
admitted to the bar, came to Sarahsville in 1851. He
held the office of prosecuting attorney about two years,
resigning in 1853, when E. A. Bratton was appointed in his
stead. John McIntosh, front he northern part of
the State, was his law partner. Neither remained long. |
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DR. JOSHUA CRAIG who was born
and educated in Ireland, came to Marion Township when the
country was new, and for many years was the only medical
adviser in that section of the county. He had an
extensive practice, and was considered a good and useful
member of his profession.
The first resident physician of Summerfield was Dr.
David Frame. He came in 1880 from
Guernsey County, and after about three years' practice
returned to that county. Dr. John
Banford came next, and first engaged in school teaching.
He was unmarried, and lived with James W.
Shankland. He took up the study of medicine
without a preceptor, and after acquiring some knowledge of
the art, began practicing. From Summerfield he removed
to Cincinnati. Next came Dr. John Waterman,
from Waterford, Washington County, who remained a year or
two. Dr. Nathan Johns, a "steam doctor,"
or an adherent to the Thomsonian system, was here several
years and bore an excellent reputation, though his school
generally was held in no great favor. He died in
Summerfield. About the same time came Dr. Foreman,
and later, Dr. Graham. Dr. William Hare, Dr.
Williams and Dr. Mechem also practiced here a
short time each. Dr. Carder, a professed cancer
doctor, was also in Summerfield several years. Dr.
Robert Stephenson, an Englishman, formerly a traveling
Methodist preacher, came here from Somerton about 1846, and
remained in the town and vicinity until about 1866, when he
removed to Centerville, Iowa, where he died later. He
was a competent physical and quite successful in his
practice. |
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