Biography
Obit from the Humeston New Era of Jan. 22, 1913: Mrs. Meriam Caldwell, died at Leon at the age of 79 years, one month, 5 days, having been injured in a fall six weeks earlier. She was a resident of Clay township from 1855. Her husband James died Jan. 19, 1887 at the age of 58. - Provided by Pauline (Gibbs) Williams, Humeston, Iowa
Facts
  • 12 December 1833 - Birth, Stark County, OH
  • 19 January 1913 - Burial, Lewisburg, Wayne County, IA
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Merriam Elizabeth Downs
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Family Group Sheet - Spouse
PARENT (M) James Caldwell
Birth28 January 1829Edinburg, Portage County, OH
Death19 January 1887 Lewisburg, Wayne County, IA
Marriage4 July 1851to Merriam Elizabeth Downs at Lima, Stark County, OH
FatherJohn Caldwell
MotherBarbry Simons
PARENT (F) Merriam Elizabeth Downs
Birth12 December 1833Stark County, OH
Death Leon, IA
Marriage4 July 1851to James Caldwell at Lima, Stark County, OH
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CHILDREN
MGilmon Clinton Caldwell
Birth9 July 1852Berrien County, MI
Death6 May 1921Denver, CO
Marriage24 December 1872to Martha Ellen Cherrington
FLillian Elnora Caldwell
Birth11 June 1854Berrien County, MI
Death4 August 1919
Marriage3 May 1871to Ambrose S. Vanderbeek
MWillard Wilson Caldwell
Birth14 July 1856Lewisburg, Wayne County, IA
Death13 September 1930Witchita, Kansas
Marriage1878to Jemina Jane McKinney at Linville, Iowa
FBarbara Leora Caldwell
Birth28 August 1858Lewisburg, Wayne County, IA
Death21 January 1938Leon, Iowa
Marriage25 October 1882to Edward Harlan Alexander at Lewisburg, Iowa
UClara Belle Caldwell
Birth27 November 1860Lewisburg, Wayne County, IA
DeathMarch 1887Lewisburg, Iowa
FEvaline Merriam Caldwell
Birth7 January 1866Lewisburg, Wayne County, IA
Death28 April 1951Garden Grove, iowa
Marriage29 May 1886to Carleton Monroe McGuire at Lewisburg, Iowa
MJames Lennon Caldwell
Birth6 June 1869Lewisburg, Wayne County, IA
Death6 March 1951Moline, IL
Marriage12 December 1888to Hattie Francis Surbaugh at Lewisburg, Wayne County, IA
Marriage31 October 1898to Mary Matilda "Molly" Berry
FCora Etta Caldwell
Birth31 May 1872Lewisburg, Wayne County, IA
Death8 July 1943Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Marriage16 July 1889to Lewis James Gwinn at Lewisburg, Iowa
UJoseph Nicholas Caldwell
Birth16 August 1874Lewisburg, Wayne County, IA
Death4 April 1876Lewisburg, Wayne County, IA
Descendancy Chart
1 Merriam Elizabeth Downs b: 12 December 1833
+ James Caldwell b: 28 January 1829 d: 19 January 1887
2 Gilmon Clinton Caldwell b: 9 July 1852 d: 6 May 1921
+ Martha Ellen Cherrington b: 29 June 1852 d: 21 July 1893
3 Myrtie Evaline Caldwell b: 6 August 1880 d: 24 October 1950
+ Ottie Virgil Wilmot b: 3 April 1870 d: 25 January 1943
4 Elsie Ellen Wilmot b: 16 August 1900
+ Earl W. Davis b: 21 December 1884
4 Homer Wilmot b: 12 November 1898
4 Esther Myrtie Wilmot b: 6 June 1902
+ W. R. Henley b: 9 May 1890
3 Leora B. Caldwell b: 8 October 1873 d: 24 October 1873
3 Merriam Viola Caldwell b: 24 October 1874 d: 1876
3 J. Cecil Caldwell b: 9 March 1877 d: 5 September 1903
3 Infant Caldwell b: 9 January 1879 d: 9 January 1879
3 Lillian Gertrude Caldwell b: 17 September 1882 d: 15 July 1950
4 James Roscoe Bremer b: 2 October 1901 d: 17 December 1918
4 Lloyd Cecil Bremer b: 24 March 1903 d: 2 May 1971
4 Luther Worden Bremer b: 5 September 1905 d: 6 July 1906
+ Samuel E. Burke b: 23 January 1883
4 Samuel Edward Burke b: 12 July 1921 d: 26 May 1980
3 Edward Virgil Caldwell b: 24 September 1884 d: 13 February 1949
3 Carlton Willard Caldwell b: 12 July 1886 d: 10 April 1966
3 Gilmon Clinton Jr. Caldwell b: 19 July 1890 d: 4 April 1959
4 Marie Catherine Caldwell b: 22 July 1919 d: 25 September 1986
3 Chancey Harrison Caldwell b: 20 December 1888 d: 8 April 1966
4 Lorenzo Caldwell b: 25 January 1914 d: 10 November 1974
4 Harold Clinton Caldwell b: 16 May 1915 d: 15 October 1985
5 Harold DeWayne Caldwell b: 15 September 1939 d: 18 October 1959
4 Violet Blanche Caldwell b: 2 February 1918 d: 1998
4 Leslie Clayborn Caldwell b: 13 April 1920 d: 14 September 1989
4 Leland J. D. Caldwell b: 12 October 1923 d: 1943
2 Lillian Elnora Caldwell b: 11 June 1854 d: 4 August 1919
+ Ambrose S. Vanderbeek b: 15 February 1850 d: 11 November 1934
3 Arthur Eugene Vanderbeek b: 20 February 1872 d: 24 March 1954
+ May Agnes Fisher b: 16 November 1872
4 Lillian Emma Vanderbeek b: 9 February 1894
4 Ethel Merriam Vanderbeek b: 7 August 1896
+ Guy R. Zessin b: 28 March 1897
5 Ardath Ruth Zessin b: 1 September 1939 d: 1 December 1946
4 Grace Olive Vanderbeek b: 29 July 1898
+ Edward Thomas Nelson b: 30 April 1903
4 Edith Ellen Vanderbeek b: 11 September 1900
4 Irma May Vanderbeek b: 24 February 1903
4 Ambrose Fred Vanderbeek b: 5 February 1905 d: 8 March 1905
3 Edith B. Vanderbeek b: 5 March 1874 d: 12 August 1924
+ William Henry McVey b: 5 April 1871
4 Jacob Ambrose McVey b: 21 July 1893
+ Adah LeVaugh d: 12 April 1937
4 Pearl McVey b: 20 May 1895 d: 28 May 1895
4 Madge Nellie McVey b: 28 April 1896
+ Frank Melvin Bond b: 1 August 1892
4 Henry Floyd McVey b: 4 July 1898
4 Ralph McKinley McVey b: 9 September 1900 d: 14 September 1910
4 DeArcy Elizabeth McVey b: 27 April 1903
3 Merriam D. Vanderbeek b: 6 May 1876 d: 28 January 1877
3 Ruben D. Vanderbeek b: 21 August 1878
+ Clara McElhaney b: 7 June 1882
3 William Vanderbeek b: 17 January 1881 d: 25 July 1881
3 James Carleton Vanderbeek b: 13 August 1882 d: 13 July 1937
+ Minnie M. Lott b: 10 August 1880
3 Hollister Prime Vanderbeek b: 9 November 1885
+ Lillian Hitzmann b: 15 October 1892
3 Ambrose C. Vanderbeek b: 16 August 1889 d: 22 June 1933
+ Anna Elizabeth Hoschler b: 18 November 1892 d: 22 October 1934
3 Perry Bertrand Vanderbeek b: 5 May 1892
3 Charles Lester Vanderbeek b: 3 June 1896
+ Nellie Pattison b: 23 September 1897
3 Dewey Dean Vanderbeek b: 1 September 1898
+ Sadie Loretta Dunnigan b: March 1898
2 Willard Wilson Caldwell b: 14 July 1856 d: 13 September 1930
+ Jemina Jane McKinney d: April 1920
2 Barbara Leora Caldwell b: 28 August 1858 d: 21 January 1938
+ Edward Harlan Alexander b: 11 February 1860 d: 29 December 1916
2 Clara Belle Caldwell b: 27 November 1860 d: March 1887
2 Evaline Merriam Caldwell b: 7 January 1866 d: 28 April 1951
+ Carleton Monroe McGuire b: 22 January 1863 d: 27 March 1932
2 James Lennon Caldwell b: 6 June 1869 d: 6 March 1951
+ Hattie Francis Surbaugh b: 30 October 1868 d: 8 January 1892
3 Lester Earl Caldwell b: 19 December 1889
+ Fleeta Maie Gibbs b: 15 November 1888
+ Mary Matilda "Molly" Berry b: 9 August 1878 d: 1 October 1943
3 Edward Berry Caldwell b: 23 February 1900 d: 17 December 1966
+ Luella Adeline Anderson b: 20 August 1902 d: 1 August 1988
4 Robert Edward Caldwell b: 21 August 1931 d: 22 November 2000
+ Elizabeth Norwood Cunningham b: 19 October 1931 d: 4 July 1996
4 Donald Eugene Caldwell b: 13 March 1936 d: 25 February 1985
3 Clive Eugene Caldwell b: 13 March 1902 d: 2 May 1918
3 James Lennon Jr. Caldwell b: 10 February 1911 d: 28 February 2002
+ Fay E. Bladel b: 12 July 1909 d: 20 January 1999
2 Cora Etta Caldwell b: 31 May 1872 d: 8 July 1943
+ Lewis James Gwinn b: 28 October 1867
3 Leo Jay Gwinn b: 11 March 1890 d: 8 March 1960
3 Olive Belle Gwinn b: 22 November 1891 d: 2 February 1973
3 Henrietta Gwinn b: 18 September 1893
+ Vernon Amos Weaver b: 19 July 1889
3 Merriam Lovicy Gwinn b: 27 May 1895
+ Charles Rheintgen b: 6 January 1885 d: 6 June 1935
4 Charles Edward Rheintgen b: 20 May 1916 d: 14 June 1957
4 Cora Etta Rheintgen b: 30 January 1919 d: 2 February 1919
4 Evelyn Merriam Rheintgen b: 11 March 1924 d: 13 March 1924
3 Barbara Leora Gwinn b: 29 November 1896
+ David Henry Holden b: 12 September 1886
3 James Mathew Gwinn b: 9 November 1898 d: 23 October 1918
3 Milo Willard Gwinn b: 9 October 1900 d: 23 July 1905
3 Cora Evaline Gwinn b: 2 February 1904 d: 6 July 1905
+ Albert Joseph Terry b: 10 July 1901
4 Selma Coretta Terry b: 24 April 1928 d: 26 April 1928
2 Joseph Nicholas Caldwell b: 16 August 1874 d: 4 April 1876