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Robert Caldwell was one of the earliest settlers of Hopewell township. On April 7,1785. he bought
four hundred and five acres of land, situated on the waters of Buffalo Creek, of Jesse Martin, it being the tract "Buffalo" previously mentioned in the account of Martin's settlement. Robert Caldwell, was of Irish parentage. The property he owned and lived upon here is still in the family, being owned by Samuel Caldwell, a descendant. Roberts family consisted of six children, Robert, David, Nancy, Margaret, Jane, and Martha. Robert married Jane Caldwell and lived and died in Armstrong County, David married Nancy Curry and died in Washington County, Nancy became the wife of William Smiley, Margaret went with her husband, George Anderson, to St. Clairsville, Ohio, and died there, Jane married a Mr. Johnson, and Martha marrried William Nesbit. They moved to Beaver County, in this state. and died there.