Title:
Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph, Jackson, Perry and Monroe
Counties Illinois
Publisher:
Biographical Publishing Company Chicago
Year:
1894
Joseph Willis Caldwell
Born in Warren County Illinois 1839
Son of William Caldwell who was born in Coshocton County, Ohio in
1807
William Caldwell married Jane Orr in Warren County, Illinois in
September of 1835
Children of William & Jane (Orr) Caldwell
one child died in infancy
James A. married Lizzie Holworth lives 6 miles north of
Sparta
ten children from this union but nine are living
Alex M. died in 1860
Joseph W.
Mary E. widow of Charles A. Beattie
lives in Randolph County with her two children
Martha M. wife of William J. Dickey & has five children
Elizabeth A. is the widow of Thomas Crawford and had 6
children, 3 living
William F. married and killed in mining accident in New
Mexico
Stephen A. died at the age of nine years
Grandson of Joseph & Mary (Reed) Caldwell natives of Ireland and Scotland
respectively
Joseph Willis Caldwell married Amanda J. Ireland a native of Randolph County
Illinois
Amanda J. (Ireland) was the daughter of Martin & Mary (Short) Ireland
Raised two orphan children
Nancy Tash from the age of fifteen months until she married
Sylvester Brown
Charles E. Ireland who is a student at the Gem City Business
College of Quincy, Illinois
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