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Are you sure you have the right Christian name for your Caldwell? We have a James
Caldwell with the Sebastian connection. I just posted this:
Edwin Caldwell Sebastian was b) 13 Feb 1813 in Libertyville twp, St. Francis Co. Mo.
He is the son of Elisha Sebastian and brother of Jane Sebastian.
Apparently his father married a Caldwell woman probably back in VA. The Caldwell clan
was in KY for a while before coming to Missouri. E.C. Sebastian was an attorney who
handled the probate of James Caldwell, first Speaker of the House in the MO Legislature.
They lived in St. Francois County, Missouri along the Mississippi River.
James Caldwell died about 1840 and in the 1850 census his wife, Meeke, was living with
E.C. Sebastian. James and Meeke had no children of their own but the Sebastian children
were given names prominent in the Caldwell families.
Seeking the connection of Elisha Sebastian to the Samuel Caldwell family of Virginia and
KY.
If the Sebastians traveled with the Caldwells, they came from the Virginia valley to
Greenbrier Co., VA, then to the Montgomery/Bath Co., KY area before moving to Missouri.
Most of the Caldwells came to MO before statehood and the Sebastians must have also as
Edwin was born in MO in 1813.
You should write to me.