Thomas Rogers Caldwell

Born April 4, 1837 near Noonan, GA. Father William Harris Caldwell, mother Jane (Allen) Caldwell. Paternal ancestors came from Ireland; maternal from Scotland. Both lines settled in Abbeville District, S.C. Mr. Caldwell’s grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War, his father was Colonel of South Carolina Militia. Mr. Caldwell entered Confederate Army as private in Company A, 16th Alabama Regiment. After war he farmed near Smithville, MS. Mr. Caldwell served as Justice of the Peace and later in the House of Repesentatives. Mr. Caldwell married Mary Jane Johnson on February 25, 1872. She was the daughter of Israel Pickens Johnson and Julia Caroline (Thompson) Johnson of S.C. They have five children, Julia Caroline at home; Walter Harris Caldwell of Smithville; Mrs. Bertie (Caldwell) Dilworth of Jasper, AL; Homer Franklin Caldwell with the US army in Cuba, and Thomas Young Caldwell of Amory, MS.

This info from MS Official Register dated 1908 page 1067. Any info to pass on appreciated. Charles Sanders