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Source:
History of Noble County, Ohio
with portraits and biographical sketches of some of its pioneers and prominent men.
 
Chicago:  L. H. Watkins & Co., 
1887

For Reference: Noble County was formed in 1851

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Samuel Caldwell
THE CALDWELL FAMILY.  The name of Caldwell has been conspicuous in the annals of Duck Creek Valley from the earliest history of that region, to the present day.  The progenitor of the Noble County Caldwells was Robert Caldwell, a native of Chester County, Pa.  He was a man of much natural ability and of great force of character, these traits being inherited from his Scotch-Irish ancestors.  He served as a teamster in the Revolutionary War married and settled in Pennsylvania, and in 1795 emigrated to the Northwest Territory, settling in Washington County, Ohio, where were then the chief settlements in the territory.  He explored this section of the county, and by the advice of General Putnam, made a selection of the land on which he afterward located.  In the year 1808 he came up the west fork of Dick Creek with his sons and began an improvement on the present Caldwell farm.  He was therefore among the earliest pioneers of the valley, and the first to make a clearing where the town of Caldwell now stands.  Robert Caldwell died in 1831.  His wife's maiden name was Jane Fulton, who was also a native of Pennsylvania, and a niece of Robert Fulton, the pioneer steam navigator.  Their children (several of whom were born in Pennsylvania), were Robert, John, Joseph Samuel, Hiram, Jane, Polly, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Matilda and Nancy.   The sons are all dead except Joseph.  They were all prominent farmers, and resided in Noble County.  Of the daughters, Jane married Rodney Severance, and died in Morgan county.  Polly married James Logan, remained in Pennsylvania, and died there.  Elizabeth, the widow of David Archibald, is still living in Noble County.  Rebecca (deceased) was the wife of John Noble Matilda, the wife of John Noble.  Matilda the wife of John Brownrigg, is still living in Noble county.  Nancy became the wife of Samuel Price.
     Joseph Caldwell
, the oldest living resident of the county, was born in Caywood, Washington County, Ohio, in the year 1798, and came to what is now Noble County in 1809.  He has witnessed the transition of a wilderness to one of the fertile and productive regions of this action of the State, and in his person typifies many of the causes which have produced this great change.  Beneath his observation, like a grand panorama, the forests have disappeared and fertile fields have taken their place.  Villages and hamlets have sprang up as if by magic.  The iron horse rushes over the same route that he traveled when a boy by blazed trees through an almost impenetrable forest.  Today he lives in the full possession of his mental faculties, one of the last survivors of a race the like of which will never been seen again.
     His youth and early manhood were passed upon his father's farm, where he shared the privations of a pioneer family.  At the age of twenty-six he married Miss Margaret, daughter of David McKee, whose personal history will be found in the chapter devoted to Noble Township.  Shortly after their marriage the young couple commenced life upon the farm where he now resides, which is a part of the tract entered by his father in 1808, and which at the time was unimproved with the exception of a small field where is now the Caldwell school building.  Like his brother Samuel, he identified himself with nearly all the initial events in the history of this section of the county.  He was one of the pioneer salt-makers of the Duck Creek Valley, and was one of the parties who sank the second well bored in the valley;  in this well petroleum was discovered, and it can be said to have been the first oil well in the United States.  The life of Joseph Caldwell has been comparatively uneventful.  His experiences have not been unlike those of most of the pioneer farmers of his time.  With him the desideratum has been the welfare of his family and the acquisition of that priceless agency, an unsullied reputation - and the full fruition of his desires has been attained.  His aged helpmeet was born near Stanlyville, Washington County, Ohio, in the year 1800.  She has been to him a wife in all that term implies, and the mother of four children: Rhoda A. (Coffy), Milton, Ruth (Okey) and Joseph.  The latter resides on the farm where he was born in 1843.  He married Miss Melissa, daughter of Jefferson Glidden, one of the pioneers of Olive Township.
     Samuel Caldwell was in his lifetime one of the most active, prominent and best-known citizens of the county.  He was born near Lower Salem, Washington County, Ohio, in 1800 came to Olive Township, with his parents, and passed the remainder of his days on the farm, entered by his father.  Brought up as a pioneer farmer's son and subjected to the rigid discipline of that life, he had few educational advantages, though, perhaps, more than many of the youth of that day enjoyed.  He attended school for one term in Marietta, and soon afterward finished his education in the pioneer schools of the township.  He was active as a young man, in all the sports of the early days.  He held some offices in the State Militia, and was widely known as "Colonel," though he never attained to that rank.  He followed farming and stock-raising and was successful in those pursuits.  He was one of the leading citizens in advocating the formation of Noble County and in securing the county seat at Caldwell.  For the latter purpose he donated several acres of ground to the county.  He may justly be regarded as the founder of the town, which was named after him.  He was a prominent member of the Democratic party, but never sought or held any important office.  He was once a candidate for representative to the legislature from Morgan County, but his party was defeated and he failed of an election, although he ran in advance of his ticket.  He was a member of no church, but was a strictly honest, just, God-fearing man, who was universally respected.  He died in 1869.  He was married in 1827 to Sarah Brownrigg, who was born in Westmoreland County, England, in 1801, and came to this country with her parents about 1817.  Of this union ten children were born:  William B., Jane (Ogle), Joseph (deceased), Fulton, Mary, who died young; Sarah (McKee) and Mary (Young), twins; Happy (McKee), John W. and Hannah (Belford).  All live in Noble County, except William B. and John W., who are located in western Dakota, and Hannah (Belford) in Toledo.
     William B. Caldwell
, the oldest of the children of Samuel Caldwell was born on the homestead and resided in the county until about 1880.  For twenty years he was probably the most extensive dealer in live stock in the county.
     Fulton Caldwell, now a prosperous farmer and a leading citizen, was born on the Caldwell homestead in 1833.  He was brought up a farmer, and has followed that occupation principally.  His educational training was such as other youth of his day obtained while attending at the old log school-house and its successor, "the old red school-house."  He was engaged in mercantile business four or five years, and for about two years was a stock-buyer and drover. With these exceptions he has devoted his time and attention to farming, stock-raising and dairying.  For ten years he has been engaged in the dairy business, keeping an average of fifty cows and raising Jersey stock of high grad3e.  He was married in 1860,to Ruth E. daughter of Robert McKee.  They have but one child, Charles C.  Mr. Caldwell is a member of the Masonic order.  He was among the first oil operators in the Duck Creek field, and, as is elsewhere shown, was the means of bringing this field to the attention of oil men.  He took a prominent part in securing the two railroads of Noble County, probably doing as much to forward those enterprises as any other man in the county.  He has also been identified with many other important undertakings calculated to advance the interests of the town and county.  He is enterprising and public-spirited and bears an honorable name in the community, where he has always resided.  In connection with his brother, J. W. Caldwell, he has an interest in western land and in a stock ranch.  These brothers sent to the Black Hills in 1876 the first steam sawmill ever operated in that region.  This mill was set up at Deadwood, and it was but a brief time before it had many competitors.
Source:  History of Noble County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co., 1887~ Page 311
  DR. JAMES F. CAPELL was one of the brightest and best men of the county.  He not only succeeded admirably in his profession, but he also edited a paper with conspicuous ability, and was distinguished for the force and vigor of his writings.  Dr. Capell was one of the early treasurers of Noble County, and in the removal of the county seat from Sarahsville, he was always an active participant.  He was born and reared in Marion Township, and after receiving both a common school and collegiate education, he began the study of medicine under Dr. Waddell of Belmont County.  He located at Sarahsville early in the history of that town, and was soon in successful practice.  For thirty years he was an untiring worker in the professional field, and had the esteem and respect of all who knew him.  Probably his practice was larger than that of any other physician of the county of his time.  He died in the vicinity of Caldwell, at the home of his father-in-law, Dr. David McGarry.  Preceding Dr. Capell at Sarahsville, there were several physicians who were brief residents - Dr. Welch, originally from Belmont County; Dr. Connor, from the vicinity of Cumberland, and others.  Dr. J. Y. Hopkins was a resident of Sarahsville in 1851.  He remained several years.  The present physicians are:  Dr. W. S. Spriggs and Dr. J. D. Aldridge.
Source:  History of Noble County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co., 1887~ Page 189
  Noble Twp. -
JAMES CARR, the subject of this notice, was a leading farmer and a prominent and successful business man.  James Carr was born in Brooke County, W. Va., in 1824.  He was the second child and the oldest son of a family of eight children.  His father's name was Joseph Carr and the children were Mary (Wheeler) and Maria (Morgareidge).  The mother, whose maiden name was Eliza McCleary, died in 1833, and Mr. Carr afterward married Nancy Wheeler, by whom he had seven children:  Elizabeth, Lemuel N., Ellis C. (deceased), Julia A. (Koons), Henrietta (Gallatin), Taylor and Ethelinda (Balderson).  Of the sons, Lemuel, who now lives in Cumberland, Ohio, was a soldier in the One Hundred and Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was a prisoner at Andersonville for eight months.  Ellis was also in the service and received a wound from a piece of shell.  Although he served through the war, he died immediately after reaching home.
     The Carr family came to Ohio in 1835, settling in Bristol Township, Morgan County.  The father was a farmer, and died in 1878.  His widow is still living with two of her children, upon the homestead.  James passed his boyhood upon the farm until 1842, when he started out to make his own way in the world.  He went first to Belmont County and thence to Allegheny City, Pa.  He remained in Pennsylvania two years, driving through the country selling clocks and "Bee-palaces."  In 1844 he got the "western fever," and emigrated to Iowa and from there to California.   He located at Sigourney where he was engaged in the mercantile business and the loaning of money, doing a very successful business.  Here, in 1847, he married Miss Helen L. Pinkerton, who bore three children, Inez, Iowa (deceased), Charles S., who is married and resides in Nelsonville, Athens County; and Helen S. (Boyd), Sharon Township.  Mr. Carr's first wife died in Jan. 20, 1856.
     In 1857 Mr. Carr returned to Ohio, and bought the farm now owned by Mr. Lovell, in Malta Township, Morgan County.  In the following year he married Miss Martha J. Noble.  They continued to reside in Morgan County until 1868, and from that time until his decease made their home with Mrs. Carr's father, the venerable John Noble.
     Mr. Carr was prospered admirably in his business relations, his good judgment, courage and tact serving him in good stead.  Although he was an invalid for several years before his death, he maintained his native cheerfulness undisturbed.  Thankful for the favors which fortune granted him, he rejoiced that he was no longer under the necessity of a continual striving after the "almighty dollar."  He was one of the prime movers in organizing and securing a charter for the Noble County Bank, and was identified with other important home enterprises.  He was a man of good general information, a fluent conversationalist and of agreeable social qualities.  He died Jan. 31, 1887, and was buried with Masonic honors.
Source:  History of Noble County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co., 1887~ Page 502
  TIMOTHY CLEVELAND was born in Maine and settled in Beaver Township
in 1819.  He married Miss Sarah W. Pierce, who was a native of the same State.  They had a family of seven children, three of whom, Mary T. (Gale),  Frank G., and Thaddeus S., are living.  The latter was born in Somerset County, Me.,  Aug. 31, 1818.  He has been twice married.  His first wife was a Pennsylvania lady; his second wife was Miss Mary, daughter of William Dement, a Virginian, who was one of the pioneers of Wills Creek, Monroe County, where he settled in 1806.  He was prominent in the early affairs of that region, and carried the first mails from Wheeling, West Va., to Cincinnati, Ohio, in a canoe.  He was possessed of a good education, and for years was a prominent magistrate and an influential citizen.  By the last marriage there were three children:  Wellington, Benjamin and Henry J.  The latter was born in Calais, Ohio, in 1853.  He came  to Noble County in 1880, settling in Elk.  In 1885 he was elected sheriff, which position he now (1887) holds.  He married Miss Emma A., daughter of Thomas Foster, of Summerfield.
Source:  History of Noble County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co., 1887 - Page 310
  LIEUT. HENRY CLINEDINST

Source:  History of Noble County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co., 1887 - Page 291

  WALLACE H. COOLEY

Source:  History of Noble County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co., 1887 -Page 208

  NATHAN P. COPE

Source:  History of Noble County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co., 1887 - Page 521

  DR. JOSHUA CRAIG

Source:  History of Noble County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co., 1887 - Page 192

  PETER CROW - See Chapter XXVI - Elk Twp.

Source:  History of Noble County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: L. H. Watkins & Co., 1887 - Page 521

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