The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-06-13
John w. Caldwell.

At Loudon, his Virginia home, the subject of
this sketch passed away on the morning of the
last day of May, after a long and trying illness
which he bore with patience and fortitude. Mr..
Caldwell had been an invalid for three years and
during all that time was unable to attend to any
business and on account of his defective eye
sight (the result of his poor health during the
closing years of his life he was deprived of the
pleasure of reading, in which he always found so
much qualification and benefit.
His many acquaintance i'll Cecil county will
earn with much regret and sorrow of the death
citizen of our county.
John W. Caldwell was born at Pennington, this
county, more than three score and ten years ago.
During his boyhood days he lived with his grand
father, Major Hanna, in Lancaster county, Pa.
Just bordering ON the Cecil county line. Later in
life he came back to Pennington, where he en-
barked in merchandising and later purchased the
large farm now owned by John S. Cullen.
In politics he was Democrat and held several
positions of trust and honor among the people he
associated with. He was always man of affairs,
possessed well stored mind, and was an inter
esting companion and friend with whom you
could not come in contact without acquiring
information.
His first marriage was to Miss Elizabeth Dance
daughter of Josiah Dance, near New London
Chester county, Pa a woman beloved by all who
knew her. By this marriage surviving him are
two chdren-Mrs. C W. Chandler, of East
bennington, Pa and VIM. S. Caldwell, of New
London, Chester county, Pa.
His second marriage was to Miss Anna NJ. Dim
mick, a most estimable lady of Cuba. Allegany
county, New York, who survives him with two
children-Robert A. Caldwell, of Walkerton. Vir
ginia, and C Carroll CALDWELL of the U. s. Geo
logical Survey, stationed in North Carolina.
Prior to 1871 Mr.. Caldwell lived in Rising Sur
for several years. and was connected for Il time
with the banking house of Kirk Macveigh &
Co, of oxford, (now the Farmers National Bank
He always occupied a prominent position in the
social and business affairs of the neighborhood
In 1873 he purchased large estate near Walker
ton, Virginia to which section he removed, and
at the same time quite a community of Cecil
county people followed him to that neighbour God
He frequently expressed himself in regard to hi
new and last adopted residence that his lot haC
been cast in pleasant places and he was very fonG
of his Virginia home.
On Sunday, the LIST inst, when the sun wa!
lowering upon the western horizon, his remains
were deposited in temporary repose in the Locus
Grove cemetery, near the home of his declining
days, in the presence of large congregation o
new made friends, and later on in the fulfill
ment OF his wish his body will be brought back tC
Cecil and laid to rest for all time among hi.
kindred and his old friends at the Baptist Gem
eteFy, near ROCK Springs, in Cecil county, the
land Of his nativity and the home of his boyhood
days, Thus another has passed cover the river
and gone into the unseen and unex plored. He il
to be remembered for many acts of kindness
because in his nature was always to be found
sympathy for humanity, kindness for the unfor
tunate, help for the weak and good advice fol
his fellows His friends find in the "reminiscences
of the past much pleasure from having known
him and sincere sorrow over his DEATH
June 18th, 1902. II.