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Caldwell Family

          1 Samuel Caldwell ( - dec.)
          +-_____ _______ ( - dec.)
            -2 James Caldwell (1797 - 1839)
             +-Hester McCracken (1800 - 1875)
              |-3 Samuel Caldwell ( - dec.)
              |-3 John Caldwell (CA 1821 - dec.)
              | +-Mary _______ (CA 1825 - 1858)
              |  |-4 Samuel D Caldwell (1850 - dec.)
              |  | +-Elizabeth J _______ (CA 1853 - dec.)
              |  |-4 Nancy J Caldwell (CA 1851 - dec.)
              |  |-4 Isabella Caldwell (CA 1853 - dec.)
              |  |-4 Joseph Caldwell (CA 1854 - dec.)
              |  |-4 James Caldwell (CA 1856 - dec.)
              |   -4 John Caldwell (CA 1858 - dec.)
              |-3 Joseph Caldwell (CA 1824 - dec.)
              | +-Sarah _______ (CA 1834 - dec.)
              |   -4 Minnie Caldwell (CA 1872 - dec.)
              |-3 William Caldwell ( - dec.)
              |-3 Asbury B "A. B." Caldwell (1829 - 1892)
              | +-Mary J Lonhert (1834 - 1925)
              |  |-4 Mary C "Minnie" Caldwell (CA 1859 - dec.)
              |  | +-_____ McKeever ( - dec.)
              |  |   -5 Esther McKeever (1883 - dec.)
              |  | +-Dr. Charles C Wayne ( - dec.)
              |  |-4 George L Caldwell (1860 - 1904)
              |  | +-Sarah Ann Wilson Walker (1853 - 1894) [see Walker]
              |  |  |-5 Nell Walker Caldwell (1881 - 1933)
              |  |  | +-Arthur Lee Phillips (1874 - 1956)
              |  |  |   -6 Mary Jane Phillips (1905 - 1933)
              |  |  |    +-_____ _______ ( - dec.)
              |  |  |    +-Theophilus Radcliffe Van Kirk (1906 - 1948)
              |  |   -5 Thomas Beck Caldwell (1883 - 1926)
              |  |-4 Hester B "Essie" Caldwell (1863 - 1953)
              |  | +-_____ Spates ( - dec.)
              |  |  |-5 Caldwell B Spates (1887 - dec.)
              |  |  | +-Vera E Hoppe (CA 1889 - dec.)
              |  |   -5 Thomas G Spates (1890 - 1988)
              |  |    +-Lorraine O _____ (1894 - 1995)
              |  | +-George L Humphrey (1854 - 1918)
              |  |-4 Charles S Caldwell (1869 - 1927)
              |  | +-Eleanor Baird (1870 - 1948)
              |   -4 Katherine "Kate" Caldwell (1875 - 1942)
              |    +-Benjamin F Mevay (1871 - 1936)
              |     |-5 Mary A Mevay (1901 - 1997)
              |     | +-Earl David Meek (1902 - 1988)
              |      -5 Katherine C Mevay (CA 1905)
               -3 Esther Caldwell (CA 1834 - dec.)

James Caldwell, born 1797, died 1839 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, married Hester McCracken, born 1800, died 1875 in Washington Co. James was a farmer and also ran the Caldwell Inn on the Old West Pike.
Asbury B "A. B." Caldwell was born on 20 February, 1829 at Buffalo Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania and died on 27 October, 1892 in Washington Borough of a "wasting illness". A. B. married in 1858, Mary Lonhert, born on 31 July, 1834, died on 9 February, 1925. He was a merchant and the founder of Caldwell's Department Store in Washington, PA. Both are buried in the Washington Cemetery.