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HISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY.
and upright dealings he won the confidence
and esteem of all who knew him. He was
ever ready to assist the needy and relieve the
suffering, and no one was ever turned from
his door empty handed. His death occurred
at Mineral Wells, Texas, August 11, 1888.
During the Civil war he served in -the
Commissary department, driving team, and
from exposure then incurred his health
became impaired. and he never fully recovered.
In 1887, hoping to find restoration by
change of climate, he went to California,
but to no avail.
Mrs. Givens still lives on the old homestead,
which is managed by her two
younger sons.
OLOMOJN W. CALDWELL is another
one of the venerable pioneers of Texas.
H He came here in 1841, when he was
twenty-three years of age, working his way
by driving a team for a man who was moving
to this State. Here he found employmnent
as a farm hand and worked in this way
until he was able to buy a piece of land. He
had many difficulties to meet and overcome,
as did all the early.settlers. When he first
camped on tle little creek where he now
lives, Mr. Caldwell had to go four miles for
water. On one occasion, while he was gone
for water and his wife was getting supper, a
panther approached, attracted by the odor of
the meat she was cooking. She threw it the
pan of meat, and when it had eaten the morsel
it went away satisfied. Bears were also
troublesome and frequently made raids on
their hogs. Worse to be dreaded than the
wild animals were the savage Indians.
Mr. Caldwell was born in the Territory of
Illinois in 1818, on the 26th day of MarchHis father, Matthew Caldwell, was born in
Union district, South Carolina, in 1763.
He was first married in South Carolina and
moved to Kentucky when that State was a
Territory. There he reared a family of six
children: Curtis; John; Isaac; Christian,
wife of John Couch; Sallie, wife of Thomas
Cowscrt; and Pollie, wife of a Mr. Williams.
Of the children by his father's first wife Mr.
Caldwell knows nothing, having lost trace of
them years ago. After the death of his wife
in Kentucky, Matthew Caldwell was married,
in that State, to Nancy White, who was born
in North Carolina in 1785, their marriage
occurring in 1803. About 1817 they moved
to Illinois. By his second wife he had five
children, namely: Meron, wife of John Eads;
Matthew H.; George H.; Solomon W.; and
Hugh C. The subject of our sketch is the
fourth-born in this family and is the only
survivor. His father died in 1826, at tile
age of sixty-three years, and his mother in
1837, aged fifty-three.
When he came to Texas Mr. Caldwellfirst
located in Red River county. In 1842
he was there married to Miss Leona Crownover,
who was born June 3, 1820. After
twelve years of wedded life she died, in 1854,
aged thirty-four years, leaving no children.
Mr. Caldwell had taken a headright of 320
acres. He sold that and moved to Dallas
county in 1850. Here he pre-empted 160
acres and bought ninety-nine acres more,
making in all 259 acres, his present farm.
September 5, 1855, Mr. Caldwell was united
in marriage with Miss Martha Ann Coats,
who was born January 1, 1837. Samuel
Coats, her father, was a native of South
Carolina, born in 1802, and her mother, nee
Nancy Jones, was born in 1800. Mr. Coats
moved to Texas in 1844 and settled in Dallas
county. His death occurred in 1874, at
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Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas., book, 1892; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20932/m1/664/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.