My Genealogy Hound

ALLEN T. CALDWELL was born July 12, 1825, in Jefferson County, this State. His father, Thomas Caldwell, a Virginian by birth, was one of the first settlers in that county, and lived and died on a farm twenty-one miles east of Louisville. His wife, Hettie Collins, was a native of this State. To them were born ten children. The mother died when our subject was a child, and the father married a second time. Subject was reared to farm work, but after becoming of age, worked in a grist-mill, and saved earnings sufficient to enable him to attend school. Leaving school, he learned the carpenter’s trade, at which he worked several years, being a part of the time in Louisville. On July 11, 1854, he married and came to McCracken County and located on his present farm. His wife was formerly Miss Lucinda Smith, a most estimable lady, and to whose encouragement and kind, devoted nature he attributes much of his success. Our subject has a farm of 201 acres, most of which is under cultivation, with a pleasant cottage residence, orchard and many other valuable and ornamental improvements, all the result of personal management and labor. Mr. Caldwell is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Masonic fraternities.