Wade & Webb Family History

John Nicholson Owen Caldwell1834–1917

Meriwether · Randolph · Almond · Mount Gilead Community Church Cemetery

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Documents (1)
  4. Places
  5. Timeline
  6. Open questions
  7. Searches made
  8. Notes

Birth

  1. 17 May 1834 Meriwether, Georgia 1

Marriages

  1. 19 May 1907 Nancy Ellen Cummings, at Randolph, Alabama 6
  2. 2 Dec 1852 Analiza Benager Broughton Kilgore, at Chambers, Alabama 2
  3. 5 Dec 1852 Analiza Benager Broughton Kilgore, at Chambers, Alabama 2
  4. 5 Dec 1852 Analiza Benager Broughton Kilgore, at Chambers, Alabama 2
  5. 5 Dec 1852 Analiza Benager Broughton Kilgore, at Chambers, Alabama 2

Death and burial

  1. 1917 Burial: Mount Gilead Community Church Cemetery, Sikesville, Clay, Alabama
  2. 4 Apr 1917 Death: Wadley, Clay, Alabama 9

Family

Parents
David Allen Caldwell 1811–1861
Aryann A. Owen 1811–1865
Marriage 1, 19 May 1907
Nancy Ellen Cummings 1856–1931
Marriage 2, 2 Dec 1852
Analiza Benager Broughton Kilgore 1835–1905

Line of descent Webb line

  1. John Nicholson Owen Caldwell
  2. Nephew of Clarissa Ann Mitchell Owens
  3. Clarrissa Jane Carlisle, daughter
  4. James Pleasant Webb, son
  5. Hilda Webb, daughter
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

1st cousin 3 times removed of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

John Nicholson Owen Caldwell was born in Meriwether County, Georgia, on 17 May 1834, a son of David Allen Caldwell and Aryann Owen, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no source for the date.1 Inference His given names repeat those of his grandfather, John Nicholson Owens, as that man's Find a Grave memorial names him.1 On 2 or 5 December 1852, in Chambers County, Alabama, he married Analiza B. Killgore (Kilgore); the many indexes of the marriage differ only on the day.2 The federal census of 1860 lists "John N O Coldwell" in the Southern Division of Randolph County, Alabama.3

The tree records, without a source, that he served in Company F or I of the 25th Alabama Infantry, Confederate States Army, from November 1862, was captured at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, held in the prisoner-of-war camp at Rock Island, Illinois, and paroled on 20 June 1865; the Alabama census of Confederate veterans of 1907, a state register of surviving soldiers, lists him as John Nickalson Owen Caldwell, of Goldville, Tallapoosa County.4 The censuses of 1880, 1900 and 1910 place him at Almond, Clay County, Alabama; the 1910 index calls him "John O Caldwell, Jr," a suffix no other record gives him.5

His first wife, Analiza, died in 1905, and on 19 May 1907, in Randolph County, he married N. E. Cummings, whom the tree names as Nancy Ellen Cummings.6 An undated typescript abstract of the Randolph County marriage book, made by the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) and kept with the marriage records of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, enters the marriage as that of John N. O. Caldwell and N. E. Cummings, "Married by J. G. Johnson, Minister of the Gospel."7 The tree lists no children for him, but the death records of Martin Walter Caldwell (1910), David Allen Caldwell (1939), James Simion Caldwell (1943), George Augustus Caldwell (1946), John Will Caldwell (1950), Howell Green Caldwell (1952) and Mary Ann Branson (1953) in Alabama, and of Richard Benjamin Caldwell (1958) in Texas, name a John Caldwell as their father, and all are attached to him.8 Inference These were very probably his children by Analiza, which the tree should record.8

He died on 4 April 1917, at Wadley, as the tree has it, and was buried in the Mount Gilead Community Church Cemetery at Sikesville, Clay County; the Alabama death index records him as John Nickalis Owens Caldwell.9

Documents

  1. Undated W.P.A. transcript of Randolph County marriages: John N. O. Caldwell and N. E. Cummings, 19 May 1907 W.P.A. Files, Marriage Records from the Department of Alabama Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama: Randolph County, Alabama, Marriages (typescript, Works Progress Administration, n.d.) · book

Places

  1. 1834Meriwether
  2. 1852Chambers
  3. 1860–1907Randolph
  4. 1880–1910Almond
  5. 1907Goldville
  6. 1917Mount Gilead Community Church Cemetery

Timeline

  1. 17 May 1834BirthMeriwether, Georgia
  2. 2 Dec 1852Marriage, Analiza Benager Broughton KilgoreChambers, Alabama
  3. 5 Dec 1852Marriage, Analiza Benager Broughton KilgoreChambers, Alabama
  4. 5 Dec 1852Marriage, Analiza Benager Broughton KilgoreChambers, Alabama
  5. 5 Dec 1852Marriage, Analiza Benager Broughton KilgoreChambers, Alabama
  6. 1860Residence: CensusSouthern Division, Randolph, Alabama
  7. from Nov 1862 to 20 Jun 1865Military service: John Nicholson Owen served in Company F/I 25th Alabama Infantry CSA. He was captured at Missionary Ridge Tennessee and was intered at Rock Island Illinois Prisoner of War Camp. He was paroled 20 June 1865.Tennessee
  8. 1880ResidenceAlmond, Clay, Alabama
  9. 1900ResidenceElection Precinct 11 Almond, Clay, Alabama
  10. 1907Military serviceGoldville, Tallapoosa, Alabama
  11. 19 May 1907Marriage, Nancy Ellen CummingsRandolph, Alabama
  12. 1910ResidenceElection Precinct 11 Almond, Clay, Alabama
  13. 1917BurialMount Gilead Community Church Cemetery, Sikesville, Clay, Alabama
  14. 4 Apr 1917DeathWadley, Clay, Alabama

Open questions

None recorded yet.

Searches made

  1. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "John Nicholson Owen Caldwell", Alabamano matches
  2. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "John Caldwell", Alabama30227 pages; first: [David Caldwell 1705 1781, 1705, p. ](https://archive.org/details/david-caldwell-1705-1781?q=%22John%20Caldwell%22); [The Papers of Andrew Jackson, 1994, p. ](https://archive.org/details/isbn_0870497782_4?q=%22John%20Caldwell%22); [The Papers of Andrew Jackson: 1821-1824, 1996, p. ](https://archive.org/details/isbn_0870498975_5?q=%22John%20Caldwell%22)
  3. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Caldwell", inside surveyofcemeteri0002milf_h9x0not searchable: surveyofcemeteri0002milf_h9x0 (A survey of cemeteries in Chambers County, Alabama ) is a lending-library book: borrow it on archive.org and search it in a browser
  4. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Caldwell", inside memorialrecordof00tayl12 pages; first: [Memorial record of Alabama. A concise account of the state's political, military, professional and industrial progress, together with the personal memoirs of many of its people, 1893, p. 526](https://archive.org/details/memorialrecordof00tayl/page/n526/mode/1up?q=Caldwell); [Memorial record of Alabama. A concise account of the state's political, military, professional and industrial progress, together with the personal memoirs of many of its people, 1893, p. 562](https://archive.org/details/memorialrecordof00tayl/page/n562/mode/1up?q=Caldwell); [Memorial record of Alabama. A concise account of the state's political, military, professional and industrial progress, together with the personal memoirs of many of its people, 1893, p. 563](https://archive.org/details/memorialrecordof00tayl/page/n563/mode/1up?q=Caldwell); 6 with the given name (John, Nicholson, Owen)
  5. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Caldwell", inside historyofalabama01owen19 pages; first: [History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, 1921, p. 150](https://archive.org/details/historyofalabama01owen/page/n150/mode/1up?q=Caldwell); [History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, 1921, p. 164](https://archive.org/details/historyofalabama01owen/page/n164/mode/1up?q=Caldwell); [History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, 1921, p. 166](https://archive.org/details/historyofalabama01owen/page/n166/mode/1up?q=Caldwell); 11 with the given name (John, Nicholson, Owen)
  6. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Caldwell", inside wpafilesrandco012 pages; first: [W.P.A. files, marriage records from the Dept. of Alabama Archives and history, Montgomery, Alabama, Randolph County, Alabama marriages, [19-, p. 127](https://archive.org/details/wpafilesrandco01/page/n127/mode/1up?q=Caldwell); [W.P.A. files, marriage records from the Dept. of Alabama Archives and history, Montgomery, Alabama, Randolph County, Alabama marriages, [19-, p. 45](https://archive.org/details/wpafilesrandco01/page/n45/mode/1up?q=Caldwell); 1 with the given name (John, Nicholson, Owen)
  7. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Caldwell", inside northernalabamah00birm18 pages; first: [Northern Alabama, historical and biographical.., 1888, p. 103](https://archive.org/details/northernalabamah00birm/page/n103/mode/1up?q=Caldwell); [Northern Alabama, historical and biographical.., 1888, p. 278](https://archive.org/details/northernalabamah00birm/page/n278/mode/1up?q=Caldwell); [Northern Alabama, historical and biographical.., 1888, p. 278](https://archive.org/details/northernalabamah00birm/page/n278/mode/1up?q=Caldwell); 9 with the given name (John, Nicholson, Owen)
  8. 2026-11-09Internet Archive: "Caldwell", inside historyofalabama02chic10 pages; first: [History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography,, 1921, p. 20](https://archive.org/details/historyofalabama02chic/page/n20/mode/1up?q=Caldwell); [History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography,, 1921, p. 22](https://archive.org/details/historyofalabama02chic/page/n22/mode/1up?q=Caldwell); [History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography,, 1921, p. 23](https://archive.org/details/historyofalabama02chic/page/n23/mode/1up?q=Caldwell); 6 with the given name (John, Nicholson, Owen)
  9. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "John Caldwell", Alabama (30,227 pages); "John Nicholson Owen Caldwell" (none)Not him: Caldwell family histories of South Carolina and Pennsylvania, Calhoun family; namesakes only; the phrase is too common for its first hits to be him, and no hit names his place or family.
  10. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Caldwell" inside *W.P.A. Files … Randolph County, Alabama, Marriages*Match (high): "John N. O. Caldwell — N. E. Cummings — Married by J. G. Johnson, Minister of the Gospel," dated May 19, 1907 (date column read on the page image, scan n127). Agrees with the tree's marriage to Nancy Ellen Cummings, 19 May 1907, Randolph County; the officiant is new. [WPA record](../documents/undated-wpa-randolph-marriage-caldwell-cummings.md). The other hit (C. H. Caldwell, 1899) is someone else.
  11. 2026-11-09Internet Archive assessment: "Caldwell" inside *Memorial Record* (12), Owen vols. 1–2 (29), *Northern Alabama* (18); Chambers cemetery survey (lending library)Not him: Dr. John D. Caldwell, John H. Caldwell of Calhoun, Mary A. Caldwell, D. K. Caldwell of Scottsboro, a lumber firm.
  12. 2026-11-09Internet Archive hits assessed: 8 searchesOne match (WPA marriage transcript; record written).
  13. 2026-11-09DPLA: "John Nicholson Owen Caldwell"no matches
  14. 2026-11-09DPLA: "John Caldwell", Alabama3 pages; first: [An address on the life and character of John Caldwell Calhoun Delivered before the citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, on the Fourth July, 1850 (University of Chicago), 1850, p. ](http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100734301); [Union (National Portrait Gallery), 1852, p. ](http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4902f213c-5ccf-4ea5-93d0-028b30e4d236); [James R. Reinhard Oral History Interview Transcript (expand image to view) (State Historical Society of Missouri), 1997-07-23, p. ](http://cdm17228.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ohc/id/581)
  15. 2026-11-09DPLA assessment: "John Caldwell", Alabama (3 items)Not him: an 1850 Montgomery address on John Caldwell Calhoun by William L. Yancey, an 1852 engraving ("Union") with Calhoun among its subjects, and a 1997 Missouri oral history.
  16. 2026-11-09DPLA hits assessed: 2 searchesNo match.

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVVD-4QB: birth 17 May 1834, Meriwether, Georgia, no source attached; parents David Allen Caldwell and Aryann A. Owen "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, John Nicholson Owens. Record: John Nicholson Owens, Find a Grave Index back to the text
  2. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, John N O Caldwell and Analiza B Killgore, 02 Dec 1852. Record: John N O Caldwell and Analiza B Killgore, 02 Dec 1852 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, John N. O. Caldwell and Analiza B. Kilgore, 05 Dec 1852. Record: John N. O. Caldwell and Analiza B. Kilgore, 05 Dec 1852 "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957", FamilySearch, John N. O. Caldwell, 5 Dec 1852. Record: John N. O. Caldwell, Alabama Marriages, 5 Dec 1852 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVVD-4QB: marriage 2 or 5 Dec 1852, Chambers, Alabama back to the text
  3. "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, John N O Coldwell, 1860. Record: John N O Coldwell, 1860 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVVD-4QB: residence 1860, Southern Division, Randolph, Alabama back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVVD-4QB: military service Nov 1862 to 20 Jun 1865: Company F/I 25th Alabama Infantry CSA, captured at Missionary Ridge, interned at Rock Island, paroled 20 June 1865; no source attached; military service 1907, Goldville, Tallapoosa "Alabama, Census of Confederate Veterans, 1907, 1921, 1927", FamilySearch, John Nickalson Owen Caldwell, 1907. Record: John Nickalson Owen Caldwell, Alabama Census of Confederate Veterans, 1907 back to the text
  5. "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, John O. Caldwell, 1880. Record: John O. Caldwell, 1880 "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, Jonh N O Caldwell, 1900. Record: Jonh N O Caldwell, 1900 "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, John O Caldwell, Jr, 1910. Record: John O Caldwell, Jr, 1910 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVVD-4QB: residence 1880, Almond, Clay; 1900 and 1910, Election Precinct 11 Almond, Clay back to the text
  6. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVVD-4QB: spouse Analiza Benager Broughton Kilgore, 1835-1905 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, John N O Caldwell and N E Cummings, 19 May 1907. Record: John N O Caldwell and N E Cummings, 19 May 1907 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVVD-4QB: marriage 19 May 1907, Randolph, Alabama, to Nancy Ellen Cummings back to the text
  7. W.P.A. transcript of Randolph County marriages: John N. O. Caldwell and N. E. Cummings, 19 May 1907, W.P.A. Files, Marriage Records from the Department of Alabama Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama: Randolph County, Alabama, Marriages (typescript, Works Progress Administration, n.d.): scan n127: May 19, 1907 — John N. O. Caldwell — N. E. Cummings — Married by J. G. Johnson, Minister of the Gospel; W.P.A. Files, Marriage Records from the Department of Alabama Archives and History, typescript, n.d. back to the text
  8. "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, J. ... Coldwell in entry for Martin Walter Coldwell, 30 May 1910. Record: J. ... Coldwell in entry for Martin Walter Coldwell, 30 May 1910 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, John Caldwell in entry for David Allen Caldwell, 1939. Record: John Caldwell in entry for David Allen Caldwell, 1939 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, John Caldwell in entry for James Simion Caldwell, 1943. Record: John Caldwell in entry for James Simion Caldwell, 1943 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, John Caldwell in entry for George Augustus Caldwell, 1946. Record: John Caldwell in entry for George Augustus Caldwell, 1946 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, John Owen Caldwell in entry for John Will Caldwell, 1950. Record: John Owen Caldwell in entry for John Will Caldwell, 1950 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, John Caldwell in entry for Howell Green Caldwell, 1952. Record: John Caldwell in entry for Howell Green Caldwell, 1952 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, John Caldwell in entry for Mary Ann Branson, 1953. Record: John Caldwell in entry for Mary Ann Branson, 1953 "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", FamilySearch, John Caldwell in entry for Richard Benjamin Caldwell, 3 April 1958. Record: John Caldwell in entry for Richard Benjamin Caldwell, Texas, 3 April 1958 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVVD-4QB: no children recorded back to the text
  9. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LVVD-4QB: death 4 Apr 1917, Wadley, Clay, Alabama; burial 1917, Mount Gilead Community Church Cemetery, Sikesville, Clay "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, John Nickalis Owens Caldwell, 4 Apr 1917. Record: John Nickalis Owens Caldwell, Alabama Deaths, 4 Apr 1917 "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch, John Nicholson Owen Caldwell. Record: John Nicholson Owen Caldwell, Find a Grave Index back to the text
Every FamilySearch record attached to John Nicholson Owen Caldwell (39)
  1. 02 Dec 1852John N O Caldwell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  2. 02 Dec 1852John N O Caldwell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  3. 02 Dec 1852John N O Caldwell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  4. 05 Dec 1852John N O Caldwell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  5. 05 Dec 1852John N. O. Caldwell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  6. 5 Dec 1852John N. O. Caldwell, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  7. 1852John N. O. Caldwell, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  8. 05 Dec 1852John O Caldwell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  9. 05 Dec 1852John O Caldwell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  10. 1860John N O Coldwell, "United States, Census, 1860"
  11. 1880John O Caldwell, "United States Census, 1880"
  12. 15 May 1892V.O. Caldwell parent of groom, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  13. 1900Jonh N O Caldwell, "United States, Census, 1900"
  14. 19 May 1907John N O Caldwell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  15. 1907John Nickalson Owen Caldwell, "Alabama, Census of Confederate Veterans, 1907, 1921, 1927"
  16. 30 May 1910J. ... Coldwell, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  17. 1910John O Caldwell, Jr, "United States, Census, 1910"
  18. 4 Apr 1917John Nickalis Owens Caldwell, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  19. 4 Apr 1917La... Nickleson Am... Caldwell, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  20. 1939John Caldwell in entry for David Allen Caldwell, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
  21. 1943John Caldwell, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  22. 1946John Caldwell, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  23. 1950John Owen Caldwell in entry for John Will Caldwell, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
  24. 1952John Caldwell in entry for Howell Green Caldwell, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
  25. 1953John Caldwell, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  26. 3 April 1958John Caldwell, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977"
  27. Alabama Civil War Soldiers 1860-1865
  28. Alabama Confederate Pension and Service Records 1862-1947
  29. Alabama Confederate Pension and Service Records 1862-1947
  30. Alabama Death Index 1908-1959
  31. Alabama Death Index 1908-1959 #2
  32. Alabama Deaths and Burials Index 1881-1974
  33. Alabama Deaths and Burials Index 1881-1974 #2
  34. Alabama Texas and Virginia Confederate Pensions 1884-1958
  35. Alabama Texas and Virginia Confederate Pensions 1884-1958
  36. John Nicholson Owen Caldwell, "Find a Grave Index"
  37. John O Caldwell, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  38. Legacy NFS Source: John Nickalson Owen CALDWELL -
  39. U S Veterans Gravesites 1775-2019