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  John Caldwell
JOHN CALDWELL, of El Paso, is a native of Newberry, South Carolina, and a son of George Caldwell, who was born in that state, and was of Scotch lineage, tracing the line backward to ancestors who were related to Oliver Cromwell.
Caldwell was married to Miss Julia Lattier, a member of a French Creole family of Shreveport, and during their residence in El Paso they have made many friends.
Caldwell served for one term of two years as a member of the city council at El Paso, representing the first ward, and he is also adjutant of John C. Brown Camp, No. 468, United Confederate Veterans.
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 John Caldwell
John Caldwell was among the early immigrants to America of the Caldwell family.
John Caldwell was an elder in the Donegal Presbytery of Pennsylvania, representing the Chestnut Level Church.
John Caldwell and each of his children left a legacy to the history of the churches and governments in the colony and new republic of America.
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 John CALDWELL & Mary Jane R. DAVIS
Caldwell, was a young lady she went on horseback from Danville, Ky., to Tallahassee, Fla., returning by the same route and continuing on to Carrollton, Ill., a trip of 2,000 miles.
Caldwell became an active business man and by careful and judicious management of the two hundred acres left by his father added to the farm until he now owns one thousand acres, all adjoining and situated in the town, of Curran and Woodside.
Caldwell is somewhat of a sportsman, an ardent admirer of both guns and rod.
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 John Caldwell to Sherman Lee Thompson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
John Caldwell and Jean Armour were married in the Southend Church near Campbeltown where their four sons (one dying in infancy) were christened.
John CALDWELL, Jr., born 8 Dec. 1798 in Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland, died 8 Jul. 1873 in prob.
JOHN A. was born 14.Jan.1820 in Harrisburg, Mecklenburg Co., NC, and died Abt.
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 John Caldwell Holt - FUN Books
John Caldwell Holt (1923-85) is recognized by many as the father of the modern homeschooling movement and the person who coined the term "unschooling." He was the author of ten books about education.
John Holt was a keen and astute observer of children, with a passionate conviction that our children deserve much better.
John Holt reviewed the literature of education for the popular press of his time, but as his interests in children and learning expanded beyond school walls, so did his search for books and materials that would be useful to people who are learning without attending school.
www.fun-books.com /authors/John_Holt.htm   (1647 words)

  
 iPutney.com - “John Caldwell--Renaissance Man”
Caldwell believes that one of the main motivators for elite skiers is loyalty to their local community and club.
Caldwell is dismayed when he sees parents smothering their kids with too much gear or sheltering them from required work: “parents are apt to take the blame for their kids by apologizing for a poor wax job.
John realizes and accepts the importance of the changes taking place in the sport (“these days, the most important non-skiing member of the U.S. Team is the waxer”), but he maintains a healthy suspicion of unnecessary complexity.
www.iputney.com /article.php?story=20060225132206129   (1912 words)

  
 From Revolution to Reconstruction: Biographies: John C. Calhoun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Calhoun was vice president of the United States in 1824 under John Quincy Adams and was re-elected in 1828 under Andrew Jackson.
Jackson was for the Tariff of 1828 and caused Calhoun to be opposed to Jackson, which led to Calhoun's resignation in 1832.
John Caldwell Calhoun died in Washington, D.C. on March 31, 1850 and was buried in St. Phillips Churchyard in Charleston.
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 Mr. John Caldwell - CETO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
John Caldwell currently serves as a research fellow at the Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities (CETO), a think tank dedicated to identifying, examining, and determining solutions to emerging national security threats in support of Marine Corps operating forces.
Caldwell was a research staff member at the Institute for Defense Analyses, working at the Joint Experimentation Directorate, U. Joint Forces Command on military transformation and joint experimentation issues.
Caldwell has also organized seminars and wargames to examine enabling concepts, organization, processes, and emerging technologies that would contribute to enhanced future joint and combined operational capabilities.
www.ceto.quantico.usmc.mil /bios/jcaldwell.asp   (349 words)

  
 John Caldwell Calhoun — FactMonster.com
John Caldwell Calhoun: Nullification - Nullification As the preeminent spokesman for the South, Calhoun tried to reconcile the...
John Caldwell Calhoun: Early Career - Early Career Calhoun studied law under Tapping Reeve at Litchfield, Conn., and began (1808) his...
John Caldwell Calhoun: Political Philosophy - Political Philosophy His Disquisition on Government and Discourse on the Constitution and...
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 John Caldwell Calhoun
CALHOUN, John Caldwell, statesman, born in Abbeville district, South Carolina, 18 March, 1782; died in Washington, District of Columbia, 31 March, 1850.
In 1770 he married Martha Caldwell, a native of Virginia, daughter of an Irish Presbyterian immigrant, whose family was devoted to the American cause, and some of whom were badly treated by the Tories.
By heredity, John Caldwell Calhoun was therefore entitled to manhood from his race, to vigorous convictions in faith, and to patriotic devotion to liberty and right.
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 Calhoun, John Caldwell - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Calhoun, John Caldwell, 1782-1850, American statesman and political philosopher, b.
As the abolitionists grew stronger in the North, Calhoun became an outspoken apologist for slavery and made every effort to maintain the delicate balance between North and South in the Senate by opposing the prohibition of slavery in newly admitted states.
Again (1845-50) in the Senate, he advocated compromise in the Oregon boundary dispute but opposed the admission of California as a free state in the debates over the Compromise of 1850.
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 The History of Clemson University -- John Caldwell Calhoun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
John Caldwell Calhoun, born March 17, 1782, received his early formal education from Reverend Moses Waddel in Appling, Ga. Waddel, husband of Calhoun's older sister Catherine, became close to young John and nurtured his scholarship.
John C. Calhoun entered the national political arena in the election of 1810 at the age of 29.
John C. Calhoun was elected vice president in 1824 and served with President John Quincy Adams from 1825 to 1829.
www.clemson.edu /welcome/history/forthill/calhoun.htm   (2633 words)

  
 John Curtis Caldwell, USV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
John Curtis Caldwell was born on April 17, 1833 in Lowell, Vermont, the son of George M. and Elizabeth Curtis Caldwell.
Caldwell’s division was among the commands with the highest number of casualties, the general himself receiving two wounds.
Caldwell served with continued distinction during Meade’s pursuit of the Army of Northern Virginia from Pennsylvania, and also in the actions of the fall of 1863 and early 1864, receiving high praise from General Warren in the process.
www.civilwarinteractive.com /ArticleJohnCaldwell.htm   (3522 words)

  
 Civil War Manuscripts at the Southern Historical Collection, John Caldwell
John Caldwell served in Co. E, 33rd Regiment, North Carolina Troops.
In the letter that follows, dated 18 July 1863, Caldwell's commanding officer informed the boy's parents that "his little friend Jonny" had been mortally wounded in the battle at Gettysburg.
From the Caldwell Papers, #128, in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
www.lib.unc.edu /mss/exhibits/civilwar/caldwell.html   (331 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
John Caldwell, attorney and legislator, son of Adam and Phoebe (Gallion) Caldwell, was born on December 10, 1802, in Frankfort, Kentucky.
After the War of 1812, the Caldwells moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where John studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1823.
Caldwell died on October 22, 1870, and was buried in the Caldwell lot in the southeast corner of old Oakwood Cemetery, Austin.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/CC/fca11.html   (411 words)

  
 John Caldwell Calhoun
CALHOUN, John C. Born in the same year as Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun died two years before that statesman, who had been one of his political opponents.
John Caldwell Calhoun was born of Scottish parents on a frontier farm in Abbeville County, S.C. He was left fatherless when very young and received little early education.
The John C. Calhoun, SSBN 630, is a LaFayette Class submarine and was commissioned in 1964.
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 John Caldwell Calhoun
On a small plantation in Abbeville County, South Carolina, John Caldwell Calhoun was born on March 18, 1782.
He studied at Waddel's Academy in Georgia, graduated with honors from Yale in 1804, studied at Tapping Reeve's Law School in Litchfield, Connecticut, and was admitted to the bar in 1807.
Calhoun died on March 31, 1850, in Washington, D.C., and is buried in Charleston, South Carolina.
www.aoc.gov /cc/art/nsh/calhoun.cfm   (246 words)

  
 John Caldwell Calhoun Biography | Dictionary of Literary Biography
John C. Calhoun's significance in the realm of letters is threefold.
First, he successfully combined a career of political action with political thought and expression of a high order, in which he resembles the generation of Founding Fathers more than his own or later generations of statesmen.
John Caldwell Calhoun from Dictionary of Literary Biography.
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 John Caldwell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
She was born 1820 in Scotland., and died 21 July 1885 in Bobundarah NSW..
1 August 1887, John Caldwell's (her father) residence, Bobundarah NSW..
JOHN EDWARD JAMES SULLIVAN, 1916, Bombala NSW.; b.
www.cooma.nsw.gov.au /monaropioneers/caldwell-j.htm   (1200 words)

  
 Friendster - John Caldwell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
I've known John since the day I was born.
He came to visit me in the hospital, but was more excited about the elevator than he was about me. I'll forgive him.
John taught me many things as I grew up, including (but not limited to) donner kebabs, Indian rope burns, sledding, Beth Orton, and about being right-handed.
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 John Caldwell School - Home
On behalf of the staff, it is my pleasure to welcome you to John Caldwell School.
John Caldwell School offers a current and progressive curriculum to students from Kindergarten through grade twelve.
The website provides a list of scholarships available to any student in the Province of New Brunswick, as well as information on applying for a student loan or a student line of credit, and resources for obtaining summer employment.
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 Today in History: March 18
On March 18, 1782, John C. Calhoun was born near Abbeville, South Carolina.
Calhoun became a congressman, senator, secretary of war, secretary of state, and vice president of the United States.
For more material on the movement to abolish slavery, go to the Abolition section of African American Odyssey, or the Abolition section of The African-American Mosaic.
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 Amazon.ca: Desperate Voyage: Books: John Caldwell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
I had the pleasure of meeting James Caldwell while sailing in the Caribbean in 1985.
John Caldwell was desperate to get back to the woman that war had seperated him from.
Caldwell's courage in facing challenge was born out of naivete - he only had a vague notion of what he was taking on.
www.amazon.ca /Desperate-Voyage-John-Caldwell/dp/0924486201   (843 words)

  
 Picture History - John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850)
John C. Calhoun was a political leader and the preeminent spokesperson for the states-rights doctrine and slavery in the South.
He was vice president under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.
It was in his last address to the Senate, made shortly before his death in 1850, that he warned of the disruption of the Union unless slavery was protected in the South.
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 Calhoun, John Caldwell. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Calhoun first served as Vice President (1825–29) under John Quincy Adams.
Thus, while serving briefly (1844–45) as Secretary of State under John Tyler, he completed negotiations for the admission of Texas as a slave state, but later tried to avert war with Mexico.
Again (1845–50) in the Senate, he advocated compromise in the Oregon boundary dispute but opposed the admission of California as a free state in the debates over the Compromise of 1850.
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 Comic creator: John Caldwell
John Caldwell began his career doing campaign posters for a classmate.
Later, his cartoons, with their spindly-headed humanoids, frequently appeared in National Lampoon, Playboy and Mad.
He also produced a newspaper panel cartoon called 'Caldwell', which ran from 1985 to 1989.
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 John Caldwell Calhoun   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
John Wesley Jarvis (1780—1840), portrait and miniature painter, engraver, and sculptor, was born in England.
His family came to America about 1785, where he was apprenticed to engraver Edward Savage in Philadelphia.
He began painting portraits in his early twenties, established a studio in New York City where Henry Inman and John Quidor studied, and became the foremost portrait painter in New York until he was paralyzed in 1834.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/sw-sa/Calhoun.htm   (110 words)

  
 John Caldwell Calhoun
August 2006: "John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was a prominent United States politician from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century.
This legacy ties Calhoun to the South Carolina-led Southern rebellion against the federal government, but he spent his entire career working for that government in a variety of high offices in Washington, DC.
Calhoun served as the seventh Vice President of the United States, first under John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) and then under Andrew Jackson (1829-1832), but resigned the Vice Presidency to enter the United States Senate, where he had more power.
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