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Submitted: 1/17/22 • Approved: 1/17/22 • Last Updated: 1/20/22 • R482319-G0-S3
1849-1935
*Photo/information, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Obituary
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume II-Number 21, Thursday, May 9, 1935, Page 1)
John Kerr Caldwell, well-known Wheeler county ranchman, and native of Scotland, died Thursday, May 2, at his home in the Myrtle community following an illness of some time.
Caldwell was 85 years and five months old at the time of his death. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1849. He was married in Vernon, Texas in 1888.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Tryphena Caldwell, he is survived by two daughters, Miss Janet Caldwell of Chicago, and Mrs. Nellie Eunice Gregg of Wichita Falls. Another daughter preceded him in death. The family had made their home in the Myrtle community, 14 miles east of Wheeler, for the past 35 years.
Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist church at Kelton Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev. John R. Bright, pastor of this circuit, and interment was made in the Kelton cemetery.
Numerous friends and acquaintances over this and adjoining counties join the family in mourning the death of the aged man.
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: John Kerr Caldwell
Death Date: 2 May 1935
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 26279
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: John Kerr Coldwell
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 85
Birth Date: 7 Nov 1849
Birth Place: Glasgow, Scotland
Residence: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 2 May 1935
Death Place: Precinct 1, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Father: James Caldwell
Mother: Janet Ramsey
Spouse: Leighton Caldwell
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