City: McMinnville
CALDWELL, William A., real estate broker; born Shannondale, Ind., May 15, 1861; Scotch-Irish and Dutch descent; son of David A. and Elizabeth (Mount) CALDWELL; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Robert and Sibby (Russel) CALDWELL; maternal grandparents Atwell and Lucinda (Fullenwider) MOUNT; educated in Illinois and Indiana; graduated from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., and Eastern Illinois Normal School; received degrees B.S., 1888; A.M., 1893, and B. Pd., 1900; in early life he was a farmer, later taught school; married Lizzie B. NELSON, Aug. 18, 1891; member Tribe of Ben-Hur, Newport (Ky.) No. 1; secretary Warren County Republican Executive Committee; superintendent of Indian Schools, 1891-1894; president Henry Kendall College, Muskogee, I.T., 1894-1897; High School work after that until 1905; secretary and manager of Business Men’s League, McMinnville, Tenn.; member of Presbyterian church, and elder in same; owner of real estate.
