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Dr Ezekiel Noble Calhoun

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Dr Ezekiel Noble Calhoun

Birth
Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
Death
13 Mar 1875 (aged 75)
Burial
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.7486466, Longitude: -84.3741691
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Father: William "Billy" Calhoun (1768-1821)
Mother: Rebecca Tonneyhill (1772-1828 )
12/05/1821 - Father, William, died in Abbeville District, SC
12/20/1826 - Married, Lucy Barton Wellborn (1803-1883)
1830 - Lived, Decatur, DeKalb Co., GA
1830-1832 - Attempted to establish a militia, the DeKalb County Artillery, "to protect the settlement from nearby Cherokee Indians"
11/04/1850 - Practiced medicine, Decatur, DeKalb Co., GA (living with wife, Lucy B. Calhoun, and six children; indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as E. N. Calhoun)
09/23/1859 - President of the Democratic Party of Fulton Co., GA
06/13/1860 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (living with wife, "S. B. Calhoun" and five children; indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as E. N. Calhoun)
1861- Younger brother, James Montgomery Calhoun, was mayor of Atlanta, GA
07/30/1861 - Called to preside at meeting of citizens in Atlanta, GA, "to consult on measures promotive of the public good, in connection with our volunteer soldiers"
10/12/1861 - On a Certificate of Disability, "I certify that I have carefully examined the said, Gustavius A. Doyal, of Capt. Dunn's company, & find him incapable of performing the duties of a Soldier, because of Deafness. E. H. Calhoun, Surgeon, [Col. William H. ]Stile's Regt. [4th GA Battalion]"
10/25/1861 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
10/25/1861 - As Surgeon, ordered to report to the 4th GA Battalion
12/07/1861 - "Dr. E. N. Calhoun has returned from the army on the coast and resumed
his practice in this city. We are glad to see him again in our midst, for we really feel safer when we are in reach of "Calhoun Pills." [Southern Confederacy, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 7, 1861, p. 3, c. 1.]
09/02/1864 - Brother, James Montgomery Calhoun, as mayor of Atlanta, formally surrendered the city to the Union Army, stating "Sir: The fortune of war has placed Atlanta in your hands. As mayor of the city I ask protection of non- combatants and private property."
06/21/1870 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (living with wife, Lucy B. Calhoun, and two children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as E. N. Calhoun)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA
03/13/1875 - Died of pleural pneumonia, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co. GA; FindAGrave #52505902)
02/11/1884 - Widow, Lucy, died (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co. GA; FindAGrave #52505916)
10/07/1884 - "I am happy to say that the Calhoun Liver Pills prepared by my old friend and neighbor, Dr. E. N. Calhoun, have been found in my own experience and also among my friends, one of the safest and most efficacious remedies for billiousness [sic- biliousness] affections and disorders of the liver that I know. Their timely use would prevent many of the malarial and typhoid fevers of the day, Respectfully, S. Root, Grant Park Commissioner, Atlanta, GA" (The Atlanta Constitution, July 25, 1886, p. 11, c. 7.)

Judy Brantley/Wilson provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
09/05/2016. Updated 02/18//2020
Unpublished database.

The following biographical sketch was added by Judy K. Brantley/Wilson, the creator of this memorial:

Ezekiel was a son of William 'Billy' Calhoun & Rebecca Tonneyhill. Dr. Ezekiel Noble Calhoun and his younger brother James Montgomery Calhoun moved to Decatur, Dekalb County, Georgia after their mother died in Abbeville in 1828.
Father: William "Billy" Calhoun (1768-1821)
Mother: Rebecca Tonneyhill (1772-1828 )
12/05/1821 - Father, William, died in Abbeville District, SC
12/20/1826 - Married, Lucy Barton Wellborn (1803-1883)
1830 - Lived, Decatur, DeKalb Co., GA
1830-1832 - Attempted to establish a militia, the DeKalb County Artillery, "to protect the settlement from nearby Cherokee Indians"
11/04/1850 - Practiced medicine, Decatur, DeKalb Co., GA (living with wife, Lucy B. Calhoun, and six children; indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as E. N. Calhoun)
09/23/1859 - President of the Democratic Party of Fulton Co., GA
06/13/1860 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (living with wife, "S. B. Calhoun" and five children; indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as E. N. Calhoun)
1861- Younger brother, James Montgomery Calhoun, was mayor of Atlanta, GA
07/30/1861 - Called to preside at meeting of citizens in Atlanta, GA, "to consult on measures promotive of the public good, in connection with our volunteer soldiers"
10/12/1861 - On a Certificate of Disability, "I certify that I have carefully examined the said, Gustavius A. Doyal, of Capt. Dunn's company, & find him incapable of performing the duties of a Soldier, because of Deafness. E. H. Calhoun, Surgeon, [Col. William H. ]Stile's Regt. [4th GA Battalion]"
10/25/1861 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
10/25/1861 - As Surgeon, ordered to report to the 4th GA Battalion
12/07/1861 - "Dr. E. N. Calhoun has returned from the army on the coast and resumed
his practice in this city. We are glad to see him again in our midst, for we really feel safer when we are in reach of "Calhoun Pills." [Southern Confederacy, Atlanta, GA, Dec. 7, 1861, p. 3, c. 1.]
09/02/1864 - Brother, James Montgomery Calhoun, as mayor of Atlanta, formally surrendered the city to the Union Army, stating "Sir: The fortune of war has placed Atlanta in your hands. As mayor of the city I ask protection of non- combatants and private property."
06/21/1870 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (living with wife, Lucy B. Calhoun, and two children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as E. N. Calhoun)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA
03/13/1875 - Died of pleural pneumonia, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co. GA; FindAGrave #52505902)
02/11/1884 - Widow, Lucy, died (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co. GA; FindAGrave #52505916)
10/07/1884 - "I am happy to say that the Calhoun Liver Pills prepared by my old friend and neighbor, Dr. E. N. Calhoun, have been found in my own experience and also among my friends, one of the safest and most efficacious remedies for billiousness [sic- biliousness] affections and disorders of the liver that I know. Their timely use would prevent many of the malarial and typhoid fevers of the day, Respectfully, S. Root, Grant Park Commissioner, Atlanta, GA" (The Atlanta Constitution, July 25, 1886, p. 11, c. 7.)

Judy Brantley/Wilson provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
09/05/2016. Updated 02/18//2020
Unpublished database.

The following biographical sketch was added by Judy K. Brantley/Wilson, the creator of this memorial:

Ezekiel was a son of William 'Billy' Calhoun & Rebecca Tonneyhill. Dr. Ezekiel Noble Calhoun and his younger brother James Montgomery Calhoun moved to Decatur, Dekalb County, Georgia after their mother died in Abbeville in 1828.

Bio by: SixDogTeam


Inscription

IN MEMORY OF
FATHER
E. N. CALHOUN M.D.
BORN OCT. 23, 1799
IN ABBEVILLE DISTRICT S. C.
DIED MCH. 13, 1875



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