He was educated by private tutors, attended Phillips-Exeter Academy and Yale College. He dropped out of Yale to study the ministry. After a year he changed his mind and started the study of Law. He became one of the original faculty of the Law School of the University of Louisiana, now know as Tulane University. He taught from 1847 to 1864.
In 1841 he was appointed Judge of the United States District of Louisiana by President Tyler. He was in office until 1861.
He married Agnes Bullitt, the daughter of Octavia Pannell and William Bullitt of New Orleans in 1832. They had five daughters and one son.
He was bequeated the "Hermitage Plantation" in Mississippi by his uncle Jonathan McCaleb. This is were he died and was buried.
He was educated by private tutors, attended Phillips-Exeter Academy and Yale College. He dropped out of Yale to study the ministry. After a year he changed his mind and started the study of Law. He became one of the original faculty of the Law School of the University of Louisiana, now know as Tulane University. He taught from 1847 to 1864.
In 1841 he was appointed Judge of the United States District of Louisiana by President Tyler. He was in office until 1861.
He married Agnes Bullitt, the daughter of Octavia Pannell and William Bullitt of New Orleans in 1832. They had five daughters and one son.
He was bequeated the "Hermitage Plantation" in Mississippi by his uncle Jonathan McCaleb. This is were he died and was buried.
Family Members
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Thomas Farrar McCaleb
1795–1832
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Laura Prince McCaleb Simonds
1798–1838
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Emily Hillsman McCaleb Green
1799–1829
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Evelina Mathilda McCaleb Metcalfe Hammett
1802–1865
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David William McCaleb Jr
1803–1847
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Frederick Augustus McCaleb
1808–1830
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Martha Araminta McCaleb Byrnes
1808–1828
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Lucinda Jane McCaleb Guion
1812–1843
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Eleonora Jefferson McCaleb
1814–1816
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Charles Demetrius McCaleb
1815–1819
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Edwin Hared McCaleb
1817–1884
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