My grandfather Joseph Ira Caldwell,Sr. is Oscar Caldwell's half-brother. After Oscar's mother died his father married Nancy Carnahan. They had one child named Joseph Ira Caldwell. Soon after Joseph's father (Stewart Caldwell) died, his mother moved to Nebraska. Joseph was about six years old when he and his mother moved to Nebraska. I don't know if Oscar and Joseph ever knew each other, although one would have to think they did as they were both lived in Mercer County, Illinois at the same time.
My wife and I visited the farm that Nancy and Joseph farmed in Pawnee County Nebraska.
Kenneth Caldwell
Thanks to Linda Linn for doing the research on Oscar's Civil War information and the picture of his headstone.
"U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
about Oscar W. Caldwell
Name: Oscar W. Caldwell
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Illinois
Regiment Name: 140 Illinois Infantry (100 Days, 1864.)
Regiment Name Expanded: 140th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (100 days, 1864)
Company: G
Rank In: Corporal
Rank In Expanded: Corporal
Rank Out: Corporal
Rank Out Expanded: Corporal
Film Number: M539 roll 13"
My wife and I visited the farm that Nancy and Joseph farmed in Pawnee County Nebraska.
Kenneth Caldwell
Thanks to Linda Linn for doing the research on Oscar's Civil War information and the picture of his headstone.
"U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
about Oscar W. Caldwell
Name: Oscar W. Caldwell
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Illinois
Regiment Name: 140 Illinois Infantry (100 Days, 1864.)
Regiment Name Expanded: 140th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (100 days, 1864)
Company: G
Rank In: Corporal
Rank In Expanded: Corporal
Rank Out: Corporal
Rank Out Expanded: Corporal
Film Number: M539 roll 13"
My grandfather Joseph Ira Caldwell,Sr. is Oscar Caldwell's half-brother. After Oscar's mother died his father married Nancy Carnahan. They had one child named Joseph Ira Caldwell. Soon after Joseph's father (Stewart Caldwell) died, his mother moved to Nebraska. Joseph was about six years old when he and his mother moved to Nebraska. I don't know if Oscar and Joseph ever knew each other, although one would have to think they did as they were both lived in Mercer County, Illinois at the same time.
My wife and I visited the farm that Nancy and Joseph farmed in Pawnee County Nebraska.
Kenneth Caldwell
Thanks to Linda Linn for doing the research on Oscar's Civil War information and the picture of his headstone.
"U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
about Oscar W. Caldwell
Name: Oscar W. Caldwell
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Illinois
Regiment Name: 140 Illinois Infantry (100 Days, 1864.)
Regiment Name Expanded: 140th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (100 days, 1864)
Company: G
Rank In: Corporal
Rank In Expanded: Corporal
Rank Out: Corporal
Rank Out Expanded: Corporal
Film Number: M539 roll 13"
My wife and I visited the farm that Nancy and Joseph farmed in Pawnee County Nebraska.
Kenneth Caldwell
Thanks to Linda Linn for doing the research on Oscar's Civil War information and the picture of his headstone.
"U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
about Oscar W. Caldwell
Name: Oscar W. Caldwell
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Illinois
Regiment Name: 140 Illinois Infantry (100 Days, 1864.)
Regiment Name Expanded: 140th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (100 days, 1864)
Company: G
Rank In: Corporal
Rank In Expanded: Corporal
Rank Out: Corporal
Rank Out Expanded: Corporal
Film Number: M539 roll 13"
