John Henry Caldwell (1826-1902) - Find a Grave Memorial

U.S. Congressman. Educated at Bacon College Kentucky, he taught school in Limestone County, Alabama, for four years. Moving to Jacksonville, Alabama, he was principal of the Jacksonville Female Academy, (1848-52) and of the Jacksonville Male Academy, (1853-57). In addition, he was editor of the Jacksonville Republican, (1851-52) and editor of the Sunny South, in 1855. He was a member of the Alabama State House of Representatives (1857-58), studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced to practice law in Jacksonville, Alabama. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he organized Company A of the 10th Alabama Regiment and served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate Army of Virginia. After the war, he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, serving (1873-77). Not a candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law until his death.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith