William Edward Calhoun (1850 - 1905)

Born 3 Aug 1850 in Laurens, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 9 May 1905 at age 54 in Wallis, Austin, Texas, United States

Biography

He was shot and killed by William Thomas Eldridge in the smoking room compartment aboard the Aransas Pass Railroad near Wallis, Texas. Eldridge is the same man who shot and killed his brother-in-law, William Dunovant. . On Monday, 14 Jan 1907, Eldridge was tried in Bellville, Austin Co., TX, for Calhoun's murder but was acquitted by the jury on the grounds of self-defense just as he was aquitted for killing William Dunovant.

Arlington Journal (Arlington, TX), Thur., 11 May 1905 . W. E. Calhoun Shot and Killed. . Wallis, Tex., May 10 – At 5:50 o‘clock yesterday morning just as the Davy Crockett train pulled into the Union Depot, W. T. Eldridge of San Antonio shot and killed W. E. Calhoun of Gainesville, who had gotten on at Eagle Lake. . Eldridge shot four times. The first shot killed Calhoun instantly, going in about one and a half inches below the pit of Calhoun‘s right arm and went through the backbone, breaking the spinal cord, the three other shots entering the shoulders and arms. Calhoun did not fire his gun. As he fell forward his gun fell on the seat unfired. . Albert Turner from Yoakum, who was sitting talking to Mr. Calhoun, was wounded by a bullet going through his arm. . Another tragedy was enacted, and another bloody chapter added to the history of south Texas, early last Tuesday morning, when W. T. Eldridge met and shot to death Ed Calhoun on a passenger train down in that section of the state. . Three years ago Eldridge shot Capt. James Dunovant to death on a passenger train down in that section of the state. . Since then two attempts have been made to assassinate Eldridge from Ambush, in one of which a steel bullet was sent through his body, passing through his lungs. . Calhoun, a brother-in-law, was accused of the shooting, and his death is the result. All parties formerly lived at Eagle Lake in Colorado county. . "United States Census, 1850," Laurens, South Carolina^[1]

P S Calhoun Male 34 South Carolina

Martha E Calhoun Female 32 South Carolina

Margt Calhoun Female 12 South Carolina

J E Calhoun Male 10 South Carolina

Patrick L Calhoun Male 8 South Carolina

Martha E Calhoun Female 6 South Carolina

Thomas T Calhoun Male 4 South Carolina

Benjamin F Calhoun Male 2 South Carolina

W G Coleman Male 26 South Carolina

"United States Census, 1860", Edgefield District, Edgefield, South Carolina^[2]

D L Calhoon Male 44 South Carolina

M A Calhoon Female 32 South Carolina

J C Calhoon Male 20 South Carolina

P F Calhoon Male 18 South Carolina

M E Calhoon Female 16 South Carolina

T T Calhoon Male 14 South Carolina

B F Calhoon Male 12 South Carolina

W E Calhoon Male 10 South Carolina

J A Calhoon Male 8 South Carolina

A G Calhoon Male 16 South Carolina

A E Calhoon Female 4 South Carolina

M T T Calhoon Female 10 South Carolina

H T Jenings Male 32 South Carolina

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40955310/william-edward-calhoun Glenwood Cemetery Houston, Harris County, Texas

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QJ-D8X : 12 April 2016), P S Calhoun, Laurens county, Laurens, South Carolina, United States; citing family 256, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZTC-QVB : 12 December 2017), D L Calhoon, 1860.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40955310/william-edward-calhoun
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 August 2020), memorial page for William Edward Calhoun (3 Aug 1850–9 May 1905), Find a Grave Memorial no. 40955310, citing Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8) .

Acknowledgments

This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.