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Caleb Franklin Smith (1840 - 1915)

Caleb Franklin Smith
Born in Cabarrus, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , and [half]
Husband of — married 4 Dec 1878 in Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolinamap
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Father of , , , and
Died at age 75 in Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

Caleb Franklin Smith was born December 6, 1840 in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States; the 11th child born to parents Mathias Smith and Margaret Josey .[1]
Served Company F (Cabarrus Rangers) out of Concord, 1st Regiment North Carolina Calvary, Civil War.
Caleb married Julia Ann Crowell (daughter of Leah Cress and James Crowell) on April 26, 1868[2] in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina. [3]Sadly, Julia passed away July 25, 1877 leaving Caleb a widow with 4 young children:[4]
  1. Channing Lamar (1869 - 1946) [5]
  2. Charles Albert (1872 - 1950) [6]
  3. Gilbert Emory (1873 - 1948) [7]
  4. Cora Frances (1876 - 1911) [8]
Caleb married a second time on December 26, 1878 to Sarah "Sallie" Faggart; he was 39 and she was 18 years old[9]Together they had an additional ten children:
  1. William Peyton (1879 - 1948) [10]
  2. Minnie Ada (2882 - 1971)[11]
  3. Lewis Oscar (1884 - 1976)[12]
  4. John Lytton (1886 - 1959)[13]
  5. Randolph Rodney (1888 - 1969)[14]
  6. Lucy Ann (1890 - 1977)[15]
  7. Zebulon Baird (1894 - 1951) [16]
  8. Agnes Marcella (1895 - 1980)[17]
  9. Virginia Frances (1899 - 1991)[18]
  10. Etta Belle (1901 - 2003) possibly a granddaughter
Caleb Franklin died on December 25, 1915 from "lobar pneumonia"[19] in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Caleb's interment was on December 26, 1915 in Mount Hermon Lutheran Church Cemetery[20] of Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States.[21]
There have been rumors that Caleb's old home outside of Concord is haunted as well as the cemetery where his body was interred. There is an article from the April 16, 1873 issue of "The Greensboro Patriot" with a scan on his FindaGrave Memorial Page and several websites cited below.[22]



Military

Note: Nature Caleb Franklin Smith: Enlisted at the age of 21, June 15, 1861 for the Civil War-was mustered in as Pvt. and appointed Corporal in April 1863. Wounded in the leg at Upperville, Virginia on June 21, 1863 and carried on Company Muster Rolls as absent; wounded through December of 1864. He retired to "Invalid Corps" on December 5, 1864 and was assigned to light duty with the commandant of conscripts for North Carolina on January 5, 1865. He served in Company F, 1st Regiment, North Carolina Calvary.


Facts

  • Fact: Residence (1850) Cabarrus, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1860) Subdivision East N C R R, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1880) Dutch Buffalo, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1900) Township 9, Smiths, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
  • Fact: Residence (1910) Township 11, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
  • Fact: Burial Mount Hermon Lutheran Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States


Sources

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  • "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BW-HKF : 23 December 2020), Caleb Smith in household of Mathias Smith, Cabarrus, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSS-D58W : 10 March 2021), C F Smith and Julia A Crowell, 26 Apr 1868; citing Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
Marriage License Image: [24]
  • "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSS-H296 : 10 March 2021), C F Smith and Sallie Faggart, 24 Dec 1878; citing Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm.
Marriage License Image: [25]
  • "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC66-QJZ : 14 January 2022), Caleb F. Smith, Township 9 Smiths, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
  • "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH5Q-RF4 : 8 December 2014), C F Smith in entry for John Lytton Smith, 03 May 1886; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 1, p. 240, Cabarrus, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  • "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH5Q-RFZ : 8 December 2014), C F Smith in entry for Zebulon Baird Smith, 05 Mar 1894; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 1, p. 244, Cabarrus, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML3M-P8X : accessed 20 January 2023), Caleb F Smith, Township 11, Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 45, sheet 19A, family 333, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1100; FHL microfilm 1,375,113.
  • "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3CL-P5H : 20 February 2021), C. F. Smith, 25 Dec 1915; citing Cabarrus County, North Carolina, reference fn 139 cn 251, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,877,965.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54022560/caleb-franklin-smith: accessed 20 January 2023), memorial page for Caleb Franklin Smith (6 Dec 1840–25 Dec 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 54022560, citing Mount Hermon Lutheran Church Cemetery, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Brenda Kale Ballard (contributor 47147620).
Memorial Page Here: [26]
Memorial Page Here: [27]


See Also:
* on 1st Regiment, North Carolina Calvary -
[28]
* FamilySearch Profile: [29]
* Haunted Cemeteries in NC: [30]


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