Allen Thurman Caldwell (1888 - 1949)

Born 18 Jul 1888 in Springville, St. Clair, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lois Hazeltine (Dalton) Caldwell — married 7 Mar 1917 in Walthall, Webster, Mississippi

Descendants

Died 5 May 1949 at age 60 in District of Columbia

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Biography

James was a son of James Crenshaw Caldwell and Sarah Louisa Stone. He married Lois Hazeltine Dalton in 1917.^[1] James passed away in 1949.

BECO Employes News

1949, page 11.

A.T. Caldwell Dies - Allen T. Caldwell, former Car House foreman in the Transportation Department, died in Washington, D.C., on May 5. He was first employed by the Company in 1907, left for a few months in 1910 and returned for continuous employment in November of that year. He was made Car House foreman in 1917 and remained in that capacity until March 1, 1946, when ill health caused him to retire. Mr. Caldwell was a Shriner and a member of the West End Baptist Church. Besides his widow, he is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Walter Drury of Washington, D.C.; two sons, Robert A. Caldwell of Washington, D.C.; and James D. Caldwell of Atlanta; two sisters, Mrs. O.D. Fruitticher and Miss Maude Caldwell of Birmingham; four brothers, E.C. and O.C. Caldwell of Birmingham, J.B. Caldwell of Fairfield, and Ralph W. Caldwell of Phoenix, Arizona. O.C. Caldwell, brother of the deceased, is a long time employe of BECO in the Mechanical Division of the Transportation Department. Interment was in Elmwood Cemetery with the following BECO employes as active pallbearers: S.G. Smith, J.C. Edwards, J.H. Green, D.E. Williams, E.G. Sisson, and F.E. Lollar.^[2]

Find a Grave Memorial of Allen Thurman Caldwell

ALLEN T CALDWELL / JULY 18 1889 / May 5 1949

Sources

1. ↑ "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:81GS-9HW2 : 10 September 2020), Mr A T Calwell or Caldwell, 7 Mar 1917; citing Marriage, Webster, Mississippi, United States, 00219, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.
2. ↑ "A.T. Caldwell Dies," BECO Employes News, Birmingham, Alabama, 1949, page 11.

• Caldwell and Dalton Families, Caldwell Family Register (n.p.: n.pub., n.d.); present owner unknown, Birmingham, Alabama
• 1900 Census of the United States. Household of James Caldwell, enumerated 6 June 1900. Saint Clair County, Alabama - Caldwell Series T623, Roll 38, ED 100, page 2B (27B). "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9DB-RFN : accessed 22 December 2021), Allen T Caldwell in household of James C Caldwell, Precincts 2, 18 Oldtown, Caldwell, St. Clair, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 100, sheet 2B, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,038.
• Military Draft, WWI Draft Registration Card of Allen Thurman Caldwell, M1509, Roll 1509350; Birth: Springville, Alabama, 18 July 1888. (Washington, D. C.: National Archives and Records Administration), 5 June 1917, Birmingham, Alabama
• A. T. Caldwell and Lois Dalton Marriage Affidavit, 7 March 1917, Webster County, Mississippi.
• 1920 U. S. Federal Census. Household of Allen T. Caldwell, enumerated 8 January 1920. Jefferson County, Alabama - Birmingham. Series T625, Roll 22, ED 20, page 11A (99).
• 1930 U. S. Federal Census. Household of Allen T. Caldwell, enumerated 2 April 1930. Jefferson County, Alabama - Birmingham City. Series T626, Roll 23, ED 10, page 3A.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V15L-MX4 : 5 January 2021), Allen T Caldwell, Election Precinct 9, Jefferson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 68-26, sheet 7B, line 46, family 151, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 91. enumerated 8 April 1940
• Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama; Lot N 1/2 347 Sect 1st Ad Block 5, interment #28891.