From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:
John Caldwell (deceased) was born at Newtonlimavady, County Londonderry, Ireland, in the spring of 1790, son of James and Sarah (Wilson) Caldwell, who were of Scotch ancestry. In 1804, his wife being deceased, James Caldwell came with his only child (the subject of this memoir) to Pittsburgh, where he engaged in the tanning business; he died within a year or two after,
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