Caldwell Family Bible

The Caldwell and Bounds Families
Calhoun and Yalobusha Counties, Mississippi
The above was transcribed for the internet, March 1, 2003, by Robert L. Caldwell

The following transcription is from a Bible originally owned by Alexander Caldwell and his wife Laura Louise Seale. The Caldwell’s settled in the area of Dividing Ridge in what is now Yalobusha County about 1871. They originated in Greene County, Alabama, where Alexander and Laura Louise were born in the 1830’s and married January 13, 1857. The Seale and Caldwell families migrated together to Mississippi. The Caldwell’s eventually settled in the area west of Banner, where they are buried in the Old Banner Cemetery. The Seale’s settled in the area of Mt. Nebo Church, where many of them are buried.

The Caldwell family Bible was passed on to the family of Albert Rufus Caldwell and Carrie Mae Bounds, who lived in Big Creek. The Bible itself is currently missing, having been misplaced in a succession of unfortunate deaths in the next family to inherit it. An active search is now in progress. This transcription is taken from photostatic copies made in the 1980’s.

The transcription below has been reproduced as accurately as possible with all the mistakes, repetitions, omissions, etc., just as they appear in the original. It is interesting that the surname Caldwell was sometimes definitely spelled Coldwell. The ‘o’ is clearly different from the ‘a’ in the word ‘was’.

Several different writers entered the original data in the Bible, and the writing is generally quite legible. Comments in square brackets have been added to clarify, explain, or expand the information. Only information for which there is definite proof has been annotated in this manner. Each name is expanded only on its first appearance, and the middle initial ‘B’ is ‘Bounds’ unless otherwise noted.

Births

A Caldwell was borned May 1834  -  [Alexander Caldwell]
L. L. Coldwell was born December the 25  1836 - [Laura Louise Seale]
I. E. Coldwell was born July the 17, 1862 - [Ida E. Caldwell]
J. S. Coldwell was born March the 15, 1858-  [John S. Caldwell]
M. H. Coldwell was born Febuary the 7, 1866 -  [Martha H. Caldwell]
M. G. Coldwell was born May the 8  1868 - [Madge Augusta Caldwell]
N. J. Coldwell was born April the 1  1860 - [Nancy J. Caldwell]
A. R. Coldwell was born March the 9, 1870 - [Albert Rufus Caldwell, born in AL]
S. M. Coldwell was born May the 19, 1872 - [Marshal Sidney Caldwell, born in MS] In the top margin of the page is: “M. S. Caldwell was born May 19, 1872”.
[From other records it is known that his name was Marshal Sidney, but he went by the nickname of “Judge” and was usually called “Uncle Judge” He died in Forrest City, Arkansas, of the flu on October 17, 1918, during the great influenza pandemic.]
A. G. Coldwell was born October the 4, 1874 - [Alice Gertrude Caldwell]
E. A. Coldwell was born October 1, 1876 - [Elizabeth Anna Caldwell]
R. A. Jones was born October the 8, 1884 - [Ruth Artelia Jones]
I. G. Snyder was born Sept the 6, 1887 - [I. Gessner Snyder]
Velma Pittman was born Feb. the 15 1889
Nona Lu Snyder was born Oct. the 24 1890
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Velma Pittman was born Feb the 15, 1889
Nona Snyder was born Oct the 24, 1890
Jewitt Pittman was borned Nov the 11, 1891
R. L. Snider was born Dec. the 31, 1892
[This has to be Fulton Snyder. I have no explanation for the initials.]
Grace Marie Caldwell was born June 27, 1904
Carrie M. Caldwell was born March 8th 1885 - [nee Carrie Mae Bounds]
Mary Louise Caldwell was born Feb 23, 1908
Clara Loyce Caldwell was born Aug 14, 1910
Bounds Caldwell Born Mar 13, 1913 - [He had no middle name.]
Rufus Leo Caldwell Born Jan 30, 1916
Madge Pittman was born Nov 17, 1894
Noel Pittman born Aug. 30, 1899
Leslie Bounds was borned Aug 4, 1897 - [Albert Leslie Bounds]
Mable Bounds was borned Oct. 10, 1899
Sellwyn Bounds was borned Sep. 16, 1902 - [Selwyn M. Bounds]
A. G. Bounds was borned Mar 2, 1857- [Albert Gallatin Bounds]
Mollie Aven was borned Jan 13, 1862 -[Mary Catherine Aven]
Wiley Bounds was borned Dec 27, 1880 - [Wiley K. Bounds]
Jennie Bounds was borned Dec 1, 1882 - [Virginia Catherine Bounds]
Carrie Bounds was borned Mar 8, 1885 - [Carrie Mae Bounds]
Vadie Bounds was borned Aug 28, 1886 - [Vadie Jane Bounds]
Lee Bounds was borned July 31, 1888 - [Lee Stanford Bounds]
Mary Ellen Bounds was borned July 21, 1890
Nettie [L.] Bounds was borned July 1, 1893
Elmer Bounds was borned Aug 29, 1895 - [William Elmer Bounds]

Marriages

Albert Caldwell and Carrie Bounds was married Jan  28, 1903  Wednesday night
A. G. Bounds and Mollie Aven was married Jan  22, 1880
J. E. Dye and Vadie Bounds was married June15, 1903 - [John E. Dye]
W. T. Trusty and Jennie Bounds married Oct. 22nd 1914 - [William Thadeus Trusty]
Ida Caldwell and Ruben Jones was married January 24, 1883
M. H. Caldwell and H. C. Snyder was married Dec  23  1885 - [Hugh Clay Snyder]
M. A. Caldwell and D. A. Pittman was married Feb the 28  1888 - [Daniel Albert Pittman]
A. G. Caldwell and W. H. McGuire married Feb the 3, 1892 - [William Homer McGuire] Deaths
S. J. died June the 2 1860 - [John S. Caldwell died the day before the census taker came by.]
N. J. Coldwell Died _________-  [She died in the 1860’s]
A. Caldwell Died Dec the 28  9 3 - [Alexander Caldwell]
L  L  Caldwell Died Feb  1, 1900 - [Laura Louise Caldwell]
M. A. Pittman Died Nov  11, 1903
H. C. Snider died Feb. 5, 1904
T. R. Jones Died Dec  22, 1937 - [Rubin Jones]
Grace Marie Caldwell died Sept. 3  1910
Mrs. H. C. Snider died Jan 13, 1940
A. R. Caldwell died Sept. 27, 1947
Carrie B. Caldwell died May 9, 1963
Matt H. Snyder  Jan 13, 1940
Elizabeth C. Spradling  [blank] - [She died March 13, 1959.]
Gertrude C. McGuire   [blank] - [She died April 23, 1967.]
Sewell Snyder died Sep. 20  1910

Deaths (Bounds family)

[This is a separate page that has been inserted into the Bible.]
A. G. Bounds Feb 18, 1942
Mary “Mollie” Catherine Bounds Oct 5, 1948
Elmer Bounds April 8, 1935
Mary Ellen B. Mauldin Nov. 24, 1942
Braxter Bailey Nov. 1, 1946
Nettie B. Bailey Nov. 11, 1950
James Wiley Bounds Dec 13, 1950
Lee S. Bounds Dec 1, 1952
Albert R. Caldwell Sept. 27, 1947
Carrie May B. Caldwell May 9, 1963
Vadie Jane B. Dye January 7, 1959
Minnie Mable B. Hubbard May 22, 1964
Virginia (Jennie) B. Trusty July 19, 1972
Selwyn M. Bounds Sept. 8, 1977
Albert Leslie Bounds March 24, 1978
Ruth S. Bounds July 1971
Robt R. Mauldin ________
W. T. Trusty ___________
Harvey Hubbard Aug 7, 1978
Myrtle Bounds Gulledge [blank]- [1971]
John Dye _________
Bess Henderson Bounds- [June 28, 1964]
Llewellen Bounds (wife of Selwyn) 1978