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Collection Summary
Title Caldwell Family Bible
Date
1840-1935
Extent
1 archival box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1158-CFB
Processed by: : Jolene Clark, 2018; finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2018
Name of Creator
Caldwell Family
Biographical History
James William Caldwell, born Jan 7, 1840 in Kentucky, married Maria Jane Cooper, born March 9, 1848
in Missouri. Maria was the daughter of Washington Cooper and Maria Slusher. The Caldwell came from
Campbell County, Kentucky and settled in Dover, Missouri in the 1850s. The Cooper family was living in
Lafayette County in the 1840s when Washington and Maria were married. Both families farmed land
around Dover.
Scope and Content
Most of the family Bible records are in the same handwriting. The Bible include Caldwell, Cooper, Scott,
and Darnell families from Dover, Lafayette, Missouri. Record of births, marriages, and deaths are written
on the family record pages of the Bible. Also included on the record sheets are a handwritten epitaph
and a handwritten obituary.
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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 1 series.
Series 1, Bible
Item 1, Family record sheets [scanned]
Item 2, Bible
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Records within this collection are housed in file folders. The Bible is secured with cotton tying tape and
wrapped in acid-free tissue paper. Some of the leather in the Bible has deteriorated (red rot).
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
No donor information is available.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2007.
Ancestry.com. United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc.,
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