James Phaon CALDWELL (Dr.)

Dr. James Phaon Caldwell
Dr. James Phaon Caldwell
circa Early 20th Century

Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Family 1: Nettie Hazel SYLVESTER

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Notes

Updated December 19, 2004. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1920 United States Census for Minnesota, Itasca Co., Iron Range Twp.: Supervisor's District 8; Enumeration District 37; Sheet 7A; January 10, 1920.

James P. Caldwell is head of household, married to Nettie [Sylvester] Caldwell. This record is very difficult to read -- they have a child, presumably their son James Jr., although the details are illegible.

- Home ownership: renter.
- Age: 35
- Birthplace: Minnesota.
- Occupation: Physician, Practitioner; he owns his business.

(2) 1930 United States Census for Minnesota, Ramsey Co., St. Paul City: 11th Ward; Block 426; Enumeration District 62-201; Sheet 1A; April 2, 1930.

James P. Caldwell is head of household, married to Nettie [Sylvester] Caldwell. The children listed are Phaon and Chester.

- Address: 245 Macalester Ave.
- Home ownership: yes; valued at $7,500.
- Radio ownership: yes.
- Age: 45 years old at time of census; 28 when first married.
- Birthplace: Minnesota, with his father from Illinois and his mother from Virginia.
- Occupation: Physician, Medical (code 9294).

(3) Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002 via Ancestry.com

Name: DR. JAMES PHAON CALDWELL
Death Date: 01/20/1944
Death Place: RAMSEY
State File Number: 023506

(4) Manzow, Ron, ed., "The Sylvester Family of Plainview, Minnesota -- a collection of information taken from the Plainview News, other newspapers, letters, and diaries beginning in 1884" (Plainview, Minnesota: Plainview History Center, 2001).

- 1883 (September 6): Born. (Sylvester family descendant chart)
- 1913 (May 14): Married Nettie Sylvester; was a graduate of Hamline University and the University of Minnesota medical school, and also of the Northwestern Hospital of Minneapolis. (page 69)
- 1944 (January 20): Passed away in St. Paul, MN. (Sylvester family descendant chart)

(5) The History of Wabasha County [MN], 1920. Biography of Edwin L. Sylvester.

- "...a physician and surgeon of St. Paul, Minn."

(6) Byrl E. Sylvester Papers. Minnesota Historical Society. An Inventory of His Papers -- available online.

- Listed as the brother-in-law to Byrl E. Sylvester.
- 1909 graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Medicine and Surgery.