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DR. JOHN LOGAN CALDWELL, one of the oldest practicing physicians of Rayland, Ohio has practically been a life-long resident of Jefferson County. He was born May 6, 1855 on the old farm in Mt. Pleasant Ridge, Warren Township, Jefferson County, Ohio and is a son of Dr. John and Sarah E. (Patterson) Caldwell. Dr. John Caldwell was born and reared in COunty Down, Ireland and after a common school education graduated from the Royal Infirmary at Glasglow, Scotland. He came to the United States about 1835 and located in Jefferson County, Ohio at Warrenton which was then a thriving little shipping point on the Ohio River. Here he embarked in the practice of his profession and about 1838 was united in marriage with Sarah R. Patterson, who was a daughter of Robert Patterson, one of the most prominent early settlers of this locality. Her father was the owner of several grist mills, had considerable bank stock, was also a large land owner and was extensively engaged in shipping on the river. Shortly after their marriage Dr. Caldwell located on one of the Patterson tracts on Mt. Pleasant Ridge and there engaged in the practice of medicine until the time of his death, March 17, 1868, when he was aged 58 years. Mrs. Caldwell died at Rayland, Ohio September, 1907 at the advanced age of 88 years. Dr. and Mrs. Caldwell were the parents of the following children: Jane, who is the widow of William Pickens; Sarah, widow of William McGruder; Robert; Maria, who is the wife of George Brown; James, deceased; John Logan, the subject of this record; Ella, who is the wife of Addison Burriss; and Margaret, who married Thomas Shively. John L. Caldwell was reared on the home farm, attended the district schools, Mt. Pleasant High School and Scio College, and at the age of eighteen began reading medicine with Dr. James G. Kennedy of New Market, now known as Scio, Ohio. Two years later he entered the Cleveland Medical College and in 1874 graduated from the College of Medicine and Surgery of Cincinnati, Ohio. August 18, of that same year he began the practice of medicine at Independence, Pa. and in 1875 located at West Middletown, Pa. where he remained one year in practice. He next practiced a short time at Wyandot City, Kansas and in March 1877, came to Rayland, then Portland Station, Ohio, where he has since successfully followed his profession. Dr. Caldwell was married in August, 1876 to Elizabeth Wilson, of West Middletown, Pa. and to them were born two children: Mary, who married Cecil Collins, and has two children, Mary and Elizabeth; Sarah, who is the wife of Rev. C. F. Campbell and the mother of one daughter, Imogen. Mrs. Caldwell died in 1884 and in November, 1885, Dr. Caldwell married Anna Reddy, a native of Ireland, and of this union were born two children, Alice and John R. The latter will graduate with the class of 1912 from Starling Medical College of Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Caldwell is politically identified with the Democratic party, and is fraternally affiliated with the F. and A. M., No. 182 of Smithfield.  Return to Family Tales
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