From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, pages 546.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


E. H. CALDWELL

Judge E. H. Caldwell, of Moundsville, was elevated to a position on 
the bench of the first judicial circuit in 1863, under the new state 
government.  He was a descendant of the old Caldwell family, being 
the son of Judge Alexander Caldwell, a prominent attorney early in 
the century.  E. H. Caldwell was a native of Brooke county, W.Va.  
After obtaining the rudiments of an education he was sent by his 
father to take a special course in one of the New England colleges.  
After leaving college he came to Wheeling and married a Miss 
McMechen, and located in the practice of law in Moundsville.  At the 
organization of Marshall county he was appointed the first 
commonwealth's attorney.  He was subsequently elected clerk of the 
court, which position he resigned to accept a place on the bench.  He 
served in the latter capacity until his death, which occurred in 
1869.  Judge Caldwell was neither a great lawyer nor a profound 
jurist.  On the bench he was impartial and just, and while not a 
widely read lawyer, he was considered a successful judge, and what he 
lacked in legal attainments he made up in good sense and sound 
judgment.


(Linda Fluharty)