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”’Charles Colbert Caldwell”'{{sfn|Wallace|1979|p=31}} (sometimes reported as ”’Coldwell”’; May 16, 1822 – April 18, 1892) was a justice of the [[Supreme Court of Texas]] from September 1867 to October 1869. He was a friend of [[Kit Carson]] and accompanied him on his adventures on the frontier. He served in the American army as one of [[Alexander W. Doniphan]]’s staff during the Mexican-American War, where he carried dispatches from Mexico to Washington.<ref name=”remarkable”>{{Cite news |date=April 20, 1892 |title=A REMARKABLE CAREER |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-chronicle-a-remarkable-car/190493180/ |access-date=2026-02-03 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |pages=3}}</ref><ref name=”x”>{{Cite news |date=May 5, 1892 |title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-chief-untitled/190492807/ |access-date=2026-02-03 |work=The Kansas Chief |pages=2}}</ref> In 1849 he was appointed adjutant-general of Arkansas.<ref name=”pioneer”/> |
”’Charles Colbert Caldwell”'{{sfn|Wallace|1979|p=31}} (sometimes reported as ”’Coldwell”’; May 16, 1822 – April 18, 1892) was a justice of the [[Supreme Court of Texas]] from September 1867 to October 1869. He was a friend of [[Kit Carson]] and accompanied him on his adventures on the frontier. He served in the American army as one of [[Alexander W. Doniphan]]’s staff during the Mexican-American War, where he carried dispatches from Mexico to Washington.<ref name=”remarkable”>{{Cite news |date=April 20, 1892 |title=A REMARKABLE CAREER |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-chronicle-a-remarkable-car/190493180/ |access-date=2026-02-03 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |pages=3}}</ref><ref name=”x”>{{Cite news |date=May 5, 1892 |title=Untitled |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-chief-untitled/190492807/ |access-date=2026-02-03 |work=The Kansas Chief |pages=2}}</ref> In 1849 he was appointed adjutant-general of Arkansas.<ref name=”pioneer”/> |
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He lived his later years in [[Winfield, Kansas]].<ref name=”pioneer”/> He died in [[Fresno, California]] on April 18, 1892 at the age of |
He lived his later years in [[Winfield, Kansas]].<ref name=”pioneer”/> He died in [[Fresno, California]] on April 18, 1892 at the age of , of heart failure.<ref name=”pioneer”>{{Cite news |date=April 27, 1892 |title=A Pioneer’s Death. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-a-pioneers-dea/190494411/ |access-date=2026-02-03 |work=The Santa Fe New Mexican |pages=1}}</ref> He had retired to the lounge, claiming that he would have a few minutes’ sleep, after having dinner with his daughter-in-law. When she returned to the lounge, she found Caldwell struggling for breath; he died before she could render aid.<ref name=”body”>{{Cite news |date=April 29, 1892 |title=The body of Judge Caldwell…|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-winfield-tribune-the-body-of-judge-c/190493479/ |access-date=2026-02-03 |work=The Winfield Tribune |pages=7}}</ref><ref name=”x”/> His grandson, also named Colbert Coldwell, founded [[Coldwell Banker]].<ref name=”UT”>{{cite web|url=https://tarltonapps.law.utexas.edu/justices/profile/view/16|title=Colbert Coldwell (Caldwell) (1822-1892)|publisher=University of Texas, Tarlton Law Library}}</ref> |
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American judge (1822–1892)
Charles Colbert Caldwell (sometimes reported as Coldwell; May 16, 1822 – April 18, 1892) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from September 1867 to October 1869. He was a friend of Kit Carson and accompanied him on his adventures on the frontier. He served in the American army as one of Alexander W. Doniphan‘s staff during the Mexican-American War, where he carried dispatches from Mexico to Washington.[3] In 1849 he was appointed adjutant-general of Arkansas.[4]
He lived his later years in Winfield, Kansas.[4] He died in Fresno, California on April 18, 1892 at the age of sixty-nine, of heart failure.[4] He had retired to the lounge, claiming that he would have a few minutes’ sleep, after having dinner with his daughter-in-law. When she returned to the lounge, she found Caldwell struggling for breath; he died before she could render aid.[5][3] His grandson, also named Colbert Coldwell, founded Coldwell Banker.[6]
Wallace, Ernest (1979). The howling of the coyotes : reconstruction efforts to divide Texas. College Station : Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-0-89096-083-7.
