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Edwin Caldwell (1867-1932)

Dr. Edwin Caldwell (1867–1932), a son of Wilson Caldwell, took his medical degree at Shaw University in Raleigh and practiced for many years in Chapel Hill, where he was credited with developing a cure for pellagra. He is buried in the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery.

Source: Town of Chapel Hill: The Old Chapel Hill Cemetery (1993 bicentennial brochure)

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Edwin Caldwell, portrait plate, 1921
Edwin Caldwell, portrait plate, 1921

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  1. Dr. Edwin Caldwell is buried in the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery Dr. Edwin Caldwell, a Black physician and son of Wilson Caldwell, died in 1932 and was buried in the Black section of the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery, near his father. He had taken his medical degree at Shaw University and practiced for many years in Chapel Hill. People: Wilson Swain Caldwell Place: Old Chapel Hill CemeteryIn the index: Old Chapel Hill Cemetery (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · Town of Chapel Hill: Old Chapel Hill Cemetery Centennial Brochure

After their death in 1932

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  1. Chapel Hill-Carrboro Swimming Pool Association is chartered to build a pool for the Black community The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Swimming Pool Association, Inc., a nonprofit group formed mainly to build a swimming pool for the Black community, announced its formal organization, with 14 incorporators and directors. Its bylaws said no one would be denied use of its facilities because of money, and it planned a site choice and a public fund appeal. People: Edwin Caldwell (1867-1932), Lucille Caldwell Place: Chapel HillThe News of Orange County (Hillsborough), January 21, 1960, p. 6

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Picture: Edwin Caldwell, portrait plate, 1921. Public domain. A. B. Caldwell, ed., History of the American Negro, North Carolina edition (1921); via the Internet Archive

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