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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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- 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 CaldwellIn the index: Old Chapel Hill Cemetery (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · Town of Chapel Hill: Old Chapel Hill Cemetery Centennial Brochure
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- Old Chapel Hill Cemetery Houses, farms, parks and cemeteries · Chapel Hill · 1 event here
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- Read contemporary evidence: DigitalNC newspapers: 118 Orange County pages naming Edwin Caldwell DigitalNC Searchable pages from historic Orange County newspapers
- Search beyond the index: NC LIVE: prepared search for Edwin Caldwell (1867-1932) NC LIVE An advanced search of the state’s shared databases already scoped to Orange County’s places and this subject; edit it freely, and sign in through your North Carolina library to read
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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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