Ida Regina Caldwell^{[1, 2, 3]}

1872 - 1950  (77 years)

• Name	Ida Regina Caldwell
  Born	Sep 24, 1872
  Gender	Female
  Census	Apr 14, 1930	Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA   [4]
  Died	Mar 21, 1950	Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA
  Notes	- The Texas State Handbook Online http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/MM/fmcck.html "  Ida Regina McFaddin, Beaumont civic and social leader, was born on September 24, 1872, the daughter of James Lewis and Mary O'Bannon (Smith) Caldwell of Huntington, West Virginia.  She attended Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia, and married William P.H McFaddin of Beaumont in 1894.  They had three children.  Mrs. McFaddin was a philanthropist who supported the United Charities, the YWCA, the Beaumont Children's Home, and Lamar College (later Lamar University); she also donated the land to establish the Daughters of the American Revolution State Forest at Jasper.  She served as local and state regent of the DAR and vice president general of the national society and was active in the National Society of Colonial Dames and other patriotic organizations.  During World War I and World War II, as the head of Red Cross Volunteer Services in Beaumont, she organized citizens to roll surgical dressings and help with hospital work. After her father and brothers died, Ida McFaddin became president of the Caldwell Company of West Virginia and managed the family's interests in banking and mining.  She died in Beaumont on March 21, 1950.  The McFaddin home at 1906 McFaddin Avenue has been converted into the McFaddin-Ward House Museum." BIBLIOGRAPHY: Beaumont Journal, March 22, 1950. Ida Caldwell McFaddin Papers, McFaddin-Ward House Museum, Beaumont. Rosine McFaddin Wilson, "The McFaddin Family," Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record 16 (1980). Timothy Matthewson Her father was a wealthy banker and industrialist of Huntington, WV. [email David McFaddin, 21 Jul 2000]
  Person ID	I14243	mykindred
  Last Modified	Jan 11, 2008

  
  

  Father	James Lewis Caldwell,   b. Huntington, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Y
  Mother	Mary O'Bannon Smith,   b. Huntington, West Virginia, USA ,   d. Y
  Family ID	F5039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Perry Herring "W.P.H.", "Perry" McFaddin,   b. Feb 05, 1856, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA ,   d. Nov 05, 1935, Jefferson county, Texas, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Married	Dec 04, 1894	Huntington, West Virginia, USA
  Notes	- 1930 census, Jefferson, Beaumont, e.d. 123-14, 13-B, (T626-2361, p.179) April 14, 1930, 1906 McFadden, HH 278 McFadden, W Perry H, head, $100000, M, W, 74, TX, US, US, capitalist "  , Ida C, wife, F, W, 51, m at 21, WV, OH, KY Ward, Carroll E, son-in-law, M, W, , 38, m at 27, TX, TX, LA, mgr, furniture co " , Mamie F, dau, 34, TX Chatman, Carrie, servant, F, Neg, 28, m at 21, LA, LA, LA, maid Lemon, Louis, servant, M, Neg, 55, single, LA, MD, VA, cook -
  Children	1. Mamie Louise McFaddin,   b. Nov 05, 1895, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA ,   d. Oct 24, 1982, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA  (Age 86 years)   2. William Perry Herring McFaddin, Jr.,   b. Feb 18, 1897, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA ,   d. Feb 26, 1973, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA  (Age 76 years)   3. James Lewis Caldwell McFaddin,   b. Feb 24, 1901, Texas, USA ,   d. Jan 06, 1984, Jefferson county, Texas, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F5040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  McFaddin, Ida Caldwell (1872-1950)

  
  

  Histories

  Beaumont, The Story of by Florence Stratton, 1925

  
  

• Sources

  [S808] Gedcom - Hamon, Gene. [S577] Handbook of Texas OnLine, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/MM/fmcck.html. [S577] Handbook of Texas OnLine, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/MM/fmc48.html. [S2555] 1930 US federal census, 1930 census, Jefferson, Beaumont, e.d. 123-14, 13-B, (T626-2361, p.179).