Husband of Elizabeth Jane Veon. Son of John Caltrider and Rachel Ann Tipton. Father of Eva May Caltrider, Charles Edwin Caltrider, John Veon Caltrider, Emanuel Caltrider, Carrie Maude Caltrider, George Thomas Caltrider, James Franklin Caltrider, Frederick Neal Caltrider and Bertha Virtue Caltrider. He worked as a brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad before moving to West Virginia from Maryland in the early 1860s. After this move, he helped bring the first steam engine to the Burning Springs, West Virginia oil fields. He served as a First Sergeant for the Union Army in Company H, 11th Regiment, West Virginia Volunteers under Col. Dan Frost until Frost was killed in action on July 18, 1864. He saw combat in the battles of Cedar, VA and Petersburg, VA. He was at Appomattox Court House for the surrender signing. He was a fierce military man the rest of his life. When World War I was declared, despite being 76 years of age, he wanted to re-enlist so he could go whip the Kaiser. On his tombstone are inscribed the words "rest soldier rest, your war is over".
Husband of Elizabeth Jane Veon. Son of John Caltrider and Rachel Ann Tipton. Father of Eva May Caltrider, Charles Edwin Caltrider, John Veon Caltrider, Emanuel Caltrider, Carrie Maude Caltrider, George Thomas Caltrider, James Franklin Caltrider, Frederick Neal Caltrider and Bertha Virtue Caltrider. He worked as a brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad before moving to West Virginia from Maryland in the early 1860s. After this move, he helped bring the first steam engine to the Burning Springs, West Virginia oil fields. He served as a First Sergeant for the Union Army in Company H, 11th Regiment, West Virginia Volunteers under Col. Dan Frost until Frost was killed in action on July 18, 1864. He saw combat in the battles of Cedar, VA and Petersburg, VA. He was at Appomattox Court House for the surrender signing. He was a fierce military man the rest of his life. When World War I was declared, despite being 76 years of age, he wanted to re-enlist so he could go whip the Kaiser. On his tombstone are inscribed the words "rest soldier rest, your war is over".
