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View Tree for Ida Regina 2nd wife CaldwellIda Regina 2nd wife Caldwell (b. September 24, 1872, d. 1950)

Ida Regina 2nd wife Caldwell was born September 24, 1872, and died 1950 in Beaumont, Texas. She married William Perry Herring McFaddin on December 04, 1894, son of William M. McFaddin and Rachael Williams.

 Includes NotesNotes for Ida Regina 2nd wife Caldwell:
MCFADDIN, IDA REGINA CALDWELL (1872-1950). 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. McFaddinqv 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 Revolutionqv 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,qqv 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 Houseqv 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).



More About Ida Regina 2nd wife Caldwell and William Perry Herring McFaddin:
Marriage: December 04, 1894

Children of Ida Regina 2nd wife Caldwell and William Perry Herring McFaddin are:
  1. Mamie Louise McFaddin, b. November 05, 1895, Beaumont, Texas, d. October 24, 1982, Beaumont, Texas.
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