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Calder Haymond was the second son of John and Margaret Calder Haymond. He was born in Prince George's County (now Montgomery County), Maryland on May 15, 1733. Calder married Eleanor Owen in either 1753 or 1754. He and Eleanor became the parents of their first child, Edward, born January 6, 1755. They had another son, Thomas Owen Haymond, born August 24, 1761. A daughter, Sabra, was born December 21, 1765. It is also likely that Calder and Eleanor were the parents of another son, Owen Haymond, although there is no record of his birth.
Calder and his younger brother, William Haymond, moved their families from Maryland to the Monongahela Valley of Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1773. Calder purchased a 241-tract along the Monongahela River in the area north of Fairmont, WV. To protect themselves against hostile Native Americans, the settlers of the area formed a militia company, in which Calder served as a sergeant. The militia built Prickett's Fort in 1774, and participated as part of the army that marched under Lord Dunmore in Dunmore's War.
Calder was one of the original trustees of the town of Pleasantville (now Rivesville), formed in April 1776, and continued in that capacity until at least 1806. He and Eleanor also had additional children, including a son, John, born in 1773. Daughter Betsy (Sara Elizabeth) was born in 1774. Two additional daughters, Eleanor and Nancy, were born later but their birthdates are unknown. Eleanor Owen Haymond is believed to have died sometime prior to 1790. Calder married a second wife, Catherine Hoult, around 1790, and by this marriage had a daughter, Milly, born February 5, 1793, when Calder was age 60.
Calder has been described as a man of large physique. He was also a man of faith and concern for the well-being of others. A member of the Anglican Church in Maryland, Calder became a strong Wesleyan Methodist in western Virginia. He served as a lay minister, and one of the original Methodist Societies of the Redstone Circuit met in his home, which was known as a place of generous hospitality and a resting place for the pioneer circuit-riding preachers. Bishop Asbury himself recorded in his journal at least one overnight stay at "Brother Haymond's." In the spring of 1801, Calder was a trustee of the Morgantown Methodist Church when the site for its first church building, located where Stewart Hall of the University of West Virginia now stands, was selected. In 1806, he was named Overseer of the Poor for the Morgantown District.
Sometime around 1810-12, Calder's son, John, moved from the Monongahela Valley into the area of southwestern Ohio near Cincinnati. By 1812, he was joined by his 79-year-old father, who closed out his affairs in western Virginia and took his second wife, Catherine, and daughter, Milly, westward to settle in Whitewater Township, Franklin County, Indiana, about 15 miles east of Brookville. Calder sold his 241 acre tract along the Monongahela on April 3, 1813. He later sold his Indiana farm to John on February 2, 1815, shortly prior to his death on March 7, 1815.
Written by Gary Haymond
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Calder Haymond was the second son of John and Margaret Calder Haymond. He was born in Prince George's County (now Montgomery County), Maryland on May 15, 1733. Calder married Eleanor Owen in either 1753 or 1754. He and Eleanor became the parents of their first child, Edward, born January 6, 1755. They had another son, Thomas Owen Haymond, born August 24, 1761. A daughter, Sabra, was born December 21, 1765. It is also likely that Calder and Eleanor were the parents of another son, Owen Haymond, although there is no record of his birth.
Calder and his younger brother, William Haymond, moved their families from Maryland to the Monongahela Valley of Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1773. Calder purchased a 241-tract along the Monongahela River in the area north of Fairmont, WV. To protect themselves against hostile Native Americans, the settlers of the area formed a militia company, in which Calder served as a sergeant. The militia built Prickett's Fort in 1774, and participated as part of the army that marched under Lord Dunmore in Dunmore's War.
Calder was one of the original trustees of the town of Pleasantville (now Rivesville), formed in April 1776, and continued in that capacity until at least 1806. He and Eleanor also had additional children, including a son, John, born in 1773. Daughter Betsy (Sara Elizabeth) was born in 1774. Two additional daughters, Eleanor and Nancy, were born later but their birthdates are unknown. Eleanor Owen Haymond is believed to have died sometime prior to 1790. Calder married a second wife, Catherine Hoult, around 1790, and by this marriage had a daughter, Milly, born February 5, 1793, when Calder was age 60.
Calder has been described as a man of large physique. He was also a man of faith and concern for the well-being of others. A member of the Anglican Church in Maryland, Calder became a strong Wesleyan Methodist in western Virginia. He served as a lay minister, and one of the original Methodist Societies of the Redstone Circuit met in his home, which was known as a place of generous hospitality and a resting place for the pioneer circuit-riding preachers. Bishop Asbury himself recorded in his journal at least one overnight stay at "Brother Haymond's." In the spring of 1801, Calder was a trustee of the Morgantown Methodist Church when the site for its first church building, located where Stewart Hall of the University of West Virginia now stands, was selected. In 1806, he was named Overseer of the Poor for the Morgantown District.
Sometime around 1810-12, Calder's son, John, moved from the Monongahela Valley into the area of southwestern Ohio near Cincinnati. By 1812, he was joined by his 79-year-old father, who closed out his affairs in western Virginia and took his second wife, Catherine, and daughter, Milly, westward to settle in Whitewater Township, Franklin County, Indiana, about 15 miles east of Brookville. Calder sold his 241 acre tract along the Monongahela on April 3, 1813. He later sold his Indiana farm to John on February 2, 1815, shortly prior to his death on March 7, 1815.
Written by Gary Haymond
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