1827 - 1893

WILLIAM A. CAULDWELL.

The death of William A. Cauldwell, Esq., of New York City, on March 13th, removes from the Society one of its most interested and faithful supporters. For years Mr. Cauldwell had not been in vigorous health ; indeed it has been a surprise to his friends that he maintained' his activity and his cheerful spirit so long. He passed away in the sixty-sixth year of his age.

From his birth, in 1827, he was a resident of this city, most of his life engaged in business pursuits. He came of honored and godly ancestry, his father, Ebenezer Cauldwell, having been prominent in denominational enterprises, and from 1858 to 1871 treasurer of the American Baptist Home Misson Society.

In 1875 Mr. Cauldwell was elected a member of the Executive Board of the Home Mission Society, and has served thereon continuously until his death. He was elected one of the auditors in 1887, serving in this capacity four years, until the condition of his health compelled him to relinquish the duties of this position. During most of his connection with the Board he was a very efficient member of the Finance and the Church Edifice Committees.

He was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church, of New York City; a member also of the Baptist City Mission Society, the American Tract Society, and other religious and philanthropic organizations. Recently he had taken deep interest in mission work in lower New York, in connection with the Mariners' Temple, in Oliver Street, liberally assisting in the erection of a building for the philanthropic work of the Church at a cost of $20,000. His latest pledge to the Home Mission Society was $5,000 for the purchase of additional grounds and buildings for Bishop College, Marshall, Texas. He took a lively interest in work for the colored people, also in the church edifice work of the Society, to which he was a large contributor.

Mr. Cauldwell was a man of tender and broad sympathies, quick perceptions, sound judgment, strong convictions, an earnest Christian, generous, remarkably cheerful even

in the days of physical weakness and depression ; a man widely beloved by all whose privilege it was to know and to be associated with him; one whom we confidently believe has passed from the ranks of the Church on earth to company of the Saints above. His family, consisting of his wife and five children, as well as his sister, Mrs. C. C. Bishop, will have the heartfelt sympathy of multitudes in their great bereavement.

The Baptist home mission monthly‎

edited by Henry Lyman Morehouse, William W. Bliss, Thomas Jefferson Morgan - 1893

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