Syntitha Caldwell

13 September 1854–13 August 1927

Born 13 Sept. 1854 in Franklin Co., Missouri.[1] Daughter of Langdon Caldwell and Armetta (Arrimetta) Sullens.[2] Married first Lewis Sabin Dickinson, by 1891.[3] Socialized with EBW on various occasions, 1891–1897.[4] Participated in the Utah Women’s Press Club with EBW as a member and officer, 1892–1897.[5] Authored “The Deacon’s Son,” a poem published in the Woman’s Exponent, 1 Oct. 1892.[6] Authored “The National Emblem,” a poem published in Songs and Flowers of the Wasatch, a book of poems written by Utah women for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893.[7] Attended a surprise birthday party held for EBW, 28 Feb. 1894.[8] Invited by EBW to speak at the Municipal League mass meeting, 25 June 1897.[9] Married second James B. Faulconer, 30 Dec. 1920, in Los Angeles.[10] Died 13 Aug. 1927 in Los Angeles.[11]

 

[1]  1900 U.S. Census, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA, ED 34, p. 9A, Syntithia Dickinson. Los Angeles Co., CA, State Board of Health, Death Records, 1905–1930, cert. no. 8541, Cyntitha Faulconer, microfilm 2369548, DGS 5597698, image 1012/2620, FHL. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 23 Mar. 2021), Cyntitha Caldwell (G7TB-1HX).

[2] 1860 U.S. Census, Boeuf, Franklin Co., MO, p. 27, Cinitha Caldwell. “Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805–2002,” database, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com, accessed 1 June 2021), Langdon Caldwell and Arrimetta Sullens, 8 Apr. 1841, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.

[3] Los Angeles Directory, comp., Los Angeles City Directory 1918 (Los Angeles: Los Angeles Directory, 1918), 662. EBW, Diary, 6 Nov. 1891.

[4] EBW, Diary, 6 and 18 Nov. 1891; 9 Apr. 1896; 2 Jan. 1897.

[5] E. R. Shipp, “U.W.P. Club,” Woman’s Exponent, 15 Aug. 1892, 29. E. R. Shipp, “U.W.P. Club,” Woman’s Exponent, 15 Oct. 1892, 61. “Society,” Salt Lake Herald, 19 Feb. 1893, 6. Gladys Woodmansee, “U.W.P.C.,” Woman’s Exponent, 15 July 1894, 2. E. R. Shipp, “U.W.P.C.,” Woman’s Exponent, 15 May 1896, 269. Ellis R. Shipp, “U.W.P.C.,” Woman’s Exponent, 1 and 15 Nov. 1896, 66. “Utah Woman’s Club,” Salt Lake Herald, 30 Nov. 1896, 2. EBW, Diary, 10 Aug. 1891; 28 Sept. 1892; 13 Feb. 1893; 30 June 1894; 15 Jan. 1895; 30 Apr. 1896; 29 May 1897.

[6] Mrs. L. S. Dickinson, “The Deacons’ Son,” Woman’s Exponent, 1 Oct. 1892, 3.

[7] Syntitha Dickinson, “The National Emblem,” Songs and Flowers of the Wasatch, edited by EBW (Salt Lake City: George Q. Cannon, 1893), 11. 

[8] EBW, Diary, 28 Feb. 1894.

[9] EBW, Diary, 22 June 1897. “Municipal League Programme for the Mass Meeting This Evening,” Salt Lake Herald, 24 June 1897, 2. “The Municipal League,” Salt Lake Herald, 25 June 1897, 7. 

[10] Los Angeles Co., CA, Recorder, Marriage Records, 1871–1950, Licenses and Certificates, vols. 368–371, 1920, p. 244, microfilm 2074265, DGS 4280716, image 969/1439, FHL.

[11] Los Angeles Co., CA, State Board of Health, Death Records, 1905–1930, cert. no. 8541, Cyntitha Faulconer, microfilm 2369548, DGS 5597698, image 1012/2620, FHL.