William Henry Calhoun | |
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Born | 1815 Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | 1865 |
Occupation(s) | Silversmith, jeweler |
Spouse | Mary Pickless |
Children | Mary Ella Calhoun Foote |
William Henry Calhoun (1815–1865) was an American silversmith in the Antebellum South. He was trained in Philadelphia and became a jeweler in Nashville, Tennessee, where he designed silverware in the 1830s-1860s. A Grand Master of the Odd Fellows, he was arrested by the Union Army for his Confederate support in 1863. His work can be seen at the Tennessee State Museum and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts.