John Franklin Calhoun

Biography

John Franklin Calhoun, born in 1854, lived through Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, navigating the shifting social and political tides of post–Civil War America. While scant details remain of his personal pursuits, his lifetime touched crucial chapters of the nation’s growth.

He rests in Lakewood Cemetery, where his grave stands among others who similarly helped build the fabric of their communities in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.