Patrick Calhoun (11 June 1727– 15 January 1796),, "elaborate and painstaking" says U.B. Phillips. was born in

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, but emigrated to

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with his parents in 1733, and from there the family made their way to

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. According to ''A Compendium of Irish Biography'' (1878): His great-grandson and namesake was the

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Patrick Calhoun Patrick Calhoun (March 21, 1856 – June 16, 1943) was the grandson of John C. Calhoun and Floride Calhoun, and the great-grandson of his namesake Patrick Calhoun. He is best known as a railroad baron of the late 19th century, and as the found ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Calhoun, Patrick 1727 births 1796 deaths Calhoun family Irish soldiers People from County Donegal 18th-century Irish people Fathers of vice presidents of the United States