Minerva Ruffin Cain Caldwell (July 19, 1820 – June 21, 1890) was an American political hostess who, as the wife of Governor Tod Robinson Caldwell, served as First Lady of North Carolina from 1871 to 1874.
Caldwell was born Minerva Ruffin Cain in 1820.
[1] She was the daughter of Mary Ruffin and William Cain of Hillsborough, North Carolina.
[3][4] She served as first lady of North Carolina during the Reconstruction Period.
[5][6] Caldwell died of heart disease in Morganton, North Carolina in 1890.