WILLIAM ("WILLARD") SHERIDAN CAUDLE

WILLIAM ("WILLARD") SHERIDAN CAUDLE[1]

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  • Name  WILLIAM ("WILLARD") SHERIDAN CAUDLE 
    Born  16 Nov 1866  BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • WILLARD'S MILITARY RECORD SHOWS THAT HE WAS BORN
      IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
    Gender  Male 
    Baptism  PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died  10 Aug 1941  PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • HEART ATTACK
    Age  74 years 
    Buried  13 Aug 1941  PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • BROWN CHAPEL CEMETARY LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF PARA-
      GOULD. HE'S BURIED IN ROWS 40-41 NEXT TO FIVE
      SAINS. HIS CONCRETE TOMBSTONE SIMPLY READS
      WILLARD S. CAUDLE. THERE ARE NO DATESON THE TOMB-
      STONE.
    Headstones  Submit Headstone Photo Submit Headstone Photo 
    Person ID  I399  Caudle Descendants
    Last Modified  29 Dec 2004 

    Father  Ancestors JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE,   b. 2 Feb 1841, GARRARD COUNTY KENTUCKY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1898, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS [?] Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 57 years 
    Mother  Ancestors SARAH J[ANE] DUDLEY Married: 2x2x ,   b. 17 Jun 1842, LAWRENCE COUNTY ILLINOIS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1885, MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 43 years 
    Married  14 Jun 1864  LAWRENCE COUNTY ILLINOIS Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID  F4  Group Sheet

    Family 1  Ancestors FANNIE MCLAUGHLIN Married: 2x2x ,   d. PICHER, OTTAWA, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Abt 1897  NORMAN, CLEVELAND, OKLAHOMA? Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. JAMES ULYSESS ("EULAS") CAUDLE,   b. 8 Dec 1898, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1918, GREAT LAKES NAVAL BASE, ILLINOIS Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 19 years
    Married: 2x2. ("JACK") WILLARD FERMAN CAUDLE Married: 2x2x ,   b. 8 Jul 1900, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Mar 1987, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 86 years
    Married: 2x3. ESSIE "IRENE" CAUDLE Married: 2x2x ,   b. 9 Jan 1903, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1981  Age: 77 years
    Married: 2x4. "LILLIAN" MAY CAUDLE Married: 2x2x 
    Married: 1x5. "NADINE" FRANCES CAUDLE
    Family ID  F156  Group Sheet

    Family 2  BELLE PATTERSON Married: 2x2x ,   b. 1861,   d. 1936, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 75 years 
    Married  16 Mar 1910  PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    PhotosFamily photos for WILLIAM ("WILLARD") SHERIDAN CAUDLE & BELLE PATTERSON
    Photos
    Willard and Belle 1936.jpg
    Willard and Belle 1936.jpg
    Family ID  F158  Group Sheet

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Nov 1866 - BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - - PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - JAMES ULYSESS ("EULAS") CAUDLE - 8 Dec 1898 - PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - ("JACK") WILLARD FERMAN CAUDLE - 8 Jul 1900 - PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - ESSIE "IRENE" CAUDLE - 9 Jan 1903 - PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 16 Mar 1910 - PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Aug 1941 - PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 13 Aug 1941 - PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CALLED WILLARD

      REFERENCES: CAUDLE(4), PRESTON MILFORD, UNPUBLISHED RESEARCH ON JOHN
      JEFFERSON CAUDLE'S FAMILY, 2326 KENT COURT, WALDORF, MARYLAND 20602-2212,
      1967 TO PRESENT.

      ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY 11 JULY 1889 AT COLUMBUS BARRACKS BY CAPTAIN
      LINCOLN. WILLARD WAS 22 AT THE TIME. HE WAS A FARMER. HE HAD BLUE
      EYES, BROWN HAIR, RUDDY COMPLEXION, AND HE WAS ABOUT 5 FEET 8 3/4 INCHES
      TALL. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 20 INFANTRY, COMPANIES I AND B. HE WAS
      DISCHARGED AT CAMP POPULAR RIVER, MONTANA 29 APRIL 1892. AT THE TIME OF
      DISCHARGE HE WAS A PRIVATE WITH EXCELLENT CHARACTER INFORMATION. I
      OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION FROM THE REGISTER OF ENLISTMENTS, LINE 389,
      PAGE 240 WHICH WAS ON FILE WITH THE GENERAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATION'S
      ARCHIVES IN WASHINGTON D.C.

      REGISTER OF ENLISTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY
      -------------------------------------------------
      COPY PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

      NO. 389; NAME: CAUDLE, WILLARD S.; WHEN: JULY 25, 1889; ENLISTED:
      DATE: 11 JULY 1889, WHERE: COLUMBUS BKS [BARRACKS] 0, BY WHOM: CPT.
      LINCOLN; WHERE BORN: LAWRENCE CO., ILL.; AGE: 22.7; OCCUPATION: FARMER;
      DESCRIPTION [OF] EYES: BLUE, HAIR: D. BRO. [DARK BROWN], COMPLEXION:
      RUDDY, HEIGHT: 5 '8 3/4"; REGIMENT: 20 INF[ANTRY]; CO[MPANY]: I [&] B;
      REMARKS: DISCH'D [DISCHARGED] APR[IL] 29/[18]92; S.O. [SPECIAL ORDER] 96,
      A.G.O.[ARMY GROUP ORDER] -92 [1892]; CAMP POPLAR RIVER, MONT[ANA].; A PVT.
      [PRIVATE]; CHAR[ACTER]: EXELT [EXCELLENT].

      ACCORDING TO JACK, WILLARD WENT TO WYOMING ABOUT 1906 0R 1907.

      ACCORDING TO EARL HAYES' WIFE, ELIZABETH MCDONALD HAYES, WILLARD SWAPPED
      A BLANKET FOR AN INDIAN SQAW IN OKLAHOMA. SHE BORE HIM A DAUGHTER WHO
      LATER VISITED WILLARD WHEN HE LIVED IN ARKANSAS. ELIZABETH THOUGHT THE
      DAUGHTER LIVED IN CHICAGO.

      EDITH MCDONALD, A NEICE OF WILLARD'S SECOND WIFE, BELLE PATTERSON
      WITHAM-CAUDLE, KNEW A LOT ABOUT WILLARD. SHE LIVED AT LESTER, ARKANSAS
      WHICH IS NEAR LAKE CITY.

      I FOUND A RECORD IN THE COURTHOUSE FROM PARAGOULD'S POLICE RECORDS
      THAT SHOWED WILLARD WAS ARRESTED FOR BEING DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. HE
      ATTACKED A POLICE OFFICER. THE RECORD WAS DATED 1897, PAGE 18 - 19.
      DADDY HAD PREVIOUSLY TOLD EARL AND I THE STORY. HE SAID WILLARD WAS SICK
      WITH A FEVER AND WAS STAGGERING. THE POLICE THOUGHT HE WAS DRUNK AND
      TRIED TO ARREST HIM. HE BROKE THE HANDCUFFS AND GRABBED THE POLICEMAN.
      WHEN I TOLD DADDY ABOUT THE ARREST RECORD HE SAID WILLARD DID NOT DRINK.
      DADDY SAID THAT WILLARD TRISTED HIS WRISTS AND HANDED THE
      HANDCUFFS BACK TO THE POLICEMAN. THE POLICE RECORD DID NOT SAY
      HOW HE BROKE THE HANDCUFFS. EVIDENTLY, FEVERS WERE QUITE COMMON IN
      PARAGOULD BEFORE THE ST FRANCIS RIVER WAS DAMMED. GRANDMA AND DADDY
      TALKED ABOUT THEM A LOT. SEVERAL OF THE RESIDENTS DIED FROM IT AS THE
      TOMBSTONES IN LINWOOD CEMETARY AT PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS TESTIFY.

      WILLARD COURTED MY GRANDMA, HATTIE VESTA TOWER CAUDLE, BEFORE SHE MET
      AND MARRIED MY GRANDFATHER. GRANDMA TOLD ME THIS BEFORE SHE DIED. SHE
      SAID THEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE MARRIED IF GRANDPA HAD NOT SHOWED UP
      LOOKING DASHING IN HIS SUIT WITH A POCKET FULL OF MONEY. GRANDPA, LOUIS
      NORMAN CAUDLE, SR., SWEPT GRANDMA RIGHT OFF HER FEET. SHE NEVER GOT OVER
      HIM EVEN THOUGH HE DESERTED HER TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

      WILLARD LATER PROVIDED AND CARED FOR HER AND THE KIDS SEVERAL TIMES WHEN
      GRANDPA DESERTED HER. GRANDMA SAID HE DROVE HER TO HER FATHER'S FUNERAL
      AND THE CEMETERY. GRANDMA SAID THE HORSES ACTED UP ON THE WAY TO THE
      CEMETARY WHILE A TRAIN WAS PASSING; WILLARD DROVE THE HORSES UP AND
      DOWN THE ROAD BESIDE THE RAILROAD TRACKS UNTIL THE TRAIN PASSED. HE
      EXPLAINED TO GRANDMA THAT IT WAS BAD LUCK TO STOP A WAGON WITH A BODY IN
      IT. GRANDMA HAD SAID THAT THEY WERE HAULING HER DAD'S BODY IN THE
      BACK OF THE WAGON AT THE TIME.

      GRANDMA ALSO SAID WILLARD WAS COWBOYING WITH GRANDPA NEAR CHEYENNE
      WYOMING. HE WENT LOOKING FOR GRANDPA WHEN GRANDPA'S HORSE RETURNED
      WITHOUT HIM. HE FOUND GRANPA LAYING OUT ON THE PRAIRIE. HE HAD BEEN
      STRUCK BY LIGHTENING.

      DADDY USE TO TELL STORIES ABOUT WILLARD AND WILLARD'S STRENGTH. EARL AND
      I LOVED IT. EVIDENTLY, WILLARD WAS VERY STRONG. EVEN EARL HAYES AND HIS
      WIFE SAID WILLARD WOULD LOOK UP A BULLY AND BEAT HIM UP WHEN HE LEARNED
      ONE HAD MOVED IN OR AROUND HIS NEIGHBORHOOD. DADDY TOLD A STORY ABOUT
      JACK CAUDLE USING WILLARD'S DAD'S NAME IRREVERENTLY. WILLARD READ ABOUT
      IT IN THE PAPER AND TOOK JACK OUT TO THE BARN AND WHIPPED HIM. JACK WAS A
      GROWN MAN AT THE TIME. DAD SAID WILLARD WAS RUPTURED REAL BAD WHEN HE
      STAYED WITH AND WORKED FOR HIM IN THE LATE 1920'S. HE WORE BRACES TO
      HELP HIM GET AROUND.

      WILLARD'S FIRST WIFE, FANNIE MCLAUGHLIN, TOOK THE THREE GIRLS WITH HER
      WHEN SHE RAN AWAY FROM WILLARD. SHE LEFT THE TWO BOYS WITH WILLARD. SHE
      RAN OFF WITH WILLARD'S HIRED HAND, JOHN HATCHER. THEY WENT TO WELLINGTON,
      KANSAS. WILLARD WAS LIVING AT FRANKLIN, OKLAHOMA WHEN FANNIE RAN OFF.
      WILLARD HAD HIRED JOHN HATCHER TO WORK FOR HIM AT FRANKLIN, OKLAHOMA.

      HOWEVER, ROBERT CAUDLE, WILLARD'S GRANDSON, SAID THAT FANNIE TOOK ALL THE
      KIDS AND LATER GAVE WILLARD THE BOYS. HE CAN REMEMBER HIS GRANDFATHER
      TELLING HIM ABOUT GOING AFTER THEM SOMEWHERE NEAR SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

      WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM
      ----------------------
      REC'D 32H 17GOVT
      NH GREAT LAKES, ILL. 0216 P.M.
      MAR 8, 1918
      BELL CAUDLE, MALDEN, MO.: JAMES ULYS CAUDLE IN NAVAL HOSPITAL SERIOUSLY
      ILL SPINAL MENINGITIS.

      H. E. ODELL
      3:27 P.M.

      WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM
      ----------------------
      REC'D AT 6A H 13 GOVT
      GN GREAT LAKES, ILLS 10 A.M.
      MARCH 9, 1918
      BELL CAUDLE, MALDEN, MO.: CAUDLE SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT, SERIOUSLY ILL.

      H. E. ODEL
      10:45 A.M.
      DISPATCH
      --------
      U.S NAVAL HOSPITAL, GREAT LAKES, ILL.
      OFFICIAL MARCH 9, 1918
      BELL CAUDLE, MALDEN, MO.: CAUDLE SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT, STILL SERIOUSLY ILL.

      H. E. ODELL
      12:00 NOON
      HCF


      WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM
      ----------------------
      REC'D AT 4 A.M. H 13 GOVT
      BELL CAUDLE: MALDEN, MO.: JAMES ULYS CAUDLE IMPROVING, CONDITION GOOD.

      H. E. ODELL
      5:36 P.M.

      DISPATCH
      --------
      U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL, GREAT LAKES, ILL.
      OFFICIAL MARCH 10, 1918
      BELL CAUDLE, MALDEN, MO.: JAMES ULYS CAUDLE IMPROVING, CONDITION GOOD.

      H. E. ODELL
      12:00 NOON

      WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM
      ----------------------
      REC'D 29A H 12 GOVT.
      GREAT LAKES, ILL. 2:40 P.M.
      MARCH 12, 1918

      BELL CAUDLE, MALDEN, MO.: CAUDLE CONDITION IMPROVING SLOWLY.

      H. E. ODELL
      7: 42 P.M.



      DISPATCH
      --------
      UNITED STATES NAVAL HOSPITAL , GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS
      OFFICIAL MESSAGE 13 MAR 1918
      BELL CAUDLE, MALDEN, MO.: JAMES U. CAUDLE DIED AT SIX TWENTY P.M. TODAY.
      BODY MAY BE BURIED HERE AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE OR IF YOU REQUEST BODY SENT
      HOME ALL EXPENSES PREPARATION TRANSPORTATION PAID BY GOVERNMENT. WIRE
      IMMEDIATELY WHAT SHALL BE DONE.
      H.E. ODELL
      BY DIRECTION
      6:55 P.M. OJC.

      WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH
      -----------------------
      21 A H 44 GOV.

      BELL CAUDLE, MALDEN, MO.: JAMES U. CAUDLE DIED AT SIX TWENTY P.M. TODAY.
      BODY MAY BE BURIED HERE AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE OR IF YOU REQUEST BODY
      SENT HOME ALL EXPENSES PREPARATION TRANSPORTATION PAID BY GOVERNMENT.
      WIRE IMMEDIATELY WHAT SHALL BE DONE.

      H. E. ODELL
      8:10 P.M.

      LETTER
      ------
      U. S. NAVAL HOSPITAL
      GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS

      MARCH 16, 1918

      DEAR SIR:

      I HAVE THE SAD DUTY OF INFORMING YOU OF THE DEATH OF YOUR SON, JAMES
      ULYS CAUDLE, SEAMAN SECOND CLASS, U.S. NAVY, WHICH OCCURRED AT THIS
      HOSPITAL AT 6:20 P.M., MARCH 13, 1918.

      HE WAS ADMITTED TO THIS HOSPITAL MARCH 8TH WITH SPINAL MENINGITIS
      WHICH WAS LATER COMPLICATED BY PNEUMONIA FROM WHICH HE DIED. HE WAS SICK
      ONLY A SHORT TIME AND DID NOT LEAVE ANY MESSAGE FOR HIS FAMILY. WE WISH
      TO ASSURE YOU THAT EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WAS DONE FOR YOUR SON DURING HIS
      ILLNESS AND WE SYMPATHISE WITH YOU IN YOUR BEREAVEMENT.
      HIS EFFECTS WILL BE SHIPPED TO YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE BY EXPENSE
      PREPAID. WHEN THEY ARE RECEIVED, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU SIGN THE
      RECEIPT AND RETURN IT TO US.

      YOURS VERY TRULY,



      H. F. HULL
      SURGEON, U.S. NAVY
      EXECUTIVE OFFICER

      LIST OF EFFECTS OF THE LATE: JAMES ULYS CAUDLE


      1 BLACKING 2 BLANKETS
      1 BROOM 1 SHOE BRUSH
      1 WATCH CAP 1 COMB
      2 HEAVY DRAWERS 4 LIGHT DRAWERS
      5 HANKERCHIEFS 4 WHITE HATS
      1 JERSEY 1 BULE DRESS JUMPER
      3 WHITE JUMPERS 2 PR. LEGGINS
      1 OVERCOAT 1 PR. HIGH SHOES
      3 PR. SOCKS 2 TOWELS
      1 BLUE TROUSERS 3 WHITE TROUSERS
      2 HEAVY UNDERSHIRTS 4 LIGHT UNDERSHIRTS
      1 KNIT SWEATER 1 JACK KNIFE
      1 POCKET BOOK, NO MONEY

      RECEIVED THE ABOVE NAMED ARTICLES FROM THE U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL, GREAT
      LAKES, ILL.

      TO BE SHIPPED TO W. S. CAUDLE, MALDEN, MO.

      BENEFICIARY
      -----------
      TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON
      C-10407
      JULY 17, 1918
      MR. WILLARD S. CAUDLE:
      MALDEN, MO.

      DEAR SIR:

      YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU WERE NAMED AS A BENEFICIARY OF
      INSURANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
      TO YOUR SON, JAMES U. CAUDLE, AS USN WHO DIED ON THE 15 MARCH 1918.

      ENCLOSED YOU WILL FIND A BLANK FORM OF AFFIDAVIT WHICH YOU WILL
      KINDLY FILL IN, AND EXECUTE BEFORE A NOTARY PUBLIC, COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS,
      OR ANY OTHER PERSON AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO ADMINISTER AN OATH AND RETURN
      THE SAME TO THIS BUREAU IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE WHICH NEEDS NO POSTAGE.

      YOUR SIGNATURE MUST BE WITNESSED BY TWO PERSONS WHO MUST SIGN THEIR
      NAMES AND AFFIX THEIR ADDRESSES IN THE PLACE PROVIDED FOR THE SAME ON THE
      AFFIDAVIT. YOU WILL NOTE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE AFFIDAVIT THE PENALTY AS
      PROVIDED BY THE ACT OF OCTOBER 6, 1917.

      VERY TRULY YOURS,



      H. C. HOUHIHY
      DEPUTY COMMISSIONER FOR COMPENSATION

      AWARD TO BENEFICIARY
      --------------------
      TREASURY DEPARTMENT
      BUREAU OF WAR RISK INSURANCE
      DIVISION OF MILITARY & NAVAL INSURANCE
      FORM 52 FILE NO. 1-14039

      MR. WILLARD S. CAUDLE, MALDEN, MO.: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT, AS THE
      PERSON NAMED AS BENEFICIARY BY JAMES ULYS CAUDLE, APPRENTICE SEAMAN, USN,
      TO WHOM INSURANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 WAS ISSUED BY THE U.S. UNDER
      THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF 0CTOBER 6, 1917 AND THE AMENDMENT THERETO, YOU ARE
      ENTITLED TO RECEIVE INSURANCE IN PAYMENTS OF $57.50/100 DOLLARS PER MONTH
      FROM THE 14TH DAY OF MARCH 1918 TO THE 14 DAY OF MARCH 1938.

      MORE ABOUT LAW OF ENTITLEMENT.

      WILLIAM C. DeLANOY
      DIRECTOR
      APPROVED
      W. G. McADOO
      SECRETARY OF TREASURY

      VETERANS ADMINISTRATION LETTER
      ------------------------------
      WASHINGTON MARCH 31, 1938
      MR. WILLARD S. CAUDLE 12/8/97
      RTE 1 GREENE CO.
      MARMADUKE, ARK. CAUDLE, JAMES U.
      XC 10,907
      HANDSCRIBED NOTES ON LETTER WHICH REPLIED TO REQUEST MARCH 12, 1938 FOR
      APPLICATION TO FILE CLAIM FOR DEATH COMPENSATION AS DEPENDENT FATHER OF
      WW VETERAN.
      NOV 16 71 BE 72 1866

      $57. 50 DEC. 1917

      2 YRS 10 MO. PRIVATE
      1888- CAVY COMPANIES J & C 20TH US INF

      WIFE DIED SEP 7, 1936 (BELL PATTERSON WITHAM - CAUDLE)

      REVERSE
      HANDSCRIBED R. D. DAVENPORT 62 YRS OLD
      SAUR COOPER

      VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION LETTER
      -------------------------------
      WASHINGTON
      AUGUST 9, 1938
      MR. WILLARD S. CAUDLE MBAB - 7
      ROUTE 1 CAUDLE, JAMES ULYS
      MARMADUKE, ARK. (HANDSCRIBED NOTE IN THE VICINITY OF PARAGOULD)

      DEAR SIR:

      YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT AS THE FATHER OF JAMES ULYS CAUDLE
      WHOSE DEATH WAS DUE TO SERVICE, AN AWARD OF COMPENSATION HAS BEEN MADE TO
      YOU UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACTS OF MARCH 20, 1933 AND MARCH 28, 1934;
      AT THE MONTHLY RATE OF $45.00 COMMENCING AUGUST 16, 1937.
      MORE ABOUT THE COMPENSATION BENEFITS UNDER THE LAW....

      RESPECTFULLY,


      E. L. BAILEY
      DIRECTOR DEPENDENT'S
      CLAIMS SERVICE


      WHILE LOOKING THROUGH WILLARD'S FUNERAL BOOK, I SAW WHERE FANNIE HAD
      SIGNED THE BOOK. SHE EVIDENTLY ATTENDED THE FUNERAL. I ALSO SAW WHERE
      WILLARD HAD NOTIFIED HER WHEN THEIR OLDEST SON, EULAS, DIED.

      OBITURARY
      ---------
      NEWSPAPER CLIPPING IN "LEST WE FORGET"
      WILLARD SHERIDAN CAUDLE FOUND DEAD HERE SUNDAY

      WILLARD SHERIDAN CAUDLE 74, OF 703 EAST KINGSHIGHWAY WAS FOUND DEAD AT
      EIGHT SUNDAY MORNING IN THE BATHROOM OF HIS HOME BY HIS SON, JACK CAUDLE,
      TAXI DRIVER, WHEN HE RETURNED HOME FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S WORK. CORONER
      RAY LITTLE, WHO MADE AN INVESTIGATION, SAID DEATH APPARENTLY WAS DUE TO A
      CEREBRAL HEMHORRAGE. NO INQUEST WAS HELD. HE WAS A NATIVE OF MT.
      VERNON, ILL. BUT HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF GREENE COUNTY 45 YEARS. HE WAS A
      SPANISH - AMERICAN WAR VETERAN. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED AT
      TWO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM BROWN'S CHAPEL CHURCH AND BURIAL WILL BE
      MADE IN BROWN'S CHAPEL CEMETERY. THE REV. R. C. ROGERS, BAPTIST
      MINISTER, WILL OFFICIATE.

      SURVIVING ARE THREE DAUGHTERS, MRS. IRENE BAKER, MRS. LILLY
      OLDFIELD, AND MISS NADINE CAUDLE OF VALLEJO, CALIF.; ONE SON, JACK CAUDLE
      OF PARAGOULD; ONE BROTHER, NORMAN CAUDLE, WHOSE PRESENT ADDRESS IS
      UNKNOWN HERE.

      LEST WE FORGET BROCHURE
      -----------------------

      WILLARD SHERIDAN CAUDLE BORN MT. VERNON [BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE COUNTY],
      ILLINOIS NOVEMBER 16, 1866. ENTERED INTO REST AUG 10, 1941, PARAGOULD,
      ARKANSAS, 74 YEARS 8 MONTHS, 24 DAYS.

      SERVICES HELD AT BROWN'S CHAPEL AUGUST 13, 1941 AT 2 P.M. BY BROTHER
      CHAPEL ROGERS.

      INTERMENT IN GREENE COUNTY, ARKANSAS AT 2 P.M. ON 13 AUGUST 1941.

      CASKET BEARERS: ELSIE SCRADER, GUS BEAVER, J. B. CAMP, OLIVE WILTHRON,
      SAM HAYS, GUY GREATHOUSE; HONORARY BEARERS: JOHN MONTIETH, BILL YATLIN.

      FRIENDS WHO CALLED: MISS LEONTINE McDONALD [KIN THROUGH MARRIAGE], MISS
      GERMAINE CARROLL, MRS. IVA MEDCALF, MRS. JESS LOWE, MRS. VINSON CANNON,
      MRS. MABLE KENNEDY, MRS AND MR. BEASLEY, ESSIE BECKWITH, ALENE MARTIN,
      FANNIE McLAUCHLEN [WILLARD'S FIRST WIFE'S KINFOLKS], MRS. C. L. ENGLAND,
      MR. & MRS. CHAS V. ANDERSON, MISS WANDA LEE McDONALD [KIN THROUGH
      MARRIAGE], RALPH ANDERSON, MR. & MRS. J. H. HANNAH [KIN OF WILLARD'S
      SECOND WIFE], HOUSTON HANNAH [KIN OF WILLARD'S SECOND WIFE].


      1900 GREENE COUNTY ARKANSAS FEDERAL CENSUS RECORD, TAKEN ON 25 JUNE 1900:
      MAINSHORE TOWNSHIP, NO. OF DWELLING VISITED 120, NO. OF FAMILY VISITED 127
      WILLIAM CAUDLE H WM NOV 1866 33 M FARMER IL, SC, KY.
      MARY F. " W WF SEP 1874 25 M AR, MS, MS.
      EULES " S WM DEC 1897 2 AR, IL, AR.

      MAINSHORE TOWNSHIP, NO. OF DWELLING VISITED 120, NO. OF FAMILY VISITED 128
      BOB McLAUGHLIN H WM OCT 1872 27 M FARM LBR MS, SC, MS.
      FANNIE " W WF SEP 1880 19 M AR, AR, AL.

      FIRST COLUMN IS FOR NAME; SECOND IS FOR RELATIONSHIP TO HEAD OF FAMILY
      LISTED ON FIRST LINE; THIRD IS FOR COLOR AND SEX; FOURTH AND FIFTH IS FOR
      BIRTH MONTH AND YEAR; SIXTH IS FOR MARRIED OR SINGLE; SEVENTH IS FOR
      OCCUPATION; EIGHTH, NINTH, AND TENTH IS FOR INDIVIDUAL'S AND PARENT'S
      (INDIVIDUAL, FATHER, MOTHER) BIRTHPLACE.

      BOB McLAUGHLIN IS PROBABLY FANNIE McLAUGHLIN CAUDLE'S BROTHER.


      1910 GREENE COUNTY ARKANSAS FEDERAL CENSUS RECORD, TAKEN 3 MAY 1910:
      CLARK TOWNSHIP, DWELLING NO. VISITED 156 AND FAMILY NO. VISITED 156
      WILLIAM J. CAUDLE H WM 43 M 2 0 FARMER IL, NC, KY.
      BELLE " W WF 45 M 2 0 6 0 IL, IL, IL.
      JAMES M. " S WM 12 S AR, IL, MO.
      WILLARD F. " S WM 9 AR, IL, MO.

      FIRST COLUMN LISTS THE INDIVIDUAL'S NAME; SECOND LISTS THE RELATIONSHIP
      TO THE HEAD OF FAMILY WHICH IS ALWAYS LISTED FIRST; THIRD LISTS THE
      INDIVIDUAL'S COLOR AND SEX; FOURTH LISTS THE INDIVIDUAL'S AGE; FIFTH
      SHOWS WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL IS MARRIED OR SINGLE; SIXTH SHOWS HOW MANY
      TIMES THE INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN MARRIED; SEVENTH SHOWS THE NO. OF YEARS THE
      INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN MARRIED TO THEIR PARTNER; EIGHTH SHOWS THE TOTAL NO. OF
      KIDS THE WIFE HAS HAD; NINTH SHOWS THE NO. OF LIVING CHILDREN; NINTH
      LISTS THE INDIVIDUAL'S OCCUPATION; TENTH, ELEVENTH, AND TWELTH LISTS
      WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEIR PARENTS (INDIVIDUAL, FATHER, MOTHER)
      BIRTHPLACE.


      1920 GREENE COUNTY ARKANSAS FEDERAL CENSUS RECORD, TAKEN ON 7 JAN 1920:
      CLARK TOWNSHIP, DWELLING NO. 28 AND FAMILY VISITED NO. 29
      WILLARD S. CAUDLE HEAD OF FAM WHITE MALE 53 MARRIED IL, NC, NC.
      BELLE " WIFE WHITE FEMALE 58 MARRIED IL, TN, TN.

      FIRST COLUMN IS THE NAME; SECOND IS THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE HEAD OF THE
      FAMILY WHICH IS ALWAYS LISTED FIRST; THIRD IS THE COLOR AND SEX; FOURTH
      IS THE INDIVIDUAL LISTED AGE; FIFTH SHOWS WHETHER INDIVIDUAL IS MARRIED
      OR SINGLE; SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH SHOWS THE INDIVIDUAL'S AND THEIR
      PARENTS (INDIVIDUAL, FATHER, MOTHER) BIRTHPLACE.

  • Sources 
    1. [S496] JACK CAUDLE, MILITARY RECORDS, HATTIE TOWERCAUDL.

    2. [S493] HERMAN CAUDLE'S PAGE FROM THE FAMILY BIBLE.KINGS.

    3. [S494] JACK CAUDLE, 15020 WEST 12THLITTLE ROCK, ARKANSA.

    4. [S495] MY DAD AND I VISITED BROWN CHAPEL CEMETARY IN196.

    5. [S11685] MARRIAGE RECORD: BOOK EMARRIAGE NO. 54 PAGE 499.

    6. [S11702] MARRIAGE RECORD.


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