M[ARY] E[LIZA] ("MOLLY") CAUDLE[1]




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Name M[ARY] E[LIZA] ("MOLLY") CAUDLE Born 25 Nov 1881 MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS Gender Female Baptism - RAISED IN THE CAMPBELLITE FAITH.
Buried Mar 1887 MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS - PACE CEMETARY ON THEIR FARM.
Died 16 Mar 1887 MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS - HER DRESS CAUGHT FIRE AND SHE DIED FROM THE BURNS
SHE SUFFERED. I HEARD MY GRANDPA, LOUIS NORMAN
CAUDLE DESCRIBE IT AND I VERIFIED IT IN THE MT.
VERNON, ILLINOIS NEWSPAPER.
Age 5 years Headstones Submit Headstone Photo
Person ID I406 Caudle Descendants Last Modified 29 Dec 2004
Father JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE, b. 2 Feb 1841, GARRARD COUNTY KENTUCKY
, d. 29 Aug 1898, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS [?]
Age: 57 years
Mother SARAH J[ANE] DUDLEY
2x , b. 17 Jun 1842, LAWRENCE COUNTY ILLINOIS
, d. 14 Aug 1885, MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS
Age: 43 years
Married 14 Jun 1864 LAWRENCE COUNTY ILLINOIS [2]
Married 14 Jun 1864 LAWRENCE COUNTY ILLINOIS [2]
- SARAH WAS MARRIED TWICE: (1) JACOB BRANNON, AND
(2) JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE
Family ID F4 Group Sheet
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Event Map Click to display Born - 25 Nov 1881 - MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS Buried - Mar 1887 - MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS Died - 16 Mar 1887 - MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS = Link to Google Maps
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Notes - THIS IS PROBABLY THE SISTER THAT GRANDAD, LOUIS
NORMAN CAUDLE, CALLED MOLLY. HER GIVEN NAME
COULD ALSO BE MINNIE.
REFERENCES: CAUDLE(4), PRESTON MILFORD, UNPUBLISHED RESEARCH ON JOHN
JEFFERSON CAUDLE'S FAMILY, 2326 KENT COURT, WALDORF, MARYLAND 20602-2212,
1967 TO PRESENT.
MARLIN CAUDLE, SON OF CHARLES ELBRIDGE CAUDLE, SAID THAT ONE OF HIS DAD'S
SISTERS WAS NAMED MINNIE AND ONE WAS NAMED MOLLY. MY GRANDAD, LOUIS
NORMAN CAUDLE, SN. SAID MY SISTER, JARITA ANN CAUDLE - WHEN SHE WAS BORN,
LOOKED LIKE MOLLY. MOLLY BURNED TO DEATH WHEN HER DRESS CAUGHT FIRE WHILE
THEY WERE BURNING OFF THE YARD. GRANDAD TALKED ABOUT HER WITH AFFECTION
WHEN HE LIVED WITH US IN MARIETTA, OKLAHOMA IN THE EARLY 1940'S JUST
BEFORE HE DIED. I BELIEVE THAT M. E. CAUDLE WAS MOLLY. THE E. WAS PROBABLY
FOR ELLEN OR ELIZA. I SAY THIS BECAUSE HER FATHER'S, JOHN JEFFERSON
CAUDLE, MOTHER WAS NAMED MARY ELIZA BARNES, AND HE HAD A SISTER NAMED
ELIZA ELLEN CAUDLE.
MARCH 16, 1887 MT. VERNON WEEKLY REGISTER (PAGE NOT SHOWN BUT ARTICLE IN
THE SECOND COLUMN):
BURNED TO DEATH
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YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON WHILE ENGAGED IN BURNING RUBBISH IN THE
GARDEN, A TEN-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OF MR. JOHN CAUDLE, WHO LIVES ABOUT THREE
MILES BELOW THE CITY, MET WITH A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT WHICH WILL NO DOUBT
CAUSE HER DEATH. HER CLOTHING BY SOME MEANS CAUGHT FIRE, AND ALTHOUGH AN
OLDER SISTER WHO WAS NEAR HER ENDEAVORED TO EXTINGUISH THE FLAMES AND
TEAR HER CLOTHING FROM HER PERSON SHE FAILED TO ACCOMPLISH HER PURPOSE
UNTIL THE GIRL WAS LITERALLY BURNED TO A CRISP FROM HER NECK DOWN TO HER
FEET. THE OLDER SISTER WAS ALSO BADLY BURNED ABOUT HER HANDS. NEIGHBORS
ARRIVED IN A SHORT TIME, THE UNFORTUNATE GIRL WAS CONVEYED TO THE HOUSE
AND DRS. PESYLER & SON WERE SENT FOR, WHO DID EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER
TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERINGS OF THE UNFORTUNATE GIRL. WE HAVE NO NEWS
FROM HER THIS MORNING, BUT IT IS NOT CONSIDERED POSSIBLE FOR HER TO
SURVIVE.
THERE WERE NO FOLLOW UP ARTICLE SAYING WHETHER OR NOT SHE DIED, OR IF
SHE DID, WHERE SHE WAS BURIED.
THE OLDER SISTER COULD HAVE BEEN LEONA, ELIZABETH, OR IDA M. LEONA
WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 19 YEARS OLD. ELIZABETH WOULD HAVE BEEN 18, AND
IDA 12. I NEVER HEARD GRANDMA, DADDY, ELWOOD, PEAL, NELLIE OR VENEAL
TALK ABOUT LEONA'S OR ELIZABETH'S HANDS BEING BURNT. THAT LEAVES IDA.
NEITHER GRANDMAW, GRANDAD NOR ANY OF THEIR CHILDREN EVER TALKED ABOUT
IDA. MY MOTHER SAID THAT SHE REMEMBERED GRANDAD SAYING THAT ONE OF
HIS SISTERS WENT BAD. JUDGING FROM THE FACT THAT NO ONE IN THE FAMILY
EVER TALKED ABOUT IDA, I WOULD GUESS THIS WAS HER BECAUSE GRANDMAW ONLY
TOLD ME THAT GRANDAD HAD A SISTER NAMED IDA. WHEN I QUESTIONED HER ABOUT
IDA SHE DIDN'T TELL ME NOTHING. SHE EITHER DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING OR
WOULDN'T TELL ME WHAT SHE KNEW. WHEN I ASKED DAD, ELWOOD, PEARL, NELLIE,
AND VENEAL ABOUT IDA, NIETHER OF THEM KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT HER.
- THIS IS PROBABLY THE SISTER THAT GRANDAD, LOUIS
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