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  • Name  HATTI VESTA TOWER 
    Born  12 Jul 1878  LEAVENWORTH, CRAWFORD, INDIANA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 
    • SHE WAS A METHODIST.
    Gender  Female 
    Died  10 May 1965  BETHANY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age  86 years 
    Buried  11 May 1965  BETHANY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • BETHANY CEMETARY NORTHWESTERN CORNER. HER TOMB-
      STONE READS SIMPLY "MOTHER HATTIE VESTA CAUDLE
      1878 - 1965."
    Headstones  Submit Headstone Photo Submit Headstone Photo 
    Person ID  I6  Caudle Descendants
    Last Modified  29 Dec 2004 

    Father  Ancestors LEVI GIFFORD TOWER,   b. 27 Sep 1856, LEAVENWORTH, CRAWFORD, INDIANA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1895, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 38 years 
    Mother  Ancestors HARRIET ISABELLE PATRICK,   b. Abt 1861, LEAVENWORTH, CRAWFORD, INDIANA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1892, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: ~ 31 years 
    Married  9 Sep 1877  LEAVENWORTH, CRAWFORD, INDIANA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    PhotosFamily photos for LEVI GIFFORD TOWER & HARRIET ISABELLE PATRICK
    Photos
    Levi and Harriet Tower about 1886.png    		Levi and Harriet Tower about 1886.png
    Family ID  F47  Group Sheet

    Family  Ancestors LOUIS NORMAN CAUDLE, SR.,   b. 8 Jan 1874, BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1943, SACRAMENTO, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 69 years 
    Married  11 Apr 1895  PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. EZRA CLARK ("EZRIE") CAUDLE,   b. Abt 1896, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1899, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: ~ 3 years
     2. LOUIS NORMAN ("LOUIS") CAUDLE, JR.,   b. Abt 1898, NORTHERN ILLINOIS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1896, FT. WAYNE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: ~ years
    Married: 1x3. RUBY PEARL ("PEARL") CAUDLE,   b. 14 Aug 1900, MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. "ANGEL" CAUDLE,   b. Abt 1902, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1902, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: ~ 0 years
    Married: 2x5. NELLIE EDITH ("DELLA") CAUDLE Married: 2x2x ,   b. 7 Jul 1904, CHICAGO, COOKE, ILLINOIS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1991, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 86 years
    Married: 1x6. EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR.,   b. 12 Jan 1907, NORMAN, CLEVELAND, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1986, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 79 years
    Married: 1x7. ROY RUSSEL ("ROY") CAUDLE,   b. 17 Nov 1908, LUTHER, WYOMING Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1957, RESCUE, EL DORADO, CALIFORNIA Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 48 years
     8. AUTHUR ELWOOD ("SMOKEY") CAUDLE,   b. 10 Jun 1911, FAIR GROVE, GREENE, MISSOURI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1987, BETHANY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 76 years
    Married: 1x9. ALVA BURNICE ("BURNICE") CAUDLE,   b. 13 Aug 1913, ADVANCE, BAXTER, ARKANSAS Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1963, SAN FRANCISCO, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA Find all individuals with events at this location  Age: 49 years
    Married: 1x10. ELSA VENEAL ("VENEAL") CAUDLE
    PhotosFamily photos for HATTI VESTA TOWER & LOUIS NORMAN CAUDLE, SR.
    Family ID  F3  Group Sheet

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Jul 1878 - LEAVENWORTH, CRAWFORD, INDIANA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Apr 1895 - PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - EZRA CLARK ("EZRIE") CAUDLE - Abt 1896 - PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - LOUIS NORMAN ("LOUIS") CAUDLE, JR. - Abt 1898 - NORTHERN ILLINOIS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - RUBY PEARL ("PEARL") CAUDLE - 14 Aug 1900 - MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - "ANGEL" CAUDLE - Abt 1902 - PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - NELLIE EDITH ("DELLA") CAUDLE - 7 Jul 1904 - CHICAGO, COOKE, ILLINOIS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR. - 12 Jan 1907 - NORMAN, CLEVELAND, OKLAHOMA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - ROY RUSSEL ("ROY") CAUDLE - 17 Nov 1908 - LUTHER, WYOMING Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - AUTHUR ELWOOD ("SMOKEY") CAUDLE - 10 Jun 1911 - FAIR GROVE, GREENE, MISSOURI Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - ALVA BURNICE ("BURNICE") CAUDLE - 13 Aug 1913 - ADVANCE, BAXTER, ARKANSAS Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 May 1965 - BETHANY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 11 May 1965 - BETHANY, OKLAHOMA, OKLAHOMA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • CALLED VESTA

      REFERENCES: CAUDLE(4), PRESTON MILFORD SENIOR, UNPUBLISHED GENEALOGICAL
      RESEARCH ON JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE'S DESCENDANTS, SIBLINGS, SPOUSES, AND
      ANCESTORS, FALL 1967 TO PRESENT, RURAL ROUTE 2, BOX 840, OKMULGEE,
      OKLAHOMA 74447-9678.


      SHE RETIRED ON OLD AGE PENSION. SHE LIVED AT STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA IN
      PAYNE COUNTY WHEN I WAS A BOY. AFTER I GREW UP, SHE MOVED TO BETHANY,
      OKLAHOMA IN THE GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY AREA ABOUT 1960.

      IN REMEMBRANCE BROCHURE:
      IN MEMORY OF HATTIE VESTA CAUDLE
      JULY 12, 1878 MAY 10, 1965
      SERVICES FROM
      2:30 P.M. TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1965
      ADAMS CHAPEL
      OFFICIATING CLERGY
      REV. EARL G. CAUDLE, JR.
      ORGANIST
      MRS. KENNETH SUMMERS
      SINGER
      MR. KENNETH SUMMERS
      CASKET BEARERS
      WESLEY N. MOSER MILFORD CAUDLE
      CLIFFORD R. MOSER BENNIE WEST
      RICHARD R. ROSS REV. ED BAGWELL
      INTERMENT
      BETHANY CEMETERY
      CONDUCTED BY
      GENE ADAMS FUNERAL SERVICE
      5820 N.W. 41ST, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA.

      GRANDMAW TOLD ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG THAT HER GRANDPA FOUGHT IN THE
      REVOLUTIONARY WAR. SHE SAID BEFORE HE DIED HE READ A HISTORY OF THE
      REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND SAID THAT THE FACTS WERE WRONG, THAT THE AUTHOR
      DID NOT KNOW THE FACTS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T FIGHT IN THE WAR.

      SHE TOLD ME THAT MY GREAT GRANDFATHER'S NAME WAS JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE
      AND IF I EVER WANTED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE CAUDLES I SHOULD GO TO
      MT. VERNON, ILLINOIS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE FROM. AND IF I EVER
      WANTED TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE TOWERS, I SHOULD GO TO LEAVENWORTH,
      INDIANA BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY ARE FROM. SHE ALSO SAID THAT GRANDPA
      WAS BORN IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND HIS FATHER, JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE WAS
      BORN IN KENTUCKY.

      BETWEEN 1962 AND 1964, I ASKED GRANDMA WHERE HER DADDY AND MOM WAS
      BURIED. BUT SHE JUST STARED INTO SPACE AND NEVER ANSWERED. I THINK SHE
      COULD NOT REMEMBER. I DIDN'T FEEL ANXIOUS ABOUT IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT
      THAT AUNT PEARL, AUNT NELLIE WOULD KNOW, OR DAD WOULD KNOW. THEY DIDN'T.
      I ALSO ASKED HER WHERE JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE WAS BURIED AND SHE DID THE
      SAME THING.

      SHE TOLD ME THAT HER FATHER DRESSED HER MOTHER IN HER WHITE WEDDING DRESS
      FOR THE FUNERAL. SHE SAID, "SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL LYING THERE." SOMEONE,
      I THINK IT WAS GRANDMA, TOLD ME THAT THEY DRESSED HER DAD IN A CLEAN PAIR
      OF OVERALLS WHEN THEY BURIED HIM.

      SHE TOLD ME THAT HER BROTHER DROWNED WHILE SWIMMING ACROSS THE MOUTH
      OF THE BLACK AND WHITE RIVERS IN ARK. THEY DIDN'T FIND HIS BODY FOR
      QUIET SOME TIME. WHEN THEY DID IT WAS SO DETERIATED THAT TOM PATRICK,
      GRANDMA'S UNCLE, HAD A HARD TIME IDENTIFYING IT AS HER BROTHER - CLARK
      HARTLEY TOWER.

      SHE TOLD ME THAT ONE OF GRANDPA'S SISTERS DIED FROM WORMS AT HER COMING
      OUT PARTY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE MEANT "COMING OUT PARTY;" SO I DON'T
      KNOW WHICH ONE IT COULD BE.

      SHE HAD PICTURES OF JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE AND HER PARENTS HANGING ON THE
      WALL IN HER HOUSE. THE PICTURES HAD BEEN HANGING IN THE HOUSES WHERE SHE
      LIVED AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. I ASKED HER IF I COULD HAVE THEM AFTER
      SHE DIED, AND SHE TOLD ME I COULD. SHE ALSO TOLD AUNT PEARL AND UNCLE
      ELWOOD THAT I HAD ASKED FOR THE PICTURES. AUNT PEARL AND ELWOOD GAVE
      THEM TO ME AFTER SHE DIED BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER
      PICTURES SHE HAD OF HER FAMILY.

      GRANDMA WAS A GRAND LADY. SHE WAS ONE OF A KIND. MOM ALWAYS SAID SHE
      WAS ARISTOCRATIC. WE ALL LOVED AND RESPECTED HER VERY MUCH. SOMETIMES I
      THINK WE REVERENCED HER. THERES NO DOUBT THAT MY FAMILY PUT HER ON A
      PEDESTAL. GRANDPA LEFT HER MANY TIMES WHEN THEY LIVED ON THE PRAIRIE
      WITH NO MEANS TO PROVIDE FOR HERSELF AND THE KIDS AND HE WOULD STAY AWAY
      FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME BEFORE HE RETURN. SHE ALWAYS FOUND A WAY
      TO PROVIDE FOR HERSELF AND THE KIDS, BUT SHE NEVER RESORTED TO PROSTITUTION
      OR ANY KIND OF LOW LIFE. SHE ALWAYS PLANTED A GARDEN TO FEED HERSELF AND
      THE KIDS.

      SHE TOLD MY WIFE AND I, AFTER I WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE NAVY, THAT GRANDPA
      OFTEN SAID THAT HE COULD TRUST HER BECAUSE HE HAD COME HOME
      UNANNOUNCED AFTER BEING AWAY FOR A LONG TIME MANY TIMES AND FOUND HER
      ALONE EACH TIME. UNCLE ERVIN, MOM'S BROTHER, TOLD ME IN RESPONSE TO MY
      QUESTION DID GRANDPA EVER TALK ABOUT GRANDMA WHEN HIM AND ERVIN HOBOED
      TOGETHER, IN THE MIDDLE 1930'S, THAT ALL HE EVER GRANDPA SAY ABOUT
      GRANDMA WAS THAT GOD ALMIGHTY COULDN'T GET ALONG WITH HER FOR LONG.
      MAYBE THAT'S WHY GRANDPA LEFT SO MANY TIMES WHEN THE KIDS WERE GROWING UP.

      I HEARD GRANDMA SAY ONCE THAT PSYCHIATRISTS, THAT SHE READ ABOUT IN THE
      EARLY 1950'S COULD HAVE HELPED GRANDPA IF THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE
      WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. SHE ALWAYS SAID THIS IN REFERENCE TO GRANDPA'S
      VIOLENT TEMPER. SHE TOLD MANY STORIES ABOUT HIS TEMPER. BUT THROUGH IT
      ALL GRANDMA LOVED HIM AND NO ONE ELSE.

      WHEN SHE WAS SICK IN 1965, I USED TO TAKE MY WIFE OVER TO HER HOUSE IN
      BETHANY, OKLAHOMA, IN THE GREATER OKLAHOMA CITY AREA, TO WATCH HER
      BECAUSE SHE HAD HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES AND DIDN'T ALWAYS KNOW WHERE
      SHE WAS AT OR WHO SHE COULD TRUST. SHE THOUGHT I WAS GRANDPA AND SHE
      WOULD GET-UP OUT OF BED TO CLEAN UP THE ROOM TALKING TO HIM ALL THE TIME.
      ONCE SHE SAID TO ME, "NORM, HEAR THE BOYS HAVING FUN AT THE PARK. WE'LL
      HAVE A LITTLE FUN, TOO." SHE GOT UP OUT OF BED AND STARTED PUTTERING
      WITH THE DRESSER AND AROUND THE ROOM BEFORE SHE SPIED MY WIFE. SHE ASKED
      MY WIFE WHO ARE YOU? MY WIFE TRIED TO EXPLAIN. GRANDMA THEN ASKED WHAT
      SHE WAS DOING THERE. PRETTY SOON SHE GOT MAD BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T
      UNDERSTAND WHAT MY WIFE WAS SAYING. TO HER IT MUST HAVE SOUNDED LIKE
      DOUBLE TALK. GRANDMA CHASED MY WIFE OUT OF THE BEDROOM INTO THE FAMILY
      ROOM WHERE DADDY, AUNT VENEALAND UNCLE ABB, AND ELWOOD WERE. I GUESS SHE
      THOUGHT MY WIFE WAS GRANDPA'S GIRLFRIEND. SHE WASN'T GOING TO TOLERATE IT
      IN HER HOME.

      JACK CAUDLE, WILLARD'S BOY, SAID THAT HIS DAD SAID THAT NORMAN, MY
      GRANDPA WOULD LEAVE HER OUT ON THE PRAIRIE TO FEND FOR HERSELF. IN FACT
      HE WENT AND GOT A PICTURE OUT OF HIS DAD'S PICTURES OF GRANDMA WITH HER
      KIDS OUT IN FRONT OF A LOG HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE SOMEWHERE IN OKLAHOMA.
      JACK THOUGHT A LOT OF HER, TOO.

      GRANDPA LEFT ONCE WHEN THEY LIVED IN A DUGOUT ON THEIR HOMESTEAD NEAR
      LAMAR, COLORADO AND DID NOT RETURN FOR 3 TO 5 YEARS. GRANDMA FOUND HIM
      IN SILVERTON, COLORADO, I THINK. I HEARD HER TELL THE STORY MANY TIMES.
      GRANDPA LEFT AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FOOD OR ANYTHING. AFTER A WHILE SHE
      SENT LETTERS TO DIFFERENT NEWSPAPERS ASKING THEM TO CONTACT HER AND TELL
      HER WHERE GRANDPA WAS AT IF THEY KNEW HIM. GRANDPA'S BOSS READ HER
      ADVERTISEMENT IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER AND SENT HER GRANDPA'S WAGES.
      LATER, GRANDPA CAME HOME WITH HIS POCKETS FULL OF MONEY. HE MOVED THE
      FAMILY BACK TO OKLAHOMA.

      CLIFFORD ROY MOSER IN EDMOND, OKLAHOMA HAS A POSTCARD POSTMARKED SEP 1929
      TO OZONE, ARK. WHERE GRANDMA LIVED AT THE TIME.




      CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
      --------------------
      STATE OF OKLAHOMA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
      LOCAL REGISTRAR'S FILE NO. 65-1725
      STATE FILE NO. 008915
      1. PLACE OF DEATH a. COUNTY: OKLA. b. CITY, TOWN OR LOCATION:
      OKLA. CITY c. LENGTH OF STAY IN 1b.: BLANK d. NAME OF HOSPITAL OR
      INSTITUTION: IMPERIAL NURSING HOME e. IS PLACE OF DEATH INSIDE CITY
      LIMITS? YES 2. USUAL RESIDENCE a. STATE: OKLA. b. COUNTY: OKLA.
      c. CITY, TOWN OR LOCATION: 3604 N. PENIEL d. STREET ADDRESS:
      BETHANY, OKLA. e. IS RESIDENCE INSIDE CITY LIMITS? YES f. IS
      RESIDENCE ON A FARM? NO 3. NAME OF DECEASED: HATTIE VESTA CAUDLE 4.
      DATE OF DEATH: 5-10-65 5. SEX: FEMALE 6. COLOR OR RACE: WHITE 7.
      WIDOWED 8. DATE OF BIRTH: 7-12-78 9. AGE LAST BIRTHDAY: 86 10a.
      USUAL OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE 10b. KIND OF BUSINESS OR INDUSTRY: BLANK
      11. BIRTHPLACE: INDIANAPOLIS, IND. [ACTUALLY LEAVENWORTH, INDIANA]
      12. CITIZEN OF WHAT COUNTRY: U.S.A. 13. FATHER'S NAME: GRIFFIN TOWER
      [ACTUALLY LEVI GIFFORD TOWER] 14. MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME: ISBELLE
      PATRICK [ACTUALLY HARRIET ISABELLE PATRICK] 15. WAS DECEASED EVER IN
      U.S. ARMED FORCES? NO 16. SOCIAL SECURITY NO. NONE 17. INFORMANT:
      MRS. RUBY MOSER 6000 N.W. 30TH, BETHANY
      MEDICAL CERTIFICATION:
      PART I. 18. CAUSE OF DEATH: a. IMMEDIATE CAUSE: CEREBRAL VASCULAR
      OCCIDENT INTERVAL BETWEEN ONSET AND DEATH: 5 DAYS
      CONDITION, IF ANY, WHICH GAVE RISE TO ABOVE CAUSE (a.) STATING THE
      UNDERLYING CAUSE LAST. b. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS 19. AUTOPSY: BLANK
      PART II. OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO DEATH BUT NOT
      RELATED TO THE TERMINAL DISEASE CONDITION IN PART I. 20a. THRU 20f.
      BLANK 21. I ATTENDED THE DECEASED FROM JAN. 65 TO TIME OF DEATH AND
      LAST SAW HER ALIVE ON 5-5-65 DEATH OCCURRED AT 6:45 A.M. ON THE DATE
      STATED ABOVE, AND TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE FROM THE CAUSES STATED.
      22a. SIGNATURE: PAUL D. MAERORY, M.D. 22b. ADDRESS: BETHANY, OKLA.
      22c. DATE SIGNED: 5-10-65 23a. BURIAL 23b. 5-11-65 23c. BETHANY
      CEMETERY 23d. LOCATION (CITY, TOWN, OR COUNTY): BETHANY, OKLA. 24.
      DATE FILED BY LOCAL REGISTER: 5-18-65 25. REGISTRAR'S SIGNATURE: V.
      L. LAYTON 26. FUNERAL DIRECTOR: GENE ADAMS 5820 N. W. 41, O. C.
      COMMISSIONER: A. B. COLYAR, M.D, CERTIFIED COPY, THE GREAT SEAL OF THE
      STATE OF OKLAHOMA, STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, STATE OF OKLAHOMA, 1400
      NORTH EASTERN, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, I HEREBY CERTIFY THE FORGOING TO
      BE A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY, ORIGINAL OF WHICH IS ON FILE IN THIS OFFICE.
      IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I HAVE HEREUNTO SUBSCRIBED MY NAME AND CAUSED THE
      OFFICIAL SEAL TO BE AFFIXED, AT OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA THIS 3 DAY OF
      SEPTEMBER 1968. ROY C. PIRONG, STATE REGISTRAR.

  • Sources 
    1. [S11690] MARRIAGE BOOK D PAGE 253ENGLISH, CRAWFORD, INDIA.


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