JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE^[1]

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• Name	JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE
  Born	2 Feb 1841	GARRARD COUNTY KENTUCKY   [2]
  	PROBABLY BORN IN GARRARD COUNTY. HOWEVER, HE COULD HAVE BEEN BORN IN MADISON OR FAYETTE COUNTY IN KENTUCKY. SINCE THEY WERE LIVING IN GARRARD COUNTY IN 1840, I BELIEVE HE WAS BORN THERE.
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	HE WAS A CAMPBELLITE
  Died	29 Aug 1898	PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS [?]   [3]
  	HE DIED IN HIS SON'S, LOUIS NORMAN, HOME. HIS WIFE, MY GRANMA, HATTIE VESTA TOWER, CALLED HIM FOR BREAKFAST. WHEN HE DIDN'T ANSWER, SHE CHECKED ON HIM AND HE WAS DEAD.
  Age	57 years
  Buried	Sep 1898	MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS [?]   [4]
  	HE WAS PROBABLY BURIED IN THE PACE CEMETARY. IT IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HIS FARM. MARLIN THOUGHT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BURIED IN THE . MCDONALD CEMETERY NEAR PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS.
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  Person ID	I7	Caudle Descendants
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2004

  
  

  Father	HARDIN R[ICHARD?] CAUDLE 3x ,   b. 15 Sep 1812, KENTUCKY ,   d. 27 Jul 1887, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS   Age: 74 years
  Mother	MARY ELIZA BARNES,   b. 24 Jun 1815, FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY ,   d. 8 Dec 1860, SUMNER, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS   Age: 45 years
  Married	27 May 1833	FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY   [5]
  	Married	27 May 1833	FAYETTE COUNTY, KENTUCKY   [5]
  HARDIN CAUDLE WAS MARRIED THREE TIMES: (1) MARY ELIZA BARNES, (2) RHODA ANN DUDLEY, AND (3) MARY ANN SMITH.
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  Family	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   [6]
  	Married	14 Jun 1864	LAWRENCE COUNTY ILLINOIS   [6]
  SARAH WAS MARRIED TWICE: (1) JACOB BRANNON, AND (2) JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE
  Children	1. WILLIAM ("WILLARD") SHERIDAN CAUDLE 2x ,   b. 16 Nov 1866, BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. 10 Aug 1941, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS   Age: 74 years 2. LEONA ALICE CAUDLE 3x ,   b. 2 Mar 1868, BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. 17 Jul 1938, MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS   Age: 70 years 3. ELIZABETH E[LLEN] CAUDLE,   b. 28 Apr 1869, BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. 8 Jun 1903, CRETE, WILL, ILLINOIS   Age: 34 years   4. MARY ANN CAUDLE,   b. 5 Nov 1870, BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. 6 Oct 1875, MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS   Age: 4 years 5. CHARLEY ELBRIDGE ("BRIDGE") CAUDLE 3x ,   b. 26 Jun 1872, BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. 4 May 1920, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS   Age: 47 years 6. LOUIS NORMAN CAUDLE, SR.,   b. 8 Jan 1874, BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS ,   d. 6 Oct 1943, SACRAMENTO, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA   Age: 69 years 7. IDA M[AE] ("MINNIE") CAUDLE,   b. 8 Sep 1875, MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS ,   d. 14 Mar 1901, ILLINOIS   Age: 25 years 8. JOHN HENRY ("DOC") CAUDLE 5x ,   b. 31 Dec 1877, MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS ,   d. 16 Jan 1919, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS   Age: 41 years   9. M[ARY] E[LIZA] ("MOLLY") CAUDLE,   b. 25 Nov 1881, MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS ,   d. 16 Mar 1887, MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS   Age: 5 years 10. AGNES COLLINS CAUDLE 2x ,   b. 23 May 1882, MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS ,   d. 23 Nov 1934, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS   Age: 52 years 11. PHEBA FAYE [MEDE] CAUDLE 2x ,   b. 10 Dec 1883, MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS ,   d. 1 Dec 1941, PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS   Age: 57 years
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet

  
  

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  		Born - 2 Feb 1841 - GARRARD COUNTY KENTUCKY Married - 14 Jun 1864 - LAWRENCE COUNTY ILLINOIS Child - WILLIAM ("WILLARD") SHERIDAN CAUDLE - 16 Nov 1866 - BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Child - LEONA ALICE CAUDLE - 2 Mar 1868 - BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Child - ELIZABETH E[LLEN] CAUDLE - 28 Apr 1869 - BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Child - MARY ANN CAUDLE - 5 Nov 1870 - BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Child - CHARLEY ELBRIDGE ("BRIDGE") CAUDLE - 26 Jun 1872 - BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Child - LOUIS NORMAN CAUDLE, SR. - 8 Jan 1874 - BRIDGEPORT, LAWRENCE, ILLINOIS Child - IDA M[AE] ("MINNIE") CAUDLE - 8 Sep 1875 - MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS Child - JOHN HENRY ("DOC") CAUDLE - 31 Dec 1877 - MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS Child - M[ARY] E[LIZA] ("MOLLY") CAUDLE - 25 Nov 1881 - MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS Child - AGNES COLLINS CAUDLE - 23 May 1882 - MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS Child - PHEBA FAYE [MEDE] CAUDLE - 10 Dec 1883 - MT. VERNON, JEFFERSON, ILLINOIS Died - 29 Aug 1898 - PARAGOULD, GREENE, ARKANSAS [?]  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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  CALLED JOHN REFERENCES: CAUDLE(4), PRESTON MILFORD, UNPUBLISHED GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH ON JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE'S DESCENDANTS, SIBLINGS, WIVES, AND ANCESTORS, RURAL ROUTE 2, BOX 840, OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA 74447-9678, 1967 TO PRESENT. IN THE SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS' SERVICE RECORD CARD FILE, I FOUND A JOHN J. CAUDLE WHO ENLISTED 20 APRIL 1861 AND SERVED AS A PRIVATE IN COMPANY I OF THE 8TH ILLINOIS INFANTRY FOR 3 MONTHS FROM 25 APRIL 1861 TO 25 JULY 1861. THIS IS PROBABLY MY JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE FITS. HE ENLISTED 1 JANUARY 1862 IN COMPANY B OF THE 13TH REGIMENT, ILLINOIS CAVALRY AND WAS DISCHARGED AT LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS 2 JANUARY 1864. HE REENLISTED IN THE SAME COMPANY ON 2 JANUARY 1864. HOWEVER, HE TRANSFERRED TO COMPANY M OF THE SAME REGIMENT. THE ARMY DISCHARGED HIM THE SECOND TIME AT PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS ON 31 AUGUST 1865. A COMPENDIUM OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, VOLUME III, BY FREDERICK H. DYER, --13TH REGIMENT CALVERY: EIGHT COMPANIES ORGANIZED AT CAMP DOUGLASS ILLINOIS OCTOBER 30, 1861 TO FEBRUARY 20, 1862. CONSOLIDATED TO A BATTALION OF THREE COMPANIES MAY 20, 1863. SEVEN NEW COMPANIES ASSIGNED FEBRUARY 1864. --REGIMENT MOVED TO BENTON BARRACKS, MISSOURI DECEMBER 1861 WITH DUTY THERE TILL FEBRUARY 1862. ATTACHED TO DISTRICT OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, STIELE'S COMMAND, FEBRUARY TO MAY 1862. DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TO OCTOBER 1862. CALVARY BRIGADE DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST MISSOURI TO FEBRUARY 1863. 1ST BRIGADE, 2ND DIVISION, ARMY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TO MARCH 1863. DISTRICT OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TO JULY 1863. RESERVE BRIGADE 1ST CALVARY DIVISION, ARMY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI TO AUGUST 1863. --RESERVE BRIGADE, 1ST CALVARY DIVISION ARKANSAS EXPEDITION TO DECEMBER 1863. UNATTACHED 2ND DIVISION ARMY OF ARKANSAS TO JANUARY 1864. 1ST BRIGADE, 1ST CALVARY DIVISION, 7TH ARMY CORPS., DEPARTMENTS OF ARKANSAS, TO MAY 1864. CLAYTON'S CALVARY BRIGADE 7TH ARMY CORPS TO SEPTEMBER 1864. 1ST BRIGADE CALVARY DIVISION 7TH ARMY CORPS TO JANUARY 1865. POST: PINES BLUFF ARKANSAS 7TH ARMY CORPS TO AUGUST 1865. --SERVICE: DUTY IN DISTRICT OF SE MISSOURI FEB. TO JUNE 1862. JOINED GEN. CURTIS AT JACKSON-PORT, ARK. JUNE 1. MARCH TO HELENA, ARK. JUNE 1 - JULY 14. GRAND HAZE, WHITE RIVER JULY 4. HILLS' PLANTATION, CACHE RIVER, ROUND HILL, BAYON DE VIEW JULY 7. GAINES' LANDING, PITTMANS' FERRY JULY 20. COTTON PLANT JULY 25. SCOUT IN WAYNE, STODDARD, AND DUNKLIN COUNTIES, MO. AUG. 20 - 27. (DETACHMENT) UNION MILLS AUG. 22. FOUR MILES AUG. 23. BLOOMFIELDS BRIDGE AUG. 31 (DETACHMENT). BLOOMFIELD SEPT. 11. DAVIDSON'S CAMPAIGN IN SW MO. AND NW ARK. OCT. 1862 TO MAY 1863. VAN BUREN DEC. 21, 1862. --OPERATIONS AGAINST MARMADUKE APRIL 17 - MAY 2. JACKSON APRIL 22. WHITE RIVER APRIL 22. BLOOMFIELD APRIL 24. UNION CITY AND CHALK BLUFFS APRIL 25. BUSHY CREEK MAY 28. NEAR DONNIPHAN JUNE 1 (DETACHMENT). CAMPAINGN AGAINST LITTLE ROCK, ARK. JULY 1 - SEPT. 10. HARRISON'S LANDING AUG. 6. NEAR HELENA AUG. 8. GRAND PRAIRIE AND WHITE RIVER AUG. 17. BROWNSVILLE AUG. 24 - 25. REED'S BRIDGE, BAYON METOE AUG. 27. BAYON METOE AUG. 30 AND SEPT. 4. AUSTIN AUG. 31. BAYON FOURCHE AND CAPTURE OF LITTLE ROCK SEPT. 10. PURSUIT OF PRICE SEPT. 11 - 13. NEAR LITTLE ROCK SEPT. 11, DUTY AT LITTLE ROCK TILL JULY 1864. BATESVILLE OCT. 22, 1863. PINE BLUFF NOV. 28. --STEEL'S EXPEDITION FROM LITTLE ROCK TO CAMDEN MARCH 23 - MAY 3, 1864. LITTLE MISSOURI RIVER APRIL 4. PRAIRIE D'ANNE APRIL 9 - 12. JENKINS FERRY, CAMDEN APRIL 15. JENKINS FERRY, SALINE RIVER APRIL 30. DUTY AT PINE BLUFF TILL AUG. 1865. LITTLE ROCK ROAD JULY 30, 1864. NEAR PINE BLUFF JULY 30 (DETACHMENT). PINE BLUFF SEPT. 11. RECKONNAISSANCE FROM PINE BLUFF TOWARD MONTICELLO AND MT. ELBA OCT. 4 - 11. SCOUT FROM PINE BLUFF TOWARD MT. ELBA OCT. 24 - 27 (DETACHMENT). NEAR HALF WAY HOUSE OCT. 25 (DETACHMENT). --EXPEDITION FROM HELENA TO FRIARS' POINT, MISS. DEC. 1 - 5 (DETACHMENT). SCOUT TO RICHLAND DEC. 24 - 25 (DETACHMENT). SCOUT FROM PINE BLUFF TO SIMPSONS PLANTATION DEC. 27 - 28. EXPEDITION FROM PINE BLUFF JAN. 7 - 9, 1865 AND JAN. 15 - 19. EXPEDITION FROM LITTLE ROCK TO MT. ELBA JAN. 22 - FEB. 4. EXPEDITION FROM PINE BLUFF TO DUVALL'S BLUFF AND SKIRMISH FEB. 9 - 19. EXPEDITION TO ARK. RIVER FEB. 17 - 18 (DETACHMENT). NEAR BAYON METOE FEB. 17. SCOUT TO DOUGLASS' PLANTATION FEB. 21 - 22. DOUGLASS' PLANTATION FEB. 22. NEAR VOCHES FEB. 23. BAYON METOE FEB. 24. EXPEDITION TO MCMILLEY'S FARM FEB. 26 - 28 (DETACHMENT). SKIRMISH MCMILLEY'S FARM FEB. 27 (DETACHMENT). NEAR PINE BLUFF MAR. 4 (DETACHMENT). EXPEDITION TO BASS PLANTATION MAR. 17 - 20 (DETACHMENT). EXPEDITION TO MONTICELLO MAR. 21 - 23 (DETACHMENT). EXPEDITION TO BAYON BARTHOLEMEW APRIL 1 - 4 (DETACHMENT). SCOUT FROM PINE BLUFF TO RODGER'S PLANTATION APRIL 25 (DETACHMENT). SCOUT FROM PINE BLUFF TO NOBLE'S PLANTATION MAY 4 - 6 (DETACHMENT). SCOUT FROM PINE BLUFF TO JOHNSON'S FARM MAY 15 - 17. SKIRMISH ON MONTICELLO ROAD MAY 16 (DETACHMENT). SCOUT TO MONTICELLO MAY 23 - 27. MONTICELLO MAY 24. MUSTARED OUT AUG. 31, 1865. --REGIMENT LOST DURING SERVICE 21 ENLISTED MEN KILLED AND MORTALLY WOUNDED AND 4 OFFICERS AND 360 ENLISTED MEN BY DISEASE. TOTAL 385. JOHN WAS PROBABLY BORN IN GARRARD COUNTY, KENTUCKY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE HIS FATHER, HARDIN CAUDLE LIVED IN 1840 ACCORDING TO THE 1840 FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS. SINCE JOHN WAS BORN IN FEBRUARY 1841, ITS REASONABLE TO ASSUME HE WAS BORN THERE. HOWEVER, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY HE COULD HAVE BEEN BORN IN SOME OTHER COUNTY. MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE -------------------- MARRIAGE BOOK E PAGE 499 MARRIAGE LICENSE NO 54 BE IT KNOWN, THAT ON THIS 14 DAY JUNE 1864 MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED TO MR. JOHN J CAUDLE AND SARAH BRANON. I B WATTS, CLERK. STATE OF ILLINOIS, | SS: LAWRENCE COUNTY, | I DO HEREBY CERTIFY, THAT THE MARRIAGE OF MR. JOHN J CAUDLE AND SARAH BRANON WAS CELEBRATED BY ME, THIS 14 DAY OF JUNE 1864 ACCORDING TO THE USUAL CUSTOM AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL, THIS 14 DAY OF JUNE 1864 ELDER J. McMILLEN 1850 LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL CENSUS RECORD --LINE 970, (LISTED IN HARDIN CAUDLE'S HOUSEHOLD) --JOHN CAUDLE AGE 9 (1841) BORN KENTUCKY 1860 LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL CENSUS RECORD --PAGE 120, LINE 834, SUMNER (LISTED IN HARDIN CAUDLE'S HOUSEHOLD) --JOHN CAUDLE AGE 19 (1841) BORN KENTUCKY 1870 LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL CENSUS RECORD BORN KENTUCKY --PAGE 8, LINE 46, BRIDGEPORT: --JOHN CAUDLE AGE 29 (1841) FARMER WORTH $5000 BORN KENTUCKY --SARAH CAUDLE 27 (1843) HOUSEKEEPER ILLINOIS --WILLIAM CAUDLE 3 (1867) ILLINOIS --LEONA CAUDLE 2 (1868) ILLINOIS --ELIZABETH CAUDLE 1 (1869) ILLINOIS LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS MARRIAGE RECORDS --BOOK E PAGE 499 MARRIAGE 54: ON 14 JUNE 1864 JOHN CAUDLE MARRIED SARAH J. BRANNON. LAWRENCE COUNTY GRANTOR PROPERTY RECORDS AT LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS COURT HOUSE --BOOK Y PAGE 567: ON 20 AUGUST 1868 HARDEN CAUDLE SOLD 40 ACRES TO JOHN CAUDLE FOR $1000. THE LAND WAS LOCATED IN CHRISTY TOWNSHIP. --BOOK Y PAGE 566: ON 17 OCT 1873 JOHN J. AND SARAH CAUDLE SOLD 40 ACRES TO OLIVER C. PIPER FOR $2000. THE LAND WAS SITUATED IN CHRISTY TOWNSHIP. MINUTES OF PLEASANT HILL CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS --[ABT 5/1871] JOHN CAUDLE MOVED TO HAMILTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS. LAWRENCE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT RECORDS AT LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS COURT HOUSE: CHANCERY SUIT NO. 649, JESSE P. JONES VERSUS HARDIN CAUDLE, FILE BOX NO. 692, ABT 1887: JOHN CAUDLE IS NAMED AS ONE OF HARDIN CAUDLE SONS AND A DEFENDANT IN THE LAWSUIT. A NON-RESIDENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER, THE SUMNER PRESS, BETWEEN 21 JUNE AND 19 JULY 1888. 1880 JEFFERSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL CENSUS RECORD --PAGE 2, LINE 18, DODDS TOWNSHIP, MT. VERNON, (CENSUS TAKEN 11 JUNE 1880) - ALSO, INDEX: SOUNDEX CODE C340 (FILM C230-C400), VOL 27, ED 50, SHEET 2, LINE 21 --J. J. CAUDLE AGE 39 (1841) FARMER BORN KY, DAD VA, MOM KY --SARAH CAUDLE 37 (1843) HKPR IL, OH, KY --W. S. CAUDLE 14 (1866) SON IL, KY IL --LEONA CAUDLE 12 (1868) DAU IL, KY, IL --ELIZABETH CAUDLE 11 (1869) DAU IL, KY, IL --ELBRIDGE CAUDLE 8 (1872) SON IL, KY, IL --L. N. CAUDLE 5 (1875) SON IL, KY, IL --I. M. CAUDLE 4 (1876) DAU IL, KY, IL --J. HENRY CAUDLE 3 (1877) SON IL, KY, IL --M. E. CAUDLE 2/12 (1880) DAU IL, KY, IL INDEX TO JEFFERSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS PROPERTY RECORDS: ------- ------- ------- --------- ----- ------ ------ GRANTEE GRANTOR KIND REFERENCE DATE AMOUNT FILED OF DEED ------- ------- ------- --------- ----- ------- ------ JOHN J. JAMES T. WARRANTY BK 36 11/18 $1240 9/2/ CAUDLE DILLINGHAM DEED PG 319 1873 1881 AT 9:15 BOOK 36 PAGE 319 - [SUMMARY: JOHN J. CAUDLE PURCHASED 84 ACRES MORE OR LESS FOR $1240 FROM JAMES T. AND PERMELIA DILLINGHAM OF JEFFERSON COUNTY BY WARRANTY DEED ON 18 NOVEMBER 1873. THE PROPERTY DESCRIPTION WAS E 1/2 SW PT NW QR, SECTION 8 TOWN 3 RANGE 3. IT WAS FILED 2 SEPTEMBER 1881 AT 9:15.] --DETAILS: DESCRIPTION E 1/2 SW PT NW QTR, SECTION 8 TOWN 3 RANGE 3 --TRANSACTION: THE GRANTORS JAMES T. DILLINGHAM AND PERMELIA DILLINGHAM OF THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON AND STATE OF ILLINOIS, FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE SUM OF TWELVE HUNDRED AND FORTY (1240.00), IN HAND PAID, CONVEY AND WARRANT TO JOHN J. CAUDLE THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE, SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON AND STATE OF ILLINOIS, TO WIT. THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTH WEST QUARTER, AND TWELVE ACRES OFF OF THE NORTH WEST QUARTER DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF SAID QUARTER SECTION RUNNING THENCE WEST 30 POLES THENCE NORTH 74 POLES AND 16 LINKS, THENCE EAST 30 POLES THENCE SOUTH 74 POLES AND 16 LINKS TO PLACE OF BEGINNING. EXCEPT 1/2 ACRE IN THE NW CORNER OF SAID 12 ACRE PIECE, USED AS A BURYING GROUND ALL IN SECTION EIGHT TOWNSHIP THREE SOUTH OF RANGE THREE EAST OF THE 3RD P.M CONTAINING IN ALL EIGHTY FOUR ACRES, MORE OR LESS. AND THE SAID GRANTORS HEREBY EXPRESSLY RELEASE AND WAIVE ALL RIGHTS OF HOMESTEAD THEY MAY HAVE IN THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PREMISES, BY VIRTUE OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS DATED THIS 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER A.D. 1881. SIGNED AND DELIVERED IN PRESENCE OF GEO M. HAYNES, JAMES T. DILLINGHAM [SEAL] PERMELIA DILLINGHAM [SEAL] STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON I GEORGE M. HAYNES, A NOTARY PUBLIC IN MT. VERNON, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE OF AFORESAID, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT JAMES T. DILLINGHAM AND PERMELIA DILLINGHAM ARE PERSONALLY KNOWN TO ME AS THE SAME PERSONS WHOSE NAMES ARE SUBSCRIBED TO THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT OF WRITING, APPEARED BEFORE ME THIS DAY IN PERSON AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE SIGNED , SEALED AND DELIVERED THE SAID INSTRUMENT AS THEIR VOLUNTERY ACT FOR THE USES AND PURPOSES THEREIN SET FORTH. AND THAT THEY WAIVED ALL RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE BY VIRTUE OF ANY HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION LAWS OF THIS STATE. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND NOTARIAL SEAL THIS 18TH DAY OF NOVEMBER A.D. 1873. N.P. SEAL GEORGE M. HAYNES, NOTARY PUBLIC FILED SEPTEMBER 2D A.D. 1881 AT 9 1/4 A.M. J.S. BOGAN, RECORDER. ------ ------- ---- --------- ---- ------ ------- GRANTOR GRANTEE KIND REFERENCE DATE AMOUNT FILED OF ------ ------- ---- --------- ---- ------ ------- DEED JOHN J. ALBERT WARRANTY BOOK 48 1/3 $2000 3/4/1891 CAUDLE BATES DEED PAGE 75 1891 AT 11:30 --BOOK 48 PAGE 75 - THE GRANTOR JOHN J. CAUDLE A (WIDOWER) OF THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON AND STATE OF ILLINOIS FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS IN HAND PAID, CONVEYS AND WARRANTS TO ALBERT BATES OF THE COUNTY OF JEFERSON AND STATE OF ILLINOIS THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTH WEST QUARTER, AND TWELVE ACRES OFF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF SAID QUARTER SECTION, RUNNING THENCE WEST THIRTY (30) POLES THENCE NORTH SEVENTY FOUR (74) POLES AND SIXTEEN (16) LINKS THENCE EAST THIRTY (30) POLES AND THENCE SOUTH SEVENTY-FOUR (74) POLES AND SISTEEN (16) LINKS TO PLACE OF BEGINNING EXCEPT ONE-HALF (1/2) ACRE IN THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF SAID TWELVE (12) ACRE [WHICH IS USED?] AS A BURYING GROUND. ALL IN SECTION EIGHT (8) IN TOWNSHIP THREE (3) SOUTH AND IN RANGE THREE (3) EAST OF THE 3RD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AND CONTAINING IN ALL EIGHTY-FOUR (84) ACRES MORE OR LESS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, HEREBY RELEASING AND WAIVING ALL RIGHTS UNDER AND BY VIRTUE OF THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION LAWS OF THIS STATE. THIS DEED IS MADE SUBJECT TO A MORTGAGE NOW ON SAID LAND FOR THE SUM OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS WHICH THE GRANTEE HAVING HEREBY ASSUMED AND AGREES TO PAY AS A PART OF THE CONSIDERATION OF THIS INDENTURE. DATED THIS THIRD DAY OF JANUARY A.D. 1891 SIGNED BY JOHN J. CAUDLE [SEAL] STATE OF ILLINOIS, WILLIAM T. PACE A NOTARY PUBLIC JEFFERSON COUNTY, IS [ONE WORD I CANNOT READ] FOR THE SAID COUNTY, IN THE STATE AFORESAID DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT JOHN J. CAUDLE, A WIDOWER, PERSONALLY KNOWN TO ME TO BE THE SAME PERSON WHOSE NAME IS SUBSCRIBED TO THIS ENGAGING INSTRUMENT APPEARED BEFORE ME THIS DAY IN PERSON AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED THE SAID INSTRUMENT AS HIS TRUE AND VOLUNTERY ACT FOR THE SAME SAID PURPOSES HEREIN SET FORTH, INCLUDING THE RELEASE AND WAIVER OF THE RIGHT OF HOMESTEAD. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND NOTORIZED ON THIS THIRD DAY OF JANUARY A.D. 1891 SIGNED BY WILLIAM T. PACE, NOTARY PUBLIC WILLIAM T. PACE'S SEAL [HANDDRAWN IN LEFT LOWER PORTION OF DOCUMENT-THREE LINES] FILED FOR RECORD THIS 4TH DAY OF MARCH A.D. 1891 AT 11 O'CLOCK A.M. SIGNED BY W. A. DAVIS, CLERK AND B. E. WILLS, D.P. THE PROPERTY'S DESCRIPTION WAS E 1/2 SW QR AND 12 ACRES OFF NW QR SECTION 8 TOWN 3 RANGE 3. JEFFERSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS PROPERTY RECORDS CONTINUED BOOK 45 PAGES 83 AND 84: KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS THAT JOHN J. CAUDLE, A WIDOWER, OF DODDS TOWNSHIP, IN THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, AND STATE OF ILLINOIS, [IS?] HELD AND FIRMLY BOUND UNTO JAMES G. WEST [IN PERSON?] IN THE COUNTY OF AND STATE OF [NEVADA?] FOR THE FINAL SUM OF THREE THOUSAND ($3000) DOLLARS [FOR?] THE PAYMENT OF WHICH SUM [WELL?] AND TRULY [TWO WORDS I CANNOT READ] MADE TO JAMES G. WEST, HIS HEIRS, CREDITORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS, DOES BIND HIMSELF, HIS HEIRS, CREDITORS, ADMINISTRATORS, FIRMLY BY THESE PRESENTS. SEALED WITH MY SEAL AND DATED THIS 23RD DAY OF DECEMBER A.D. 1889. THE CONDITION OF THE OBLIGATION IS SUCH THAT WHEREAS THE SAID JAMES G. WEST THIS DAY HAS GIVEN THE SAID JOHN J. CAUDLE THREE PROMISORY NOTES OF EVEN DATES HEREWITH. FIRST NOTE FOR THE SUM OF $500. PAYABLE JAN. 1ST A.D. 1891 WITH 8 % INT. SECOND NOTE FOR $500. PAYABLE JAN. 1ST A.D. 1892, AND THIRD NOTE PAYABLE FOR $500. JAN. 1ST A.D. 1893, ALL OF THE ABOVE NOTES WITH INTEREST AT 8 % PER ANNUM. ABOVE NOTES CAN BE PAID AT ANY TIME. WHEN FIRST NOTE IS PAID. GRANTOR WILL MAKE DEED AND TAKE MORTAGE TO SECURE THE OTHER LIVE NOTES IF DESIRED. THE GRANTOR IS TO RETAIN POSSESSION OF LAND TILL FIRST NOTE IS PAID. NOW, IF ON THE PAYMENT OF SAID NOTES BEING MADE ON OR BEFORE THE TIME THEY SHALL EACH BECOME DUE AND ALL THE [LIENS?] IN THE LAND HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED HAVING BEEN PAID BY THE SAID JAMES G. WEST AND NO RIGHT OF PRE EMPTION HAVING BEEN ESTABLISHED OR CLAIMED ON THE SAID LAND, OR ANY PART THEREOF. THE SAID JOHN J. CAUDLE OR HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE SHALL WHENEVER IT [IS REQUESTED AND/OR?] REQUIRED, EXECUTE AND DELIVER TO THE SAID JAMES G. WEST OR HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE A GOOD AND SUFFICIENT DEED, CONVEYING TO HEIRS THE EAST 1/2 OF SOUTHWEST 1/4 SECTION 8, T.3. S. R. 3. E. 3 OF P.M. EXCEPT A STRIP OF [SIFIA ACRES OFF THE WEST SIDE?] OF SAID QUARTER SECTION [DESCRIBED AS] BEGINNING AT THE S.E. CORNER OF THE N.W. QUARTER OF SECTION 8 RUNNING THENCE WEST 30 POLLS, THENCE NORTH 74 POLLS & 16 LINKS. THENCE EAST 30 POLLS. THENCE SOUTH 74 POLLS AND 16 LINKS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, [EXCEPT ONE-HALF ACRE?] 85[&3/4?] ACRES BEING CONVEYED CLEAR OF ALL [EXCEPTANCE?] IN T. 3 R. 3 [FOR?] AND CLEAR FROM ALL INCUMBRANCES THEN THIS OBLIGATION TO BE NULL AND VOID, OTHERWISE OF FULL FORCE AND EFFECT IT BEING DISTINCTLY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO THAT THE TIME OF PAYMENT HEREIN ABOVE FILED IS MATERIAL AND OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS CONTRACT AND THAT [ANY KIND?] OF FAILURE THEREIN, THE [INTERVENTION?] OF EQUALITY IS [FOREVERBARRED?]. SIGNED, SEALED, AND [DELIVERED] JOHN J. CAUDLE SEAL [INFORENENCE?] STATE OF ILLINOIS & JEFFERSON COUNTY I JOHN D. WILLIAMS, A NORTARY PUBLIC, IN AND FOR SAID COUNTY IN THE STATE AFORESAID, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT JOHN J. CAUDLE, A WIDOWER, PERSONALLY KNOWN TO ME AS THE SAME PERSON WHOSE NAME IS SUBSCRIBED TO THE ABOVE BOND FOR DEED APPEARED BEFORE ME THIS DAY IN PERSON AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED THE SAID BOND AS HIS FREE AND VOLUNTARY ACT AND FOR THE USE AND PURPOSE THEREIN SET FORTH. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND NOTORIAL SEAL, THIS 23RD DAY OF DECEMBER A.D. 1889 JOHN D. WILLIAMS, NOTARY PUBLIC FILED FEBY 15TH A.D. 1890 AT 2 P.M. W. A. DAVIS, CLERK EVIDENTLY, JAMES G. WEST DEFAULTED ON THE PROMISORY NOTES AND AS A RESULT FORFEITED HIS CLAIM ON THE LAND BECAUSE JOHN JEFFESON CAUDLE SOLD THE LAND TO ALBERT BATES IN 1891. ACCORDING TO EARL HAYES AND MARLIN CAUDLE THE OLD HOMESTEAD HOUSE WAS A 2-STORY LOG HOUSE THAT BURNED RIGHT AFTER JOHN SOLD IT. IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CEMETERY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE PACE FAMILY IS BURIED. THE GRAVES ARE OLD. THEY WERE PROBABLY THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS. MARJORIE PARMLEY FLEENER, LEONA'S GRANDAUGHTER, SAID THAT WENDEL SHANE, CARETAKER OF BETHEL CEMETERY, KNOWS WHERE JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE IS BURIED. HE LIVES SOMEWHERE IN KANSAS, PROBABLY MANHATTAN. HER SON AND WENDEL FOUND THE GRAVE ONE DAY WHEN THEY WERE HUNTING. THEY CAME HOME AND TOLD MARGIE. THEY SAID THAT JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE'S GRAVE HAD A CIVIL WAR PICTURE ON THE TOMBSTONE. MY DADDY, EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SENIOR, TOLD ME THE SAME THING WHEN WE WERE LIVING AT YALE, OKLAHOMA, PAYNE COUNTY. I WAS IN THE 5TH GRADE IN SCHOOL. AT THE TIME MY CLASS WAS STUDYING ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR. EXCITED ABOUT IT, I TOLD MOM ABOUT IT. MOM TOLD ME HER GRANDFATHER, JAMES ERVIN RUDD, FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR FOR THE CONFEDERACY. SHE SAID HER MOTHER, LULU BAGWELL, HAD A PICTURE OF HER DADDY IN THE CONFEDERATE UNIFORM. DADDY CAME IN FROM WORK IN TIME TO HEAR MOM TALKING ABOUT HER FAMILY AND NOT TO BE OUTDONE - I GUESS - HE SAID THAT HIS GRANDDAD, JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE, FOUGHT IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION. HE SAID THAT HIS GRANDDAD'S CIVIL WAR PICTURE WAS ON HIS TOMBSTONE. THAT WAS IN THE WINTER OF 1949. ACCORDING TO MARLIN CAUDLE, BRIDGE GOT CAMELITE PREACHER TO PREACH JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE'S FUNERAL AT THE BETHEL CHURCH. THE BETHEL CHURCH WAS A CAMELITE CHURCH. A CAMELITE PREACHER USUSALLY PREACHED THERE ONCE A MONTH. JOHN TOOK THE FAMILY THERE WHEN THE CAMELITE PREACHER SHOWED UP. THE KIDS ALSO ATTENDED SCHOOL THERE. ACCORDING TO MARJORIE, BETHEL CHURCH BECAME BETHEL SCHOOL. GRANT DOBBIE WAS THE TEACHER. AFTER A WHILE, IT BECAME A COMMUNITY CHURCH, AND LATER A BAPTIST CHURCH. IT WAS A CHRISTIAN CHURCH WHEN I WAS THERE IN THE SEVENTIES. IN AUGUST 1971 WHEN I TOOK MY FAMILY TO MT. VERNON, ILLINOIS ON VACATION, I INQUIRED AT THE NEWSPAPER OFFICE ABOUT WHERE JOHN J. CAUDLE WAS BURIED. THIS IS THE ARTICLE THEY RAN IN THE PAPER: WHERE IS FAMILY BURIED? RECALL JOHN CAUDLE? WHERE DOES HE LIE? JOHN CAUDLE LIVED THREE MILES SOUTH OF MT. VERNON. HE DIED IN AUGUST 1898. THAT MUCH IS KNOWN. BUT, WHERE IS HE BURIED? AND WHERE ARE THE GRAVES OF HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS? ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION ON THE BURIAL SITES OF THE CAUDLE FAMILY CAN BE OF GREAT HELP TO PRESTON CAUDLE, OF LAREDO, TEXAS, AND EARL HAYES, OF MT. VERNON. THEY ARE SEEKING THE GRAVES OF THEIR FORBEARERS. CAUDLE IS A GREAT-GRANDSON, HAYES IS A GRANDSON. JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS CARRY NO MENTION OF THE CAUDLE BURIAL SITES. IN THE 1800's THE FAMILY LIVED IMMEDIATELY WEST OF WHAT IS NOW BETHEL CEMETERY. SARAH CAUDLE, JOHN'S WIFE, DIED IN 1885. A DAUGHTER (MARY OR MOLLY) BURNED TO DEATH AT THE AGE OF TEN YEARS IN 1887. A MT. VERNON NEWSPAPER HAD THE STORY OF THE LITTLE GIRL'S DEATH BUT GAVE NO BURIAL SITE. PERHAPS THE CAUDLES WERE BURIED IN A FAMILY PLOT WHICH HAS LONG SINCE DISAPPERED. BUT THEIR DESCENDANTS ARE HOPING THAT SOME MT. VERNON OLD TIMER CAN REMEMBER. MR. HAYES WHO LIVES AT 617 S. 19TH STREET, WOULD BE ANXIOUS TO GET ANY INFORMATION. IN A LETTER I RECEIVED FROM HAZEL B. CAUDLE MCKNIGHT - TUNGET, GEORGE HARDIN CAUDLE'S DAUGHTER, DATED 10 JUNE 1973, HAZEL SAID THAT "UNCLE JOHN'S WIFE'S NAME WAS SARAH I THINK, COULD THAT BE HER?" WALL'S HISTORY OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS BY JOHN A. WALL, B. F. BOWEN AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 1909 "CIVIL WAR STATISTICS...IT WAS A YOUNG MAN'S WAR: ---2000 BOYS IN THE UNION ARMY WERE UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE. ---8600 OF THE BOYS IN THE UNION ARMY WERE UNDER 16 YEARS OLD. ---1,150,000 OF THE BOYS IN THE UNION ARMY WERE UNDER 18. ---2,168,000 WERE UNDER 21."

  
  

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