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.
Headstones Submit Headstone Photo
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.
Family ID F5 Group Sheet
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
- PROBABLY BORN IN GARRARD COUNTY. HOWEVER, HE
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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
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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:
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GRANTEE GRANTOR KIND REFERENCE DATE AMOUNT FILED
OF
DEED
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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.
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GRANTOR GRANTEE KIND REFERENCE DATE AMOUNT FILED
OF
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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."
- CALLED JOHN
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Sources - [S22] HATTIE TOWER CAUDLE, HERMAN CAUDLE'S FAMILY BIBLE.
- [S19] 1840 FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS GARRARD COUNTY, KY.
- [S20] HERMAN LOUELL CAUDLE'S FAMILY BIBLE PAGE ANDHATT.
- [S21] EARL GLEN CAUDLE, SR. AND MARLIN CAVEY CAUDLE196.
- [S11686] MARRIAGE RECORDMOSES AND BETSEY A. BARNES WITNES.
- [S11685] MARRIAGE RECORD: BOOK EMARRIAGE NO. 54 PAGE 499.
- [S22] HATTIE TOWER CAUDLE, HERMAN CAUDLE'S FAMILY BIBLE.
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