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

1881 - 1887  (5 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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 REFERENCES: CAUDLE(4), PRESTON MILFORD, UNPUBLISHED RESEARCH ON JOHN JEFFERSON CAUDLE'S FAMILY, 2326 KENT COURT, WALDORF, MARYLAND 20602-2212, 1967 TO PRESENT.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

  
  

• Sources

  [S510] HERBERT CAUDLE'S FAMILY BIBLE PAGE, HATTIE TOWER. [S11685] MARRIAGE RECORD: BOOK EMARRIAGE NO. 54 PAGE 499.