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James Harrison CAUDILL

Male 1841 - 1924  (83 years)


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  • Name James Harrison CAUDILL  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Birth 03 Feb 1841  Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 Sep 1924  Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Family Graveyard Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I26  Rootballs
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2015 

    Father John B. CAUDILL,   b. 24 Aug 1802, Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 21 Aug 1880, Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 78 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Lavisa SMITH,   b. 04 Dec 1807, Stokes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 21 Aug 1880, Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 73 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Marriage 17 Dec 1825  Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F37  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah E. TILLEY,   b. Mar 1855, Dobson, Surry Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 27 Apr 1910 (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1872  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Lettie Ann CAUDILL,   b. 25 Dec 1872, Alleghany Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jun 1926, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)  [Natural]
     2. Alford Martin CAUDILL,   b. 08 Jun 1874, Alleghany Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 May 1933, Walnut Grove Twp., Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Natural]
     3. Sarah J. CAUDILL,   b. Abt 1875, Alleghany Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     4. Benjamin Everett CAUDILL,   b. 20 Oct 1877, Alleghany Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1939, Sullivan Co., TN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [Natural]
     5. Margaret Ellen CAUDILL,   b. Jul 1879, Alleghany Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880 (Age ~ 2 years)  [Natural]
     6. Frances J. CAUDILL,   b. May 1882  [Natural]
     7. Johnson CAUDILL,   b. Mar 1885   d. 28 Jun 1961, Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 76 years)  [Natural]
     8. Betty Catherine CAUDILL,   b. May 1888   d. 28 Jan 1950 (Age ~ 61 years)  [Natural]
     9. Pheobie CAUDILL,   b. 22 Dec 1889, Basin Cove, Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     10. Laura Alice CAUDILL,   b. May 1892, Basin Cove, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Mar 1940, Whitehall, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 47 years)  [Natural]
     11. George Washington CAUDILL,   b. Mar 1892, Basin Cove, Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1963, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years)  [Natural]
     12. Della CAUDILL,   b. Jun 1895, Basin Cove, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1936, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 41 years)  [Natural]
     13. Kelly CAUDILL,   b. Jun 1895   d. Jun 1895 (Age ~ 0 years)  [Natural]
     14. Quincy G. CAUDILL,   b. 05 Jun 1896, Basin Cove, Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1957 (Age 61 years)  [Natural]
     15. Cynthia Arthusia CAUDILL,   b. 16 Jun 1898, Basin Cove, Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Sep 1939, Darlington, MD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)  [Natural]
     16. Hugh A. CAUDILL,   b. Aft 1900, Basin Cove, Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
    Family ID F34  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2015 

    Family 2 Mary Candis TILLEY,   b. Abt 1841, Dobson, Surry Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 29 Nov 1871, Alleghany Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Marriage Aft 1860  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1.On September 8th, 1860 James Harrison Caudill still resides with his parents in the 1860 census. He and Mary could have been married and living with his parents but Mary Tilley Caudill is not listed in the household.
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    Children 
     1. William C. CAUDILL,   b. 29 Nov 1861, Roaring Gap, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1922 (Age 60 years)  [Natural]
     2. James Harrison CAUDILL, Jr.,   b. 02 Jun 1864, Roaring Gap, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1933, Denton, NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Natural]
     3. Martha Louise CAUDILL,   b. 24 Jul 1865, Roaring Gap, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 1930, Konnarock, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Natural]
     4. Mary Candis CAUDILL,   b. 10 Feb 1868, Roaring Gap, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1930, Whitehead, Alleghany Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Natural]
     5. John W. CAUDILL,   b. Nov 1869, Roaring Gap, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     6. Shadrick Franklin CAUDLE,   b. 29 Nov 1871, Roaring Gap, NC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Nov 1923, Lunenburg Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F35  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2015 

    Family 3 Alpha WAGONER,   b. Abt May 1859 
    Marriage 17 Jan 1912  Wilkes Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F36  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2015 

  • Notes 
    • 1. "Out on a Limb", p.62: There is a place on the Blueridge Parkway that is called Wild Cat Rock and from there you can look off down the mountains and see a little cabin - that cabin is where Harrison Caudill raised his family. {The cabin visible from Wild Cat Rock circa. 2001 is the cabin of his son, Alford Martin}. Harrison and two of his brothers, Thomas and Ruff, went to Wilkes County to settle. After a short time, Thomas and Ruff went back to Surry County and Harrison bought their adjoining farms, giving him a total of about 500 acres there in the mountains. Harrison built himself a cabin and home in which he raised his family, but in 1916, a flood washed away part of his house. He then moved into the cabin which his brother Ruff had built a number of years prior to this event. It was here that Harrison lived until his death in 1924. One thing that was always amusing to everyone was that of his 22 children, half were boys and half were girls and half were red-hair-heads (as they were called), and half had brown hair. (Harrison had red hair). They were a real pioneering family that worked hard to make a better life, but suffered through many hardships and sorrows.such as the week in which four of his children died with scarlet fever. The following is part of the obituary and tribute to James Harrison Caudill which was written by his son-in-law Wiley Combs.

      Harrison Caudill was born February 3, 1839 and departed this life September 15, 1924. His stay here on earth was 85 years 7 months and 12 days. "He was married to Mary Candis Tilley in 1857. Unto this union were born six children (two girls and four boys). The Lord saw fit to call his companion away to the better home leaving him with six little children. He afterwards married Sarah Jane Tilley and to this union were born 16 children (nine girls and seven boys), 22 children in all. Six preceded him in death, also his second wife preceded him in death. Two or three years after the departure of his second wife, he married Aplha Wagoner, 1912.

      He professed a living hope in Christ and joined the Primitive Baptist Church at Whiteoak in Surry County, before the war, and was a soldier in the warfare for the Lord of glory. The church went down at Whiteoak where he first joined and when Basin Creek Church was organized, he joined there by application and a good recommendation and remained a faithful member until death, filling his seat as long as he was able to go to church.

      He honored his profession, and contended for the faith, firn unto the end. He labored hard through life, and had much trouble and trials, but from the fruit he bore we feel, and assured that he is sweetly resting on the other shore with many of his loved ones gone on before.

      He was badly afflicted in his old age, had heart dropsy and was sitting in his chair talking to one of his grandsons and died suddenly. His body was deposited in the family graveyard by the side of his second wife to await the ressurection. He leaves his third wife, sixteen children and a large connection to mourn their loss, but weep not children, our loss is his eternal gain.

      Born 3 February 1839, Surry County North Carolina
      Died 15 September 1924, Wilkes County North Carolina
      Buried in Wilkes Co.
      Parents John Caudill and Levisa Smith
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      2 .In 1870 census, James is listed in house next to his sister Mary Caudill and her husband James Simmons.
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      3. James' first wife Mary Tilley was living with her parents about ten houses away from Thomas Smith in the Northern Division of Surry County during the 1850 census of Surry County enumerated on 30th day of September, 1850. Thomas Smith was James' uncle. James' uncle Robert Smith may have resided in House #813 twelve houses away from Mary's parents.
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      4. Minutes of the First Regular Annual Session of the Primitive Baptist Association , Held With New Covenant Church, Wilkes County, N.C. October 22 and 23, 1869. Delegate names: W. G. Combs, James Caudle, Austin Gentry, J. Gentry, J. W. Combes, A. G. Combes
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      5. Had red hair.
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  • Sources 
    1. [S265] Barbara Johns Groeger, Out on a Limb, (Name: c.1960 Photo Arts Inc. 666 Steel Street El Cajon, Ca.;).

    2. [S47] 1870 Alleghany Co., NC Census, Cherry Lane Twp., House #36, p.6.

    3. [S88] 1910 Wilkes Co., NC Census, House #128, Walnut Grove Township, p.7B.

    4. [S77] 1900 Wilkes Co., NC Census, Walnut Grove Township, House #161.

    5. [S34] 1850 Wilkes Co., NC Census, House #999.

    6. [S46] 1860 Wilkes Co., NC Census, Roaring Gap Twp., House #889, p.125.

    7. [S57] 1880 Alleghany Co., NC Census, Cranberry Twp., p.8, House 73.

    8. [S77] 1900 Wilkes Co., NC Census, Walnut Grove, House #161.

    9. [S46] 1860 Wilkes Co., NC Census.
      Harrison is living with parents during the 1860 census


  

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