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 1855 - 1938 (82 years)
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| Name |
John Dixon CAUDILL [1] |
| Birth |
05 Oct 1855 |
Jonesville, VA  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
29 Apr 1938 |
Pikeville, Pike Co., KY [1] |
| Burial |
Caudill Family Cemetery, Sandlick, KY |
| Person ID |
I3780 |
Rootballs |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2015 |
| Family 1 |
Susan Caroline DOTSON, b. 22 Mar 1865, Wise Co., VA d. 01 Nov 1894, Pikeville, Pike Co., KY (Age 29 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Oct 1881 |
Wise Co., VA [1] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F1609 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2015 |
| Family 2 |
Mollie SWORD, b. 19 Sep 1877, Island Creek, Pike Co., KY d. 06 Feb 1967, Shelbyville, TN (Age 89 years) |
| Marriage |
Bef 1896 [1] |
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| Family ID |
F1610 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2015 |
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| Notes |
- 1.The following obituary is from The Mountain Eagle newspaper dated 5/5/38, page 1, column 7:
"John D. Caudill, Well Known Merchant Dies At Pikeville Friday"
Former Resident of Letcher Co. Passes Away After Long And Useful Life
John Dixon Caudill, former resident of Whitesburg, and dean of Pikeville merchants and a man whose energy and ability contributed much to the early establishment of Pikeville as a business center, died on Friday evening, April 29, at the Methodist hospital at Pikeville.
He was 83 years old and death followed a week's illness resulting from a stroke of paralysis.
Mr. Caudill was born at Jonesville, Va, on October 5, 1855. His parents, Stephen J. Caudill and Elizabeth Adams Caudill, moved to Letcher Co. in the vicinity of Whitesburg while he was a small child.
As a young man he entered the merchantile business in Whitesburg, where he had a store for several years, later moving to Pikeville, which was then a small village and located his store there.
His store at Pikeville was established fifty-one years ago, and today stands as the city's best known landmark. In this building he carried on trade continuously for more than a half a century, and saw the city grow from the hamlet it was to the progressive community it is today.
Before the railroad came to Pikeville and the town was with out a bank, his business flourished and he often carried on the activities of a banking house. Not infrequently a specially chartered boat from Cincinnati brought his goods up the Big Sandy river to Pikeville.
He was a lover of sport and could boast of prowess at both hunting and fishing. Being know as one of the best fishermen in Pike county and enjoyed fishing up until a few years ago.
As one of Pike county's most respected citizens, he was often called for jury service, having served many times in local and Federal courts.
At the time of the World War, Mr. Caudill did his part by contributing liberally to the Liberty Loan drive.
He was a member of the Baptist church, and was active in attendance at the time he was striken.
Mr. Caudill was married twice. He was preceded in death more than 40 years ago by his first wife, Calla Dotson Caudill. Of this union, four sons and three daughters survive.
They are William H., Stephen J., and Samuel M. Caudill of Pikeville, and John D. Caudill, of Charleston, W. Va.; Mrs. Etty Lowe, of Big Creek, W. Va., Mrs. B. M. Lowe of Borderland, W. Va., and Mrs. G. C. Scott, of Pikeville.
His second wife, Mollie Sword Caudill, survives, as do their eight children, three sons and five daughters: Charles, Paul and James Caudill; Mrs. Charles E. Grote, Mrs. Theodore Hoskins, Mrs. Wallace Ethridge, and Miss Mildred Caudill, of Pikeville and Mrs. G. J. Sanders, of McCormack, S. C.
Also surviving are three sisters. Mrs. J. F. Riley, of Los Angelos, Mrs. Jane Long, of Kansas City and Mrs. Sue Walters, of Virginia; thirty-four grand children and four great-grand children.
Funeral services were conducted Sunday at the family home on Main Street Pikeville. Officiating were Rev. Hayes Maynard and Rev. Ester Hopkins, Pike county Judge.
Interment was in the Caudill family cemetery at Sandlick, near Whitesburg.
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