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 Abt 1881 - 1925 (~ 44 years)
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| Name |
Jerry CAUDILL [1] |
| Birth |
Abt 1881 |
Letcher Co., KY  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
28 Dec 1925 |
| Person ID |
I7628 |
Rootballs |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2015 |
| Family |
Mary COMBS, b. 20 Sep 1879 d. 22 Dec 1941, Ira Combs Cemetery, Jeff, Perry Co., KY (Age 62 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Watson CAUDILL, b. 02 Sep 1902 d. 22 Oct 1933, Ira Combs Cemetery, Jeff, Perry Co., KY (Age 31 years) [Natural] |
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| Family ID |
F2950 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Jan 2015 |
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| Notes |
- 1.Jerry Caudill (born 1881 in Letcher Co., Ky) and married to Mary Combs, daughter of Preacher Ira Combs and Martha Burton. Jerry and Mary are my great-grandparents.
Jerry moved to Perry Co. and is listed with his wife and children in several census records as working for the Glomawr coal mine. Jerry was murdered by his stepson Green McIntyre on December 28 1925 in Perry Co., Ky with a single gunshot wound to the head. The story is that Jerry dearly loved his wife but they quarreled and Green simply lost his temper. Green never served a single day in jail.
Mary went on to marry an abusive man (third husband) whom she soon left. Mary and Jerry are buried together in the Ira Combs cemetery in Jeff, Ky. Their eldest son Watson was murdered by a romantic rival and is buried next to them.
Jerry was the son of Elizabeth Caudill (born 1861 in Letcher Co.) and a local schoolteacher, Richmond Whitaker. Whitaker married another woman, Polly Ann Stamper, six months after Jerry was born. It is said he was so bitter about his biological father that he would never take his name but his mother's.
Elizabeth is the daughter of William J. "Stiller Bill" Caudill, a veteran of the Confederacy, and his wife Nancy. Got more if you are interested. Do you have any information on Elizabeth and her second husband Elijah Combs? They are recorded as having also lived and worked in the Glomawr community next to Jerry and Mary.
My grandfather was only a 12-year-old boy when he held his father as he died. He was then sent to a workhouse and to work the mines at age 14. He lost touch with his father's maternal family and we would dearly love to know about Elizabeth's other children ... Nancy Ann, Eli, Arminta.
Would love to share!
Natalie Caudill, July 11, 2001, http://genforum.genealogy.com/combs/messages/2049.html
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