Family Group Sheet


Name Silas E. Caudill
Birth 19 Apr 1876, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 7 Aug 1950, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Burial Community Cemetery (formerly Caudill-Fultz), Rowan Co., Ky
Father Henry B. Caudill (1855-~1937)
Mother Christena Black (1856-1924)
Marriage 16 Dec 1896, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Amanda Ellen Jones, 1C3R
Birth 22 May 1881, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 29 Aug 1959, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Burial Community Cemetery (formerly Caudill-Fultz), Rowan Co., Ky
Father James William ("Jim") Jones (1856-1936)
Mother Sarah Ann Clark (1859-1901)
Children
1 M James "Henry" Caudill, 2C2R
Birth 22 Oct 1898, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 1 Mar 1970, Rowan Co., Kentucky
2 F Martha J. Caudill, 2C2R
Birth abt 1902/1903
Spouse Samuel J. Coffey, 2C1R
3 F Carrie Ethel Caudill, 2C2R
Birth 18 Dec 1906, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 8 Sep 1997, Bainbridge, Putnam Co., Indiana
Spouse Everett Kendall
4 F Mary A. Caudill (Died as Child), 2C2R
Birth 4 Mar 1909, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 4 Jul 1911, Rowan Co., Kentucky
5 F Jeanette ("Nettie") Caudill, 2C2R
Spouse Beecher Garrett McBrayer
6 F Stella Caudill, 2C2R
Spouse Nile Yahn
7 M W. W. Caudill (Died as Infant), 2C2R
Birth 24 Jul 1912, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 25 Jul 1912, Rowan Co., Kentucky
8 F Leona Caudill, 2C2R
Spouse Ed Lowe
Census Notes for Silas E. Caudill
1910 Census of Rowan Co., Ky, Hogtown, E. D. 156, page 14A, records as family #223 (next door to his parents):
Caudill, Silus, 33, farmer; Mandy E., 28; married 13 years, 4 children, all living; James H., 10; Martha J., 8; Carrie E., 5; Mary A., 1. All born in Kentucky.
Notes for Amanda Ellen Jones
Her gravestone says that she was born 22 May 1878, but she was not listed with her parents on the 1880 census, and she was listed as 28 in 1910. The birthdate of 22 May 1881 is from her granddaughter, Carrie E. (Caudill) Kendall.
Notes for Silas E. & Amanda Ellen (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage register, Bk A, p. 106, lists Silas E. Caudill m. Amanda Ellen Jones on 16 Dec 1896, at James Jones, witnesses David Black, Jno Black, by F. M. Crisp.

Phil McBrayer's notes say that Amanda Jones d/o Marion Jones married "Dr. Silas Caudill". But Carrie (Caudill) Kendall, the daughter of Silas and Amanda, says that her mother's parents were James Wm. Jones and Sarah Ann Clark. She should know since they are her own grandparents. Perhaps Marion Jones (who married Minnie Crawford) also had a daughter named Amanda, but more likely whoever Phil was interviewing was less closely related and just had the wrong parents for Amanda.
Last Modified 8 May 2002 Created 30 Jun 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh