Eda Edith (Cole) Taulbee (1886 - 1968)

Born 14 Jul 1886 in Magoffin, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Boyd Caudill — married about 1924 in Foraker, Floyd, Kentucky, United States

Wife of Levi Lamrey Taulbee — married 1945 in Foraker,Floyd,Kentucky

Died 2 Sep 1968 at age 82 in Knox, Center Township, Starke, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Edith is first found in the 1900 Kentucky Census^[1]in Meadows, Magoffin County, Kentucky. She is with her father Miles Cole, b. May 1855, m 24 yrs; her mother Kate, b. Jan 1861, the mother of 9/9 children. (Which the enumerator mis-understood because he entered 2/2, crossed that out and entered 9/9, but actually counted 10 children.

1. Thomas Feb 1878 m 3 yrs [Husband of Vada]
2. Emily Jan 1884
3. Edith Jun 1886
4. Mousie Apr 1889 (daughter)
5. Amanda Feb 1891
6. Schern Jul 1892 (son)
7. Lizza Dec 1893
8. Ham Jan 1895
9. Taylor apr 1898 (son)
10. Polly Feb 1896
11. Vada Banks Jan 1876, m 3yr Mother 0/0 ("daughter-in-law")

On 18 March 1905, Eddie (Eadie) Cole married Carew Caudill in Magoffin County, Kentucky.^[2]at the home of Joseph Push, in the presence of Cleveland Salyer and Joseph Cole. Married by John Bailey, M.B.C.

In 1920 Edith and Carew Caudill were living in Breathitt County, Kentucky^[3] With them were four children:

1. Bertha, age 14
2. Pearlia, age 11 (f)
3. Homer, age 9
4. Carrie, age 7 (f)

On 22 Jun 1940, their daughter Josephine, age 16, married Quinton Banks, 22, at Holonville, Wolfe County, Kentucky.^[4]Quinton was the son of Finley Banks and Sarah (Sallie) Little Banks.

In March of 1942 Eddie and Carew are named in the marriage license/record of their son Luther Caudill who married Olidene Arnett in Wood County, Ohio.^[5] Their son Luther was born in Breathitt County, Ky in 1921.^[6]

NOTE: "Minix Memories" has her birth date as 7/14/1886. Grave has no photo.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9HZ-347 : accessed 9 November 2021), Edith Cole in household of Miles Cole, Magisterial District 4, Meadows, Magoffin, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56, sheet 10A, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,541.
2. ↑ Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2N-TLW : 1 February 2021), Eda Caudill in entry for Karew Caudill, 1920.
4. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954
5. ↑ Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016 Fulton Marriage records 1942-1950 vol 19.
6. ↑ "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH2-6KXK : 11 February 2018), Edith Cole in entry for Luther Caudill, 1921; citing Birth, Breathitt, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.

• "Minix Memories" by the Magoffin County Historical Society. Pages 405-406.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151304654/eda-caudill_taulbee

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