Hester Ann Butcher (1814 - 1864)

Born 25 Sep 1814 in Madison, Kentucky, USA [uncertain]

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Died 7 Nov 1864 at age 50 in Wayne City, Wayne, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Born: 25 Sep 1814.^[1] See Research Notes below about her parents and place of birth.

Marriage: Hester Butcher married Thomas Caudle in Greene County, Illinois on 26 September 1832.^[2]

1850: Hester and Thomas had four sons and three daughters, ages 2 to 17. They were in Wayne County, Illinois, where Hester's father Isaac had died in 1845.^[3]

Death of husband: Thomas Caudle died in Wayne County on 27 April 1851.^[4]

1860: The family remained in Wayne County without the father. The children in the household were Louisa, Isaac, Martha, William, and Margaret.^[5]

Death: Hester died on 7 November 1864. She was 50 years old. Hester was buried at Buckeye Cemetery in Wayne County, Illinois.^[1] Her husband Thomas Caudle and father Isaac Butcher were also buried in this cemetery.

Research Notes

The evidence that Hester's parents were Isaac and Rebecca Butcher consists of Hester's maiden name Butcher, burial in the same cemetery as Isaac Butcher, and an aunt-nephew relationship in the 1880 census. The 1880 census recorded a head of household named Isaac Caudle in Macoupin County, Illinois.^[6] Hester was no longer living, but Isaac Caudle had appeared as one of her sons in the censuses of 1850 and 1860. The oldest member of Caudle's 1880 household was "Mila" Land, listed as Caudle's aunt. Mila Land, usually recorded as Emily Land, was Isaac Caudle's aunt by marriage. Emily was the widow of Fountain Land, who was a stepson of Isaac Butcher and biological son of Isaac's wife Rebecca. This serves as evidence that Caudle's mother Hester (Butcher) Caudle was Isaac Butcher's daughter. Rebecca Butcher, the mother of both Hester and Fountain Land, was last recorded in Macoupin County in 1860.

About Hester's place of birth, she indicated in the censuses of 1850 and 1860 that she was born in Tennessee. Her parents had indeed lived in Maury County, Tennessee before migrating to Illinois. But Isaac did nine land transactions in Madison County, Kentucky between 1810 and 1818, the period when Hester was born. His first record in Tennessee was in the census of 1820. So Hester is shown in this profile as born in Madison, Kentucky but with place of birth as uncertain. Samples-1044 23:41, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and image [1]: memorial page for Hester Ann Butcher Caudle (25 Sep 1814–7 Nov 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33163746; Maintained by Judith Caudle (contributor 46974798).
2. ↑ "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", FamilySearch [2], Hester Butcher in entry for Thomas Caudle, 1832.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch [3], Entry for T P Cordle and Hester Caudle, 1850.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and image [4], memorial page for Thomas Parish Caudle (20 Jan 1811–27 Apr 1851), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33163624, maintained by Judith Caudle (contributor 46974798).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch [5], Entry for Hester Candle and Louisa J Candle, 1860.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch [6], Entry for Isaac Caudle and Elvira Caudle, 1880.

• Source: S16 Ancestry.com Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015; Repository: #R1
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