Caroline was named as the wife of Blackford W. Knode, living in Jefferson Countty, West Virginia in an 1881 Frederick County, Maryland equity court case over the estate of her father Ezra Staley.[1]
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD4F-2FY : 12 April 2016), Carline Staley in household of Ezra Staley, Fredericktown, Frederick, Maryland, United States; citing family 510, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4V3-8NY : 11 February 2018), Blackford W. Kanode and Caroline Staley, 16 Jan 1867; citing German Reformed Church,Frederick,Frederick,Maryland, reference ; FHL microfilm 13,935.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6R5-LYK : 15 July 2017), Caroline Kanode in household of Joseph Kanode, Osburn, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 6, sheet 114D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1405; FHL microfilm 1,255,405.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9CL-NTH : accessed 13 December 2018), Caroline Kanode in household of Blackford Kanode, Kabletown district, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44, sheet 11A, family 159, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,761.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 December 2018), memorial page for Caroline Elizabeth Staley Kanode (23 Jan 1840–31 Dec 1907), Find A Grave Memorial no. 141767286, citing Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by BIRDMAN (contributor 47118844) .
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