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Documenting the Details

Photo: Will McCauley with 3 Sons & 2 Sons-in-law

September 2, 2021

David, Mel, George, John, Joe, & Will

About David

  • Full Name: David Hankins McCauley
  • Birth: 12 July 1926, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Death: 16 June 2000, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
  • Burial: 19 June 2000, Elmwood Cemetery, Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Parents: John William McCauley and Verda Waller Hankins
  • Spouse: Uta Faye Hopkins

About Mel

  • Full Name: Kenneth Mel Carver
  • Birth: 19 January 1907, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Death: 27 October 1991, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Burial: 30 October 1991, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Elmer Otis Carver and Winnie A. Vick
  • Spouse: Elizabeth Angeline McCauley

About George

  • Full Name: George Estill Dockins
  • Birth: 14 June 1912, East St. Louis, Saint Clair County, Illinois
  • Death: 27 November 1996, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Burial: 30 November 1996, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Estelle Dockins and Sarah Florence Jernigan
  • Spouse: Lois Marie McCauley

About John

  • Full Name: John William McCauley, Jr.
  • Birth: 8 February 1921, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Death: 15 January 1992, Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
  • Burial: 17 January 1992, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Parents: John William McCauley and Verda Waller Hankins
  • Spouse: Elsie Marie Harper

About Joe

  • Full Name: Joseph Lee McCauley
  • Birth: 26 January 1913, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Death: 21 February 1985, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
  • Burial: 25 February 1985, John Gilliam Cemetery, Cumberland, Harlan County, Kentucky
  • Parents: John William McCauley and Verda Waller Hankins
  • Spouse: Jeanette Rankin Gilliam

About Will

  • Full Name: John William McCauley
  • Birth: 1 March 1875, Alabama
  • Death: 20 July 1959, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky
  • Burial: 21 July 1959, Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Joseph Smith Lanier and Nancy Jane Bennett
  • Spouse: 1) Theodocia Leila Smith, 2) Verda Waller Hankins, and 3) Pearl Gertrude Fitzhugh

About Photo

  • Location: Greenville, Kentucky
  • Date: abt. 1942
  • Event: John at home on leave from the U.S. Navy
  • Credit: From the photo collection of Faye Hopkins McCauley

Relationships

  • Among Photo Subjects: Will: father of David, John, and Joe, father-in-law of Mel and George
  • To Author: Will: paternal grandfather, David: father, John and Joe: paternal uncles, Mel and George: paternal uncles by marriage

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Linda F. McCauley

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