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Photo: Will & Verda with 4 of their Children

June 10, 2021

Photo: Will & Verda with 4 of their children
Will, Jimmie, Verda, David, Kathryn, George, and Lois

About Will

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

About Verda

  • Full Name: Verda Waller Hankins
  • Birth: 1 December 1884, Dalton, Hopkins County, Kentucky
  • Death: 16 May 1942, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Burial: 17 May 1942, Pleasant Hill, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Parents: Thomas Leander Hankins and Samantha Angeline Petty
  • Spouse: John William McCauley

About Jimmie

  • Full Name: Jimmie Nell McCauley
  • Birth: 6 August 1929, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Death: 15 December 2018, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Burial: 18 December 2018, Pleasant Hill, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Parents: John William McCauley and Verda Waller Hankins
  • Spouse: David Johnson Knight

About David

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

About Kathryn

  • Full Name: Kathryn Louise McCauley
  • Birth: 7 February 1924, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Death: 3 May 2011, Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois
  • Burial: Pleasant Hill, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Parents: John William McCauley and Verda Waller Hankins
  • Spouse: Adrian Stinson Tomes

About George

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

About Lois

  • Full Name: Lois Marie McCauley
  • Birth: 27 July 1918, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Death: 1 March 2006, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Burial: 5 March 2006, Pleasant Hill, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky
  • Parents: John William McCauley and Verda Waller Hankins
  • Spouse: George Estil Dockins

About Photo

  • Location: Madisonville, Kentucky
  • Date: abt. 1940
  • Event: possibly after church; other pictures made at the same time have Verda’s mother (Samantha), her brother Dick, and some of Samantha’s neighbors
  • Credit: From photo collection of Faye Hopkins McCauley (wife of David)

Relationships

  • Among Photo Subjects: Will and Verda: parents of Jimmie, David, Kathryn, and Lois; in-laws of George; Jimmie, David, Kathryn, and Lois: siblings; George: Lois’s husband
  • To Author: Will and Verda: paternal grandparents; David: father; Jimmie, Kathryn, and Lois: paternal aunts; George: uncle by marriage

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