Photo: Will & Verda with 4 of their Children

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