I try to keep a running report about changes in my website as they are made.

10/18/2009 Reunion was held as planned. Will put news on as I get it. Didn't get to go to this one.

7/19/2009: Planning for the 2009 October 16-17 reunion in Mt. Vernon, TX is in progress. Details to be provided as they become final.

12/2005 Minutes of the 2005 Business Meeting in Mt. Vernon are posted.

12/1/2005: If you'd like to order the photo CD containing 136 photos of the ceremony and reunion plus 18 from the March work day, they are available on CD for $10 plus shipping.

Just order the Caudle Family Reunion - Mark Caudle Confederate Marker dedication 2005  from:

Four Corners Publishing, Incorporated
108 S. Kaufman
P. O. Box 1199
Mt. Vernon, Texas 75457

11/13/2005: Added photos for reunion report. As no comments were submitted, report is now final.

11/10/2005: Added photos of Fannie and Rebecca to headstone pages. Revised main page, added picture of Fannie & John there. Provided report on reunion (without pictures), provided link to group photo for printing.

10/3/2005: Made changes removing Harrison from the Bennett Caudle (b. abt 1806) name. It could be Bennett Harrison Caudle, and probably is.

9/23/2005: The October 15 2005 reunion will be held on the grounds of the Providence Chuch near Mount Vernon, Texas. Click here for details.

8/28/2005: Photos of a visit to the Caudle Cemetery in July 2005 were posted in the Caudle Cemetery Slide Shows.

8/13/2005: Carmen Ascue Fox, Mae Tanner's sister, died on August 5, 2005. My 3rd cousin, I met her first at our reunion in 1997 when she invited us to her home where we enjoyed her hospitality with cousins. A copy of her obituary is here.

6/28/2005: Planning began for a reunion at the Providence Church near Mt. Vernon, Texas on October 15, 2005. Further reunion information will be posted on this web site. Activities will include dedication of the headstone for Mark Caudle at the Providence Cemetery, lunch or dinner, and probably a visit to the nearby Glade Springs Church and Cemetery, also a church of early Caudle settlers of the area.

6/08/2005: Information added on Caudle family members buried in the Providence Cemetery. Headstone pages will be added very soon now.

5/14/2005: Twenty folks attended a work day at the Providence Church and Cemetery to install a cemetery marker for Mark Caudle, b. 1805, d. 1865. A group photo is provided.

10/31/04: Sixty-three folks attended the reunion on October 23, 2004 at the Senior Citizens Center in Dublin, Texas. The first steps, electing officers for a Caudle Cemetery Association, were completed at the meeting. Click here for the report and group photo suitable for printing.

8/01/2004: The date and place for the fall 2004 reunion are set for October 23, 2004 at the Senior Citizens Center, Dublin, Texas. Please note that this is a very important meeting. We need to organize a Caudle Cemetery Association and set up a Perpetual Care Fund for the cemetery. Click here for details of the reunion, luncheon and lodging information.

1/29/04: Norma Wren Preston, wife of Max Preston, a descendant of Bennett Caudle, passed away in August, 2003. Norma provided a great deal of research that included locating the Daniel Clayton Will which corrected Clayton lineage information in the Our Kin, Past and Present book. Her obituary can be found on the San Angelo Times archives.

Descendants of the James Caudle family who moved to Texas in 1841 are planning a reunion for the fall of 2004 in the Erath County area. Details of that planning will be posted here and on genealogy web sites. If you would like to be notified of new events about this, send your email address to me.

Folks who have ancestors in the Caudle Cemetery will be interested to know that a Caudle Cemetery Association is in the planning stage. This is necessary to set up a perpetual care fund for the cemetery so it will not be neglected for another 100 years.

2/7/03: Added site search to help you find information to your interest. Try it from above. Many pages have been changed in appearance. New information toward understanding the Lawson/Caudle relationship was added.

1/7/2003: Happy New Year! A page about Rebecca's Churn was added. Also, a photo of William W. Caudle, son of Joseph H. Caudle and four cousins. Please help me identify the four cousins. They must have lived close to Dublin, TX when the photo was taken.

12/31/2002: Added a few pages on the Providence Church and Cemetery which was chartered by seven folks including James Caudle, wife Mary, and their son William on May 28, 1842. It was the first church in what is now Franklin County, TX. Also linked into those pages a map showing where the James, William, Mark, and Bennett Caudle 1842 land grants were.

07/03/2002: Added a cemetery photo history.

06/30/2002: Please note the change in my email address

02/11/2002: List of names of folks added to the 1907 James Robert Caudle family reunion picture.

02/10/2002: Photo contributed by Bruce Cunningham of the 1907 James Robert Caudle family reunion held at the old J. R. Caudle homestead on Little Green's Creek.

12/2/2001: Corrections made to the James Caudle Family History.

10/30/2001: Added a picture of the recently installed Caudle Cemetery State Historical Marker with my uncle Dan reading it at the cemetery dedication. Included the headstone for Mamie Etta Caudle, installed at this dedication.

10/26/2001: Pictures of all the headstones which have enscriptions are now viewable from the Headstones page. Also, Mae reported that: "We had such a marvelous crowd, there were 88 for lunch and 110 registered and later I discovered that about 20 didn't register. So a total of about 125/130 were there. There was a great write up in the Dublin Citizen, 404 N. Patrick, Dublin, Tx 76446.

10/24/2001: Added an expanded version of the reading on the James Caudle family who moved to Texas in 1841 and the shorter version read at the dedication. The article appearing in the Dublin Citizen on October 11, 2001 is included.

10/23/2001: The dedication/reunion was a huge success. About 80 people attended the luncheon, and I overheard that about 100 had attended in one way or another. I'm busy working on changes for this website to include information from the dedication and reunion, which will include new pictures, so check back later for more details. If you have pictures or family stories you would like to include on this Caudle family website, just send them to me by e-mail and I'll work them in.

07/20/2001: Added a photo of the headstone of Martha Elizabeth Junell Caudle .

04/10/2001: The Texas State Historical marker is now in Dublin, and will be set before the autumn reunion and dedication.

01/13/2001: Daniel Clayton Will which proves Daniel Clayton to be the parents of Cynthia Clayton Caudle and Rebecca Clayton Caudle.