John Henry McCauley (1878 - 1944)

Born 17 Nov 1878 in Brandon, Hill, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Kate Rebecka (Henry) McCauley — married 26 Aug 1903 in Hill, Texas, United States

Husband of Gamma Sally (Weaver) McCauley — married 30 Mar 1918 in Haskell, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Aug 1944 at age 65 in Denton, Denton, Texas, United States

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Biography

John Henry McCauley was born on 17 November 1878 in Brandon, Hill County, Texas.^[1] He was the son of William Lafayette McCauley and Georgia Ann Grimes. His Texas birth record supplied all these facts.^[2][3] The first census he appears on with his parents is the 1880 United States Census.

1880 United States Census, Enumeration District 78, Hill County, Texas:^[4]

When John H. McCauley was twenty-one years old, he appeared on the 1900 United States Census in the household of his father, William L. McCauley (whose surname is misspelled McCanley in the FamilySearch.org index.) According to this record he was born in Nov 1878 in Texas. Other members of the household were his mother, Georgia Ann McCauley, his brother, William O. McCauley, and his cousin, Ella McCauley. They were living in Brandon Village, Hill County, Texas. John H. McCauley was working as a farm laborer. ^[5]

John Henry McCauley was first married to Kate Rebecka Henry on 26 Aug 1903 in Hill County, Texas.^[6][7] They were the parents of at least three children. The birth of son Thomas Lafayette McCauley was recorded in 1906 in Hill County, Texas.^[8]Daughter Alta Lois McCauley's birth was recorded in the Hill County, Texas birth records in 1908.^[9]

1910 United States Census, Waco, McLennan County, Texas: When the 1910 United States Census was taken, John H. McCauley was recorded as thirty-one years old. He, his wife, Katie R. McCauley, and their three children, Jerome B. McCauley, Thomas L., McCauley, and Alta, Louise McCauley, were living in Waco, McLennan County, Texas. John H. McCauley's occupation was recorded as Minister of the Gospel.^[10]

Katie Henry McCauley died 19 March 1917 of emphysema in Dallas, Texas at the Baptist Sanitarium.^[11]

John Henry McCauley's second wife was Gamma Sally Weaver to whom he was married on 30 March 1918 in Haskell County, Texas.^[1][12] He and Gamma were the parents of at least three children.

When John H. McCauley completed his World War I Draft Registration card, he was living in Munday, Knox County, Texas and working as minister of the Baptist Church there. He named Gamma McCauley, his wife, as his nearest relative. His physical description was medium height and build, gray-black hair, and gray eyes.^[13]

1920 United States Census, Slaton, Lubbock County, Texas: John McCauley was enumerated as head of household on the 1920 United States Census. He was forty-one years old and married to Gamma McCauley. Children in the household were, John B. McCauley, Fayett McCauley, and Lois A. McCauley (all three children by John McCauley's first wife.) They were living in Slaton, Lubbock County, Texas where John McCauley was working as a clergyman for a church.^[14]

John McCauley, age fifty, was enumerated as head of household on the 1930 United States Census. Other members of his household were his children, Maypearl McCauley and Ira Val McCauley, and his mother-in-law, Bell Weaver. They were living in Coalgate, Coal County, Oklahoma. John McCauley occupation was recorded as Baptist clergyman.^[15]

Three of his children, Mae P. McCauley, Ira V. McCauley, and Gamma S. McCauley, were enumerated in his household on the 1940 United States Census, as was his wife Gamma McCauley. They were living in Denton County, Texas. According to this record, John H. McCauley was sixty-one years old and working as a life insurance agent while his wife Gamma worked as a dry goods saleslady in a department store.^[16]

When he completed his World War II Draft Registration card, John Henry McCauley was living in Denton, Denton County, Texas. He named his wife, Mrs. Gamma McCauley, as the person who would always know his address.^[17]

John Henry McCauley passed away on 09 August 1944 in Denton, Denton County, Texas. It was recorded on his death certificate that he was a Baptist Minister. He was buried in Roselawn Memorial Park, Denton, Denton County, Texas.^[3][18]

According to his obituary, "Rev. McCauley, after, attending Baylor University from 1907 through 1911 became a missionary in Hill County, and in 1914 became pastor at Godley. Following that he held pastorates at Thalia, Weinart, Munday, Slayton, and was a missionary in Floyd, Wheeler and Collingsworth Counties before going to Oklahoma Where he was a missionary and pastor before coming here [Denton, Texas] 10 years ago." His obituary stated that he was survived by his wife, Gamma Weaver McCauley, and six children, "...Col. Jerome Brooks McCauley, Waynesburg, Mo.; Thomas L. McCauley, Prague, Ok.; Mrs. Alta Lois Hargrove, Goose Creek; Mrs. May Pearl Cleveland, Miss Gamma Sue McCauley and Ira Val McCauley, all of Denton..." Also named as a survivor was his brother, Will O. McCauley of Fort Worth, Texas.^[1]

Known Children:

-with Kate Rebecka Henry:

1. Colonel Jerome Brooks McCauley (1904 - 1975)
2. Thomas Lafayette McCauley (1906-1976)
3. Alta Lois (McCauley) Hargrove (1908-1984)

-with Gamma Sally Weaver:

1. May Pearl (McCauley) Cleveland (1921-2003)
2. Ira Val McCauley (1928-2006)
3. Gamma Sue (McCauley) Goin (1930-2006)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Rev. McCauley Dies in Denton," ""Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle, 10 Aug 1944, p. 4, cols. 6-8; image copy, ‘’Newspapers.com’’ (http://www.newspapers.com: accessed 4 Nov 2020).
2. ↑ "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L6X-VBPZ : 14 February 2020), John Henry McCauley, 1878. (Image available by browsing image set)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSB1-B3F : 13 March 2018), John Henry Mccauley, 09 Aug 1944; citing certificate number 37585, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,815.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNK-5XS : 15 July 2017), John Mc Cauley in household of William Mc Cauley, Precinct 8, Hill, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 78, sheet 419D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,311.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GT-M76 : accessed 4 November 2020), John H Mccauley in household of William L Mccanley, Justice Precinct 8 (north part) Brandon village, Hill, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51, sheet 17A, family 289, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,645.

   Name	Age	Role	Sex	Birthplace	Occupation
   William L Mccanley	49	Head	Male	Mississippi	Farmer
   Georgann Mccauley	47	Wife	Female	Alabama
   John H Mccauley	22	Son	Male	Texas	Farm Laborer
   William O Mccauley	17	Son	Male	Texas	At School
   Ella Mccauley	11	Niece	Female	Arkansas	At School

6. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV14-6QTB : 10 December 2017), J H Mccauley and Katie R Henry, 26 Aug 1903; citing Marriage, citing Hill, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 985,129.
7. ↑ Marriage Records. Texas Marriages. Texas State Library and Archives Commission and various county clerk offices, Texas; Ancestry.com, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1817-1965" [database on-line]. Ancestry Record 61383 #900284981 (Record only, no image)
8. ↑ "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L62-8NT2 : 12 March 2020), John Henry McCauley in entry for Thomas Lafayette McCauley, 1906.
9. ↑ "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4L6X-2LT2 : 12 March 2020), John Henry McCauley in entry for Alta Lois McCauley, 1908.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M23K-Q41 : accessed 4 November 2020), John H Mccauley, Waco Ward 3, McLennan, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 84, sheet 3B, family 63, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1575; FHL microfilm 1,375,588.
11. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K34K-QBZ : 13 March 2018), Katie Henry Mccauley, 19 Mar 1917; citing certificate number 7023, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,051,855.
12. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1H-D72Z : 10 December 2017), J H Mccauley and Gamma Weaver, 31 Mar 1918; citing Marriage, citing Haskell, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,781,684.
13. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZXG-B77 : 24 August 2019), John H McCauley, 1917-1918.
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCS6-2DL : accessed 4 November 2020), John McCauley, Slaton, Lubbock, Texas, United States; citing ED 174, sheet 7B, line 80, family 169, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1829; FHL microfilm 1,821,829.
15. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC7W-596 : accessed 4 November 2020), John Mccauley, Coalgate, Coal, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 12A, line 14, family 286, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1898; FHL microfilm 2,341,632.

    Name	Age	Role	Sex	Birthplace
    John Mccauley	50	Head	Male	Texas
    Jemma Mccauley	35	Wife	Female	Texas
    Maypearl Mccauley	9	Daughter	Female	Texas
    Ira Val Mccauley	2	Son	Male	Oklahoma
    Bell Weaver	72	Mother-in-law	Female	Texas

16. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWJT-MZD : 28 January 2020), John H Mccauley, Denton, Justice Precinct 1, Denton, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-3, sheet 11A, line 38, family 327, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4020.

    Name	Age	Role	Sex	Birthplace
    John H Mccauley	61	Head	Male	Texas
    Gamma Mccauley	44	Wife	Female	Texas
    Mae P Mccauley	19	Daughter	Female	Texas
    Ira V Mccauley	12	Son	Male	Oklahoma
    Gamma S Mccauley	9	Daughter	Female	Oklahoma

17. ↑ “U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942,” images, Ancestry.com (accessed 10 Oct 2020), card for John H. McCauley, serial no. 2033; The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Texas; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147. Ancestry Sharing Link
18. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30363736/john_henry-mccauley: accessed February 25, 2024), memorial page for Rev John Henry McCauley (17 Nov 1878–9 Aug 1944), Find A Grave: Memorial #30363736, citing Roselawn Memorial Park, Denton, Denton County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Peggy Blagg Gann (contributor 46492910).