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Female 1847 - 1936  (88 years)


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  • Name Caudill, Mary 
    Nickname Polly Ann 
    Birth 15 Apr 1847  Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Census 1870  Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Census 1880  Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Census 1900  Millstone, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Address:
    Magisterial District 2 
    Census 1910  Millstone, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Census 1920  Millstone, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Death 11 Feb 1936  Millstone, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 13
    Burial Chunk Craft Cemetery, Millstone, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Enoch Arden “Uncle Chunk” Craft (1841-1937) and Mary Polly Ann Caudill Craft (1847-1936)
    Enoch Arden “Uncle Chunk” Craft (1841-1937) and Mary Polly Ann Caudill Craft (1847-1936)
    Person ID I295  Pioneers of the Appalachian Highlands
    Last Modified 4 Oct 2021 

    Father Caudill, Elder John Adams,   b. 1798, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 May 1873, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Cornett, Rachel,   b. 10 Feb 1807, Floyd, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1887, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 11 Jun 1824  Perry, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F957  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Craft, Enoch Arden,   b. 28 Feb 1842, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1937, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 2 May 1867  Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The following tribute article was printed in a special edition of The Mountain Eagle of 28 May, 1931, honoring prominent business leaders and patriarchs of the county.
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      Uncle Chunk Craft and Aunt Polly Ann
      "We are glad, our readers are glad that the above [pictured] two old pioneer citizens are still living after so long, having weathered time's beating and so often destructive storms. We are proud to show them for many reasons, one of which is that they are each the representative of several of the oldest and best families that ever saw the light of the hills, mountains and creeks of what is now Letcher County -- the old Craft family, the old Caudill family, one of the old Adams families and, not least if you please, the old Webb family. How sacred and dear to our hearts are these old names to some of us, most of us! Uncle Chunk Enoch (but that name doesn't sound so feelingly) is a son of the late Archelas Craft, who for years sounded the gospel up and down these valleys, and Lettie Webb Craft, a daughter of the late eBnj. (sic) Webb, who was a son-in-law of the first John Adams and the head of that family of Adams, so plentiful and so well known all over the mountains. Archelas Craft was a grandson of the first Craft to come into the country, too, and who came with John Adams. Aunt Polly Ann is a daughter of the late preacher John A. Caudill, and when this is said all the Caudills of that family know her. Uncle Chunk and Aunt Polly Ann still reside at the old home on Millstone and are approaching, peacefully and gladly, 'the set of a glorious sun over on the other shore.' And may God bless them and spare them with us for years yet!"
    Children 
    +1. Craft, Rachel Virginia,   b. 14 Feb 1868, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Aug 1954, Greenup, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    +2. Craft, Archelous C.,   b. 12 Sep 1868, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1952, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    +3. Craft, Letitia,   b. 21 Apr 1872, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Mar 1905, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
     4. Craft, Nancy C.,   b. 8 Oct 1872, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1875, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    +5. Craft, Drucilla,   b. 4 Dec 1874, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 1959, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     6. Craft, John D.,   b. 9 Jul 1876   d. 24 Jan 1878, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     7. Craft, Watson George,   b. 9 Mar 1878, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Dec 1881 (Age 3 years)
    +8. Craft, Benjamin E.,   b. 12 Sep 1879, Millstone, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1957, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    +9. Craft, Mattie Elizabeth,   b. 15 Jul 1881, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1958, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    +10. Craft, Sabrina,   b. 8 Sep 1883, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jan 1956, Fayette, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    +11. Craft, Ibby Victoria,   b. 27 Apr 1885, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1907, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
    +12. Craft, Sarah Jane,   b. 23 Jan 1889   d. 9 Jun 1974, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Photos
    Enoch 'Chunk' and Polly Caudill Craft
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    Enoch 'Chunk'  and Mary 'Polly' (Caudill)  Craft
    Enoch "Chunk" and Mary "Polly" (Caudill) Craft
    Family ID F107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 15 Apr 1847 - Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1850 - Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 May 1867 - Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Address:
    Magisterial District 2 - 1900 - Millstone, Letcher, Kentucky, United States
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    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Millstone, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Millstone, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Feb 1936 - Millstone, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Chunk Craft Cemetery, Millstone, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Enoch 'Chunk'  and Mary 'Polly' (Caudill)  Craft
    Enoch "Chunk" and Mary "Polly" (Caudill) Craft

  • Sources 
    1. [S28927] Maryan Caudill in entry for Silar Craft, "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960".

    2. [S28928] P. A. Craft in entry for Ben E. Craft and Emily Swindall, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940".

    3. [S28934] Polly Ann Caudill in entry for Archie Colombus Craft, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1962".

    4. [S28935] Polly Ann Caudill in entry for Mattie E Bates, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1962".

    5. [S28938] Polyam Caudill Craft in entry for Enoch Or Chunk Craft, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1962".

    6. [S28933] Polly A. Craft, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1962".

    7. [S28937] Pollyan Caudill in household of John Caudill, "United States Census, 1850".

    8. [S28930] Polley Craft in household of Enoch Craft, "United States Census, 1870".

    9. [S28936] Polly Ann Croft in household of Enoch A Croft, "United States Census, 1880".

    10. [S28932] Polly A Craft in household of Enoch L Craft, "United States Census, 1900".

    11. [S28931] Polly A Craft in household of Enoch A Craft, "United States Census, 1910".

    12. [S28929] Pally A Craft in household of Enoch A Craft, "United States Census, 1920".

    13. [S322] KY Death Records RootsWeb, Vol. 023, Cert. #11498, Deathvol. 1936, hv.

    14. [S195350] Mary Polly Ann Caudill Craft, "Find A Grave Index".