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Author: Billreed1946
Surnames: Caudill-Cordell-Caudle-Candle
Classification: queries
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Many families down through the ages have changed the spelling to Cordell ever since
Sampson Caudill, son of James Caudill Jr., split with the rest of the family and changed
the spelling to Cordell. He was born Abt. 1784 in Wilkes Co., NC.,
and died 1863 in Cedar Co., MO. 5 of his children changed the name back to Caudill. They
were Hannah,Levicy E.,Irvin,Benjamin F., and Matilda Caudill. Many changes were made
simply because of riffs among family members. All in all, they are all still descendants
of Stephen Caudill 1680-1759
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