DEATH CLAIMS PROMINENT MAN
Hiram Cawood Dies At Cawood This Morning
FUNERAL SUNDAY
–Hiram Cawood, well-known and respected citizen of Harlan County, died this morning at 7:20 o’clock at his home near Cawood, at the age of 74 years.
–Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Cawood home at Cawood, with the Rev. C. E. Vogel, pastor of the Harlan Methodist Church, and Rev. B. C. Stewart, Presbyterian Minister, officiating.
–Active pall-bearers will be G. W. Middleton, Bill Cloud, J. F. Middleton, Pope Cawood, J. B. Carter, M. R. Howard, Byrd Hensley, Dan Fields, Henry Skidmore and F. F. Cawood.
–Mr. Cawood suffered a paralytic stoke Monday morning at 6:30, while at a corn crib on his farm. He did not regain consciousness. Members of his family were at his bedside this morning when death occurred.
–In Mr. Cawood’s death, Harlan County loses in its citizenship a man who held the respect of people in all walks of life. He was held in esteem as a public official, a business man, a Christian and a friend. He attracted friendship thru his jovial demeanor and he was as well known as a man who maintained a character above reproach. Mr. Cawood was one of the grand old men of Harlan County, and in his 74 years he became loved by thousands of people.
–Mr. Cawood would have been 74 years of age Monday, February 12. He was born in 1860, at Cawood, the son of John Cawood and Louisiana Jones. To his first marriage was born one child, Green Cawood. In 1880, Mr. Cawood was married to Sally Brittain, daughter of Carlo Brittain, and Sally Hamblin, to which union was born nine sons and two daughters all of whom are living.
–Mr. Cawood became a merchant at Evarts in 1890, where he successfully conducted a country store. In 1896, he was appointed Deputy United States Marshal for Eastern Kentucky, and held that position for several years. He was known to have been an honest and upright public official, and won the respect of the people.
–He became a member of the Harlan County Board of Education in 19?? at which time the Board was appointed. He was the first board member elected by the people in November 1920, and he served as an elected member until January 1, 1934. He did not seek re-election at the expiration of his last term.
–Hiram Cawood is survived by the following children: Green Cawood, John Cawood, Carlo B. Cawood, Dr. W. P. Cawood, Bob Cawood, Chad Cawood, Jim Cawood, Mrs. E. V. Pope, Joe Cawood, Bruce Cawood, Mrs. Wash Ledford and Oscar Cawood.
–He is survived by 34 grandchildren: Ethel, Herbert, Jim and Daisy, sons and daughters of John Cawood; Eugene and Edward sons of Carlo B. Cawood.
–Virginia, Gertrude and Bob, daughters and son of Bob Cawood; Hiram Nelson, Milburn, Wilburn, Clarence and Helen sons and daughter of Chad Cawood; Walter Lee, Don Billy Joe and Fern sons and daughter of Jim Cawood.
–Lee Rose, Hiram, Nannie, Fred and James Williard sons and daughter of Joanna Cawood Pope; Pauline, Evelyn and Jacqueline, daughters of Joe Cawood; Bruce, Jr., Sally and Bill, sons and daughter of Bruce Cawood; Cawood and Eloise, son and daughter of Sudie Cawood Ledford.
–Two great-grandchildren survive. They are the daughter of Hiram Pope and Jack Earl Cawood, the son of Bill Cawood.
Mrs. Sally Cawood Dies At Hospital
Funeral services for Mrs. Sally Brittain Cawood, 84, a member of one of Harlan County’s oldest and most prominent families, will be conducted at 2 pm tomorrow at the family home in Cawood with Dr. S. C. Rice, pastor of Harlan Methodist Church, and the Rev. R. C. Helton, pastor of the High Splint Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Cawood Cemetery. Mrs. Cawood died at Harlan Hospital at 7 pm Sunday following a long illness. She was admitted at the hospital in April and last week her condition became critical following a heart attack. Husband Died In 1934. A widow of the late Hiram Cawood, who died in 1934, she is survived by the following children: Dr. W. P. Cawood, C. B. Cawood, Deputy Sheriff Bruce Cawood, all of Harlan; Dr. Oscar Cawood, of High Splint: Mrs. Ewell Pope, Mrs. Wash Ledford, Chat Cawood, Sheriff James S. Cawood, Bob Cawood, all of Cawood. Thirty-one grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren also survive her death along with two sisters, Mrs. Louisa Jones and Mrs. M. R. Howard, both of Harlan. Grandsons As Pallbearers – Mrs. Cawood’s grandsons will serve as pallbearers. They are Bill Cawood, Eugene Cawood, Hiram Pope, James Willard Pope, Bob Cawood, Jr., Hiram Nelson Cawood, Billy Joe Cawood, Joe Cawood, H. C. Cawood, Cawood Ledford, Bruce Cawood, Jr., James A. Cawood, Dr. Walter L. Cawood and Ed Cawood. Lifelong Resident – Mrs. Cawood, born July 27, 1864, was the daughter of the late Carlo Brittain and Sally Hamblin Brittain, and she had made her home at Cawood throughout her lifetime. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Cawood.
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Spouse:
Hiram Cawood (1860 – 1934)*
Children:
John Cawood (1881 – 1962)*
Carlo Brittain Cawood (1882 – 1973)*
William Proctor Cawood (1883 – 1964)*
Robert Lee Cawood (1885 – 1964)*
Nancy Louisa Cawood (1887 – 1888)*
Joanna Cawood Pope (1889 – 1972)*
George Chadwell Cawood (1892 – 1986)*
James Stephen Cawood (1896 – 1976)*
Joe Wheeler Cawood (1898 – 1934)*
Walter Bruce Cawood (1901 – 1964)*
Susan L Cawood Ledford (1903 – 1986)*
Oscar Lewis Cawood (1906 – 1968)*
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