Eva Laura Cauthen

Female3 April 1902–12 May 1956

Brief Life History of Eva Laura

When Eva Laura Cauthen was born on 3 April 1902, in Cusseta, Chattahoochee, Georgia, United States, her father, Davidson Butler Cauthen, was 27 and her mother, Laura Royal, was 30. She had at least 3 daughters with Otis Henderson. She lived in Myricks Mill, Twiggs, Georgia, United States in 1910 and Dadeville, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States in 1920. She died on 12 May 1956, in Enigma, Berrien, Georgia, United States, at the age of 54.

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Family Time Line

Otis Henderson
1899–1977
Eva Laura Cauthen
1902–1956
Luella Henderson
1920–1924
Lorene Henderson
1923–
Mary Nell Henderson
1924–2017

Sources (8)

  • Eva Henderson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Eva Laura Cauthen - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Eva Laura Cauthen
  • Eva L Cauthan in entry for Jesse R Chambers and Mary Nell Henderson, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"

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Children (3)

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Siblings (3)

World Events (8)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

Age 1

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1906 · The Atlanta Race Riot

Age 4

The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 occurred on the evening of September 22 through September 24. A newspaper reported the rapes of four white women by African American men. Fueled by pre-existing racial tensions, these reports enraged white men who then arranged gangs to attack African American men. Over the next few days, several thousand white men joined in and in the end, 26 people were killed and many were injured.

1917

Age 15

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Cawthorne .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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