His WW I draft registration card, filed 1 June 1917, records Leslie Caudill, age 28, residence Morehead, Ky, born 10 Mar 1889 in Wagner, Ky, occupation timber cutter, employer Blackwood Lumber Co., Elliottville, Ky, married supporting a wife & three children.

Rowan Co. marriage book 7, p. 41 records marriage on 24 Nov 1909 of Leslie Caudill, 20, s/o Samuel (b. Letcher Co.) & Cynthia Caudill, to Allie Williams, 17, d/o Jack & Lizzie Williams, at Jack Williams by M. Crisp, witnesses "Jack Williams and his boy."

This family moved around a lot, living in Kentucky, West Virginia, Ohio, Virginia, South Dakota, Colorado and Nevada.

1910 census of Pocahontas Co., West Virginia, Green Bank district, enumerated 15 April, lists on p. 1A as family #3, on Deer Creek Rd:
Caudill, Leslie, 21, farmer; Allie, wife, 17. First marriage for both, married 0 years, no children, both born Ky Ky Ky.

The preceding household is the family of John M. Caudill and Josie Williams. (Josie is Allie’s sister; John is Leslie’s first cousin once removed.)

1920 census of Minnehaha Co., South Dakota, enumerated 6 Jan, lists on pp. 5A-5B as family #104/107, at 810 Wayland Ave., Sioux Falls:
Caudill, Leslie J., 30, building carpenter, b. Ky Ky Ky; Allie, wife, 26, b. Ky Ky Ky; Estill, son, 9 3/12, b. WV Ky Ky; Vernie, son, 7 7/12, b. Ohio Ky Ky; Vivian, dau, 3 2/12, b. Va Ky Ky.

The “son” Vernie should be a daughter.

1930 census of Las Vegas, Clark Co., Nevada, enumerated 31 March, lists on p. 1B as family #22/23, on First St:
Caudill, Leslie, 42, age at first marriage 21, b. Ky U.S. U.S., building carpenter; Allie, wife, 37, age at first marriage 16, b. Ky U.S. U.S., waitress at restaurant; Estill, son, 21, b. W.V. Ky Ky; Verna, dau, 17, b. Ohio Ky Ky; Vivian, dau, 14, b. Virginia Ky Ky; Howard, son, 9, b. South Dakota Ky Ky; Eldon, son, 5, b. Colorado Ky Ky.