1850 Letcher Co., KY census: Aged 2, living with parents and 3 siblings. (SV-1069)
1870 Magoffin Co., KY Census (Ancestry.com): Able Caudill (52) with wife, Mary (45) and kids: Samuel (22); Celey (17); Mathew (15); Mahala (13) and Rhoda (11); Henry J. (7); Able Jr (4) and Peter A. (2).
1871 Magoffin Co., KY Marriage must be him because witnesses were Abel Caudill & J. W. Conley: Samuel Caudill to Mary Jane Sexton. A. P. Cooper, Surety. (SV-1490 pg 212)
Is this him?? 1880 Letcher Co., KY Census (Ancestry.com): Samuel B. Caudill, 36, with wife, Polly Ann (33) and kids: Elizabeth (13); Jesse E. (11); John A. (8); Levi S. (5); Esther (3); Marinda (1/12).
Is this him?? 1880 Magoffin Co., KY Census (Ancestry.com): Samuel Caudill, 33, with wife, Mary J. (34) and kids: Pollyann (16); Thomas J. (12); John W. (8); Archibald (6); George W. (4); Mary E. (2) and Lania (11/12).
Is this him?? 1898 Magoffin Co., KY Deeds (Grantors) Bk 13 pg 171: Abel & Mary Caudill sold land to Samuel Caudill. (SV-1494)