Sheriff Albert McCauley

I came across the information who Albert McCauley was while searching for some details on the Texas Ranger W. J. McCauley. Although I did not find any family connection to the latter one, I am happy to be able to tell you more about Albert who appeared to be a lawman as well.

Albert McCauley was the son of Charles Leslie McCauley and Fannie Hicks. He was the couples' oldest child who came to this world on 15 Feb. 1873 in Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas.

In 1880, Albert lived with his parents and family in Harrison, White County, Arkansas (1).

Albert Mc Cauley
United States Census, 1880
Name: Albert Mc Cauley
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Harrison, White, Arkansas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 7
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race: W
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birth Year (Estimated): 1873
Birthplace: Arkansas, United States
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina, United States
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee, United States
Sheet Letter D
Sheet Number 88
Person Number 2
Volume 2

Household

Charles Mc Cauley, Self, Male, age 33, born North Carolina, United States
Fannie Mc Cauley, Wife, Female, age 21, born Tennessee, United States
Albert Mc Cauley, Son, Male, age 7, born Arkansas, United States
Dora Mc Cauley, Daughter, Female, age 5, born Arkansas, United States
Sidney Mc Cauley, Son, Male, age 3, born Arkansas, United States
Lesley Mc Cauley, Son, Male, age 0, born Arkansas, United States
Walter Frohook, Other, Male, age 23, born Illinois, United States (farm helper)

By 1891 the family moved to Texas. There is a note published in The Democrat (issued in McKinney, Texas on Thursday, 16 April 1891) which informs that Mr. C. L. McCauley, a Wylie citizen, visited Plano on 14 April 1891 on business (2). C. L. was Charles Leslie, Albert's father.

On 15 Jan. 1896 Albert married Miss Ola May Day (b. in Feb. 1877 in Georgia), the daughter of James Marshall day and Nancy Katherine McIntyre (3).

The newspaper clipping included below informs that the marriage took place in Parker, Collin, Texas.

Clipping source: Thompson, F. C. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1896, newspaper, January 23, 1896; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth191895/: accessed May 22, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

Parker, Texas

 On 3 June 1900, Albert was probably visiting his parents when that year's Census clerk came to make records regarding Charles Leslie and Fannie's household. They lived with their children in Wylie (Justice Precinct 5, east part), Collin County, Texas. An interesting fact is that not far from their place, in Wylie, the family of our relative Lucillous Lee Gant was recorded as well. Studying the Census document I learned that L. Lee Gant was a blacksmith (4).

Anyway, why I say Albert was visiting his parents - because three days later, the same Census clerk came to Albert's home and listed Albert, Ola and their two children, daughter Lennie and son James Porter. Their household was in the same Wylie area where Albert's parents and siblings lived. Albert was a farmer then (5).

Albert Mccauley
United States Census, 1900
Name: Albert Mccauley
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Justice Precinct 5 (east part) Wylie town, Collin, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race: W
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Years Married: 4
Birth Date: Feb 1873
Birthplace: Arkansas
Marriage Year: (Estimated) 1896
Father's Birthplace: Arkansas
Mother's Birthplace: Arkansas

Household

Albert Mccauley, Head, Male, age 27, born Arkansas
Ola Mccauley, Wife, Female, age 23, born Georgia
Lennie Mccauley, Daughter, Female, age 3, born Texas
Porter Mccauley, Son, Male, age 2, born Texas

There is a mistake in that record - Albert's parents were born in North Carolina and Tennessee not in Arkansas.

Sometime later, Albert, Ola and children moved to McKinney. Albert was a Deputy Sheriff, nominated by Sheriff G. M. Eubanks (6).

Albert Mccauley
United States Census, 1910
Name: Albert Mccauley
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: Mckinney Ward 2, Collin, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1873
Birthplace: Arkansas
Father's Birthplace: Arkansas
Mother's Birthplace: Arkansas
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 3

Household

Albert Mccauley, Head, M, age 37, born Arkansas
Ola Mccauley, Wife, F, age, age 33, born Georgia
Lennie Mccauley, Daughter, F, age 13, born Texas
Porter Mccauley, Son, M, age 11, born Texas
R Leen Mccauley, Son, M, age 7, born Texas
Vivian Mccauley, Daughter, F, age 5, born Texas
Garnet Mccauley, Son, M, age 1, Texas

Albert and Ola McCauley were respected citizens of the local society.

Clipping source: Perkins, Tom W. & Wilson, Walter B. The Weekly Democrat-Gazette (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 4, 1913, newspaper, December 4, 1913; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth992743/: accessed May 22, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society. 

On 3 November 1914, Albert McCauley was elected the Sheriff of McKinney (7).

Later in his life, Albert worked as a Special Agent with the Steam Railroad. In 1930, he was staying temporarily at the home of Mr. Luthur J Raley (Steam Railroad Inspector) in Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas. It is interesting that Albert's marital status was noted as "widowed" though his wife was alive then (8). You may say - so it is not our Albert but somebody else of the same name. Actually it is him. Ola McCauley, the wife of Albert and their children lived in McKinney then, and during the same Census of 1930, she was also recorded as "widowed" (9). maybe that was what the clerks did when a husband or wife was not living with their family. Very confusing regarding the ancestry research.

 Ola Mccauley
United States Census, 1930
Name: Ola Mccauley
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: McKinney, Collin, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 53
Marital Status: Widowed
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1877
Birthplace: Georgia
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Georgia
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 6

Household

Ola Mccauley, Head, F, age 53, born Georgia
Porter J Mccauley, Son, M, age 31, born Texas
Gertrude Mccauley, Granddaughter, F, age 10, born Texas
Homer C Kidd, Boarder, M, age 26, born Texas
Selden L Kidd, Boarder, F, 24, born Texas
Henry C Kidd, Boarder, M, 3, born Texas

Albert McCauley died due to coronary occlusion on 15 August 1941 (10).

Clipping source: The Celina Record (Celina, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 21, 1941, newspaper, August 21, 1941; Celina, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth774025/: accessed May 22, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Celina Area Historical Association. 

Arlee McCauley mentioned in the clipping was actually R Lee McCauley born on 24 Oct. 1902. He was a restaurant employee (11). John McCauley was George Garnett McCauley (b. 25 April 1908). Another mistake is the spelling of Lennie's husband's surname and his initials. Lennie's spouse was Mr. Frank J Felden and Vivian's husband was Malcolm Kinney (12).

Two other children of Albert and Ola's:
James Porter McCauley was born on 15 Oct. 1898, Dora Vivian on 4 Dec. 1904, Lennie in Feb 1897.

I have not any connections between Sergeant William J McCauley, Texas Ranger and Sheriff Albert McCauley. However, their fathers were both born in North Carolina so there might be a family connection there.

Here is the family line which connects us to Mr Albert McCauley.

⇒ his wife Ola May (Day) McCauley

⇒ her brother William Henry Day (b. 7 July 1871, Georgia/d. 24 June 1940, McKinney, Collin, Texas), a farmer

Clipping source:

The Celina Record (Celina, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1940, newspaper, June 27, 1940; Celina, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth773852/: accessed May 22, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Celina Area Historical Association. 

⇒ his wife Carrie Etta (Brown) Day (b. 20 Jan. 1875, Allen, Collin, TX/d. 25 July 1947, Frisco, Collin, TX) - William Henry and Carrie married on 14 Feb. 1893 in Collin, TX

⇒ her oldest sister  Eliza Catherine (Brown) Angle (b. 5 May 1869, Collin County, Texas/d. 27 July 1967, Allen, Collin, TX), she got married on 23 July 1890 in Collin, TX

⇒ her husband James Lafayette Anglea (b. 25 Feb. 1863, Tennessee/d. 27 June 1949, Allen, Collin, TX)

⇒ his sister Dora Elizabeth (Anglea) Howard

⇒ her husband Robert Lee Howard

⇒ his sister Rachel Clementine Howard - our grandmother

 Resources:

1. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWY-3V6 : 12 August 2017), Albert Mc Cauley in entry for Charles Mc Cauley, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 284, sheet 88D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0059; FHL microfilm 1,254,059.

2. Democrat Publishing Company. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 16, 1891, newspaper, April 16, 1891; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth191673/: accessed May 22, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.

3. "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K61P-YT6 : 10 December 2017), Albert Mccauley and Ola Day, 15 Jan 1896; citing Marriage, citing Collin, Texas, United States, Texas State Library, Archives Division, and various Texas county clerks; FHL microfilm 1,289,599.
4. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3L3-6PT : accessed 22 May 2019), Albert Mccauley in household of Charles L Mccauley, Justice Precinct 5 (east part) Wylie town, Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17, sheet 4B, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,621.
5. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3L3-TMK : accessed 22 May 2019), Albert Mccauley, Justice Precinct 5 (east part) Wylie town, Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 17, sheet 6B, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,621.
6. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MX-28M : accessed 22 May 2019), Albert Mccauley, Mckinney Ward 2, Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 3A, family 76, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1539; FHL microfilm 1,375,552.

7. Stambaugh, J. Lee, b. 1889; Stambaugh, Lillian J., b. 1888 & Carroll, H. Bailey. A History of Collin County, Texas, book, 1958; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61096/: accessed May 22, 2019), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;.

8. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HLXG-43Z : accessed 22 May 2019), Albert Mccauley in household of Luthur J Raley, Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 9A, line 24, family 157, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2409; FHL microfilm 2,342,143.

9. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C7B6-F6Z : accessed 22 May 2019), Ola Mccauley, McKinney, Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 6A, line 22, family 54, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2309; FHL microfilm 2,342,043.

10. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K39W-4B6 : 13 March 2018), Albert Mccauley, 15 Aug 1941; citing certificate number 36138, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,138,744.

11. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K38G-VJD : 13 March 2018), R Lee Mccauley, 15 Jan 1976; citing certificate number 06054, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,243,844.

12. "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6GF-MY6 : 13 March 2018), Dora Vivian Mccauley in entry for Judith Kinney, 22 Sep 1932; citing Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States, certificate 73982, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,281,897.
Photo:
Parker, Texas: By Fredlyfish4 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29960389