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"J. R. Cauble, 74, Dies At Home In Craggy Section
Rites To Be Held Friday For Retired Rail Contractor
Julius R. Cauble, widely known retired railroad contractor, died at 12:30 yesterday afternoon at his home near Craggy following a long illness.
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Surviving Mr. Cauble are his widow, three daughters, Mrs. Lelion Johnson and Mrs. Frankie Hawkins, of Asheville, and Mrs. R. Hall Allison, of Henderson county, and four sons, A. L. Cauble, of Chicago, J. M. and L. L. Cauble, of Asheville, and R. H. Cauble of Seattle, Washington
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Mr. Cauble, who was 74 years old, was born on July 31, 1863 in the Gash's Creek section of Buncombe county, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Cauble. He married Miss Fannie Cranford, daughter of the late Tillman Cranford, who was sheriff of Rowan county for many years, on August 2, 1883.
Mr. Cauble first entered railroad service in 1880 when he went to work for the old Western North Carolina railroad, now a part of the Southern Railway system. He was in charge of the construction of the railroad line from Asheville to Paint Rock. He was employed in the roadway department of the Southern railway for many years and resigned in 1904 to enter private railroad construction work.
He supervised several railway construction projects including the building of the old Asheville and Craggy Mountain railroad for the late R. S. Howland. He retired from buisness in 1918.
Mr. Cauble lived at Craggy for 45 years. When he first moved to Craggy that section was known as Gorman's bridge, named after the bridge which spanned the French Broad river at Craggy near the site of the present concrete bridge. This bridge was burned by the Union army forces at the close of the War Between the States.
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The Asheville Citizen (Asheville, North Carolina), Thursday, April 22, 1937, p. 8
Floyd A. Reed, April 30, 2020