- From a Jamestown, ND Newspaper
W.C. McCAULEY DIES IN DEVILS LAKE
W.C. McCauley, former Jamestown resident, died Monday morning at Devils Lake, after a three years' illness. Mr. McCauley, in the automobile business in that city for a number of years, retired three years ago because of ill health.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon in that city with burial there.
Mr. McCauley is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Margaret Hood of this city; a daughter, Miss Mary Lou McCauley of San Diego, Calif.; a brother in Devils Lake and two sisters.
Mrs. McCauley, her sister, Miss Martha Hood, and Mrs. Coleman were in the city Tuesday night to meet Miss McCauley, who came by plane from San Diego, where she has a government position.
William first married at age 23. His first wife was Clara Arnstad, who he married Sep. 12, 1906 in a double wedding ceremony (with his sister Eva Jeanette) at his parent's home. A son, William Delbert, was born to them in June of 1907.
William has a World War I Draft Registration Card dated 9/9/1918 (C-33-1-2), where his occupation is listed as a traveling salesman. Other information on the card lists his age as 35, his build as medium, and his eyes and hair were both brown. Clara McCauley is listed on the card as a contact living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It isn't known if William went to war, because men between certain ages were required to register, but some of them never actually went into the military.
William and Clara are listed as living together in Hennepin County, Minnesota on the 1920 US census, but sometime after that the couple divorced and William eventually moved to Jamestown, ND. It is not known where the divorce took place. Clara relocated to California.
On August 1, 1925, William married Margaret Janet Hood. Margaret was the daughter of Andrew Hood and Ann Scott. She was born May 29, 1886. Margaret had moved down from Huron County, Ontario to Devils Lake, Ramsey County, ND with her family in September 1902. Her parents had alredy sold their farm in Howick Twp, Huron County. After living for one year in Devils Lake, Margaret moved to Jamestown where she eventually met William. A daughter, Mary Louise ("Mary Lou"), was adopted by the couple. About 5-6 years after the adoption, the family moved back to Devils Lake where William bought into the Lake Motor Service, an automobile business.
William was to live the rest of his life in Devils Lake. William died on July 12, 1948 at the age of 65. His death certificate lists his cause of death as acute myocardites.
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1883 - 1948 (65 years)
