WILLIAM ARTHUR CAUBLE was born August 28, 1889 in Walnut Grove, Missouri. He was born as the second child to William Henry Harrison and Susan Almenia (Lee) Cauble. His mother Susan Almenia Lee, (as written by daughter Gladys Laura Raef in 1988) was a confederate, a grand and proud Southerner and a descendant of General Robert E. Lee. Arthur, at the age of 15, first met his wife to be Edna May Fox who was age 10. He ran into her at school and nearly knocked her over. Struck by her beauty, he blurted out, "Someday, I'm gonna marry you!" That day came five years later, after Arthur had experienced a lot of youthful living. Let it be noted here that Arthur was maverick of his time. At the age of fifteen, he kissed a girl in church, an act that propelled him into a new and unusual experience. The day following the "unforgivable sin" Arthur was helping his father Will, pitch hay from the wagon into the barn loft. Arthur was spreading the hay when he glanced out and saw the preacher's long strides bringing him straight to the barn. Before he could scramble to the ground, Arthur heard the preacher say to Will, "Mr. Cauble, we've got to do something about Arthur. He … Here, Arthur took matters into his own hands, or feet to be exact. With lightning speed, he I squirreled out of the loft, bolted across the field and headed toward an approaching freight train. As the freight train slowed down for the bridge, Arthur grabbed the rail of one of the cars and hopped on, quickly hiding him self in the car. Shortly afterwards, a roving trainman slammed tight the boxcar door and Arthur found himself imprisoned with a load of overripe yellow onions. For three warm days and nights, he had no intake except the acid vapor of these rotting onions. When at last the boxcar door opened, Arthur found his freedom in the wild West, a territory later to become the state of Washington. This was cowboy country, and the youth soon became a cowboy. He relished the fresh air, roping cattle, breaking horses, and sleeping under the stars for five years. When he finally returned to his parent's home in Missouri, he found Edna May Fox, the girl he'd never forgotten, the child he vowed to marry, and on October 20, 1909, the couple borrowed a horse and buggy and drove to Bolivar and were married.