The immediate family of David Cadle has not been determined. Many researchers have suggested his father was a Zachariah Cadle. There are some early listings for a Zachariah Cadle in NC. In Capt. Humphries District, State Census of NC 1784-87, a Zack Cadle appears w 1 m 21-60; 2m under 16 or over 60; 2f. A Zach Cadle was a private in Carters Co., from NC; he enlisted 19 July 1781 for a 12 month tour, and deserted 15 Oct 1782. In Feb 1816, Zachariah Cadle buys land along Davis Creek in Claiborne Co., TN. In the 1830 census for Jackson Co. MO, a Zachariah Cadle aged 70-80 appears. This Zachariah Cadle (assuming they are the same man) would have followed a similar migration to David Cadle.
Travel between TN and MO was usually done by boat. In an account of one Missouri family's travels between Buncombe Co. NC and NW MO; the trip is described as 'In his youth, (ca 1825-35) the family moved from Buncombe Co. NC to Cocke Co TN. The family moved to Missouri, coming down the Tennessee to the Mississippi River in a flatboat, then up the Mississippi to the Missouri; then up the Missouri.' It is likely the Cadles took a similar path in their travels.
Portrait of David Cadle The first records for David Cadle appear in Claiborne Co, TN, where in 1818 David Cadle is overseer of the KY Road. He buys land in 1819 from Elizabeth Morgan and sells it in 1825 to Sally Thompson.
It seems that the Cadles (and probably the Lynches as well) moved to Missouri in the mid-1820s, as a list of voters in the general election at the courthouse in Independence, MO 1st Monday August 1828 includes: David L. Cadle, David Lynch, James Lynch, Isaac Lynch, Solomon Lynch.A David Cadle appears age 30-40 on the 1830 Jackson Co., MO census. The Lone Jack Settlement in Jackson Co., MO began in 1831/2, with Thomas McKnight, David L. Cadle, William Cox and David Dealy. The first land record for David Cadle in Jackson Co., MO is a land purchase 13 Sep 1836.
Van Buren township was re-organized in 1836, and David L. Cadle was the first constable. Later, Patterson Cadle and James Dealy (son and grandson) served as constables in Van Buren as well. David L. Cadle was clerk of the Baptist Church at Lone Jack, but the records were burned during the Civil War. It began 29 Oct 1842. David Cadle and his wife Esther Lynch are both buried in Adams Cemetery.
Esther Lynch was said to be the daughter of Solomon Lynch of Norfolk, VA; in a biography of her son James Cadle. Research on the Lynch family in Norfolk VA has not reached a firm conclusion. She outlived her husband by many years, living with her children in Worth Co., MO after David Cadles' death.
Picture of Esther (Lynch) Cadle
Portrait of Patterson Cadle Patterson Cadle was the eldest known child of David and Esther Cadle, and was born while the family was still living in TN. He married, first, Ann Kincaid, daughter of Samuel Kincaid, whose family is recorded in the Kincaid Bible in the Pioneer Museum in Yakima, Washington. Patterson Cadle served as County Clerk and Justice of the Peace for Gentry County, MO starting in 1850. In 1861, he became the first County Clerk in Worth County, MO. After Ann's death, he married Nancy Ann (Packer) Groce, a widow with two children, Malissa & Norman. He resided in Worth County MO most of his adult life, and is buried in Wharton Cemetery.
(David) Bethena Harvey Cadle (whose name may be a clue for family origins) was born in TN. She married first, in Jackson Co., MO William Henry McKnight. He was a minister & blacksmith. While in Denver, MO, William McKnight ran the water mill from 1842 to 1854 - it was the first water mill in the county, and was used for grinding grain (parts of the mill are still visible in Denver, MO.) In 1850, they are living in Gentry Co., MO; but soon moved to Westerford, Johnson Co. TX. He made the first mole board that would successfully scour on plows in Westerford soil. William McKnight died 1860 in Parker Co. TX, and Bethena returned by ox-team, with her family to Worth Co., MO; where she is living in 1860 with her aged mother Esther. She then traveled to Iowa and finally California and married Andrew Cox, moving to Chico, CA. Andrew Cox died at Willows, CA in 1891. Bethena Cox died Christmas Day 1910 in Corning CA at age 93.
Portrait of Rispa Cadle Rispa Lynch Cadle (whose name may hold a clue for research) was born in Claiborne Co., TN. She married David Dealy (Daily) in Jackson Co., MO. The couple remained in Jackson Co., MO for the rest of their lives. David Dealy was a farmer.
Solomon Cadle was born in TN, and married Nancy Jane Hink (possibly in Cass Co., MO). They are living in Gentry Co., MO in 1850; but Solomon then married Maria Anna Mailen in 1858 in Johnson Co, MO. A divorce record has not been located, but may exist in Superior Court or Circuit Court records for the area. In 1860, his first wife Nancy is living with her children in Worth Co., MO and Solomon Cadle and his second wife are in Kansas. He returned to Missouri in 1870, but then moved to Arkansas, where he died. His wife His wife Mariah collected his pension for his Civil War services.
Preston Cadle was born in TN, and married Jane Wilson Black, daughter of Adam Black, in Gentry Co., MO. He wrote to his brother-in-law William Black and sister Sarah (Cadle) Black during his service in the Union Army. He had enlisted as a private, 37 years old, in Capt. Eads company on 15 June 1863, in Gallatin, MO. He states 'we have suffered severely and have been defeated several times'. William Black had sold a horse for him in his absence, and Preston Cadle assured him he had done well 'I did not expect anything of that old mare and if you are satisfied it is alright'. Preston also mentions coming to join them in Oregon 'if you like that country, I think I will try to come there next spring'. He was killed by bushwhackers in 1864; and his widow collected a pension for his services. She continued to live in Worth Co., MO after his death.
| Picture of Zachariah Preston Cadle | Picture of Jane Wilson (Black) Cadle |
Tabitha Cadle (whose names appears variously as Telitha, Lelitha, etc) appears only in a marriage record, to George Keefer, in Jackson Co., MO. No other record of her has been found. Family stories suggest that she died shortly after her marriage and is buried in an unmarked grave near her parents in Adams Cemetery, Van Buren Township, MO. A search for a George Keefer of an appropriate age in the 1850 census found one family in Saline Co., MO; pg 023 there is a household with a George Keiffer, aged 61, born MD; a George Kieffer 21; and other family members. This seems to be the only spelling variant of this name in MO; but this does not appear to be a likely marriage for her.
Portrait of Samantha Cadle Samantha was born about 1828, and her birthplace is listed as Missouri, so helps to identify when the family moved from TN. She married Abraham Cunningham when she was very young, as his second wife. His first wife was possibly Mary Wiles. In 1850, she appears alone in the Cunningham household - Lemantha Cunningham age 22 born MO. w/ children Areana age 12 b. TN, Joel age 10 b IL, Mary J. age 6 born MO, George age 4, Newton age 2 and Ann N age 1. The family moved to Fremont Co., IA and then to Shasta Co., CA. Her obituary appeared in the Grant City, MO newspaper - Mrs. Samantha Cunningham. Died 25 Aug 1896, just 10 weeks after her husbands' death. Abraham Cunningham in Shingletown, Shasta Co. California. She leaves 9 children. All were present at her funeral with the exception of Mrs. Anna Teague of Arkansas. Six sons were pallbearers of Abraham were pallbearers for grandma - Horace Weigart, Otis Weigart, Luther Cunningham, Preston Cunningham, Elmer Daily and Christopher La Your.
James Cadle was a doctor of medicine. He married Luticia Thornton, in Gentry Co., MO. Dr. James E. Cadle, a brother of Judge Cadle, came from Jackson Co MO abt 1847 w/his mother and brothers & located at Denver. At the time there were only 2 houses in the town - one occupied by McKnight, the Doctors brother-in-law. He eventually moved to Chillicothe, practicing medicine until 1872 and then was elected a Democratic representative from Livingston Co, serving one year. In 1874 he became Deputy County Clerk for Livingston County. James Cadle was one of three Grandmasters of Athens Lodge in 1875, #12 A.F. and A.M. His family resided at Chillicothe, MO.
Picture of Sarah Cadle Sarah Cadle also married very young, to her brother Preston's wife's brother, William Condra Black. At first, the young couple lived in Gentry Co., MO near other family members, but soon followed the Oregon trail to the Northwest, where William Black had obtained a donation land claim. They kept in touch by letter with family members in Missouri. Her obituary in the Western Police Review reports Sarah Marena Black died at Carlton OR 10 Sept 1916 aged 83, born 3 Aug 1833 in Johnson Co. MO, sister of Bethena Cadle McKnight Cox. William and Sarah Black moved to Yamhill Co OR in 1865, William Black died in Jan 1875. The widow moved to Whitman Co. WA where she lived 26 years. From 1912 until her death she lived in Carlton, Yamhill Co. OR. Rena Black was a charter member of the North Yamhill Baptist Church, later Carlton Baptist Church. Her full name was Sarah Marena Arminta Cadle.
Melvina Cadle was born in Jackson Co., MO and married first, probably in Gentry Co., MO, Andrew B. Combs. Curiously, the family is listed twice on the 1860 Missouri census - with slightly different names and ages in each enumeration. Melvina died in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma Territory, in 1901. Her husband survived her, and married Mary in 1906. Andrew and his second wife were living in Oklahoma in 1910.
Emily Cadle married Perry Maupin, son of an early settled in Jackson and Gentry Co., MO. The obituary of Perry Maupin states he married Emily A Cadle, daughter of David C. and Esther Cadle; and they had 11 children. Esther (Lynch) Cadle lived with the Maupins after Bethena (Cadle) McKnight moved to Iowa. After Emily's death, he married his second wife, Mrs. Mary Hinsely Poteet, Sept 1879.
William Cadle, oldest son of Preston Cadle and Jane (Black) Cadle, died young and is buried in Wharton Cemetery, Worth Co., MO.
Picture of Polly Cadle Polly Ann Cadle married James Anglin in Worth Co., MO. They moved many times until they settled in Clay Co., South Dakota around 1900. (I have a group photo of this family if anyone needs it.)
Portrait of Melvina Jane Cadle Melvina Jane Cadle's life is a bit of a mystery. She possibly married (1) John Brown in St. Joseph, MO. (2) Ed Vandewalker. In the 1880 census, living with Jane Cadle in Worth Co., MO are Henry Mathews grandson & Sarah Brown, granddaughter. It has not been determined who these grandchildren are - did Melvina move to Creston, IA?
Portrait of David A. Cadle David Adam Cadle was named after his grandfathers David Cadle and Adam Black. He lived with his mother in Worth Co., Missouri until late in life, when he and his wife moved to Kansas. In 1902, a 'pleasant occasion' was reported in the Grant City newspaper - David Cadle, who lives several miles southeast of this place, will have a public sale today and contemplates moving west. Being a splendid citizen and highly esteemed in this vicinity, his neighbors planned a very agreeable surprise for himself and his family last Sunday at the home of his mother, Mrs. Jane Cadle. The event was a most charming one in a social way and those who participated in it will recall it with pleasure for a long time.
Portrait of Sarah Cadle Sarah Cadle married a young son of a neighbor in Worth County, Joel Weigart. They had 9 children, most of whom stayed in Worth County. Two daughters moved with their husbands to South Dakota. Their youngest son, Preston Wilson Weigart, is the person who started my life-long interest in genealogy when I was a teenager.
Picture of Margaret Cadle Margaret Cadle was married twice, first to William A. Barrett; then to James Weable. She lived in Worth County her entire life, where she was a life-long member of the Christian Church and a member of the Ladies Aid Society of that Church. Burial in the Ohio cemetery.
Picture of Morgan Cadle Morgan Wilson Cadle moved to Montgomery Co., Iowa (with his sister?) where he married Mary Ann Edwards. Morgan finally settled in Shell Lake, Wisconsin, where Morgan was a farmer.
