Robert Cade

Company C

Vitals

Headstone:

  • (5th) Sergeant Spaight's Battalion

  • Born 3/10/1842

  • Died 1/23/1891

  • Buried at Burkeville, Cemetery

Ancestry.com

  • 12/14/1865 Married Harriett Ellen Trotter in Newton County

  • Harriett was born 9/1/1848 in Survey, Newton, Texas. She died 6/25/1947 in Harris County, TX

  • Her parents were John Lawrence Trotti and Rebecca Ann Booker

  • Children:

    Alice A - Born 10/5/1866 and died 12/17/1931 - Married William Willice Woods

    Lawrence R - Born 12/21/1868 and died 5/21/1961 Married Mary Anna Barnes.

    Nora - Born 1871 and married Robert Harrell

    Edith Harriett - Born 8/31/1878 and died 12/31/1928 - married Frederick Hines.

     

1860 Census

  • Living in Newton County with parents - Robert and Prescilla

  • Sibs - Thomas, Nancy, ?, Bedford, Amelia, Samuel, Charles

  • He was 17 yrs old, a Domestic born in Ga. 

  • Family moved from Ga. to Fla. between 1845 and1847. 

  • They moved to Texas after 1854.

1870 Census

  • Living in Newton County, Texas

  • was 26 yrs old, farmer, real estate = $200, Personal estate = $2000, born in Ga. and was U S Citizen.

  • Living with Harriett E - 22 yrs old, wife, keeping house, born in TX.

  • children were Alice A- 4 yrs old and born in Texas and  Lawrence R 1 yr old born in Texas.

1880 Census

  • Living in Newton County, Texas

  • Dwelling # 143

  • Was 38 yrs old, Married, Farming, Born in Ga. and both parents were born in Ga.

  • Harriet was 32 yrs old, keepinghouse, born in Texas, father was born in Fla and mother was born in La.

  • Alice - 13 yr old daughter, in school, born in Texas

  • Lawrence - 11 yr old son, in school, born in Texas.

  • Sarah - 9 yr old daughter, in school, born in Texas

  • Idella - 4 yr old daughter born in Texas

  • Edith - 1 yr old daughter born in Texas

 

 

Military

  • 5th Sergeant

  • Enlisted at Sabine Pass on 11/6/1861 for 12 months.  Later extended to 3 yrs.

  • Paid - 8/31/1862, 10/31/1862, and 6/30/1863.

  • Was sick in Hospital at Vermillionville 8/8/1863

 

Misc.

  1. Could not find 1850 Census

  2. Need Pictures

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