William Nelson Cagle

Brief Life History of William Nelson

When William Nelson Cagle was born on 9 August 1869, in Tellico Plains, Monroe, Tennessee, United States, his father, Andrew Jasper Cagle, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Matilda Evans, was 21. He married Fannie Rodgers on 20 December 1890, in Monroe, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Monroe, Tennessee, United States for about 50 years. He died on 15 April 1955, in Tellico Plains, Monroe, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Robertson Cemetery, Henderson, Chester, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Nelson Cagle
1869–1955
Augusta Ervin
1875–1956
Marriage: 1 December 1901
Chester Alice Cagle
1903–1974
Mildred Blanche Cagle
1905–1922
Carrol Andrew Cagle
1906–1972
Sudie Cagle
1909–2005
Merle Cagle
1911–1998
Opal L Cagle
1913–2011
Kenneth Reed Cagle
1915–1997
Willie Mae Cagle
1918–2012
Marshall Quinton Cagle
1921–1973
Cagle
1921–1921

Sources (24)

  • William N Cagle, "United States 1950 Census"
  • W N Cagle, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Rev Nelson Cagle, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Kagel , Kegel , Kögel or Kogel .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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William Nelson Cagle Story of the Bear and the Indians

William Nelson Cagle wrote the below article. He was born in 1869. In the actual newspaper article he mentions that the incident took place "when I was 18 years of age, in the fall of 1830." I think t …

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