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My information is sketchy, since this isn't my line, but I have Alfred O. Cage b. 26
Dec 1862, the son of William H. Cage (b. PA, ca. 1813) and Phoebe Mendenhall Stafford (b.
NC, ca. 1828). They married on 7 Apr 1850 in Dayton, OH. They apparently moved quite a
bit, first to Iowa, then Indiana, then Illinois, and finally to Harrison Co. MO, where
they are listed in the 1870 census with children:
William H. CAGE, age 56, b. PA, ca. 1813, Farmer
Phoebe M. CAGE, age 42, b. NC, ca. 1828
Emily J. CAGE, age 18, b. IA, ca. 1851
Mary E. CAGE, age 14, b. IN, ca. 1855
Cyrus E. CAGE, age 12, b. IN, ca. 1857
Elvina CAGE, age 11, b. IN, ca. 1858
Alfred O. CAGE, age 8, b. IN, ca. 1862
Isaac Clarkson CAGE, age 5, b. IL, ca. 1865
William apparently died between 1870 & 1880, because Phoebe Cage is listed with her
son Cyrus in the 1880 Harrison Co. MO census:
Cyrus CAGE, age 23, b. IN, ca. 1857; Farmer
Phebe M. CAGE, Mother, age 52, b. NC, ca. 1828
Clarkson CAGE, Brother age 15, b. IL, ca. 1865
Mary E. SHELTON, Sister age 24, b. IN, ca. 1856
Mauda F. SHELTON, Niece age 1, b. MO, ca. 1879
I don't have any record for Alfred O. in 1880, but he's still in Harrison Co. MO
in 1900, but with a wife other than Hannah:
Alfred O. CAGE, age 38, b. IN, Dec 1861[?], m. 2 years; Carpenter
Florena CAGE, age 27, b. M, Jul 1872, m. 2 years, no children
Apparently he and Hannah divorced, because in the same 1900 census she and her sons
Benjamin A. & William O. Cage are living in Denver, Arapahoe Co. CO:
Liberty SOWDERBECK (head), age 49, b. IN Jun 1850; Day Laborer
Hannah SOWDERBECK (wife), age 34, b. IA, Mar 1886
Cecil S. SOWDERBECK (son), age 17, b. IN, Jun 1883
Raymond SOWDERBECK (son), age 14, b. KS, Mar 1886
Elmer SOWDERBECK (son), age 12, b. Indian Territory, Jul 1887
Benjamin A. CAGE (stepson), age 14, b. KS, Jan 1886
William O. CAGE (stepson), age 15, b. KS, Aug 1884
(Hannah is listed as the mother of 2 children, both living, so apparently none of
Sowderbeck's children are hers. I note, too, that this has William as the elder
son.)
Alfred O. must've had bad luck with women, because in the 1930 Los Angeles Co. CA
cenus he's listed thus:
Alfred O. Cage, age 68, b. IN, ca. 1862; garage laborer
Martha Cage, age 58, b. MO, ca. 1872; dressmaker
Alfred & Martha are listed as having been married at ages 43 & 33, repectively, so
they were had married for 25 years, or ca. 1905, so Martha must be yet a third wife!
I have a little more on Alfred's son Benjamin Alfred Cage (Labette Co. KS 1883-1865
Tulare Co. CA), but nothing on his brother William Omer Cage. Does any of this help?