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I noticed that too, but I'm certain it is merely an error; Nancy Beth was definitely
the mother of 4 children:
Benjamin Franklin Cage (1814-1887)
m1. 10 Apr 1846, Matagorda Co. TX, Mary Cayce (widow of Daniel Baker, by whom she had
three children) and had children:
1. Sarah Jane Cage (1847-1914)
2. Thomas Jesse Cage (1849-1929)
Mary Cayce/Baker/Cage died 10 Jan 1850, and B. F. Cage
m2. 6 Apr 1851, Wharton Co. TX, Elizabeth Nancy "Nancy Beth / Bethia" Greer and
had children:
3. Philip P. Cage (ca. 1852 - bef 1900)
4. Benjamin Franklin Cage, Jr. (1854-1896)
5. Thaddeus Eli Cage (1857-1922)
6. James Jackson "Jack" Cage (1860-1934)
Given the 1851 marriage, the 1852-1860 birth dates, that Nancy Beth is listed in the 1860,
70 & 80 censuses with Benjamin Cage and cearly survived him, there is no doubt that
she is the mother of the last four children.
It is to be noted that indeed two of her children had died by 1900. The "2 children,
2 living" can only be a transcriber's (or reporter's) error; it should have
been "4 children, 2 living."