Hi
Here is the story of the wargon train (its what I have put together, from my
aunts and some other info and storys . I wish we could find the Bible of
Charles Arter and Lydia "Lidie" Standridge , I wish we could find the Bible
Mary Ann Cagle Tilley had it . And a aunt Lucille saw the bible and said it
had alot of info in it.
The Wagon Train
In 1878 there was a group of family members who headed off for Oregon.
There were mostley all family and from Newton County, Arkansas. The names of
the familiys were Cagle, Standridge, Meek/Meeks, Lane , and Adams, Nolan and
a Rigney. Charles Arter Cagle was a Farmer , a Baptist Minister and a Wagon
Train Driver . It has never been said if Charles was the head of the Wagon
Train or not or why they stoped and stayed in Idaho, some say because of
illness? Some of the familys lived in Albion and some in the 14th district,
they worked as farm laborers and cooks while they were there, maybe they
stayed there until May 1880,they had enough money to get back home. (they are
also listed in the 1884 census of Idaho, but we know they were all back home
by then). For some unknown reason the familys decided to go back home to
Newton County, Arkansas. They left right after May 31 1880, after the census
was taken, it would have taken 4 to 5 months to get back to Arkansas . On the
way home some of the family members drank water from a well or river and
became ill with Typhoid Fever. The first known to died was Nancy Cagle
Standridge, who was the wife of Jeremiah "Jerry" Standridge, she died on
September 25, 1880, in Americus, Lyon County, Kansas , the next one to die
may have been either Alexander Standridge who was the husband of Mary
Elizabeth Tilley Standridge, (Alex was 22 years old,) and the son of Nancy
Cagle and Jeremiah Standridge, or Lydia Margaret "Lidie" Standridge Cagle
who was the wife of Charles Arter Cagle . Lydia had just had a child named
Melvira V. who was born September 14, 1880, Lydia died September 30, 1880 in
the wagon train camp. Alex died either two days before or two days after
Lydia. Charles loved his wife and wanted to give her a proper buriel, so he
cut off her long dark hair and sold it to a man who made horse whips out of
it, in exchange the man paid for the her to be buried. Info from a letter
written by Margaret Cagle Hubble she said there where still others who were
ill. One of them had to be Burton Columbus Cagle, his name never showed up
after this trip was made. Charles and Lydia had eight children only 5 lived.
Charles hired a wet nurse to feed and take care of his new child and small
children on the rest of the way back. The wet nurse Charles had was Mary
Elizabeth Tilley Standridge. Charles married Mary E. Tilley Standridge on
March 27, 1881 and they had 12 more children , they lived together for 43
years till his death in 1924. Some of the information was taken out of the
widows Pension records. There are a couple of letters from family members who
wrote letters , and they tell a little bit about there trip. One of the
letters is from Margaret Cagle Hubble and one from his daughter Mary Ann
Cagle Tilley and her husband John Riley Tilley. (Wagon Train followed the
Oregon trial, along the Snake River to Organ and back home to Arkansas).
Families on the Wagon Train;
Information from 1880 Census Albion, Cassia County, Idaho (page 161A)
42-42
Cagle,
Martha -- H Travling GA GA GA
Mararet (Twin) *18 D AR GA GA (born 1858, age 21)
Nolan,
Charles 21, Boarder, Laborer, Ca Ire Ire
43-43
Cagle,
Charles 32 H, Farmer TN TN TN
Lydia 33 W Home AR TN MO
*Samuel R. 13 S Home AR TN AR (*Lemuel Riley )
Mary Ann 12 D " " " " "
Martha J. 9 D " " " " "
Burton C. 7 S " " " " "
Margaret E. 3 D " " " " "
44-44
Meek,
Susan 36 H TN TN TN (Susan Cagle Standridg Meek/Meeks)
Samuel S. 18 S AR TN TN (he was a Standridge )
Jeremiah 13 S Ar TN TN
James W. 9 S AR TN TN
Equire 6 S " " "
45-45
Standridge,
Jeremiah 46 H Farmer AR TN TN
Nancy 43 W. Cooking TN TN TN
Isabel 17 D AR AR TN
George W. 12 S " " " (George Washington)
Mary E. 10 D " " " (Mary Elizabeth "Candy")
Grant 6 S " " " (Ulyess S. Grant)
Martha 5 D " " " (Martha Pine Tree) after Grandma)
46-46
Standridge
Richard 36 H Farmer Ar TN TN
Nancy J. 39 W Cooking Ky KY KY (Nancy jane Freeman)
Samuel W. 15 S. AR AR KY
Tennessee 14 D " " "
Louisanna 12 D " " "
Alabama 11 D " " "
George W. 8 S " " "
Arkansas 6 D " " "
Missouri 5 D " " "
James H. 4 S " " "
Virginia 1 D " " " (she had to be born in Idaho)
47-47
Rigney,
William 41 H freighter KY TN GA
1880 Census 14th District, Cassia County, Idaho (Page 163)
48-48
Standridge
Alexander *40 H Farmer AR TN TN (son of Nancy and Jeremiah) *22yrs
Mary 20 W AR AR AR (Mary E. Tilley Standridge)
Standridge,
John H. 18 Cousin Laborer AR AR TN (s/o John & Susan Cagle Standridge
(Notes; In the pension records it said that Alex was 22 years old , when he
died on the wagon train )
49-49
Standridge ,
Alexander 25 H Farmer Ar TN TN
Lucinda 24 W House AR AR AR (Lucinda Catherine Ross)
Mary J. 9 D AR AR AR
John W. 6 S. " " "
James M. 2 S. " " "
50-50
Lane ,
William J. 24 Farmer IN IN IN
Mary E. (twin) 21 House AR TN TN (Mary E. Cagle Lane)
51-15
Cagle
James J. 25 H Farmer AR AR AR (should be AR TN TN )
Eliza 23 W House AR TX TX (might be Ar TN TN )Meek or Srandridge
Henry C. 4 S IT AR AR (*IT Indian Terr)
James L. 2 S AR AR AR
Margaret 9/12 D ID AR AR
52-52
Adams
John 26 H Laborer AR MO AR
53-53
Kingsburg,
Thomas 48 H freighter NY NYNY
Daniel 18 S IA, NY NY
John 13 S ID, NY NY
(Notes : not on the wagon train , but has ties with William A. Rigney)
When they moved back home they lived near Freeman Co. Arkansas and some of the
Cagle' and Standridge's moved to Eufaula , McIntosh Co. Oklahoma
Prepard by:
Nancy Jane Balmer
California