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Here is what I have that I had fround online from Nacy Jane - who has done extensive
posting on the Cagles:
Leonhart Kegel had a large black hat , he wore most of the time , he handed the hat down
to his son John "Dutchman" Kegel , who died 1799 in North Carolina . John
"Dutchman" handed the hat down to his youngest son , William who was born
1788-1860. William passed the hat down to his son Isaac, who was born 1790-1860. Isaac
gave the hat to his oldest son John Westley , who in turn handed it down to his brother
Spinks. Spinks then gave the hat to his sister , who sold the hat to Neil Isaac Andrew
Cagle , he in turn gave the the hat to Bob Baker who donated the Hat to the Rocky Mt.
Museum. (I have seen a photo of the hat, it looks like a big top hat.) and is still in the
museum.
There was also a chair that Leonhart would stand on while waiting for his father to come
home from work. This chair was also donated to a Museum , (Not the same Museum.) and this
Museum later burned down , this Museum was in PA. , so there must have been some of his
children and or grandchildren who stayed in PA.
A note online from Nancy Jane, after the above story.
Hi Group
The hat is not in the museum anymore they had a big flood, and one of the
Cagle decendents had wrote to them and they said they did not have any info
on the hat so they sent the hat to her. She was trying to document the hat so
it can be put back into a museum, I have not heard from her for a long time
but she did send me some great pictures of the hat out side and in they are
on my photo site.
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=124245&Auth=false
They told her the hat was two hundred years or more, hat
made out of beaver skin they said that is why it was in such good shape and
it looks just like the photo in John G. Cagle's book.
Nancy Jane
(My Note: I could not get the link to work)
She has an e-mail but I don't know her so would rather not post it here. I will
however contact her and let her know of the current interest in the hat and ask her to
post her e-mail if she is OK with it.