Cade Bethea served four years as a soldier in the Confederate army during the Civil war, a member of Company I, Second Alabama Volunteer Cavalry, General Wheeler's command, and continuing in service until the close of the war he then located in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, at the town of Meridian, where he followed both saw and lumber milling until moving to Kemper County. It was there that he met and married Mrs. Louisa Amanda (Ellerbe) Ball. She was then the widow of Josh Ball, of Kemper County. Mr. Bethea had also been previously married, his first wife having been Ella P. Briggs, of Mississippi, her family having been among the early pioneers of that commonwealth. On the 1st of January, 1887, Mr. Bethea arrived with his family in Tyler county, Texas, at the town of Mobile, and he became identified with the saw milling business there. During latter part of 1889 and all of 1890 the family home was at Lampasas. He operated throughout southeastern Texas until 1908. From then on during the remainder of his life he followed farming in Polk County, near Livingston, where he died on the 4th of October, 1909, at the age of seventy-one years. The members of this family are Lemar and Cade Bethea and J. W. Ball, the latter a son of Mrs. Bethea by her first husband. (Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910 -
Cade Bethea served four years as a soldier in the Confederate army during the Civil war, a member of Company I, Second Alabama Volunteer Cavalry, General Wheeler's command, and continuing in service until the close of the war he then located in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, at the town of Meridian, where he followed both saw and lumber milling until moving to Kemper County. It was there that he met and married Mrs. Louisa Amanda (Ellerbe) Ball. She was then the widow of Josh Ball, of Kemper County. Mr. Bethea had also been previously married, his first wife having been Ella P. Briggs, of Mississippi, her family having been among the early pioneers of that commonwealth. On the 1st of January, 1887, Mr. Bethea arrived with his family in Tyler county, Texas, at the town of Mobile, and he became identified with the saw milling business there. During latter part of 1889 and all of 1890 the family home was at Lampasas. He operated throughout southeastern Texas until 1908. From then on during the remainder of his life he followed farming in Polk County, near Livingston, where he died on the 4th of October, 1909, at the age of seventy-one years. The members of this family are Lemar and Cade Bethea and J. W. Ball, the latter a son of Mrs. Bethea by her first husband. (Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910 -
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