JAMES W. CADE, Livingston County, was born in Fayetteville, N. C., January 18, 1820, and is a son of Waddle and Sarah (McDaniel) Cade. The father was born at Snow Hill, N. C., November 25, 1775; his father was a clergyman of the Church of England, and a very early immigrant to this country. The mother was born at Halifax, N. C., in 1774. The father was a hotel keeper at Fayetteville, and resided there until his death, in August, 1865. The mother died in 1829. Subject is the youngest of a family of eleven children, of whom two are now living: Sarah and J. W. The latter left home when he was sixteen years of age, and went to Jackson, Tenn., where he clerked for the firm of Burns & Stewart for about one year and a half. He next went to Mississippi but remained there about a year, and in December, 1839, he arrived at Salem, which was at that time the county seat of Livingston County. There he taught school and made teaching his profession until 1854. He was then appointed to the clerkship of the Livingston Circuit Court, and by appointment and election held the office continuously until 1880. During the first twelve years of his office he was also county clerk. During his whole term of office as circuit clerk he was master in chancery and trustee of the jury fund. At present he is farming, and now owns about 300 acres with about 150 acres in cultivation. He is a lawyer by profession, but spends but little time in practice before the courts. Mr. Cade was married in April, 1846, to Miss Helen M. Miles, a daughter of Col. Richard and Kittie (Neale) Miles. The father was born in South Carolina, the mother in Virginia. The parents were early settlers of Livingston County, the father represented the county in the legislature and subsequently served as magistrate many years. Mrs. Cade was born in 1825, and is the mother of five children, of whom three are now living: Ida, wife of C. B. Davis, Cora, wife of C. W. Conant, and Laura. Mr. Cade and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He is a member of Smithland Masonic Lodge No. 138.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 812.