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From: "Earl Cagle" <>
Subject: RE: A little family history.
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:35:00 -0500


Amy & List,
I found what appears to be your father's death record on the SSI database :

THOMAS H CAGLE 09 Jul 1933 18 Apr 2001 (V) 97031 (Hood River, Hood River,
OR) (none specified) 429-56-4294 Arkansas
Didn't know if you had this or not but just in case you don't. May be
someone on the list can tell you where to write for his Navy records.
Earl
> [Original Message]
> From: Amy Cagle <>
> To: <>
> Date: 6/10/2003 9:26:11 AM
> Subject: A little family history.
>
> Hello to any and all Cagles out there. I have just recently joined your
> newsletter, and I am really new to the whole ancestry searching scene, so
> please bare with me.
>
> I will share what little I know. Most of what I do know is vague.
>
> My father's name was Thomas Henry Cagle. He was born in Arkansas. I
believe
> that when he died 2 years ago he was 68 or 69 years of age. So, he was
> probably born around 1933. I know that he served in the Navy. He once told
> me that he was only 17 when he enlisted. I believe that he served during
the
> Korean Conflict. Shortly before his death, in New Port Ritchie, Florida,
his
> girlfriend said she had come across some sort of medal & some papers
> relating to my Dad's military service. Unfortunately, she chose to mail
them
> to one of my sisters who is no longer speaking to the rest of her family,
so
> I do not have access to them.
>
> He and his younger brother, who's name I can not remember, were supposedly
> living on the street when my father enlisted in the Navy. Dad once told us
> that his parents abandoned them when he (my Dad) was only ten. He said
that
> they had had 9 children in the family & that his parents could not afford
to
> feed them all, so they left the two behind who were not old enough to work
> and not too young to fend for themselves. I never really knew how much of
> this story was true. My dad had a terrible tendency to embellish (or flat
> out lie about) any story he ever told. At any rate, I never met any
> grandparents on my father's side of the family. I did meet my dad's
younger
> brother once, before he died. He died when my father was 50. I remember it
> clearly because my father was so drastically affected by his death.
>
> He married my mother, Merilyn Ann Maihl-Cagle when he was 21. That would
> make it around 1954, however, I do know that they divorced in 1986 or
1987 &
> were married for 31 years. That would put their marriage at about 1956. At
> the time that they were married, my mother & her family were living in The
> Dales, Oregon.
>
> I'm unsure of how much recent family history to include, however, I do
know
> that he had been in touch with one of his sisters in the later years of
his
> life. I do not know her name, her age or her address. I only know that as
of
> my father's death she lived on the Oregon coast, not far from Portland.
>
> If anyone has information about how to search for military records
online, I
> would very much appreciate learning about it. Also, any less recent family
> history which may help me trace my ancestry would be incredibly helpful.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Amy Cagle
> Business Office
> Tri-City Herald
> (509) 582-1480
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earl Cagle [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 2:30 PM
> To: Amy Cagle
> Subject: RE: FW: subscribe
>
>
> Amy,
> You have been added as a subscriber to the Cagle List. Welcome and I hope
> you enjoy your time on our list. Please share your Cagle family with us.
> Send your mail to : Earl D. Cagle Sr. List
> Administrator
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Amy Cagle <>
> > To: <>
> > Date: 6/3/2003 4:35:52 PM
> > Subject: FW: subscribe
> >
> > I wish to subscribe to the email list. Thank you.
> >
> > Amy Cagle
> > Business Office
> > Tri-City Herald
> > (509) 582-1480
>
>
>
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