CADE, (Hon.) Overton, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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HON. OVERTON CADE, YOUNGSVILLE.--In the early days of Louisiana, when this
section of the country was comparatively a vast wilderness, Robert Cade,
father of the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch, located
near where Hon. Overton Cade now resides.  Robert Cade was a native of South
Carolina.  His name was well known, as he figured prominently in the political
affairs of Louisiana, having been in active political life until within a few
years of his death.  He was elected, in 1840, representative of Lafayette
parish, in the lower house of the Legislature.  In 1852 he was elected State
Senator.  His death occurred in 1859.  His wife and three sons survived him. 

Hon. Overton Cade, the subject of this sketch, was born in the year 1852, and
was educated at the University of the South.  Mr. Cade has been engaged in
agricultural pursuits since embarking in business until the present time.  His
plantation near Youngsville is one of the finest in this section of the
country.  It consists of sixteen hundred acres of land, one-half of which is
under cultivation, and the remainder he uses as a pasture for grazing a large
amount of stock.  Mr. Cade has also, in partnership with his brothers, C. T.
and W. Cade, a large ranch in Texas.

Mr. Cade has always been an active participant in public affairs and is well
informed on all the issues of the day.  He was elected, in 1879, Democratic
Representative to the lower house of the Legislature from Lafayette parish,
and was reelected in 1888. His services as a legislator have been highly
appreciated, and few men enjoy a more united cooperative constituency than he. 
In 1879 Mr. Cade was united in marriage with Miss Smedes, a native of
Mississippi.  They are the parents of three children.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
213-214.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.