Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: Samuel CADWALLADER ************************************************************************ Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, June 2005 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Samuel Cadwallader, one of the early settlers of this section, died last Thursday morning, May 20, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Edgar Smith, in the town of Union, after an illness of over two years, aged eighty-five years, and after having lived here and in this vicinity for more than sixty-two years. He was born in Wayne county, Indiana, September 30, 1823, coming to Wisconsin in 1847. On the 20th of April 1853 he was married to Miss Adora M. Doolittle. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Cadwallader three of whom survive the father and mother. One child died at six years of age and the mother died November 20, 1900. A man of sterling integrity, upright and conscientious in his dealings with fellowman and will be sadly missed by sorrowing relatives and a host of life long friends. He was a strong man not only physically but also intellectually and morally. He was for a number of years a member of the Union town board and also a member of the county board and in each position rendered efficient service. He was always a man of integrity and firmness of purpose and was well informed on the great questions of the day. He leaves to mourn his death three children, Eddy Cadwallader, and Mrs. Edgar Smith of Evansville, and Mrs. Cora Tuttle of Madison; two sisters, Mrs. Dodd of Altoona, Kansas, Mrs. Enos Shaw of Janesville, Iowa; two brothers, Philip of Janesville, Iowa, and Chester of Waterloo, Iowa. He was a member of the Methodist church at Evansville for fifty-four years, uniting in 1855 and holding a continuous membership to the time of his death. His name appears as a trustee of the church on the deed for the first property purchased by the church in the city of Evansville. The funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home of Edgar Smith, Rev. T. W. North performing the last rites for the departed and the interment was at Maple Hill cemetery. May 26, 1909, The Enterprise and The Tribune, p. 1, col. 5, Evansville, Wisconsin