Rep. Justice Henry Cage, of Woodlawn (Planter)

1795 - 1858  (63 years)

• Name	Henry Cage  [1]
  Title	Rep. Justice
  Suffix	of Woodlawn (Planter)
  Born	5 Apr 1795	Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
  Gender	Male
  Name	Harry Cage  [2]
  Died	31 Dec 1858	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
  Person ID	I23766	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family	Catherine Noland Stewart,   b. 3 Oct 1804, Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 12 Feb 1829, Wilkinson County, Mississippi, USA  (Age 24 years)
  Married	1820	Mississippi, USA   [3, 4]
  Married	4 May 1820	Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Penelope Jones Cage,   b. 5 Sep 1822, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 12 Aug 1824  (Age 1 years)  [natural]   2. Capt. Albert Gallatin Cage,   b. 20 Jun 1827, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 9 Nov 1870, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, USA  (Age 43 years)  [natural]   3. Duncan Stewart Cage,   b. 1829, Wilkinson, Mississippi, USA ,   d. 20 Jun 1885  (Age 56 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F8139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  US Congressman. He studied law and became an attorney in Woodville, Mississippi. From 1829 to 1832 he served as a Justice on the Mississippi Supreme Court. Cage was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Jacksonian in 1832 and served one term, 1833 to 1835. He did not run for reelection in 1834 and moved Louisiana, where he remained active in politics as a member of the state Democratic committee and owned and operated "Woodlawn", a sugar plantation near Houma, which he managed until his death. (FindAGrave)

  
  

• Sources

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