Scope and Contents
Letters to Louie Earl Williams of Buckeye, California, and Reno, Nevada, chiefly from her sister and brother-in-law, Julia Earl Cadwell and Edwin Cadwell, that discuss farm and social life in Crawford County, Iowa, 1870-1893. The collection also includes letters by other family members and friends, including Jennie Ann Huckstep and Ella Jefferson. Many letters are addressed to her parents, Asa Colton Earl and Nancy Weakley Allred Earl. A few letters are written to her husband, William J. Williams. The collection also includes fragmentary business records related to Asa Colton Earl, 1834-1855, and two photographs, 1901-circa 1905.
Many letters written by Julia Earl Cadwell discuss her Christian faith and deteriorating health. A group of letters by Edwin Cadwell describe his wife's death from a uterine inflammation in September 1880, as well as his subsequent mourning and marriage the following year.
Dates
- 1834-circa 1905
- Majority of material found within 1870 - 1893
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Cadwell Family Correspondence is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Michael Vinson on the Henry R. Wagner Fund. 2013.
Arrangement
Arranged chronogically.
Extent
0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
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Abstract
Letters to Louie Earl Williams of Buckeye, California, and Reno, Nevada, chiefly from her sister and brother-in-law, Julia Earl Cadwell and Edwin Cadwell, that discuss farm and social life in Crawford County, Iowa, 1870-1893. The collection also includes letters by other family members and friends, including Jennie Ann Huckstep and Ella Jefferson. Many letters are addressed to her parents, Asa Colton Earl and Nancy Weakley Allred Earl. A few letters are written to her husband, William J. Williams. The collection also includes fragmentary business records related to Asa Colton Earl, 1834-1855, and two photographs, 1901-circa 1905.
Julia Earl Cadwell (1838-1880)
Julia Earl Cadwell was the daughter of Asa Colton Earl (1810-1891) and Minerva Rich Earl (1816-1840), members of the Mormon Church; her mother was a sister of Charles Coulson Rich (1809-1883), an early leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her siblings were Joseph Rich Earl (1836-1898) and Nancy Minerva Earl Leavitt (1840-1911).
In 1843, Asa Colton Earl married Nancy Weakley Allred Earl (1815-1904) in Nauvoo, Illinois. They had seven children: Isaac W. Earl (1844-1864), Mary J. Earl (1846-1848), Artemesia Earl (1848-1934), Asa C. Earl (1850-1863), John A. Earl (1851-1910), Joel Earl (1853-1861), Louie Earl Williams (1855-1938). In 1860, the family lived in Union Township, Crawford County, Iowa. In 1870, the family lived in Buckeye, Yolo County, California.
Around 1860, Julia married Edwin Cadwell (born 1834), a farmer in Milford Township, Crawford County, Iowa. After her death, he married his cousin Jennie Murray Cadwell (born circa 1862) in 1881.
Biographical / Historical
Louie Earl Williams was the daughter of Asa Colton Earl and Nancy Weakley Allred Earl. In 1879, Louie married William J. Williams (1842-1924) in Reno, Nevada, where they operated a farm. They had four children: Jessie Julia Williams (1880-1888), William Ray Williams (born 1884), Roy Earl Williams (1886-1940) and Robin Leslie Williams (1889-1915).
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- Cadwell family
- Cadwell, Edwin, 1834-
- Cadwell, Jennie Murray, approximately 1862-
- Cadwell, Julia Earl, 1838-1880
- Crawford County (Iowa) -- Description and travel
- Earl, Asa Colton, 1810-1891
- Earl, Nancy Weakley Allred, 1815-1904
- Huckstep, Jennie Ann, 1854-1885
- Jefferson, Ella
- Mormons -- California
- Mormons -- Iowa
- Photographic prints
- Reno (Nev.) -- Pictorial works
- Williams, Louie Earl, 1855-1938
- Williams, William J., 1842-1924
- Women -- West (U.S.) -- Correspondence
- Title
- Cadwell Family Correspondence
- Author
- by Matthew Daniel Mason
- Date
- 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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