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 James Robert Cade
N 29° 45.984 W 095° 23.198
15R E 269243 N 3295287
One of twenty markers in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX. (Twenty, if you count the four markers in Washington Cemetery which is directly adjacent to; managed by; and accessed through Glenwood Cemetery.)
Waymark Code: WMX877
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/11/2017
Views: 2
Most of the markers in Glenwood and Washington Cemeteries have already been waymarked. This is one of two markers which were installed recently which have not been waymarked until now.
Marker Number: 18498
Marker Text:
(June 15, 1845 - November 5, 1912)
Born in England in 1845, James Robert Cade immigrated to the United States in mid-1869, arriving in Harrisburg, Texas, in 1873 with his new bride, Annie Mortimer, also of English decent. James Robert previously trained in England as a railroad carpenter and car builder, experience that helped him find employment as a rail car builder with a small railroad located in Harrisburg, the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railway Company. For the next eighteen years, the couple made their home in Harrisburg, where they raised four sons as John Robert advanced to executive status with Southern Pacific Railway Company, which acquired the GH&SA and the Texas & New Orleans Railway.
In 1885, Cade was designated master car builder for SP, Atlantic System, which entailed managing the rail car repair devision. Private cars manufactured during Cade’s tenure were of the highest quality and craftsmanship, using the latest technology and finest materials available to the industry. He was an innovator in the national railroad conversion of all rail cars from harvested timbers to iron beams. His 1892 iron rigging design was adopted nationally for safe and better transport ability.
In addition to his distinguished career, he co-founded and was very active in St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Houston’s Fifth Ward, was elected president of the Mechanics Building and Loan Association and, as a member of the Masons, received the Order of High Priesthood in 1895. Cade Rothwell Lodge No. 1151 AF&AM, chartered in 1921, was named in his honor. Through his innovation and civic leadership, James Robert Cade significantly contributed to the economic development of Texas following the Civil War. (2016)
Marker is Property of the State of Texas
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