The I.O.O.F.: Independent Order of Odd Fellows

From Wikipedia.

George Cadman was buried in the Laurel IOOF Cemetery in Madisonville, Ohio.  I have occasionally come across the group called Independent Order of Odd Fellows in my research.  There is also a marker for the Odd fellows Home in Goldsboro, N.C. on Ashe Street by Herman Park.  It was my understanding they had something to do with orphans.

The IOOF started in England in the 18th century and was founded in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 28, 1819.  Two of their primary goals were to establish residences for senior members and orphaned children.

The Civil War shattered the IOOF in the United States.  Membership dropped tremendously and many lodges were unable to continue their work, especially in the southern states.

--Old Secesh

I Found George Cadman at Laurel Cemetery Near Cincinnati

I found another, much larger Find-A-Grave site with a whole lot of names of people buried at Laurel Cemetery in Madisonville, Ohio.

They have a man by the name GEORGE H. CALDMAN  (b. 1823-D 1864) buried there.  Other than having his name misspelled, this must be the man I've been writing such much about.

The next time I'm in Cincinnati I'll have to visit his grave.

--Old Secesh

One Important Internment at Madisonville's Laurel IOOF Cemetery: Alexander Duncan

According to Find-A-Grave.

ALEXANDER DUNCAN (1788-March 23, 1853)

U.S. Congressman, physician.  Born Born Bottle Hill, now Madison, New Jersey.  Studied medicine and started a practice.  Moved to Cincinnati and continued his profession.  Elected to the Ohio State Senate and served 1832-1834.

Elected to Ohio's 1st District U.S. House of Representatives as a member of the Democrat party and served 1836-1841 and 1843-1845.

His father, James Duncan, was a minister and abolitionist in Indiana.

--Old Secesh

George Hovey Cadman-- Part 6

Find-A-Grave did not mention Cadman in 21 results it had for the Laurel IOOF Cemetery in Madisonvile, Ohio, Cadman's final resting place according to the Roots Web "Ancestors of Craig Rice and Related Families" article.

IOOF stands for the International Order of Odd Fellows, an old organization.  I know in Goldsboro, N.C., where I was born there was an Odd Fellows Home, part of that organization.

It is located at 5915 Roe Street in Madisonville in Hamilton County.  It was established in 1863 by the Laurel Lodge I.O.O.F 191 and is still active as a cemetery with 2686 internments.

Perhaps I need to find a bigger list of intenments.

--Old Secesh

George Hovey Cadman, 39th Ohio-- Part 4

George Hovey Cadman died of sunstroke 17 September 1864 in Marietta, Georgia, and was buried at the military cemetery there.  His body was removed and later reinterred at Old Duck Cemetery in Cincinnati on what became Edmundson Road in Norwood.

Years later, his body was again removed along with his second son George John Cadman and laid to rest at the family plot in the Laurel Cemetery in Madisonville, Ohio, near Cincinnati.

--Old n