Hi everyone, I'm still hanging in there, awaiting test results of what hopefully is a minor heart problem. Summertime has arrived here in Michigan, a state where many of the New England and New York Cadys ended up. Even though there are now power lines, sub-divisions and factories, I can still imagine how wonderful the green June landscape appeared to those early settlers, after the hardships of the long, cold winter. Would you each take a moment and write to the group who your favorite Cady ancestor might be, and why? He or she might be the most elusive, or the hardest-working, or the most adventuresome or colorful--anything that appeals to you. I, out of necessity, choose Sarah Cady (since I have been unable to find her parents or any other family!) She was a family matriarch who lived into her 90's and loved to tell reporters about the old days--here is a line form her obit, February 27, 1932: "She frequently discussed modern-day methods and recalled the time when ox teams were required to get through the muddy roads and fields and the later introducation of the horseless buggy." I believe Sarah left Massachusetts after her marriage to Lution Fairfield in 1854, and journied to Steuben County, New York, where he worked as a laborer in Urbana and she boarded with a family in South Pulteney. What a way to start a marriage! Their first four children were born in New York. After about ten years, they left for St. Clair County, Michigan where she lived out her life. My dad remembers her well, and says she was quite strong-willed--one would have to be to survive as a pioneer in those days, I think! Looking forward to hearing from you all... Suzanne Cady List Manager