1850 U. S. Census, Iredell County, page 112: family #1600 no town nor township given. W. Caskaiden age 50 born in Ireland Wm. L. age 21 born PA Elizabeth age 19 born PA Richard age 17 born VA Daniel age 14 born NC Jane 12 born NC Sounds like the mother is already deceased and probably has been for a while. Not much help but that is all I've found. The Caskaiden family are living quite close to William Leapard and his wife Margaret and their children Henry 21, Mary 17, Aaron 18 and Jesse 15. Is this Mary Magdaleine? Agnes Cloninger >From: Keith Robinson < klr@ix.netcom.com > >Subject: Carscaddon/Carscadden/Cascaddon/Cascadden/etc. > >Does anyone have any information about any of the above names, or any >variations >of the spelling? I can trace back to a William Cascaddon, who was married to >Mary Magdalene Lippard, and who died in the Civil War (she later remarried to >Fielding Kyles). He was born in Virginia, and his mother was born in Ireland. >I would love any and all information you may have! >