J. Wesley Caradine

J. Wesley Caradine (Clay County)

State House: 1874-1875

Born: February 16, 1846 in Mississippi

Caradine appears as Wesley Caradine on the 1870 census in Chickasaw County with wife Celia Sanders and her brother, Isaac.  On the 1880 census of Clay County, Caradine is listed with Celia, two sons, Celia’s mother, and brother-in-law Isaac. He was a farmer.

In his testimony on the election of 1875, Caradine described a fraught situation in which a mob of white people were threatening his life.

Signature of J. Wesley Caradine
Signature of J. Wesley Caradine
Petition signed by 8 legislators, Mar 21, 1874
Petition of legislators, Mar 21, 1874
Canton Mail, May 20, 1876
Canton Mail, May 20, 1876
Clarion-Ledger, August 16, 1876