Daughter of Thomas Jackson and Amanda (Burdette) Denson. She moved to Winston County (near Helicon) AL with her family when she was a child. She was married to Alfred Marcus Cagle (date unknown) and there were three children born to this union. She settled in Selma AL after she and her husband divorced. She was active in Sacred Harp singing (fa sol la), taught to her by her father, and wrote a song entitled "Samaria" that was included in the 1936 Denson Revision of the Original Sacred Harp. She was a sister to Paine and Howard Denson, Anna Denson Aaron, Jarusha Denson Edwards (all buried at Fairview Cemetery in Double Springs AL), who were all well-established Sacred Harp singers and composers.
Daughter of Thomas Jackson and Amanda (Burdette) Denson. She moved to Winston County (near Helicon) AL with her family when she was a child. She was married to Alfred Marcus Cagle (date unknown) and there were three children born to this union. She settled in Selma AL after she and her husband divorced. She was active in Sacred Harp singing (fa sol la), taught to her by her father, and wrote a song entitled "Samaria" that was included in the 1936 Denson Revision of the Original Sacred Harp. She was a sister to Paine and Howard Denson, Anna Denson Aaron, Jarusha Denson Edwards (all buried at Fairview Cemetery in Double Springs AL), who were all well-established Sacred Harp singers and composers.
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