Subject: Samuel CAHOON b. Ballymena, Co. Antrim IRL 1856 m. 1879 Mary
AGNEW b. 1860 Co. Antrim > Indianapolis IN USA 1882
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 22:12:52 -0600
From: Pamela L. Christie <pamela_christie(a)hotmail.com>
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Surnames: Cowen, Agnew, Craig, Talbot, McFee, Rutherford, Stinson,
Angus, Lindsay, Redmond, Hunter, Booth, Curtis, Cahoon, Reid, Ladd -
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Hope this helps some, from "The Fox's Tale The History of Foxwarren adn
the Consolidated School District #525"
CAHOON, SAMUEL AND MARY
Samuel Cahoon was born in the Ballymena district of County Antrim,
Ireland in 1856. He was the youngest of a family of seven sons and two
daughters. Sam's brothers ended up in the United States, Canada,
Australia and Ireland.
Mary Agnew was born in 1860 in County Antrim, Ireland, the daughter of
James and Margaret (Craig) Agnew. She had one brother, Joe. The Agnew'
were related to the Talbot, McFee, Rutherford, Stinson and Angus
families, many of whom lived in Manitoba.
In 1879, Sam and Mary were married and immigrated to Indianapolis,
Indiana, USA in 1882. They returned to Ireland in 1885 but again came
to North America in 1887, this time to Canada. Sam worked as a section
hand on the railroad in Gladstone. Later he became section foreman in
Minnedosa, Manitoba, before moving his family to Bowden, Montana, USA.
In 1891 they heard from the Talbot family that there was a quarter
section of land available at Foxwarren so they promptly moved back to
Manitoba. They settled on SE 1/4 18-18-26 in the Lansburne district
until they passed away in the 1940s. Sam died in 1945, and Mary in
1949.
Although farming in those days consisted mainly of horsepower and hard
work, they managed to farm as much as one and one quarter sections of
land, using as many as three six-horse teams. They had begun with a
team of oxen named Buck and Bright. In addition to the normal farm
livestock of horses, cows, pigs, hens and turkeys, they also kept a
large flock of sheep, a few goats, some guinea hens and a few hives of
bees. Being Irish, they could also boast of having the largest potato
patch in the district.
Mary's time was devoted to her family, her vegetable garden, her milk
cows and her laying hens. Sam tended the flower gardens, was an early
member of the Lansburne School board and a charter member of the
Foxwarren Masonic Lodge.
The Cahoon family consisted of: Jane, Joseph, Myrtle, Albert, Robert,
Ethyl, and Hazel. Jane married William Talbot of Foxwarren and they had
one son, John who married Bess Lindsay. They had a daughter, Ettie who
married Willie Redmond.
Joseph worked on the farm until his death in 1916 at the age of 29.
Joe was an accomplished athlete who played with the local football
team. He had also competed against the noted Indiana runner, Tom
Longboat.
Myrtle married Will Hunter of Strathclair, Manitoba, and had a family
of seven: Hazel, Alex, Beatrix, Avis, Gordon, Ellsie and Billy.
Albert married Pearle Booth, and had two sons: Harold and Allen.
After Pearle's death he married Irene Curtis.
Robert remained on the home farm after having attended Normal School.
He spent some time teaching at Asessippi, Dunrea, Lansburne and
Foxwarren schools. He was active in the community, being a member of
the Manitoba Pool Elevators Association, a founder and director of the
Foxwarren Credit Union, a scout leader, a member of the school board, a
member of the Foxwarren Co-op and was active in the Red Cross.
Ethyl married Tom Cahoon of Melville, Saskatchewan. They farmed SW
12-18-27 for a short time during the 1930s before returning to
Melville. Their family consisted of Tom, Eileen and Jean, all of whom
attended the Foxwarren School.
Hazel married Edward Reid of Foxwarren. They had a son, Clinton, who
farms the original Cahoon homestead, and two daughters, Joan and
Yvonne. Joan resides in Winnipeg, and Yvonne died in infancy.
CAHOON, TOM W. AND IRENE
Ethel was our mother. Tom Cahoon, our father, was born in Northern
Ireland, east of Belfast, the son of an older brother of Sam Cahoon. He
came to Canada in 1910 with his retired father and two adult sisters.
Dad (Tom) worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) at Brandon and
Minnedosa in Manitoba as well as at Bredenbury, Saskatchewan.
In 1919, Tom and Ethel were married and lived in the Melville
Saskatchewan, where he worked for the Canadian National Railway (CNR).
Three children were born to this marriage: Tom W., Eileen, and Jean.
The depression came in 1932 and Dad was laid off from the CNR. We
moved to Foxwarren on October 2, 1932 and lived in a house on the SW 1/4
of section 12 three miles east of the school and about one-half mile
north. It was on the east side of the road. Today there is not even a
tree on that quarter section of land. The house was moved to three or
four miles north-east of the original location.
Dad was called back to work on the CNR at Melville in February of
1937. Mother died in February 1941 from tuberculosis. She was 41 years
of age. Dad lived to retire and enjoy many years. He died in 1973 at
86 years.
I, Tommy, joined the RCAF in February 1940 and served in Canada until
September 1945. I was a W.O.G. wireless operator-instructor, stationed
in Edmonton for three years.
I married Irene Ladd of Edmonton in 1943 and after the war, we came
back to Melville where I hired on at the CNR as a brake man-conductor in
1945. Irene passed in 1978 after almost 35 years of marriage. We had
five children, two sons and three daughters: Kelly, Norah, Jim, Judy,
and Janice. Kelly and Judy live in Alberta, Norah and Janice are in
Saskatchewan and Jim lives in Nova Scotia.
I retired from the CNR in 1979. In July of 1978 I was the Queen's
conductor when they passed through our area. I shook hands and had
short chat with each of the Royal couple, the Queen and Prince Philip.
Eileen Cahoon worked at Swift Canadian Co. in Melville and also at the
Post office in Melville. She married Ken Lowes (ex-RCMP and ex-RCAF).
They lived in Calgary and Edmonton. Ken and Eileen retired to Nakusp,
British Columbia, 10 years ago. They have two children: Jeannie and
Rob. Both are married with families and both live in Vancouver BC.
Eileen and Ken have three grandchildren.
Jean Cahoon became a stenographer and worked in H.E. Ross's Law office
in Melville until her marriage to Earl Moffat (ex-Army) and they farmed
at Saltcoats, SK until 1956. They moved to BC in 1958 and have resided
there since that time. They have five children, all married with
families and they all reside in BC., except for Corrine who lives in
Edmonton, AB. Jean and Earl are now retired, in Nakusp, BC and enjoy
visits from their children and 18 grandchildren.