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Author: emuwally
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HI, CARNEY RELATIVES,
MY NAME IS WALLY CAVINESS OF BELLINGHAM, WASSHINGTON AND I AM A GREAT GRANDSON OF MARY
CARNEY CAVANESS, 1ST WIFE OF THOMAS MATTHEW CAVANESS OF TEXAS COUNTY, MO.
DOES ANY CARNEY KNOW WHERE SHE IS BURIED IN THE CEMETERY IN SALEM, MO.? I VISITED THE
CEMETERY IN OCT. OF 2006 AND COULD ONLY FIND A CARNEY CONCRETE BORDER FAMILY PLOT, BUT, NO
MARY CARNEY.
WHEN MARY DIED, THOMAS PUT SOME OF THE CHILDREN WITH MARY'S RELATIVES.
HE REMARRED AT LEAST 2 OR MORE TIMES.
HIS GREATGRANDSON GEORGE CAVANESS (BY HIS 2ND WIFE IDA BROWN) LIVES IN BATESVILLE, AR.
HIS GRANDSON TOM CAVANESS (BY HIS 3RD WIFE FANNIE GAITHER CAVANESS)LIVES IN HOUSTON, MO.
I MET BOTH GEORGE AND TOM IN OCT. OF 2006.
MARY DIED IN 1896 FROM ???? AND LEFT THOMAS WITH FIVE CHILDREN, MY GRANDFATHER JOHN
FRANKLIN CAVINESS BEING THE OLDEST.
BURT CAVINESS'S GRANDDAUGHTER BARB MITCHELL LIVES IN PORTLAND, OREGON.
FROM WHAT I HAVE GATHERED, AFTER MARY'S DEATH, JOHN FRANKLIN WAS PUT WITH A GERMAN
FAMILY, NEVER SEEING HIS SIBLINGS AGAIN. HIS SISTER ADDIE ELIZABETH CAVINESS IS LISTED AS
LIVING WITH HER GRANDMOTHER MELINDA CARNEY SHULTZ IN THE 1900 CENSUS.
THE 1910 CENSUS OF HENRYETTA, OKLA. HAS MELINDA LIVING WITH THE JOHN FRANKLIN CAVINESS
FAMILY ALONG WITH A NEPHEW NAMED HOWARD.
I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP IN LOCATING THE GRAVE'S OF BOTH MARY AND MELINDA SO THAT I
CAN GET A PHOTO OF THE TOMBSTONES.
COUSIN WALLY
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