My great grandfather was John Cavanaugh, probably born in Kilkenny, because that is where
he married Elizabeth Flannery in 1845 (Connahy, Co. Kilkenny). Their first son, Thomas
was born there in 1846, before they emigrated to America, eventually settling in the
DeWitt area of Clinton Co. Iowa, in 1851. Their children who survived childhood were the
above mentioned Thomas ( m. Alice Larkin), Mary (1855-1930.....m. Thomas Scallan), John
William (1857-1940...m Margaret Hogan), Jane (1859-1907...m James Walsh), and my
grandfather, Patrick Cavanaugh (1862-1921), who married Mary Theresa McAllister and had 7
living children, before he married my grandmother Mary "Mollie" Cannon, also of
DeWitt. Patrick and Mollie moved to Redfield, SD, from the DeWitt area, where my
father, Kenneth Cavanaugh, an only child was born...(1910-1990). Do not know if John
Cavanaugh (1804 ? - 1872) had any siblings or who his parents were. Thank you.
Cynthia