I would love to share info on the following CAVIN families that connect to my
husband's paternal side. Thanks, Kathy Booth Locke, Lewisville, TX
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Name: John CAVIN Sex: Male
Father: ? CAVIN (-) Mother: Unknown (-)
Birth 1824
Census 1850 in Indiana (MARI county code) pg. 286 (?Marion Co., Indiana) (age
26)
Death 1889 (age 65)
Marriages/Children
1. Emily Janette DOWD
Marriage 1864/65 (age 40)
Children Steven Oscar CAVIN (26 Aug 1870-24 Mar 1939)
Lon CAVIN (-aft 1939)
Notes: married at the age of 40 to younger brother's (Alexander) first wife.
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Name: Steven Oscar CAVIN
Father: John CAVIN (1824-1889) Mother: Emily Janette DOWD (1840-1918)
Individual Facts
Birth 26 Aug 1870 in poss. Marion Co., Indiana
Family History Arrival to Texas (1876) (age 6)
Burial Mar 1939 in Oakwood Cemetary-Whitesboro, Grayson Co.,Tx (age 68)
Death 24 Mar 1939 in Sherman, Grayson County, TX (age 68)
Occupation Farmer
Marriages/Children
1. Mary Ida DURHAM
Marriage 5 Feb 1893 in ? Grayson Co.,TX (age 22)
Children Francis Viola CAVIN (18 Jun 1894-7 Nov 1981)
Infant CAVIN (-)
John L. CAVIN (-)
? female-wife of G.C. Beadle CAVIN (-)
? female-Wife of W.E. Adams CAVIN (-)
? female-Wife of J.H.Adams CAVIN (-)
Notes from obituary: Steven Oscar "Steve" CAVIN who settled in the County Line
Community died 8:30pm Fri, March 24 at St. Vincent Hospital Sherman,TX. He was
carried there on Tuesday for a major operation. He was born Aug 26, 1870 in
Indiana and came to Texas at the age of 6yrs. He married Mary Ida Durham on
Feb 5, 1893 and had 6 children. One died in infancy. Survivors are son John L.
of Ethel, 4 daughters- Mrs. G.P. Allred, Mrs. C.G.Beadle, Mrs. H. Adams all
residing NW of Collinsville and Mrs. W.E. Adams of Waxahachie,16 grandchildren
and 2 greatgrandchildren. Also survived by a brother Lon Cavin of Salem. He
was a farmer of the Nazarene religion. Steve was a good man, leading citizen.
Sources
1. Census research by Frank Locke at Denton, Tx Library.
2. Information from Mel Bradburn-June 27, 1995. Mel's name given to Frank
Locke by Doyce Mannin after Mel had contacted him several years ago
investigating the Dowd family tree. He is a descendent from the marriage of
Emily Janette Dowd and 2nd husband _____ Berry.
3. Whiteboro Newspaper Issue March 30, 1939.