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From: Pat Perkins <caviness(a)conninc.com>
To: <CAVINESS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: any one out there
Barbara
what does JR stand for any ideas ?
Pat
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----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara Kirkland <blkirkland(a)prodigy.net>
To: <CAVINESS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: any one out there
> I am researching a J R CAVINESS - who was the first pastor of the
Plainview
> Baptist Church in what is now Stephens County, OK. It was organized in
> 1902 and at that time was in Comanche County, O.T - before Ok was a
state
> and Stephens was a county. J R is listed in the minutes of the
Comanche
> Baptist Association as the pastor of Fair 1903. Then later he
was
pastor
> 1910 at First Baptist Church of Comanche (city), OK which is in
Stephens
> County, OK.
>
> After that - nothing on him!
>
> I have never found him on a census - but the minutes say 'he was a young
> man.'
>
> There are few Caviness families on the 1900 Census -(OK area). The
1910
> Census McPherson Township, Stephens County, OK lists a Martha J
CAVINESS
52
> years of age born Texas as head of household. Living with her are
Lemuel
> 20, Jessie J 19, Leafy M (a female) 16 born in OK, Martha T 15,
Manly S
13,
> and Sarah L 11.
>
> Her husband, John W CAVINESS (b Feb 3, 1855 - d Juy 4, 1900), is buried
in
> the Dixie Cemetery with Martha CAVINESS (b May 25, 1857 and died
November
> 12, 1925). She is listed as his wife.
>
> This Martha is Martha J NEWMAN b Dallas Co, TX 1856 m John W CAVINESS 3
Nov
> 1875 in Lamar Co., Tx.. Her sister Josephine Newman b 1861 Dallas Co.,
OK
m
> 7 Mar 1878 W T CAVINESS in Montague Co., TX.
>
> There is a J L CAVINESS (22) married Lela SHARP (18) on October 8, 1910
in
> Hastings, Stephens Co., OK. He would have been too young to be
the Rev.
> CAVINESS.
>
> Fred T CAVINESS is shown on the 1910 Jefferson County, Oklahoma Census.
He
> could be a possible son of John and Martha since he was born in Texas.
He
> is 27 years old born in Texas. His wife, Ellen, is 23 also born Texas.
>
>
>
>
> Barbara Kirkland
> blkirkland(a)prodigy.net
>
>
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