"Although Stakem has long been the most prolific name in Midland there are probably more descendants of five Cavanaugh sisters than any other single family group. A sixth sister settled in Frostburg and a brother James Cavanaugh also came to Midland from his native Ireland in the Eighteen Seventies. One of the Cavanaugh sisters, Catherine, married Hugh McVeigh. Father McVeigh was their son. Another, Margaret Cavanaugh, married Simon Kenny and Father Patrick J. Kenny was their son. Mary Ann Cavanaugh married Patrick O'Rourke; Julia Cavanaugh married Dennis Dorsey and Esther Cavanaugh married Garrett Burns, all living in Midland. Sarah Cavanaugh married Samuel Jackson, Frostburg. Their descendants number well over a hundred."
Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, August 24, 1939
WILL BE HONORED BY 300 AT FAMILY DINNER
Mrs. Garrett Burns. When the Cavanaugh clan begins a two-day reunion Saturday in Midland, nearly 300 descendants of the late John and Mary Cavanaugh who came to this county from "the beautiful Vale of Avoca", County Wicklow, Ireland in the years before the Civil War will hold a dinner in Fireman's Hall Midland to honor the only surviving daughter of the original settlers, Mrs. Garrett Burns who was Esther Cavanaugh. Mrs. Burns, youngest of the seven children of Mr. and Mrs. John Cavanaugh is now 80. After dinner and the dance at Midland Saturday night and a solemn high mass Sunday morning at St. Joseph's Catholic church, there the family will come to Cumberland 300 or 400 strong, to toast the first reunion with a picnic at Smouse's farm Baltimore Pike. Besides Mrs. Burns the other members of the family children of the original settlers were: Mary Ann (Mrs. Patrick O'Rourke), Margaret (Mrs. Simon Kenny), Catherine (Mrs. Hugh McVeigh), Sarah (Mrs. Samuel Jackson), Julie (Mrs. Dennis Dorsey), and James Cavanaugh. A son of the latter, James Cavanaugh, Jr., of New Salem, PA, will be the only descendant at the reunion bearing the Cavanaugh name. The only descendant born in Ireland to attend the reunion will be Mrs. Ann Creegan, Patterson Ave., Cumberland daughter of the last Mr. and Mrs. Simon Kenny. Mr. and Mrs. James C. O'Rourke, Glen Ellen, California, arrived today. The former is the son of the late Mary Ann Cavanaugh O'Rourke, oldest of the original Cavanaugh's. Simon F. Reilly, Cumberland attorney, will be toastmaster at the family dinner at 7:00 Saturday evening at which Chief Judge D. Lindley Sloan will be the main speaker. Members of the families will also give short talks supplemented by a musical program under the direction of Mrs. Joseph J. Winner, head of the public school music department of Franklin township, PA. Hugh O'Rourke, family historian, Westernport, prepared a history of the family which will be distributed to each of the families present at the dinner. On Sunday morning at 9:00 in St. Joseph's Catholic church, the Cavanaugh descendants will attend solemn high mass, celebrated by Reverend William J. McVeigh, pastor of St. Cyrian's Catholic church, Washington, D.C. Reverend Simon E. Kenny, St. Mary's, Hagerstown, will be the deacon and Francis Flannigan, Aliquippa, Pa., a student at the Franciscan Seminary, Washington, D.C. will be sub deacon. The Rev. Elmer T. Fisher, pastor of St. Joseph's church, will preach. Father McVeigh is the son of the late Hugh and Catherine Cavanaugh McVeigh. Father Kenny is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Kenny, Midland and Father Flannigan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Flannigan, Aliquippa, PA. The committee in charge is composed of James Burns, Uniontown, PA., chairman, Simon P. Burns, Pittsburgh, secretary, Mrs. Julia Jackson, Cumberland, treasurer. Local arrangements are in charge of Miss Agnes Carroll, Mrs. Arnold McGreevy, John O'Rourke, and Patrick Creegan.
Contributor: Shawn McGreevy (47382209)See the Memorial page for John Cavanaugh's wife for more information.
Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, August 24, 1939
WILL BE HONORED BY 300 AT FAMILY DINNER
Mrs. Garrett Burns. When the Cavanaugh clan begins a two-day reunion Saturday in Midland, nearly 300 descendants of the late John and Mary Cavanaugh who came to this county from "the beautiful Vale of Avoca", County Wicklow, Ireland in the years before the Civil War will hold a dinner in Fireman's Hall Midland to honor the only surviving daughter of the original settlers, Mrs. Garrett Burns who was Esther Cavanaugh. Mrs. Burns, youngest of the seven children of Mr. and Mrs. John Cavanaugh is now 80. After dinner and the dance at Midland Saturday night and a solemn high mass Sunday morning at St. Joseph's Catholic church, there the family will come to Cumberland 300 or 400 strong, to toast the first reunion with a picnic at Smouse's farm Baltimore Pike. Besides Mrs. Burns the other members of the family children of the original settlers were: Mary Ann (Mrs. Patrick O'Rourke), Margaret (Mrs. Simon Kenny), Catherine (Mrs. Hugh McVeigh), Sarah (Mrs. Samuel Jackson), Julie (Mrs. Dennis Dorsey), and James Cavanaugh. A son of the latter, James Cavanaugh, Jr., of New Salem, PA, will be the only descendant at the reunion bearing the Cavanaugh name. The only descendant born in Ireland to attend the reunion will be Mrs. Ann Creegan, Patterson Ave., Cumberland daughter of the last Mr. and Mrs. Simon Kenny. Mr. and Mrs. James C. O'Rourke, Glen Ellen, California, arrived today. The former is the son of the late Mary Ann Cavanaugh O'Rourke, oldest of the original Cavanaugh's. Simon F. Reilly, Cumberland attorney, will be toastmaster at the family dinner at 7:00 Saturday evening at which Chief Judge D. Lindley Sloan will be the main speaker. Members of the families will also give short talks supplemented by a musical program under the direction of Mrs. Joseph J. Winner, head of the public school music department of Franklin township, PA. Hugh O'Rourke, family historian, Westernport, prepared a history of the family which will be distributed to each of the families present at the dinner. On Sunday morning at 9:00 in St. Joseph's Catholic church, the Cavanaugh descendants will attend solemn high mass, celebrated by Reverend William J. McVeigh, pastor of St. Cyrian's Catholic church, Washington, D.C. Reverend Simon E. Kenny, St. Mary's, Hagerstown, will be the deacon and Francis Flannigan, Aliquippa, Pa., a student at the Franciscan Seminary, Washington, D.C. will be sub deacon. The Rev. Elmer T. Fisher, pastor of St. Joseph's church, will preach. Father McVeigh is the son of the late Hugh and Catherine Cavanaugh McVeigh. Father Kenny is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Kenny, Midland and Father Flannigan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Flannigan, Aliquippa, PA. The committee in charge is composed of James Burns, Uniontown, PA., chairman, Simon P. Burns, Pittsburgh, secretary, Mrs. Julia Jackson, Cumberland, treasurer. Local arrangements are in charge of Miss Agnes Carroll, Mrs. Arnold McGreevy, John O'Rourke, and Patrick Creegan.
Contributor: Shawn McGreevy (47382209)See the Memorial page for John Cavanaugh's wife for more information.
"Although Stakem has long been the most prolific name in Midland there are probably more descendants of five Cavanaugh sisters than any other single family group. A sixth sister settled in Frostburg and a brother James Cavanaugh also came to Midland from his native Ireland in the Eighteen Seventies. One of the Cavanaugh sisters, Catherine, married Hugh McVeigh. Father McVeigh was their son. Another, Margaret Cavanaugh, married Simon Kenny and Father Patrick J. Kenny was their son. Mary Ann Cavanaugh married Patrick O'Rourke; Julia Cavanaugh married Dennis Dorsey and Esther Cavanaugh married Garrett Burns, all living in Midland. Sarah Cavanaugh married Samuel Jackson, Frostburg. Their descendants number well over a hundred."
Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, August 24, 1939
WILL BE HONORED BY 300 AT FAMILY DINNER
Mrs. Garrett Burns. When the Cavanaugh clan begins a two-day reunion Saturday in Midland, nearly 300 descendants of the late John and Mary Cavanaugh who came to this county from "the beautiful Vale of Avoca", County Wicklow, Ireland in the years before the Civil War will hold a dinner in Fireman's Hall Midland to honor the only surviving daughter of the original settlers, Mrs. Garrett Burns who was Esther Cavanaugh. Mrs. Burns, youngest of the seven children of Mr. and Mrs. John Cavanaugh is now 80. After dinner and the dance at Midland Saturday night and a solemn high mass Sunday morning at St. Joseph's Catholic church, there the family will come to Cumberland 300 or 400 strong, to toast the first reunion with a picnic at Smouse's farm Baltimore Pike. Besides Mrs. Burns the other members of the family children of the original settlers were: Mary Ann (Mrs. Patrick O'Rourke), Margaret (Mrs. Simon Kenny), Catherine (Mrs. Hugh McVeigh), Sarah (Mrs. Samuel Jackson), Julie (Mrs. Dennis Dorsey), and James Cavanaugh. A son of the latter, James Cavanaugh, Jr., of New Salem, PA, will be the only descendant at the reunion bearing the Cavanaugh name. The only descendant born in Ireland to attend the reunion will be Mrs. Ann Creegan, Patterson Ave., Cumberland daughter of the last Mr. and Mrs. Simon Kenny. Mr. and Mrs. James C. O'Rourke, Glen Ellen, California, arrived today. The former is the son of the late Mary Ann Cavanaugh O'Rourke, oldest of the original Cavanaugh's. Simon F. Reilly, Cumberland attorney, will be toastmaster at the family dinner at 7:00 Saturday evening at which Chief Judge D. Lindley Sloan will be the main speaker. Members of the families will also give short talks supplemented by a musical program under the direction of Mrs. Joseph J. Winner, head of the public school music department of Franklin township, PA. Hugh O'Rourke, family historian, Westernport, prepared a history of the family which will be distributed to each of the families present at the dinner. On Sunday morning at 9:00 in St. Joseph's Catholic church, the Cavanaugh descendants will attend solemn high mass, celebrated by Reverend William J. McVeigh, pastor of St. Cyrian's Catholic church, Washington, D.C. Reverend Simon E. Kenny, St. Mary's, Hagerstown, will be the deacon and Francis Flannigan, Aliquippa, Pa., a student at the Franciscan Seminary, Washington, D.C. will be sub deacon. The Rev. Elmer T. Fisher, pastor of St. Joseph's church, will preach. Father McVeigh is the son of the late Hugh and Catherine Cavanaugh McVeigh. Father Kenny is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Kenny, Midland and Father Flannigan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Flannigan, Aliquippa, PA. The committee in charge is composed of James Burns, Uniontown, PA., chairman, Simon P. Burns, Pittsburgh, secretary, Mrs. Julia Jackson, Cumberland, treasurer. Local arrangements are in charge of Miss Agnes Carroll, Mrs. Arnold McGreevy, John O'Rourke, and Patrick Creegan.
Contributor: Shawn McGreevy (47382209)See the Memorial page for John Cavanaugh's wife for more information.
Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, August 24, 1939
WILL BE HONORED BY 300 AT FAMILY DINNER
Mrs. Garrett Burns. When the Cavanaugh clan begins a two-day reunion Saturday in Midland, nearly 300 descendants of the late John and Mary Cavanaugh who came to this county from "the beautiful Vale of Avoca", County Wicklow, Ireland in the years before the Civil War will hold a dinner in Fireman's Hall Midland to honor the only surviving daughter of the original settlers, Mrs. Garrett Burns who was Esther Cavanaugh. Mrs. Burns, youngest of the seven children of Mr. and Mrs. John Cavanaugh is now 80. After dinner and the dance at Midland Saturday night and a solemn high mass Sunday morning at St. Joseph's Catholic church, there the family will come to Cumberland 300 or 400 strong, to toast the first reunion with a picnic at Smouse's farm Baltimore Pike. Besides Mrs. Burns the other members of the family children of the original settlers were: Mary Ann (Mrs. Patrick O'Rourke), Margaret (Mrs. Simon Kenny), Catherine (Mrs. Hugh McVeigh), Sarah (Mrs. Samuel Jackson), Julie (Mrs. Dennis Dorsey), and James Cavanaugh. A son of the latter, James Cavanaugh, Jr., of New Salem, PA, will be the only descendant at the reunion bearing the Cavanaugh name. The only descendant born in Ireland to attend the reunion will be Mrs. Ann Creegan, Patterson Ave., Cumberland daughter of the last Mr. and Mrs. Simon Kenny. Mr. and Mrs. James C. O'Rourke, Glen Ellen, California, arrived today. The former is the son of the late Mary Ann Cavanaugh O'Rourke, oldest of the original Cavanaugh's. Simon F. Reilly, Cumberland attorney, will be toastmaster at the family dinner at 7:00 Saturday evening at which Chief Judge D. Lindley Sloan will be the main speaker. Members of the families will also give short talks supplemented by a musical program under the direction of Mrs. Joseph J. Winner, head of the public school music department of Franklin township, PA. Hugh O'Rourke, family historian, Westernport, prepared a history of the family which will be distributed to each of the families present at the dinner. On Sunday morning at 9:00 in St. Joseph's Catholic church, the Cavanaugh descendants will attend solemn high mass, celebrated by Reverend William J. McVeigh, pastor of St. Cyrian's Catholic church, Washington, D.C. Reverend Simon E. Kenny, St. Mary's, Hagerstown, will be the deacon and Francis Flannigan, Aliquippa, Pa., a student at the Franciscan Seminary, Washington, D.C. will be sub deacon. The Rev. Elmer T. Fisher, pastor of St. Joseph's church, will preach. Father McVeigh is the son of the late Hugh and Catherine Cavanaugh McVeigh. Father Kenny is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Kenny, Midland and Father Flannigan is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Flannigan, Aliquippa, PA. The committee in charge is composed of James Burns, Uniontown, PA., chairman, Simon P. Burns, Pittsburgh, secretary, Mrs. Julia Jackson, Cumberland, treasurer. Local arrangements are in charge of Miss Agnes Carroll, Mrs. Arnold McGreevy, John O'Rourke, and Patrick Creegan.
Contributor: Shawn McGreevy (47382209)See the Memorial page for John Cavanaugh's wife for more information.
Gravesite Details
According to St. Michael's parish records, John Cavanaugh and his wife Mary Esther Cullen are buried in the parish cemetery. Having walked that cemetery several times, I cannot find any grave markers. There is a large 'Cavanaugh' plot, however.
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