Moved quite a bit, but after 1870 lived on a farm near Burlington, KS. Age 80 yrs at his death.
Went to Kansas from Illinois in 1857, and filed a claim along the Verdigris River in Wilson County among the Osage Indians, trading with them for a time. He then returned to Mason Co., IL. In 1860 he sold his interest in the home farm in Ohio, and the next year went with a wagon train to Salt Lake City. One account says that he went to the gold mines in Idaho. Another, that he and his brothers, John Arnett and James M., along with Isaac Landis, a boy raised in the Caven family, went to the Idaho gold fields near Shoshone Falls from Illinois in 1864. (This is the story that Richard Putnam remembered hearing about his gr-grandfather James M Caven who found enough gold along the Snake River to buy his farm in Ohio.) William again returned to Illinois, but in 1870 along with his sisters, Mary Jane and Elvira, he went to Kansas again and this time to stay. There he wed and raised his family on a farm a few miles southwest of Burlington.
He had four daughters and three sons. Two of the daughters were twins.
Listed in 1880 census as a farmer living in Neosho, Coffey Co., KS with wife Mary and 3 children Amelia G, James M and William M. Also E Mac Chycarthy farm laborer (30).
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Ordinance information per Ordinance Index (OI) Version 1.02 retrieved July 5, 2002 birth 27 Feb 1833, Fletcher,Miami,Ohio, father-John Arnett Caven, mother-Elizabeth Scott.
Information per The Genealogical Record of George and Elizabeth Caven Miami Co., OH., Revised, 1989, p. 50:
"Mr. William Caven came to Kansas from Illinois in 1857, and filed a claim along the Verdigris River in Wilson County among the Osage Indians, trading with them for a period. He went back to Illinois. In 1860 he sold out his interest in the home farm in Ohio, then in 1861, he went with a wagon train to Salt Lake City Utah. One account says he went from Utah to the Idaho gold mines. Other accounts say that the three brothers, William, Arnett, and James, together with Isaac Landis, a boy raised in the Caven family, went to the Idaho gold fields near Shoshone Falls from Illinois in 1864. Again, Mr. William Caven went back to Illinois, and then in 1870 in company with his sisters, Mary Jane and Elvira, went to Kansas and this time to stay. Here he raised his family on a farm a few miles southwest of Burlington."
Obituary in Lottie Fergus Caven Album:
"Death of Wm Cavin.
Wm M. Cavin died at his home south of this city Monday night at ten o'clock. He had been severly ill for a long time. Many of his relatives and children were with him to the end. His remains will be laid to rest in the Sclichter cemetery. The time of interment and other funeral arrangements will not be decided upon until word is received from relatives in Ohio, his boyhood home. Mr Cavin was born in Ohio, Feb. 27, 1833. Came west in 1857 and spent many years in the mountains and this county, finally settling on the farm in 1870 where he lived continually until his death. In 1873 he was married to Mary Sclichter who bore him seven children, who with six of the children survive him."
Went to Kansas from Illinois in 1857, and filed a claim along the Verdigris River in Wilson County among the Osage Indians, trading with them for a time. He then returned to Mason Co., IL. In 1860 he sold his interest in the home farm in Ohio, and the next year went with a wagon train to Salt Lake City. One account says that he went to the gold mines in Idaho. Another, that he and his brothers, John Arnett and James M., along with Isaac Landis, a boy raised in the Caven family, went to the Idaho gold fields near Shoshone Falls from Illinois in 1864. (This is the story that Richard Putnam remembered hearing about his gr-grandfather James M Caven who found enough gold along the Snake River to buy his farm in Ohio.) William again returned to Illinois, but in 1870 along with his sisters, Mary Jane and Elvira, he went to Kansas again and this time to stay. There he wed and raised his family on a farm a few miles southwest of Burlington.
He had four daughters and three sons. Two of the daughters were twins.
Listed in 1880 census as a farmer living in Neosho, Coffey Co., KS with wife Mary and 3 children Amelia G, James M and William M. Also E Mac Chycarthy farm laborer (30).
Information per FamilySearch Ancestral File 4.19
Ordinance information per Ordinance Index (OI) Version 1.02 retrieved July 5, 2002 birth 27 Feb 1833, Fletcher,Miami,Ohio, father-John Arnett Caven, mother-Elizabeth Scott.
Information per The Genealogical Record of George and Elizabeth Caven Miami Co., OH., Revised, 1989, p. 50:
"Mr. William Caven came to Kansas from Illinois in 1857, and filed a claim along the Verdigris River in Wilson County among the Osage Indians, trading with them for a period. He went back to Illinois. In 1860 he sold out his interest in the home farm in Ohio, then in 1861, he went with a wagon train to Salt Lake City Utah. One account says he went from Utah to the Idaho gold mines. Other accounts say that the three brothers, William, Arnett, and James, together with Isaac Landis, a boy raised in the Caven family, went to the Idaho gold fields near Shoshone Falls from Illinois in 1864. Again, Mr. William Caven went back to Illinois, and then in 1870 in company with his sisters, Mary Jane and Elvira, went to Kansas and this time to stay. Here he raised his family on a farm a few miles southwest of Burlington."
Obituary in Lottie Fergus Caven Album:
"Death of Wm Cavin.
Wm M. Cavin died at his home south of this city Monday night at ten o'clock. He had been severly ill for a long time. Many of his relatives and children were with him to the end. His remains will be laid to rest in the Sclichter cemetery. The time of interment and other funeral arrangements will not be decided upon until word is received from relatives in Ohio, his boyhood home. Mr Cavin was born in Ohio, Feb. 27, 1833. Came west in 1857 and spent many years in the mountains and this county, finally settling on the farm in 1870 where he lived continually until his death. In 1873 he was married to Mary Sclichter who bore him seven children, who with six of the children survive him."
Moved quite a bit, but after 1870 lived on a farm near Burlington, KS. Age 80 yrs at his death.
Went to Kansas from Illinois in 1857, and filed a claim along the Verdigris River in Wilson County among the Osage Indians, trading with them for a time. He then returned to Mason Co., IL. In 1860 he sold his interest in the home farm in Ohio, and the next year went with a wagon train to Salt Lake City. One account says that he went to the gold mines in Idaho. Another, that he and his brothers, John Arnett and James M., along with Isaac Landis, a boy raised in the Caven family, went to the Idaho gold fields near Shoshone Falls from Illinois in 1864. (This is the story that Richard Putnam remembered hearing about his gr-grandfather James M Caven who found enough gold along the Snake River to buy his farm in Ohio.) William again returned to Illinois, but in 1870 along with his sisters, Mary Jane and Elvira, he went to Kansas again and this time to stay. There he wed and raised his family on a farm a few miles southwest of Burlington.
He had four daughters and three sons. Two of the daughters were twins.
Listed in 1880 census as a farmer living in Neosho, Coffey Co., KS with wife Mary and 3 children Amelia G, James M and William M. Also E Mac Chycarthy farm laborer (30).
Information per FamilySearch Ancestral File 4.19
Ordinance information per Ordinance Index (OI) Version 1.02 retrieved July 5, 2002 birth 27 Feb 1833, Fletcher,Miami,Ohio, father-John Arnett Caven, mother-Elizabeth Scott.
Information per The Genealogical Record of George and Elizabeth Caven Miami Co., OH., Revised, 1989, p. 50:
"Mr. William Caven came to Kansas from Illinois in 1857, and filed a claim along the Verdigris River in Wilson County among the Osage Indians, trading with them for a period. He went back to Illinois. In 1860 he sold out his interest in the home farm in Ohio, then in 1861, he went with a wagon train to Salt Lake City Utah. One account says he went from Utah to the Idaho gold mines. Other accounts say that the three brothers, William, Arnett, and James, together with Isaac Landis, a boy raised in the Caven family, went to the Idaho gold fields near Shoshone Falls from Illinois in 1864. Again, Mr. William Caven went back to Illinois, and then in 1870 in company with his sisters, Mary Jane and Elvira, went to Kansas and this time to stay. Here he raised his family on a farm a few miles southwest of Burlington."
Obituary in Lottie Fergus Caven Album:
"Death of Wm Cavin.
Wm M. Cavin died at his home south of this city Monday night at ten o'clock. He had been severly ill for a long time. Many of his relatives and children were with him to the end. His remains will be laid to rest in the Sclichter cemetery. The time of interment and other funeral arrangements will not be decided upon until word is received from relatives in Ohio, his boyhood home. Mr Cavin was born in Ohio, Feb. 27, 1833. Came west in 1857 and spent many years in the mountains and this county, finally settling on the farm in 1870 where he lived continually until his death. In 1873 he was married to Mary Sclichter who bore him seven children, who with six of the children survive him."
Went to Kansas from Illinois in 1857, and filed a claim along the Verdigris River in Wilson County among the Osage Indians, trading with them for a time. He then returned to Mason Co., IL. In 1860 he sold his interest in the home farm in Ohio, and the next year went with a wagon train to Salt Lake City. One account says that he went to the gold mines in Idaho. Another, that he and his brothers, John Arnett and James M., along with Isaac Landis, a boy raised in the Caven family, went to the Idaho gold fields near Shoshone Falls from Illinois in 1864. (This is the story that Richard Putnam remembered hearing about his gr-grandfather James M Caven who found enough gold along the Snake River to buy his farm in Ohio.) William again returned to Illinois, but in 1870 along with his sisters, Mary Jane and Elvira, he went to Kansas again and this time to stay. There he wed and raised his family on a farm a few miles southwest of Burlington.
He had four daughters and three sons. Two of the daughters were twins.
Listed in 1880 census as a farmer living in Neosho, Coffey Co., KS with wife Mary and 3 children Amelia G, James M and William M. Also E Mac Chycarthy farm laborer (30).
Information per FamilySearch Ancestral File 4.19
Ordinance information per Ordinance Index (OI) Version 1.02 retrieved July 5, 2002 birth 27 Feb 1833, Fletcher,Miami,Ohio, father-John Arnett Caven, mother-Elizabeth Scott.
Information per The Genealogical Record of George and Elizabeth Caven Miami Co., OH., Revised, 1989, p. 50:
"Mr. William Caven came to Kansas from Illinois in 1857, and filed a claim along the Verdigris River in Wilson County among the Osage Indians, trading with them for a period. He went back to Illinois. In 1860 he sold out his interest in the home farm in Ohio, then in 1861, he went with a wagon train to Salt Lake City Utah. One account says he went from Utah to the Idaho gold mines. Other accounts say that the three brothers, William, Arnett, and James, together with Isaac Landis, a boy raised in the Caven family, went to the Idaho gold fields near Shoshone Falls from Illinois in 1864. Again, Mr. William Caven went back to Illinois, and then in 1870 in company with his sisters, Mary Jane and Elvira, went to Kansas and this time to stay. Here he raised his family on a farm a few miles southwest of Burlington."
Obituary in Lottie Fergus Caven Album:
"Death of Wm Cavin.
Wm M. Cavin died at his home south of this city Monday night at ten o'clock. He had been severly ill for a long time. Many of his relatives and children were with him to the end. His remains will be laid to rest in the Sclichter cemetery. The time of interment and other funeral arrangements will not be decided upon until word is received from relatives in Ohio, his boyhood home. Mr Cavin was born in Ohio, Feb. 27, 1833. Came west in 1857 and spent many years in the mountains and this county, finally settling on the farm in 1870 where he lived continually until his death. In 1873 he was married to Mary Sclichter who bore him seven children, who with six of the children survive him."
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