Coles County IL Archives Obituaries.....Cavanaugh, Michael
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Obituary of Michael CAVANAUGH, Coles County, Illinois

Name of Deceased:  Michael CAVANAUGH
Name of Newspaper:  Mattoon Journal-Gazette
Date of Newspaper:  4 February 1908, Tuesday  

ANOTHER VETERAN OF THE WAR CALLED

Michael P. Cavanaugh Passes Away at Ripe Age
Funeral Services Wednesday Morning

Another veteran of the Civil War was called to his final rest 
when on Monday evening about 5:45 o'clock, Michael P. Cavanaugh 
passed away at his home at 601 North Twentieth Street.  He was
67 years old.

The funeral services will be held on Wednesday morning at 9 
o'clock from the Church of the Immaculate Conception, conducted 
by the Rev. Father Higgins, after which the burial will be 
made in Calvary Cemetery.

The deceased was born in Limerick, Ireland.  When a youth he 
came to this country, settling in Mattoon.  When the Civil 
War broke out, he was one of the first to enlist, serving 
his country all through the rebellion.

There survive the wife, Alice and eight children:  John 
Cavanaugh, Thomas Cavanaugh, William Cavanaugh, James Cavanaugh,
Bertha Newland and Mrs. C. H. Cordes, all of Mattoon.  Mrs. 
Alice Price of Terre Haute and Michael Cavanaugh of Springfield.


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