Biographical Sketch of William F. Cavaness, Texas County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, from Earliest Times to the
Present" Published by Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889.

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William F. Cavaness, farmer, is a son of Edward and Lovie J. (Craven)
Cavaness, who were born in Virginia and North Carolina, respectively.
The father was taken to North Carolina when four years of age, and 
was there reared to manhood and married.  His wife died about 1840,
and he afterward married Mary A. Johnson, with whom he came to Texas
County, MO., in 1856, and here spent the remainder of his days, dying
in 1865.  His widow still survives him.  Their family consisted of
eight children, an six children were born to his first marriage.
William F. Cavaness is the third child born to the first union, and
was born in Randolph County, N. C., August 4, 1833, and received no
schooling in his early days.  He worked on his father's farm until
twenty-one years of age, and then began working for himself, hiring
out by the month for a year, since which time he has been engaged in
farming for himself, and now owns about 783 acres of land, with about
100 acres under cultivation, all of which has been acquired by his own
exertions.  In 1853 he was married to Miss Martha J. Ward, a native of
North Carolina, and two years later moved to Texas County, MO.  His
wife died in 1857, and in 1859 he espoused Sarah Brown, a native of
Randolph County, N. C.  Thomas M. and Mary E. are the children born to
his first union, and Alexander W., William E., Andrew D., Martha M.,
Alfred O. and Lorenzo are the children of his second union.  Mr. Cav-
aness is a Republican politically, and a Mason, and he and wife are
members of the Baptist Church.  In 1863 he enlisted in the Sixth Pro-
visional Regiment, United States Army, and served seven months, holding
the office of fifth duty-sergeant.

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