Rev. W. A. Cave Biography


	This biography appears on page 1859-1860 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	REV. W. A. CAVE is a native of the Buckeye state, having been 
born in Circleville, Ohio. He was reared to manhood in Circleville, 
where he received his preliminary educational discipline in the public 
schools, being graduated in the high school. He was soon afterward 
matriculated as a student in Wooster University at Wooster, Ohio, 
having in the meanwhile determined to prepare himself for the ministry 
of the Methodist Episcopal church. After leaving college he devoted one 
and one-half years to preaching, though he had not yet been formally 
ordained, and thereafter he was for two years engaged in designing 
furniture and other products in wood. He entered a theological 
seminary, where he continued his technical studies, after which he was 
in turn a student in the University of London, England, and that at 
Berlin, Germany. After leaving school he passed fourteen months in 
traveling through Europe, Palestine and Egypt. At the expiration of 
this period he returned to Ohio, where he was ordained to the ministry. 
He was assigned to the pastorate of the church at Albany, that state, 
where he remained until he came to South Dakota, and was admitted to 
the conference of this state, being placed in charge of the church at 
Springfield, where he continued to do effective service until he was 
appointed to the charge at Howard, but three months later he was given 
the pastoral charge of the church in Brookings, having since continued 
here. His work has been successful in both a spiritual and temporal way 
in each field of labor, and the church in Brookings has attained signal 
vitality through his earnest and devoted endeavors. He is a forceful 
and eloquent speaker and his every utterance bears the impress of 
conviction and sincerity, so that he maintains a strong hold upon the 
attention of those whom he addresses. Mr. Cave speaks both the French 
and German languages in addition to his native tongue, and is a 
consistent and appreciative student of the best religious and secular 
literature, while he has gained a high reputation upon the lecture 
platform. He has one of the best private libraries in the state, and is 
fully appreciative of the value of his friends, the books. Mr. Cave was 
married to Miss Della A. Wise, of Nelsonville, Ohio, and they have 
three children.