1925 Biography - W Cavitt
W. J. Cavitt is an old resident of Tunnel Hill Township. He came to this section in 1854 from Tennessee, settling first in Williamson County but later coming to this. He married Nancy Jane Goddard. The children were J. B. (2), J. G. (2), W. W. (2), Susan (2) Mary (2), R. A. (2) and J. C. (2). J. B. (2) married Martha Johnson; she is the mother of seventeen children as follows: O. S. (3), J. H. (3), Eva (3), J. R. (3), W. J. (3), R. R. (3), Adah (3), Mary B. (3), Maud A. (3), S. D (3), B. A. (3), C. B. (3), Dimple (3), Helen (3), Minnie (3), B. F. (3), one died in infancy. J. G. (2) married first Mary Miles. The children were Agustus (3), Byron (3), Ramond (3), Oma (3), Anna (3). He married second May Laughlin and they have Ruth (3), W. W. (2) married Susan Vinson, second Miss Neely; he has Walter (3), Groover (3), Cora (3), Siddie (3), Thomas (3), George (3), Clyde (3), Ruby (3), William (3). Susan (2) married Amos Webb, they had Pearl (3). Mary (2) married Ira Dalton; they had Bessie (3), Ella (3), Joseph (3), Willis (3), Jessie (3). Dr. R. A. (2) married Maud Martin, they have Waldo (3) and May (3). J. C. (2) married Minerva Webb. They have Nancy (3), Beulah (3), Allen (3), Daniel (3), Mary Evalins (3).
Extracted 06 Feb 2017 by Norma Hass from 1925 A History of Johnson County, Illinois, by Mrs. P. T. Chapman, page 343.
