MAYBE Relatives - John and Joane Carrington - Witch Trials

We are discussing the family of Lucius' Carrington's mother, Mary Montgomery Bartholomew Carrington. Even though the subjects have the name of "Carrington", there is no evidence of how John and Joane Carrington is related to that family. In fact there are many questions about how this couple is part of the Bartholomew family. I find the story fascinating, and perhaps someday, more information will be available. At this point, I'll assume that John Carrington is my 9th ggrandfather on the Bartholomew side.

I'll start with Rita Bryant's offering for RootsWeb.com. Subject: Connecticut Witch Trials. From an article titled "When CT Hanged Witches". Oh, do I have your interest now?

"It is difficult to find family records of people hung for witchcraft and it seems like some of the records have been concealed. In all, 33 persons are known to have been accused of witchcraft during the later half of the 17th century when the witchcraft delusion swept CT, 11 of these believed to have been executed.

John Carrington, a Wethersfield carpenter, and his (second) wife, Joan, were convicted of 'familiarity with Satan and works above the course of Nature' and were hanged at Hartford in 1651. John settled in Wethersfield prior to 1643 and his homestead was on the east side of Sandy Lane, just south of Thomas Standish. It is likely that Carrington was of a somewhat lawless nature, for in March 1648 he was fined 10 pounds for bartering a gun with an Indian.

Indictment: "John Carrington, thou art indicted by the name of John Carrington of Wethersfield, carpenter, that not having the fear of God before thine eyes thou hast Intertained familiarity with Satan, the great enemy of God and Mankind; and by his helps has done works above the course of nature for (?) both according to the laws of God and the established laws of this common wealth thou deservest to Dye. The Jury finds this Inditem against John Carrington the 6th of March 1650-1. The same court, time, and place, found an Indictment also against Joanne Carrington, wife of John Carrington, with the same verdict.: March 1652 Court Record.

There was pesented to this court and inventory of John Carrington's estate which is ordered to be filed but not recorded. The estate presented being 23 pounds, and the debts specified therein owing by the estate is summed up to 13 pounds." From History of Wethersfield

The execution of Carrington and his wife was the second known execution for witchcraft in New England. They were indicted at a court held Feb. 20, 1651, Gov. John Haynes and Edward Hopkins being present among other magistrates. They were found guilty on March 6, 1651. Both were executed.

Note: This was more than 40 years before the Salem, MA witchcraft.

The Importance and Relevance of Cousins - Lonie Teachout

Lonie Teachout (right) and her sister Amy, Perzynski.
These are the facts, Ma'am...Remember those words from Dragnet? Lonie Jayne Daley Teachout was born July 9th 1956. She is the daughter of Clifford Perzynski and Mom's double first cousin, Virginia May Daugherty. She is married to Walter Brent Teachout and has a daughter, Sarah. Brent and Lonie live near Rapid City.

Well...that's not much! Sometimes these types of information are all that are found in family searches. Well...Lonie visited us yesterday and today, and I learned much more than that. Our mothers, Virgie and Helen (Hostvet), are DOUBLE first cousins, and believe it or not, I felt like I was visiting with another sister...not that I need ANOTHER sister. I think that hubby Joe felt the same way. He was totally comfortable in Lonie's presence. We had some wonderful hours together, before Lonie headed to Stevens Point to spend some time with her mother.

Lonie is an artist...not unique to this family. She has spent way over 20 years of forming pots with a wheel for numerous clients. Her resume puts mine to shame. Lonie has worked hard to market her wonderful pottery and has gone to myriads of trade and art shows. At this point, her hands look like mine...some unique artist "bumps" on her fingers, and of course, not manicured fingernails. We both do, however, have very nice pedicures! You can't ruin those with artwork!

Lonie is tired of "making" things for other people's consumption. I'm sure that if you were to give her time to work to "her hearts's delight" she'd no doubt create a masterpiece. She travels from city to city, rodeo to rodeo, state to state, fair to fair, selling western stle purses, belts and interesting fashion pieces. And she's making a living. Yes, living in motel rooms, traveling to strange places, can be daunting, but Lonie is independent enough to enjoy what she's doing.

She came to our home after participating in the Minnesota Horse Ex-Po, held at the Minn. State Fair Grounds. Her weekend was a lucrative one. She keeps in contact with her family the whole time, and enjoys being able to offer fashion at a reasonable price to specific groups of people. She MIGHT be coming to the Spooner Rodeo in July...keep you fingers crossed.

Lonie and her relatives, share so much in common. I started to list these unique qualities, then erased them. I'd like the reader to help me characterize the qualities that the Daugherty/Carrington family share. They are so very "out there". At a later time, we can define them. Perhaps other families share definite characteristics..I only know that with the Daugherty/Carrington families, these attributes are very apparent.

Last Part of Info given by Irene Carrington Daugherty's Cousin

This is the conclusion of March 30th post citing information from old yellowed notes put together by a Bartholomew cousin of grandma Irene Carrington Daugherty. There are no sources listed. I'm to the point where Mary Montgomery Bartholomew, my 2rd great grandmother comes in.

Mary was born March 23, 1835, and married William Ward Carrington, in 1860. No death date is mentioned in this document, however, I've learned more about her death. My purpose is to go over what is included HERE and making observations. She was a school teacher in northern New York. Mary and William settled near LaCrosse, WI. Again, I'll share in later postings what I've learned about their early life and marriage.

There were four children born of this union; Lucius (my ggrandfather), Lizzie, Thirza (the subject of my Jan. 6 posting), and William. Lucius was born in 1862 and married Rosetta Wilson, Dec. 2, 1891 near Wessington, SD. He "was a progressive farmer, filing a homestead north of Wessington in Gilbert Township, Hand County. He was township clerk for many years. He was an expert checker player. He died on Oct. 19, 1910 after a series of illnesses (dropsy, Bright's disease, heart ailment). Rosetta (born Dec. 2, 1869) died March 15, 1931 at the age of 62.

The children of Lucius and Rosetta include Mildred, b. August 29th, 1892. She married Harry Deaver and had two children, Doris and Glenn C. After the death of Mr. Deaver, she married Charles Daugherty.

Other children were Mary Mae, Irene (my grandmother), Hugh, Laura, Gladys, and Elda.
Irene was born Oct. 19, 1897 and married Fred I. Daughter. No marriage listed.

This is the end of this particular piece of information. Again, I would like to know more specifically about the author. I was told it was a cousin of Gram's from New York State who never married. I've sent for the history of the Bartholomew Family written by George Bartholomew. I've been told that there are a number of inaccuracies, but am anxious to compare the above info with that of George's. Mary Montgomery Bartholomew was one of 12 children, so perhaps the writer was from one of these families.

From Ellen Landers - More on Hattie Daugherty Place

I'm continuing Ellen's notes, concerning that wonderful "Aunt Hattie". Following is one of Hattie Daugherty Place's writings.

"In the fall of 1884 there was an Indian scare. A neighbor living west of us had been to Miller (SD) shopping. While there, an Indian was seen in the distance galloping his horse as though in haste. Not knowing his errand, the observer concluded he must be carrying a message of war. The excited neighbor alarmed the neighbors and tried to get her father to take ammunition and firearms and gather at some home but her father refused as he didn't think the Indian would want to antagonize Uncle Sam. No Indians showed up."

A daughter of Mrs. Place, Mrs. Audrey Cisco, at one time was with her daughter in Wyoming in 1968.

Notes from Beulah Goehring - Grand Niece of Hattie Daugherty Place: "Aunt Hattie was a beloved member of the family. She was my Grandpa Daugherty's sister. She taught school for many years. She taught my dad (Fred Irvin Daugherty) when he was in grade school and later taught my older brother and sister (Ken and Helen Daugherty). At the time of my grandmother, Katherine Elizabeth's death, she was a great supporter of the family. The youngest child at that time was Helen. She was only a baby and some of the neighbors wanted to take her, but Aunt Mabel said, "No, you can't have our baby." All those young children kept their baby and took care of it. Aunt Hattie lived only a few miles away and would hitch up her horse and buggy and drive over to George's residence and help Aunt Mabel with the washing and baking bread so Aunt Hattie had her place it on a chair and do the kneading of the dough. Aunt Mabel always said they didn't know what they would do without Aunt Hattie. As I was growing up we seldom went to Wessington without visiting Aunt Hattie. She was very active even in her later years. Even in her nineties she made popcorn balls for the "trick-or-treaters" at Halloween."

David Daugherty (my uncle) says, "When we were in town we always stopped at her house for coffee."

This is just a quick sketch of this wonderful woman. I'm sure that we'll find out more about dear "Aunt Hattie".

From Ellen Landers Files - Mrs. Hattie Daugherty Place

This is Mom's Great Aunt Hattie. Harriet (Hattie) was b. Oct. 31, 1864 in San Jose, Mason County, Illinois. She died June 3, 1959 in Wessington, South Dakota. She and William Henry Place were married March 24, 1865 in Beadle County, S.D.

From a copy of "The Old Times" by J.L. Carr., in 1957..."Mrs. Hattie Place of Wessington who was 80 years 7 months (no, this is not a misprint) when she finished teaching began at the age of 16 1/2 years at $25 a month and says, 'There was no money in the school treaury; all warrants were discounted at 10-20% at the bank but we could trade them at face value at a grocery store or for farm equipment. In 1884 Wessington County had 50 schools and 1500 children attending and throughout the state average pay for men teachers was $38 a month and women it was $31. Qualifications were not too strict but the State Superintendent reported out of 3,000applications only 600 were accepted."

Hattie Daugherty Place was a school teacher for 65 years, and lived in Wessington, SD before she died. Her younger brothers and sister were her students. She is said to have moved from SD to Oregon.

According to the Historical Account of Beadle County, SD, Volume III, through the pen of Mildred McEwen Janes, 1975..."Mrs. Harriet (Hattie) Place, daughter of William Henry Daugherty wrote of the early life in 1949. She died in May 1959 at the age of 96. The last I heard the original trees were on the Daugherty place. Her brother, John came in the spring of 1883, bringing a car load of machinery, three horses, and some feed. The next spring in March, 1884 the remainder of the family came. They brought household goods and livestock which consisted of cows, horse, and chickens. Three boys ran the machinery and her father worked at carpenter work.

Her account, "Every section of land except tree claims and school sections had a settler, some living in dugouts, some in sod shanties, or 1 room shanties (board shakes). These were mainly bachelors who had come expecting to mass a fortune in this most wonderful land. The pioneers who brought their families built more substantial residences.

There were no fences; when one wanted to go places, either near or far distant he just made a "bee line" across the prairie to the end of his journey. One could see yokes of oxen pulling plows, harrows, and other farm machinery.

I recall my very first ride out to the claim behind a heavily loaded 3-box wagon, pulled by 2 strong oxen. The distance was only 11 1/2 miles. My brother, Will and I started as soon as the sun was up at Wessington and reached the claim just as the sun was going down."

Mrs. Place told of how she refused an invitation to visit the 3 Morgan brothers who had prepared her first meal. She thought it "unladylike."

She said the small grain and flax were the main crops the first years.

Mrs. Place continued, "I commenced teaching in April 1884 at the Dave Brown School. There were 17 pupils and my salary was $25 a month. By the fall of 1884 the Bradey School was completed and wages were raised to $45 a month. I taught in that school that year and was married to William H. Place, March 22, 1885. I continued to teach some school until May 1888. My oldest daughter was born 8-3-1888. I rested from schoolwork until 1907. Three children - Lillian Edna, Parke Edward and Dwight Harland were born.

In 1907 I taught the Ick Brown School and taught in that district 8 successive years. I never received over $85 a month in my 40 years of teaching. My first three years of teaching were in Mason County, Illinois when I was 16 at the beginning and exactly 80 years and 7 months when I finished my last schoolwork."

Mrs. Place spoke of dances in schoolhouses in 1884 & 1885 until objections changed them to literary societies. Everyone took part in speaking, singing, and debating. They had picnics and ball games in the summer and often spent whole days visiting friends.

The snow of 1897 was 5 feet deep on the level. She recalled keeping the children in school the night of the 1888 blizzard. She said there was a crackling noise that sounded like the house was on fire. One could not hold his eyes open unless shielded. The two largest boys, Fred Daugherty and John Bradey and she carried coal in pails and sacks and piled it in the corner of the schoolhouse. As soon as he storm ceased, Mrs. Bradey sent her son with a big pail of food.

Ellen Landers commenting on the Daugherty Family - Part 5

Before I begin, I'd like to know more about our new follower, "Sammy". Please identify yourself. I'd love to have you join us...just want to have some idea of my readership.

We're continuing the notes of Ellen Landers, a descendent of Harriet Daugherty, sister of William H Daugherty (my gggrandfather. She's a thorough researcher and has much to add to our family information.

We're coming to the end of William Henry's life. His wife, Martha, has "kicked him out" and he is in the state of Kansas, apparently penniless and friendless. "1910: William H. Daugherty, age 80, b. in West Virginia was living in the home of Rufus C. Glitske and wife Nora as a "charge" in Mitchell County, Turkey Creek Township, Kansas. Judy Paulson (that's me!) had information from Beulah Goehring which states that "William Daugherty was a scalawag. He was a gambler and a womanizer. His wife, Martha, kicked him out and ordered the kids, "Don't you bury him beside me." She lies alone in the Wessington, SD cemetery. She had given orders that did not want to be buried by the old S.O.B. so that is why she is buried by herself in Wessington. There is a chip in the glass of her tombstone that has been there for quite sometime. It is assumed it could have been the result of a picture being there and vandals shot the glass. The information goes on to sawy that Hazel McGirr (William's granddaughter) says, "He wasn't home much and not a responsible father."

Deanne Rowen, of Wessington, SD has given Ellen a copy of William H. Daugherty's obituary. I'm not going to print it in full. Here are snippets: "he reached the ripe old age of 88 years when called by death."

If you look at my February 12, 2009 blog you'll see the obituary of Martha Pepper.

The children of William Daugherty and Martha Pepper are Frank Daugherty and John William Daugherty (married Mary Murphy, said to have no children.) Ellen lists a William Daugherty, m. to Mrs. Murphy Hitchcock and said to have written a brief family tree. This William is the above John William. William Henry is the writer of the family information. Then there was Harriet (Hattie) married to William Henry Place. I'll come back to "Aunt Hattie" really soon. George Henry was b. 1865, Edward, Fred, Emma, and Richard.

Hattie Pepper Minthorn

The picture above is of; Louella Pepper Wycoff Daugherty, daughter of Martha (my ggrandmother) and John's (Pepper) brother, Jacob; Emma Daugherty Bradley, daughter of Martha Pepper Daugherty; and Nell Pepper Lydon, John Pepper's daughter. These are all first cousins. The picture was taken Sept. of 1904.

Hattie Pepper Minthorn was the niece of my gggrandmother, Martha Pepper Daugherty. In the past I've included her "Reminiscences of Blizzard of 1888" in my Carrington/Daugherty Prairie Roots Newsletter. The writing was received from Helen McNeil in 1982 and taken from Wessington Times (SD), dated February 1, 1908. I have the entire article if readers are interested. I did think the first sentence was interesting; "Living as I do in a climate where roses bloom in January, the memory of my experience in the Dakota blizzard is almost like a dream."

I'd like to interject that my aunt Beulah Daugherty Goehring relayed to me the belief that her great grandfather, Peter DeLong, was lost in a blizzard in Bonilla, SD. The above blizzard could easily have been the same one. I have a copy of a book entitled, The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin. The book does a good job of describing the events of that fateful snowstorm. I would strongly encourage the reading of this time period. "In three minutes, the front subtracted eighteen degrees from the air's temperature. Then evening gathered in and temperatures kept dropping in the northwest gale. By morning on Friday, Jan. 13, 1888, more than a hundred children lay dead on the Dakota-Nebraska prairie."

Basically, Harriet (Hattie) Pepper was the daughter of John Pepper and Mary Ellen Prettyman. She was born in 1861 and died in 1926. She married Fred Minthorn. They had three children; Helen, Harmon, & Walter. These three individuals have a relationship with Ketchikan, Alaska and Oregon. So perhaps Hattie was speaking about living in Oregon.

Hattie was the sister of Irvin St. Clair Pepper who I wrote about on Jan. 9th, 2009 posting. Hattie and Irvin were of a family of nine children. I believe that my grandfather, Fred Irvin Daugherty, was named after this Irvin. During this time period, the name was spelled "Peppers" rather than "Pepper".

More on the DeLong Family

The above picture is of Suzannah Powell DeLong, mother of my ggrandmother, Catherine Elizabeth DeLong Daugherty.

This is a continuation of a typed document that I found in my files. It was written by a niece or nephew of Andrew Jackson DeLong, brother of great grandmother Catherine Elizabeth (Libby) DeLong Daugherty.

Another of Libby's siblings was Matilda. Matilda married Edwin Lynn in 1883. Matilda was known as "Aunt Till". She was born in 1858 and was buried in Portland, Oregon, SE 82nd Cemetery. Their children included Walter Roy Lynn, b. 1888 and died in 1939. He was buried in the above cemetery. Walter married Jessie Eddleton. Matilda & Edwin's daughter was Lucy Mabel, born 1895. She is buried at Newport, Oregon.

For the second generation the writer has Maxine Lynn Halverson. No other information is given. The 3rd Generation just says two boys.

Catherine Elizabeth's sister, Susan, married Alonzo (Lonie) Gates. They are buried in a Special Gates lot in 8nd Ave.Cemetery, Portland, Ore. It was mentioned they had a son who died young. Randy McGirr says that they adopted a girl named Sylvia. The family doesn't know her history.

The last sibling Eva, was born in 1865, in Canada. She died in 1917 and buried in the above cemetery. She never married.

Catherine Elizabeth isn't mentioned at all in the document. Perhaps it was prepared for her family, thus her information wasn't included. Or, she was the only sibling left in SD, perhaps dead by then, and the rest of the family no longer had any contact.

Additional Information on Catherine Elizabeth DeLong's Sibilings

Pictured is Edna Draper DeLong, wife of Andrew DeLong

Having this blog is good, as it causes me to look at old information. I found this typed information with no name as to the source, other than the words, "Dad's Bro." after Andrew DeLong's name. I'd like to share this document with you.

As I mentioned, ggrandmother, Catherine Elizabeth DeLong Daugherty had a brother Andrew, b. 1871, buried in Sask, Canada, and married to Edna Draper, who was born in Phillips, WI. Their children were Karl, George and Clarence. It looks like they all had the address of North Battleford, Sask, Canada. AT the time of this document Karl and George were still living. Karl had Doreen, George had Larry and Robert, and Clarence had Lynn, Loren, twins John and Judy, and Delores. A notation at the bottem says, "Uncle Andy went alone with a wagon, team of horses when I was small and homesteaded in Canada and never came back to visit nor Dad went up - however they corresponded. When Uncle Andy came to see Dad here in Portland they were both older. He died not long after he was here. He married Aunt Edna in Canada. I had a picture of them living in a sod house when they were first married. Far cry from today.

Next the writer lists the family of Edward Peter DeLong. As mentioned in the last blog, Edward married Maude Ella Brown in Wessington. Their children were Earl Eugene, b. 1902 and buried in Sandy Oregon, married to Ella. The second child was Edith May, born 1903. It looks like she married Lyle Nobel in 1929 and divorced him in 1936 then married Wesley Evans and divorced in in 1945. She was still living at the time the writing was done. Neil was born 1918 and died 1977. He married a Rose in 1945. The youngest child was Lowell Melvin, b. 1922 (quite a difference in age between the siblings). Both he and Neil were WWII veterans. He married Dorothy Bolle and they were divorced. Then he married a Mable,also divorced. Then married Doris Howard in 1967 and divorced again. Maybe married to a Grace Johnson next. That name was penciled in.

The next generation, closer to my generation are; Edith's children, David Noble, b. 1930, Luanne (Fitzpatrick), b. 1930; Neil's son Rodney, born 1946, Lowell's children (I think...it's a bit hard to follow at this point), Sandra Rae, married to Alan Van Lorn and Ella , b. 1954, a polio victim at age 13 months spending most of her first 12 years at Shriner's Hospital.

The writer then mentions a next generation. Susan Marie Noble, b. 1956 living in NY, Karen Ann Noble, b. 1960, living in ORegon, and Michael David Noble, b. 1966, also living in Oregon. I'll finish this document in the next posting. The writer could be a member of Edward Peter's family, probably Edith, as there is more information on the Noble family than any other.

Parents and Siblings of Catherine Elizabeth DeLong Daugherty - from the files of Lori Johnson

This is information I received from Aunt Lori Johnson concerning the immediate family of Catherine Elizabeth DeLong Daugherty (my great grandmother & mother of Fred Irwin Daugherty). I'll add a few facts in italics.

Lori wrote that "Libby's" grandfather was James DeLong. I have seen that same information elsewhere. There are many questions concerning Libby's grandfather. Arie DeLange did have a Peter and a James. Lori says that James was born in 1810 and died in 1883, buried in the Graveside Cemetery in Brookham, NY. That is all she has. I have even less concerning this James. James' brother, Peter, was actually Libby's grandfather, according to many sources. I read a story about this Peter being an inventor of railroad couplers and being crushed by train cars...I can't find my source and according to his death certificate, Peter lived a long life. I'm wondering about the confusion.

Libby's father was also names Peter. He was born in 1838 and married Susan Powell. Some records say "Susannah", whose parents came from England. Peter and "Susan" had 6 children. We don't know the date of his death but he was "caught in one of SD's bad snowstorms and disappeared." Lori wondered what Peter was doing in SD, but I have a land record stating that he owned a parcel of land in that state.

The children of Peter and Susan were: Matilda, born in 1862 and died in 1924. She's buried in 82nd Cemetery in Portland, Ore. She married Edwin Lynn in 1883. They had 3 children Walter Roy, Jessie and Lucy Mable. Eva was born 7/3/1865. She never married and died in 1917. She is also buried in Portland, Oregon. Catherine Elizabeth came next. Then Andrew, who was born in 1871 and died in 1947. He is buried in North Battleford, Sask. Canada. He married Edna Draper in 1905 in Battleford. They had 3 children, Karl, George Henry, and Clarence. Susan was born about 1872 and buried in Portland, Oregon. She married Alonzo Gates. Lori says they had a son, deceased. The youngest of the family was Edwin Peter DeLong, born 1877, died 1951. He is buried in Sandy, Ore. He married Maude Ella Brown in Wessington, SD. They had 4 children Earl Eugene, Edith May, Neil and Rose.

Aunt Lori had an active interest in her family. She states that she also has information of the generation after this. I'd love to see that, with it we might have some clues as to where these families are now. I am in touch with a few, in Canada, but many family branches are totally missing from my records.

Thinking about June's Trip to SD

Last year my second cousin, Gail Fischer and I went to SD to meet family members that were still "strangers" to us. The trip was so terrific that I decided to do it again. This time I just put out feelers to a special cousin, Pam Johnson Rounseville, and right away, I knew we had a great trip ahead of us. Pam and I haven't seen each other in years and years but have kept in touch. All of aunt Delores' girls have been really special to Mom and me. I visited Pam's sister Shelley last year and there is just that bond between all of us that miles can't eliminate. My mom, Helen and Delores even look alike. I'm not saying that they had totally similar attributes, but you always knew they were sisters.

Anyway, Pam and her husband Dave are going with me this year. I already enjoy Dave, even though I've only communicated with him on the phone. They'll be arriving in Mpls. Tues, June 16th and we'll spend the evening at our home. Then early on Wed. we'll head off Uncle Ken and Aunt Betty's in West Point NB. We'll be pretty much spending the entire day getting to their house. We love & respect them so much that it's a given that this couple will be an important part of our trip. Well spend all day Thurs with Ken and Betty and then on Friday drive to Huron, where we'll be guests of Pete and Linda Marcus. We've got Sat. & Sunday to see family members in the Wessington/Miller/Huron area of SD.

We'll go to Dupree and see Ralph Pesicka in Dupree on Monday, June 22, and then continue on to Rapid City, SD. We're giving ourselves Tues, Wed, and Thurs. in that area, as we've got exploring to do (including Wyoming). Barb Goehring Geidel has agreed to help with a luncheon on one of those days, inviting many family members.

On Friday, June 26th, we'll go to Mitchell and meet up with Doug and Ella Mae Goehring and meet Uncle Al for supper at Parkston.

Next we'll drive to Wisconsin, hopefully meeting up with Gail Fischer, when we go into Minnesota. There will be a few days before Pam and Dave's flight leaves early, early on Wed., July 1. Hopefully we can explore a bit of Wisconsin...Maybe even going to Madison to see Marlin, Kay, Laurie, Don and Betsy.

This will be such a wonderful trip. We need to know who to visit with. I know that I want to see Charlotte Paulson in Huron. I really can't begin to list the great people that are our family. We are blessed! I love seeing every one of these people that share our heritage...one of creativity, love of knowledge, vision, determination, warmth, courage, and the determination to be true to self.

More About Cavenees - Part 2

Today's posting is a continuation of the previous one, concerning Pearl Wilson and her relationship with the Cavenee family. I've been able to reap information from Bonnie Cavenee Runge, Gilbert Moller, and Jack Stevens. In review, Martha Wilson married Wesley Cavenee. One of their children was Franklin Cavenee. Martha's brother William Wilson's youngest child, Pearl married Frank.

Pearl Wilson Cavenee (my great grand aunt) was born in 1877 in Taylor County, Iowa. She came to South Dakota in 1883 in a covered wagon and settled on a homestead in the northwestern corner of Beadle County. "When she was a young lady, she filed claim on her own homestead in 1905. This land is still in the Cavenee family. She lived there except of 3 1/2 years when she and Frank had a homestead near Forsyth, Montana. They were married in 1904 in Marshall, Minn. I'd love to find out their experiences in Montana and why they moved back to SD.

Pearl's husband died in 1920 and Pearl and her daughter Hazel moved into Wessington (SD)eventually living by herself until she was 85 years old. Then Pearl lived in Huron and Prairie Rest Home in Miller until her death in 1968 at the age of 91. Her husband Frank Cavenee was born in Knox County, Illinois,1863 to Wesley and Martha Cavenee. He served in the Spanish American War, in the Phillipin Islands. He died of Tuberculosis.

Of Pearl's children, Chester died as an infant in 1905. Lloyd was 14 when his father died. He married Mabel McNeely and had 8 children. Lloyd was highly interested in reading, which seems to be a family trait in all branches of the Daugherty/Carrington family. Nina married Emil Moller and died at the age of 35. They had five children. Clifford married Milda Pawalski. They had five children. He was employed by Boeing. William married Betty Tennant. He was killed in a car accident at the age of 33. Lastly was Hazel, born 1919. She married Eddie Marvel and they have three children. Hopefully, I'll be able to meet some of the offspring of this family, this summer. A Marvel family member was involved in finding the axe that is displayed in the Huron Museaum. I would like to talk to someone in that family.

The few members of Pearl's family that I have met, have spoken of her with respect and love.

Getting the Cavenees Figured Out

Above is a photo of the headstone for Pearl & John Franklin Cavenee' little boy Chester who died as an infant. The stone can be found in the Wessington Cemetery.

There are so many Cavenees in the Wilson family...I've been avoiding facing them and getting them figured out. Again, I must thank Col. Jack Stevens and Bonnie Cavenee Runge for kindling the interest in this family.

In 2007, Jack wrote..."1900 Census, Nance Twp., Beadle Co., Wessington, South Dakota; William W. Wilson, b. Sept. 1833, Luzern Co., Penn. & spouse, Lydia A. Wilson, b. Oct. 27, 1840, Ohio; a dau., Pearl Wilson, b. March 1877, Iowa; a niece, Mary Wilson (Hill)living in Walla Walla, WA, b. Nov. 1889, SD, father b. Penn. and mother b. Virginia (Illinois). Harold H. Case, hired hand, b. May 1877, Indiana, parents b. Conn. & NY. William & Lydia both list parents b. Penn. (m. 35 years, 5 children born - all 5 living), William E. died in young Manhood, Omaha, NE - Rozella (Brachvogel) - Rozetta (Carrington...my ggrandmother) living near Wessington, SD - Mary (Brachvogel) and Pearl living in Forsyth, MT. Peal Wilson m. Frank Cavenee, son Lloyd Cavenee m. Mabel McNeely, they had a son Arthur Franklin Cavenee, who m. Maxine Peterson, living in Wessington, SD...descendant and informant.

What is interesting is that Jack shared the following handwritten note composed in 1860 - 40 years before, "On 20 June, 1860, a family named Cavende lived in the Fairmount Township of Luzerne County, PA. The husband was Wesley, age 35. His wife was Martha, age 24. Children included Charley, 6, Wilbur 7, Miller 4, and Elizabeth 5. All had been born in Penn. Remember that it was in Luzerne County that the Wilsons were living at the same time. It just so happens that Frank's father was named Wesley and his mother was Martha. Frank wasn't born until 1863. I do have a Charley and an Elizabeth, perhaps the other two went by their middle names. I have Chester and William instead. There hasn't been any information found about Charles, Chester, William and Elizabeth, brothers and sister of Frank Cavenee. This would be interesting to "dig" into.
And what is even more interesting is that Wesley's wife, Martha had the last name of Wilson. She was the sister of William White Wilson and Fletcher (John) and Joseph. Her parents were Joseph Wilson and Annie White...another interrelationship amongst rural families in our heritage. So John Franklin Cavanee married his cousin Pearl Wilson. Wesley and Martha were divorced in 1865. Martha married a Robert Hobkirk that same year. A good subject for another posting. Pearl was the last of William and Lydia's children.

Pearl and Frank had the following children; Chester, Lloyd, Nina, Clifford, William and Hazel.