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.