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Thomas Cavin Family
of Southwest Mississippi

Generation No. 1

1. TOM² CAVIN (CAVIN¹) was born about 1785 in SC, and died in Wilkinson County, MS. He married MARGARET BRUFF before 1807 in SC, daughter of unknown parents. In 1807 Tom was living in South Carolina.

LIVED IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN 1807. ONE SON JOHN CAVIN (101) HE AND HIS FAMILY

CAME THROUGH THE CUMBERLAND GAP STOPING IN TENNESEE. THREE SONS THOMAS, WILLIAM

AND MOSES WERE BORN IN TENNESEE. THEY CAME TO AMITE COUNTY MS. AND PURCHASED

LAND THERE IN 1832.

ACCORDING TO CLARA CAVIN LEAKE (2) GRAND-DAUGHTER OF MOSES CAVIN (93) TOM CAVIN

SON (95), THERE WERE THREE CAVIN BROTHERS WHO CAME FROM IRELAND TO SOUTH

CAROLINA.

More About TOM CAVIN:

Fact 2: Wilkinson, MS

More About MARGARET BRUFF:

Fact 2: Wilkinson, MS

Children of TOM CAVIN and MARGARET BRUFF are:

i. JOHN³ CAVIN, b. 1807, SC; m. HULDY PERRY, June 26, 1828, Wilkinson Co., MS.

Notes for JOHN CAVIN:

Married Huldy Perry in 1828 ?Where and no date/

2. ii. THOMAS CAVIN, b. 1811, TN.

3. iii. WILLIAM CAVIN, b. 1814, TN.

4. iv. MOSE CAVIN, b. 1823, TN; d. Wilkinson, MS.

Generation No. 2

2. THOMAS³ CAVIN (TOM², CAVIN¹) was born 1811 in TN. He married SARAH S..

Notes for THOMAS CAVIN:

From History of Amite Co.,MS Vol. 1 by Albert E. Casey:

1850 Amite Co., MS Census says: Thomas Cavin, 39, male, merchant, $2,000 b. Tenn.; Sarah S. Cavin, 24, f, b. LA; Thomas E. Cavin, 3, ma., b. Amite Co., MS; Robert E. Cavin, 1, m, b. Amite Co., MS

Children of THOMAS CAVIN and SARAH S. are:

i. THOMAS E.⁴ CAVIN, b. 1847, Amite Co, MS.

Notes for THOMAS E. CAVIN:

History of Amite County, MS VOl 1 by Albert E. Casey:

1850 Amite Co., MS Census: Thomas E. Cavin, 3, male, b. Amite Co., MS

ii. ROBERT E. CAVIN, b. 1849, Amite Co, MS.

Notes for ROBERT E. CAVIN:

History of Amite Co., MS VOl. 1 by Albert E. Casey:

1850 Amite Co., MS Census says: Robert E. Cavin, 1, male, b. Amite Co., MS

3. WILLIAM³ CAVIN (TOM², CAVIN¹) was born 1814 in TN. He married MARY JANE SHROPSHIRE February 13, 1840 in Wilkinson Co., MS, daughter of WALTER SHROPSHIRE and TABITHA DAY.

Notes for WILLIAM CAVIN:

Married Mary Jane Shropshire on 13 Feb 1840 no place?.

Notes for MARY JANE SHROPSHIRE:

Married William Cavin 2/13/1840.

Children of WILLIAM CAVIN and MARY SHROPSHIRE are:

i. MOSES⁴ CAVIN, b. July 02, 1852, Wilkinson Co., MS; d. January 27, 1918, Wilkinson Co., MS (buried Cavin 5 Cemetery); m. THEODOSIA ELVIRA SMITH, November 27, 1873, Wilkinson Co., MS.

ii. DAVID NATHAN CAVIN, m. (1) ADA A. SHROPSHIRE, December 08, 1878, Wilkinson Co., MS; m. (2) SARAH JANE NETTLES, February 03, 1887, Wilkinson Co., MS.

iii. WILLIAM THOMAS CAVIN , JR., b. 1841, Wilkinson, MS; m. LUCRETIA ANN MCCURLY, October 13, 1864, Wilkinson, MS.

4. MOSE³ CAVIN (TOM², CAVIN¹) was born 1823 in TN, and died in Wilkinson, MS. He married SARAH SHROPSHIRE April 05, 1842 in Wilkinson, MS, daughter of WALTER SHROPSHIRE and TABITHA DAY.

More About MOSE CAVIN:

Fact 2: Wilkinson, MS, MS

Notes for SARAH SHROPSHIRE:

Marriage records for Mississippi Early to 1825 spells her father's

last name Schropshire.

Sarah could have been born in SC some think.

More About SARAH SHROPSHIRE:

Fact 1: Buried Wilkinson, MS

Children of MOSE CAVIN and SARAH SHROPSHIRE are:

i. EDNA⁴ CAVIN.

ii. KATE CAVIN.

iii. ANNA ELIZA CAVIN, b. October 21, 1844, Wilkinson, MS, MS; d. December 25, 1885, Wilkinson, MS.

Notes for ANNA ELIZA CAVIN:

Could this be Ann E. Cavin married to John Davidson 12 Jan 1870???? Wilkinson, MS

More About ANNA ELIZA CAVIN:

Fact 1: December 1885, Buried Wilkinson, MS

iv. CARROL BRUFF CAVIN, b. February 03, 1851, Wilkinson, MS; d. December 25, 1885, Wilkinson, MS; m. CLARINDA CATHERINE NETTERVILLE, January 26, 1871, Wilkinson, MS.

More About CARROL BRUFF CAVIN:

Fact 1: December 1885, Buried Wilkinson, MS

Notes for CLARINDA CATHERINE NETTERVILLE:

She married Carrol Cavin 26 Jan 1871 per Wilkinson County Marriage Record Book L, page 166. It shows her as L. A. Netterville????

After Carroll Cavin died she married Thomas Perry.

More About CLARINDA CATHERINE NETTERVILLE:

Fact 1: November 1933, Wilkinson Co., MS, Netterville 2 Cemetery

v. EMMA F. CAVIN, b. October 18, 1855, Wilkinson, MS, MS; d. September 01, 1884, Wilkinson, MS; m. THOMAS PERRY, February 11, 1873, Wilkinson Co., MS.

Notes for EMMA F. CAVIN:

Died at age 31.

More About EMMA F. CAVIN:

Fact 1: September 1884, Buried Wilkinson, MS

vi. THOMAS WALTER CAVIN, b. January 23, 1858, Wilkinson, MS; d. December 16, 1939, Wilkinson, MS; m. (1) ELIZABETH JANE KNIGHT, February 06, 1879, Wilkinson, MS; m. (2) ETHEL NETTERVILLE, January 26, 1910, Wilkinson, MS.

More About THOMAS WALTER CAVIN:

Fact 1: December 1939, Knight Cemetery, Wilkinson Co., MS

More About ELIZABETH JANE KNIGHT:

Fact 2: April 1906, Knight Cem., Wilkinson, MS, Knight Cemetery

Cause of Death: Spinal Meningitis

More About ETHEL NETTERVILLE:

Fact 2: December 1954, Wilkinson, Wilkinson, MS, N'ville-LeakeCem

vii. WILEY CAVIN, b. November 07, 1862, Wilkinson, MS; d. February 08, 1930, MS; m. LOUISE METCALFE.

Notes for WILEY CAVIN:

Married Louise Metcalfe on ???

More About WILEY CAVIN:

Fact 1: February 1930, MS

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Thomas Cavin Family
of Southwest Mississippi

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please contact Carolyn Switzer [email protected] for more information

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