James Monroe Caviness was born July 3, 1849 and passed away Jan. 27, 1916.

In 1877, he married Elizabeth Robinson. They had a son,Roy and 3 daughters, Mrs. Britton, Miss Jessie Caviness and Mrs. William Manefee. His parents were Henry Caviness and Nancy (Roberts) Caviness. ∼James "Jim" is the son of Henry Caviness and Nancy nee ROBERTS Caviness. Jim was born near Arkansas Springs, Benton Co., AR.

Mancos Times-Tribune, 04 Feb 1916-Front page,p 1.

"James Monroe Caviness was born near Arkansas Springs, Arkansas, July 3, 1848, and died at Mancos, Colorado, 11 p.m., January 27, 1916, aged 66 years, 6 months and 21 days.

When James was two years old his parents moved to Texas where they lived until about 1865 when the love of the frontier and the spirit of adventure again stirred them and they moved to Huerfano County, Colorado, near Walsenburg, where the family made their home and engaged in the livestock industry.

In 1877 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Robinson and two years later, in 1879, with his young wife and his parents and family moved to Mancos and a little later Mr. Caviness located and settled upon the ranch in Thompson Park, which he owned until a few years since and which still bears his name. He was the first permanent settler in this beautiful and fertile mountain fastness, although a Mr. Tompson, from whom the Park was named, attempted to operate an improvised saw mill there some time before and at the time he settled there there was another settler in there with a flock of sheep whom Mr. Caviness bought out. It was some three or four years later before the German setlers began to come into the Park.

Here he lived and reared his family, out on the very borderland of civilization; here he engaged in the stock industry, was successful and grew comparatively wealthy.

In character Mr. Caviness was a typical pioneer. He seemed to love the frontier with its rough life and its hard conditions. Living beyond the the reign of law and where every man was largely a law unto himself to protect his own, for almost all his life, he naturally took on the character of his surroundings. Yet he was kind to his family and provided a splendid home and every comfort for their happiness, and those who knew him as a friend esteemed him well.

The funeral was held out of the home Wednesday afternoon which was largely attended, Rev. John Cox speaking the words of comfort to the bereaved, and interment was made in the family lot in Cedar Grove Cemetery by the side of his father and mother.

Deceased leaves to mourn their loss an ever faithful wife, their oldest child and son, Roy, and three daughters: Mrs. Eva Brittain, Mrs. Hattie Brittain and Miss Jessie, all well known here. Those who mourn have the sympathy of many friends."

Death Notice, 28 Jan 1916 The Mancos Times-Tribune, CO - James Caviness Dead