son of Rev. Alfred Harris Caviness - Eliza Craven
William J. Caveness, one of the survivors of Lee's Army of Appomattox. William Joab Caveness served in Company G, 46th North Carolina. He fought battles at Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. He surrendered at the close of the war at Appomattox.
William Joab Caveness came to Texas in 1891 from Coleridge, North Carolina. He moved to Staggs Prairie in 1892. He was one of the most widely known farmers of this section, where he lived 35 years died at his home two miles north of Mineral Wells.
William Caveness donated the land for the original Staggs Prairie Cemetery.
William Caveness was a member of Stonewall Jackson UCV Camp #772.
Survived by his wife; three daughters - Mr. Cullen Grimes, Mrs. William C. Brewer, Miss Maud Caveness; two sons - Frank D. and Richard A. Caveness; 15 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Funeral was held at the home of his son, R.A. Caveness, north of Mineral Wells, Rev. W.H. Coleman, pastor of the First Methodist Church.
William J. Caveness, one of the survivors of Lee's Army of Appomattox. William Joab Caveness served in Company G, 46th North Carolina. He fought battles at Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. He surrendered at the close of the war at Appomattox.
William Joab Caveness came to Texas in 1891 from Coleridge, North Carolina. He moved to Staggs Prairie in 1892. He was one of the most widely known farmers of this section, where he lived 35 years died at his home two miles north of Mineral Wells.
William Caveness donated the land for the original Staggs Prairie Cemetery.
William Caveness was a member of Stonewall Jackson UCV Camp #772.
Survived by his wife; three daughters - Mr. Cullen Grimes, Mrs. William C. Brewer, Miss Maud Caveness; two sons - Frank D. and Richard A. Caveness; 15 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Funeral was held at the home of his son, R.A. Caveness, north of Mineral Wells, Rev. W.H. Coleman, pastor of the First Methodist Church.
son of Rev. Alfred Harris Caviness - Eliza Craven
William J. Caveness, one of the survivors of Lee's Army of Appomattox. William Joab Caveness served in Company G, 46th North Carolina. He fought battles at Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. He surrendered at the close of the war at Appomattox.
William Joab Caveness came to Texas in 1891 from Coleridge, North Carolina. He moved to Staggs Prairie in 1892. He was one of the most widely known farmers of this section, where he lived 35 years died at his home two miles north of Mineral Wells.
William Caveness donated the land for the original Staggs Prairie Cemetery.
William Caveness was a member of Stonewall Jackson UCV Camp #772.
Survived by his wife; three daughters - Mr. Cullen Grimes, Mrs. William C. Brewer, Miss Maud Caveness; two sons - Frank D. and Richard A. Caveness; 15 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Funeral was held at the home of his son, R.A. Caveness, north of Mineral Wells, Rev. W.H. Coleman, pastor of the First Methodist Church.
William J. Caveness, one of the survivors of Lee's Army of Appomattox. William Joab Caveness served in Company G, 46th North Carolina. He fought battles at Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. He surrendered at the close of the war at Appomattox.
William Joab Caveness came to Texas in 1891 from Coleridge, North Carolina. He moved to Staggs Prairie in 1892. He was one of the most widely known farmers of this section, where he lived 35 years died at his home two miles north of Mineral Wells.
William Caveness donated the land for the original Staggs Prairie Cemetery.
William Caveness was a member of Stonewall Jackson UCV Camp #772.
Survived by his wife; three daughters - Mr. Cullen Grimes, Mrs. William C. Brewer, Miss Maud Caveness; two sons - Frank D. and Richard A. Caveness; 15 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
Funeral was held at the home of his son, R.A. Caveness, north of Mineral Wells, Rev. W.H. Coleman, pastor of the First Methodist Church.
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