Family: Charles Oscar Cavitt / Mary Inez Dryden (F280)

m. 20 Jul 1899


Family Information

  • Charles Oscar CavittFather | Male
    Charles Oscar Cavitt

    Born  4 Jun 1870  Belmont, Iroquois, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Jun 1940  Watseka, Iroquois, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  19 Jun 1940  Belmont Twp., Iroquois Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  20 Jul 1899  [1, 2, 3]  Cissna Park, Iroquois, Illinois, USA  [1, 2, 3] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Nelson Cavitt | F65 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Hester A Brown | F65 Group Sheet 

    Mary Inez DrydenMother | Female
    Mary Inez Dryden

    Born  18 Nov 1878  Covington, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  7 May 1949  Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Woodland (Iroquois County), Iroquois County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Santford C Dryden | F309 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Estelle G Hamilton | F309 Group Sheet 

    Santford Nelson "Squire" CavittChild 1 | Male
    Santford Nelson "Squire" Cavitt

    Born  22 Apr 1900  Woodland, Iroquois, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  11 Nov 1951  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Woodland, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Irma E Caldwell | F162 
    Married  Abt 1928   
    Spouse  Roberta "Bobbie" Newburn | F163 
    Married  Abt 1943   

    Florence May CavittChild 2 | Female
    Florence May Cavitt

    Born  30 Jul 1902  Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Apr 1966  Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Woodland, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Hugh Ronald Cazayoux | F272 
    Married     

    Mildred L CavittChild 3 | Female
    Mildred L Cavitt

    Born  10 Jul 1904  Woodland (Iroquois County), Iroquois County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  29 Sep 1997  Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Woodland, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Melvin Alfonse Sullivan | F233 
    Married     

    Martha Agnes CavittChild 4 | Female
    Martha Agnes Cavitt

    Born  15 Oct 1906  Woodland, IL Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  12 Apr 1991  Moline, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  William Lyle Fox | F303 
    Married  19 Nov 1927  Danville, IL Find all individuals with events at this location

    Virginia Irene CavittChild 5 | Female
    Virginia Irene Cavitt

    Born  1909  Woodland, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1917  Woodland, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  1917  Woodland, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    Charles O CavittChild 6 | Male
    Charles O Cavitt

    Born  25 Jun 1911  Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Nov 1974  Winnebago, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     

    Howard Hamilton (Barney) CavittChild 7 | Male
    + Howard Hamilton (Barney) Cavitt

    Born  6 Aug 1913  Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Feb 1970  Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Living | F206 
    Married     

    Robert Dryden CavittChild 8 | Male
    Robert Dryden Cavitt

    Born  14 Sep 1915  Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  16 Mar 1971   
    Buried    Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Kathryn McBroom | F231 
    Married     

    Irma Lillis "Peggy" CavittChild 9 | Female
    + Irma Lillis "Peggy" Cavitt

    Born  18 Jan 1918  Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  17 Dec 1982  Cupertino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  Abt 1983  Woodland Iroquois County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Howard Wray Hill | F298 
    Married     

  • Sources 
    1. [S106] Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), 1899 Marriage Cavitt Dryden.
      Name: Charles O. Cavitt
      Gender: Male
      Age: 30
      Birth Date: abt 1869
      Marriage Date: 1899
      Marriage Place: Iroquois, Illinois, USA
      Father: Nelson Cavitt
      Mother: Hester A. Brown
      Spouse: Mary Inez Dryden
      Gender: Female
      Age: 21
      Birth Date: abt 1878
      Father: Santford Dryden
      Mother: Estella G. Hamilton
      Film Number: 001321549

    2. [S106] Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).

    3. [S104] Obituary, Various Newspapers, (Name: VArious;), 1940 Obituary Charles Oscar Cavitt.
      CHARLES CAVITT
      Funeral Serviceswere held at two o'clock yesterday afternoon at the late home in Woodland for Charles Oscar Cavitt, 70, who died at 1:30 p. m. Sunday June 16, at the Iroquois Hospital in Watseka, as the result of uremic poisining following an operation. He had been ill for six days.
      The Rev. J. W. Cavitt of Springfield was in charge of the services and burial was in the Body cemetery.
      Born June 4 1870 in Watseka, the deceased was the son of Nelson Cavitt of Ohio and Hester Ann (Brown) Cavitt of Attica, Indiana. He spent his childhood in Belmont township where he attended school, afterwards going to Valpariso University and Illinois State Normal University. On July 20, 1899, at Oak Park, he married Mary Inez Dryden, who survives, as well as the following children: S. N. Cavitt of Woodland; C. O. Cavitt od Milford; H. H. Cavitt of of Peoria; R. D. Cavitt of Watseka; Mrs. H. R. Cazayoux of Denver; Mrs. D. E. Sullivan of Flint, Mich.; Mrs. William Fox of Watseka; Irma L. Cavitt of Evanston, One child, Virginia Irene, preceeded him in death. He also leaves three brothers, W. T. Cavitt of Woodland; F. O. Cavitt of Tulsa, Oklahoma; and James Cavitt of Cadillac, Mich., and two grandsons, William L. Fox Jr. and Dennis Richard Fox of Watseka
      The deceased spent practically his entire lifr in Watseka and Woodland. He belonged to the Methodist church and had served as president of the village board, also sixteen years as a member of the school board.