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Charles Leonard CAVINS

Charles Leonard CAVINS

Male 1893 - 1959  (66 years)

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  • Name Charles Leonard CAVINS 
    Born 12 Feb 1893  Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military From 5 Mar 1918 to 7 Aug 1919  [3] 
    Pfc, Gen Hospital #11 Med Dept, US Army, WW I (Camp Sherman, Ohio) 
    Census 1910, 1920  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1940  Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation tower foreman at gas company  [1] 
    Occupation 1940  [5] 
    assistant engineer at (natural) gas station 
    Residence Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Died 16 Mar 1959  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Person ID I79185  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2016 

    Father William M. CAVINS,   b. 22 Sep 1868, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1946, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Myrtle Ivy PIGOTT,   b. 13 Jul 1875, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1947, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F26479  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Bessie COLLINS,   b. 26 Nov 1899, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1956, Glendale, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)  [7] 
    Married
    • No marriage record found

      SOMETHING IS OFF HERE -
      Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Oct 24 1918, in its entirety:
      "The two-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cavins died at the home of its grandfather, Alf Collins, Saturday morning at 3:30, and interment was made at the Ruley cemetery at 10 a.m. Sunday. A. J. Osborne, funeral director, was in charge."
    Children 
     1. Ruth May CAVINS,   b. 1918, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1919, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     2. Ralph CAVINS,   b. 1918, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1919  (Age 1 years)
     3. Denver Warren CAVINS,   b. 25 Oct 1920, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1971, Los Angeles Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    Family ID F35218  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Bessie Opal CHIPPS,   b. 2 Jul 1905, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1972, Bay City, Bay Co, MI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married CA 1922  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Apr 10 1930 at Arnolds Creek Road:
      Charles L. Cavins, 37, oiler at gas station, age 24 at time of first marriage; wife Opal, 25, age 17 at first marriage; son Billy, 5; dau Anna, 3 yr 11 mo; dau Josie, 2 yr 10 mo; dau Waneta, 11 months. [8]
    Children 
    +1. Billie Jack CAVINS,   b. 25 Jun 1924,   d. 4 Nov 1988  (Age 64 years)
     2. Anna Jacqueline CAVINS,   b. 28 Nov 1925, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1997  (Age 71 years)
     3. Josie Lucille CAVINS,   b. 12 Jul 1927, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 2010, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     4. Doris Juanita "Herbie" CAVINS,   b. 1 May 1929, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Jessie Edith CAVINS,   b. 27 Feb 1931, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 2012, Lubeck, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     6. Andrew Charles CAVINS,   b. 2 Oct 1932, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1997, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     7. Colin Louise CAVINS,   b. 1 Mar 1934, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Mar 2010  (Age 76 years)
     8. Patricia Dene CAVINS,   b. 17 Feb 1935, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 2017, Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     9. Tommy Edwina CAVINS,   b. 9 Apr 1938, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. John Daniel CAVINS,   b. 15 May 1940,   d. 26 Feb 2011, Elizabethtown, Hardin Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     11. Samuel McArthur CAVINS,   b. 10 Apr 1942, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Sep 1968, Vietnam Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years)
     12. Leslie Carroll CAVINS,   b. 15 Sep 1943, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 1944, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    +13. Living
    +14. Rodney Lee CAVINS,   b. 24 Jan 1947, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 2005  (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F33877  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
    79185_CAVINS_CharlesL_SoldiersLetterHome_DCRepublican_14Mar1918.jpg    		79185_CAVINS_CharlesL_SoldiersLetterHome_DCRepublican_14Mar1918.jpg
    79185_CAVINS_CharlesLeonard_WorldWarOne-Draft-Registration_5Jun1917.jpg    		79185_CAVINS_CharlesLeonard_WorldWarOne-Draft-Registration_5Jun1917.jpg
    999999_Subject-to-Military-Draft_DoddridgeCoWV_Oct1917.jpg    		999999_Subject-to-Military-Draft_DoddridgeCoWV_Oct1917.jpg
    999999_FirstQuotaCompleted_WW-One_DCRepublican_7Mar1918.jpg    		999999_FirstQuotaCompleted_WW-One_DCRepublican_7Mar1918.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S2669] U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster General, and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S2078] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    5. [S2642] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Central District).

    6. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    7. [S1599] Birth record of son.

    8. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.