Jessie Thomas Edward Cavnar (1868 - 1953)

Born 15 Oct 1868 in Hardeman, Tennessee, United States

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Died 13 Aug 1953 at age 84 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Jesse was born in Tennessee in 1868 ^[1]. In 1880, he resided in White County, Arkansas with his parents, William Butler Cavnar and Martha Ann Charity (Dodds) Cavnar, and siblings ^[2]. He married Julia Beatrice Roe in 1899, and settled in Oklahoma City to raise their family ^{[3] [4]}. Their children:

1. Byron Palmer Cavnar Sr. (1901-1995)
2. Maurice Henry "Morris" Cavnar (1903-1972)
3. Winnie Pearl Cavnar (b. Jan 1905, died as infant)
4. John Thomas Cavnar, Jr. (1906-1979)
5. Martha Luretta "Lula" Cavnar (1908-1977) m. Clay Rosser
6. Woodrow Welford "Woody" Cavnar (1914-1997)

He served as Oklahoma County Sheriff from 1923-1924 ^[5]. He passed away in 1953 and was laid to rest in the Rose Hill BUrial Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ^[6].

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1870; Census Place: District 17, Hardeman, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1533; Page: 329A. [1]
2. ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Jackson, White, Arkansas; Roll: 59; Page: 130C; Enumeration District: 287. [2]
3. ↑ Year: 1910; Census Place: Oklahoma City Ward 8, Oklahoma, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1267; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0296; FHL microfilm: 1375280. [3]
4. ↑ Year: 1930; Census Place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0035; FHL microfilm: 2341652. [4]
5. ↑ The Daily Oklahoman; Publication Date: 14 Aug 1953; Publication Place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. [5]
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #72714130

See also:

• Year: 1940; Census Place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma; Roll: m-t0627-03345; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 78-107. [6]
• United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma; Roll: 2770; Sheet Number: 5; Enumeration District: 78-213. [7].