Individual Details
Walter Windell Cave
(11 Jan 1872 - 12 Oct 1954)
Events
| Birth | 11 Jan 1872 | Bell County, Texas |  | ||
| Marriage | 5 May 1897 | Anna Simmons | |||
| Marriage | 1906 | Lavonia Shanks | |||
| Census | 1910 | Clayton, Fisher County, Texas |  | | |
| Census | 1920 | Precinct 4, Fisher County, Texas | | | |
| Death | 12 Oct 1954 | Hobbs Cemetery, Hobbs, Rotan, Fisher County, Texas | | |
Families
| Spouse | Lavonia Shanks (1887 - 1968) |
| Child | James Stevens Cave (1908 - 1961) |
| Child | J. C. Cave (1910 - 1993) |
| Child | Mark Wendell Cave (1918 - 1944) |
| Child | Dale Cave (1922 - 2012) |
| Spouse | Anna Simmons (1880 - 1904) |
| Child | Winfred David Cave (1899 - 1971) |
| Child | Vida Cave (1901 - 1994) |
| Child | M. L. "Buck" Cave (1903 - 1989) |
| Father | Hiram Davis Cave (1845 - 1896) |
| Mother | American Jane McGlothlin (1848 - 1935) |
| Sibling | Erastus Cecratus "Ras" Cave (1866 - 1954) |
| Sibling | Bell Dora Cave (1868 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Dallas C. Cave (1870 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Adella "Della" Cave (1875 - 1901) |
| Sibling | Vida A. Cave (1877 - 1970) |
| Sibling | James Wesley Cave (1880 - 1955) |
| Sibling | Thomas Cave (1883 - 1945) |
| Sibling | Mark Cave (1888 - 1957) |
| Sibling | Emmett Cave (1893 - 1977) |
Notes
Census
Walter W Caves age 37 married 2 times married 3 years born Texas, parents Texas general farmer owns farm free of mortgageVona L wife age 22 2 children both alive born Tennessee parents Tennessee
Winford D son age 11, born Texas parents Texas
Vida I daughter age 8 born Texas parents Texas
M L son age 6 born Texas parents Texas
James D son age 2 born Texas father Texas mother Tennessee
J C age 3 months born Texas father Texas mother Tennessee
Census
W W Cave age 47 born Texas father Mississippi, mother Missouri farm ranchVona wife, age 31 born Tennessee parents born Tennessee
Winford son age 20 born Texas, parent Texas
Vida daughter age 17 born Texas parents Texas
M L son age 15 born Texas parents Texas
James son age 11 born Texas father Texas mother Tennessee
J C son age 9 son born Texas father Texas mother Tennessee
Mark son age 1 year 3 months born Texas father Texas mother Tennessee
Death
Walter Cave, Rotan, DiesWalter Cave, 82, Rotan rancher and pioneer rancher and pioneer cowboy died at 4 am Tuesday morning in Callon Hospital in Rotan, He had been seriously ill for three weeks.
Mr Cave moved to the Rotan area in 1877 with his parents, when he was only 5. He began his schooling in 1882 when he was 10, but school was broken up for two years by disease and by that time he was old enough to go to work.
On May 5, 1897 Mr Cave married Anna Simmons of Roby. They moved to land he had purchased in the Hobbs community of Fisher County. He started with four section ad finally had eight section which he fenced.
Mrs Cave died in 1904 on Dec 9 1906 Mr Cave married Lavonia Shanks of Hobbs community, who survived him. The Caves lived in that are until moving to their place west of Rotan in 1946. Survivors include five sons, Winifred of Jayton; M L Rotan; J S, J C and Dale all of the Hobbs community: one daughter Mrs Earl Boyer, Rotan; three brother, Emmett of Rotan, Mark, Stonewall county rancher, and Jim of Roby; one sister Mrs. W.W. Barrpm of San Angelo; 17 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
Walter Windell Cave died 12 Oct 1954 Callen Hospital, Rotan, Texas
born 15 Jan 1872 Bell County, Texas
father David Cave born Missouri, mother Jane McGlothin born Missouri
informant Mrs Walter W Cave
cause Carcinoma of Lung Arteriosclerotic, Heart disease
burial Hobbs Cemetery, Rotan Texas; 20 Oct 1954
Endnotes
1. Find A Grave, Findagrave.com, database and digital images (http//:www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .
2. Walter Windell Cave, death certificate no. 49342 (1954), Texas State Registar Office, State Registar office, Austin, Texas.
3. 1910 U.S. Census, Fisher County, Texas, population schedule, Clayton, Enumeration District (ED) 97, sheet 6A, family 91, line 30, Walter W Caves; NARA microfilm publication T624, 1552.
4. 1920 U.S. Census, Fisher County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 4, Enumeration District (ED) 76, sheet 4A, family 65, line 45, W W Cave; NARA microfilm publication T625, 1796.
5. Find A Grave, Findagrave.com, database and digital images (http//:www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .
6. Walter Windell Cave, death certificate no. 49342 (1954), Texas State Registar Office, State Registar office, Austin, Texas.