Individual Details
(October 1, 1819 - February 28, 1890)
1850 Census Agriculture Schedule: James Caviness had 50 acres of improved land and 14 acres of unimproved valued at $450.00. He had $100.00 worth of farming implements and 7 horses, 9 milch cows, 4 working oxen, 20 other cattle, 5 sheep and 120 swine worth $980.00. His farm had produced 15 bushels of wheat, 800 bushels of Indian corn, 30 bushels of oats, 6 lbs. of rice, 15 bushels of Irish potatoes, 15 bushels of sweet potatoes and 25 lbs. of butter. No value was listed for this produce and his slaughtered livestock was listed at $25.00.
1870 Lamar County, Texas census, Beat No. 1, Paris Post Office, taken 30 August 1870, Dwelling/Family #381/433: Jas CAVINESS, 52, male, white, farmer, real estate $1500, personal estate $800, Tennessee; R. CAVINESS, 48, female, white, keeping house, Alabama (NOTE FROM RALPH TERRY: R. is Rebecca Arnold Gaines, widow of Felix Grundy Gaines); Mary CAVINESS, 16, female, white, Arkansas; M. W. CAVINESS, 14, male, white, Arkansas; R. F. CAVINESS, 11, male, white, Arkansas; P. F. GAINES, 16, female, white, Arkansas.
Events
| Birth | October 1, 1819 | Sumner County, Tennessee | | | |
| Marriage | Bef 1841 | Mary Ann Gaines | | | |
| Marriage | Aft 1862 | Rebecca Arnold | | | |
| Death | February 28, 1890 | Lamar County, Texas | | | |
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