U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Cavendish, Rufus Maxwell (1863-1939) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Braxton County and Central West Virginia by John Davison Sutton Sutton, West Virginia, January, 1919 Pages 364-365 R. M. Cavendish was born in Fayette county, May 12, 1863. His parents, J. M. Cavendish and R. J. Cavendish (nee Deitz), and grandparents, Andrew Cavendish, and Virginia Cavendish (nee McCrung), were natives of Greenbrier county. R. M. Cavendish was married August 9, 1888, to Sallie B. Williams. They have one daughter, Mary Elizabeth; a son, Willie Byron, having died in childhood. Mr. Cavendish taught school for a period of sixteen years, having taught in the public schools, Burnsville Academy, and was superintendent of Sutton schools. He graduated from Summersville Normal with degree of B. S. in 1898. Studied law at the W. Va. University, and was admitted to the bar in 1908. Prof. Cavendish represented Braxton county in the State Legislature, served the people for several years as County Surveyor, and as a Civil Engineer he is very efficient, his services being in great demand. Prof. Cavendish descended from an old and honored family of England, the family imigrating to America about the year 1760. William, the progenitor of the family, settled on the James river, afterward moving to Greenbrier county, and was sheriff of that county. When Kanawha county was formed, he was made the first clerk. His son Andrew was a soldier in the "War of 1812, and was aid-de-camp to the Commanding General at Norfolk, Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Webster County, WV #15388 FULL-NAME: Rufus Maxwell Cavendish BIRTH-DATE: May 12, 1863 BIRTH-PLACE: Fayette County, West Va. DEATH-DATE: November 28, 1939 DEATH-PLACE: at home in Webster Springs, Webster County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Lawyer and Engineer FATHER: John M. Cavendish (born in Greenbrier County, West Va.) MOTHER: Jane Deitz (born in Fayette County, West Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Coronary Occlusion / Arterial Sclerosis INFORMANT: Mrs. R. M. Cavendish (of Webster Springs, W.Va.) BURIAL: Clarksburg, W.Va. (wife of Rufus M. Cavendish) From Death Certificate, Harrison County, WV #10094 FULL-NAME: Sallie B. Cavendish BIRTH-DATE: April 21, 1869 BIRTH-PLACE: Tazwell Co. Virginia DEATH-DATE: August 24, 1947 DEATH-PLACE: St. Marys Hosp., Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: 106 Wood St., Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed (Rufus M. Cavendish) OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Rev. G. H. Williams (born in Va.) MOTHER: Mary E. Scott (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Peripheral Circulatory Collapse INFORMANT: Mrs. Robert Pollard (of Clarksburg, W.Va.) BURIAL: I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Braxton County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/braxton/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------