Person Page 1,028

Ada V. Cavanah^1,2,3

Parents:

Key Events:

• Born: on 17 Mar 1864 in Union Co., Kentucky.^4,5,6
• Married First: Frank Cobb on 3 Feb 1885 in Gallatin Co., Illinois.^7,8
• Married Second: John B. Wild on 2 Mar 1904 in Paducah, McCracken Co., Kentucky.^9,10,11
• Died: on 7 Feb 1929 in Mayfield, Graves Co., Kentucky.¹²
• Buried: on 9 Feb 1929 in Palistine Cemetery, Fulton, Kentucky.¹²

Citations

1. L. D. Cavenah household, 1870 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Kentucky, shows name as Ada V. Cavenah.
2. L. D. Cavanah household, 1880 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Kentucky, shows name as Ada Cavanah.
3. Jules Spuryear household, 1900 U.S. Census, Livingston Co., Kentucky, shows name as Ada V. Cobb. She is listed as sister-in-law of the head of household; also listed is Chess Cavaah and his wife, identified as brother-in-law and sister-in-law of the head of household, implying that one or the other of them is Ada's sibling. Depending on which it is, either the head of household or his wife Vada would also be their sibling.
4. L. D. Cavenah household, 1870 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Kentucky, shows age 6 and state.
5. L. D. Cavanah household, 1880 U.S. Census, Webster Co., Kentucky, shows age 14 and state.
6. Ada V. Wild, Ada V., Certificate of Death, shows date, county, and state.
7. Illinois State Archives, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900, online, record for Frank Cobb and Ada Cavannah, citing vol D pg 272.
8. "Kentucky Tragedy," Grand Forks Daily Herald, 5 Apr 1893, shows married about three years previously.
9. Marriages, Kentucky, state copy, 1904, McCracken Co., John B. Wild and Ada Cobb, shows date, town, and as second marriage for each.
10. Roy L. Cobb household, 1910 U.S. Census, McCracken Co., Kentucky, shows married, second marriage for both, and married six years.
11. John B. Wild household, 1920 U.S. Census, Greene Co., Missouri, shows married.
12. Ada V. Wild, Ada V., Certificate of Death.