General Information

Birth
28 FEB 1857
Adair, Iowa, USA
Death
14 JAN 1923
Washington Co, AR
Burial
Norwood Cem, Washington Co, AR

Notes

Delta Mae (Cawthon) Harden remembered places her parents lived while she was a child. She reminisced about the farms of Old Lease, Johnson Switch [now Johnson], Valley Side Farm in Springdale Twp, Spring Valley Farm, and in Siloam Springs, AR.

On the 1900 AR census, John Martin Cawthon is shown to be in Prairie Twp, AR.

Delta especially remembered the Spring Valley Farm, with its big fruit orchards. Her father would but a run-down farm and revitalize it. She remembers the children all crawling on their bellies to cut the brush under the neglected fruit trees. Soon the fruit trees would bear much under John Martin's careful expertise. They lived at Spring Valley Farm only one year. Her father lost the farm and moved to Siloam Springs.

Dabney Leonard, also known as Leo, during the War, in which he was serving overseas, would send home his paychecks in order to help support his father and the farm effort.

John Martin Cawthon even cashed in his insurance policy in an effort to save the loss of the farm. At the end of Leo's service time, he purchased the family farm from his father. A well deserved privilege. [s.9]

John Martin was blind in one eye, and had a severly cut ear from a mining accident in KY [s.9].

He was baptized 1906 at Shady Grove Baptist Church of Christ [s.23].

The land he farmed is now the Northwest Arkansas Mall [s.22].

Parents

Dabney Euell Tobias Cawthon
- Father
1832 - 1884
Birth
5 MAR 1832
Homebuilder and farmer
Death
15 FEB 1884
Salem, Dent Co, MO
Mary Magneline Scrimager
- Mother
1839 - 1905
Birth
27 OCT 1839
Barren Co, KY (became Metcalfe Co in 1860)
Death
27 JUL 1905
Springdale, Washington Co, AR
Burial
Shady Grove Cem, Johnson, AR

Spouse

Virginia Etta Lenox
- Wife
1863 - 1927
Birth
6 JAN 1863
MO
Married
18 MAR 1880
Dent Co, MO
Death
13 JAN 1927
Washington Co, AR
Burial
Norwood Cem, Washington Co, AR

Children

Leonard Dabney Cawthon
- Son
1891 - 1976
Birth
13 JAN 1891
(See Notes for Delta May Cawthon)
Death
10 JUL 1976
Fayetteville, Washington Co, AR
Burial
World War I, France
Ruhamie Magdeline "Hamie" Cawthon
- Daughter
1881 - 1958
Birth
7 OCT 1881
Salem, Dent Co, MO
Death
23 NOV 1958
Akron, Summit, Ohio, USA
Burial
Possibly Ruhamia
Della Lavina Cawthon
- Daughter
Birth
11 AUG 1883
Salem, Dent Co, MO
Death
Salem, Dent Co, MO
Elvira Josephine "Josie" Cawthon
- Daughter
1884 - 1943
Birth
8 OCT 1884
Salem, Dent Co, MO
Death
24 DEC 1943
Tulsa, Tulsa Co, OK
James Alfred Cawthon
- Son
1886 - 1974
Birth
4 DEC 1886
Salem, Dent Co, MO
Death
26 DEC 1974
Nevada, Story Co, IA
Burial
Murphy Cem, Nevada, Story Co, IA
Clyde Vernon Cawthon
- Son
1889 - 1972
Birth
22 MAR 1889
Home Builder, Worker on Burlington Railroad
Death
1 JUN 1972
Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO
Burial
Omaha, NE
Nellie Esther Cawthon
- Daughter
1893 - 1980
Birth
31 OCT 1893
Baptized 1908 at Shady Grove Baptist Church of Christ
Death
14 JUL 1980
Kansas City, Jackson Co, MO
Burial
Masonic Cem (Mt Moriah?), Kansas City, MO
Moses Edward Cawthon
- Son
Birth
14 FEB 1895
Johnson, Washington Co, AR
Death
Johnson, Washington Co, AR
Burial
Appleby Cem, Fayetteville, AR
Dora Minerva Cawthon
- Daughter
1897 - 1989
Birth
11 JAN 1897
Johnson, Washington Co, AR
Death
4 AUG 1989
Marshalltown, Marshall Co, IA
Burial
Marietta Cem, Marshalltown, Marshall Co, IA
Mamie Lillian* Cawthon
- Daughter
1901 - 1963
Birth
8 MAR 1901
Johnson, Washington Co, AR
Death
21 MAY 1963
Pasco, Franklin Co, WA
Burial
Desert Lawn Cem, Pasco, Franklin Co, WA
Delta Mae "Delt" Cawthon
- Daughter
1903 - 1995
Birth
31 OCT 1903
Johnson, Washington Co, AR
Death
19 AUG 1995
Stow, Summit Co, OH
Burial
Greenlawn Memorial Park, Akron, OH
John Calvin Cawthon
- Son
1906 - 1931
Birth
30 SEP 1906
Never married
Death
19 AUG 1931
Leavenworth, KA
Burial
Leavenworth, KA