They had seven children while living in Indiana. They moved to Iowa in 1845 and bought 40 acres for $300 in VanBuren County. Three more children were born in Iowa, including William Cass Cavitt.
In the spring of 1864 the family left Iowa in route to the gold fields in the west. They settled in Lade County, California until Judicia's death (Johns mother) in 1867. Family tradition states that William and son William Cass returned to Iowa via the first trans-continental railroad and were witnesses to the driving of the golden spike in Promonotory Point, Utah. Other family members remained in California.
(notes from Lynette Snell)
They had seven children while living in Indiana. They moved to Iowa in 1845 and bought 40 acres for $300 in VanBuren County. Three more children were born in Iowa, including William Cass Cavitt.
In the spring of 1864 the family left Iowa in route to the gold fields in the west. They settled in Lade County, California until Judicia's death (Johns mother) in 1867. Family tradition states that William and son William Cass returned to Iowa via the first trans-continental railroad and were witnesses to the driving of the golden spike in Promonotory Point, Utah. Other family members remained in California.
(notes from Lynette Snell)
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