CAVE, Robert W. - 1914

CAVE, BRYANT, HANHAM, GREEN

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Date: 7/8/2009 at 15:21:12

HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

ROBERT W. CAVE.

Robert W. Cave, who owns three-quarters of a section of land in Amherst township, has been connected with agricultural interests of Cherokee county since 1885, winning in the interval a success which places him among the substantial and representative farmers of this community. He was born in Jackson county, Iowa, July 4, 1862, and is a son of Robert and Eliza (Bryant) Cave, natives of Somersetshire, England. The father came to America when he was very young and located in Ohio, where he remained for some time. He afterward moved to Jackson county, this state, and there engaged in farming until his death, which occurred in 1873. His wife survived him many years, dying in May, 1895.

Robert W. Cave was reared and educated in Jackson county, Iowa, and remained there until he was twentytwo years of age. In 1885, in company with Joseph Hobbs, he came to Cherokee county and he here purchased one hundred and sixty acres on section 18, Amherst township, bending his energies to its improvement and development. From time to time he added to his holdings until he now owns threequarters of a section, which he operates according to the most modern and practical methods. He also owns a quarter section of land in South Dakota. In addition to general farming, Mr. Cave is also a well known dealer in horses, being a partner of D. S. Twogood, of Marcus, in this line of activity. He is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator Company, of Marcus, and a man of recognized business discrimination and ability.

On the 2oth of January, 1885, Mr. Cave married Miss Rose Hanham, a daughter of John and Mary (Green) Hanham, natives of Somersetshire, England. The father was a carpenter and wagon maker in that country and in 1880 he came to America, locating in Jackson county, Iowa, where he worked at his trade until 1888. In that year he moved to Marcus, this county, and has followed carpentering and wagon making there since that time. He has reached the age of seventysix and his wife is eighty years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Cave became the parents of five children: Ernest, who died February 22, 1904; Stanley, aged twenty-six; Gladys, twentyfour; Ralph, twentyone; and Merle, fifteen.

Mr. Cave gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has held positions of trust and responsibility, serving as trustee of the township for seven years and as road supervisor and school director. He attends the Methodist Episcopal church. His life has been one of well directed energy and intelligent activity, resulting in the attainment of a fair measure of success, and wherever he is known he is respected by reason of his genuine personal worth.