Patrick Cavanaugh

CAVANAUGH, HALLIGAN

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 9/5/2014 at 09:29:38

SAD TIDINGS
Death of Old Resident of Davenport at Cloquet Minn.

Saturday morning W.P. Halligan received a telegram from Cloquet, Minn., conveying the sad tidings of the death of Patrick Cavanaugh, superintendent of the Cloquet Lumber Company. Mr. Cavanaugh's home was in this city, and he spent the Christmas vacation here being then apparently in excellent health. The cause of death was heart failure.
Patrick Cavanaugh was born in Queen's County, Ireland, Aug. 6, 1827, so that he was in his seventy second year. He came to this country and was married in Louisville, coming to Davenport a couple of years later, on July 2, 1856. He was an engineer and was first employed at the old J.M.D. Burrow's mill at the foot of Perry street, well known to all old residents of this city. After he was engineer of the French and Davies saw mill, later the J.L. Davies mill. After Mr. Davies' death, he went to the Renwick, Shaw and Crossett mill, where he remained until the firm retired from business. Then he went with Geo. S. Shaw to Cloquet, Minn., for the Cloquet Lumber company. This was about fifteen years ago. For the last five or six years Mr. Cavanaugh was superintendent of the mill.

Mr. Cavanaugh was a very active and energetic in his chosen field of labor. He was an upright and respected citizen and had the esteem of all who knew him. He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife Mrs. Mary Cavanaugh, one daughter, Mrs. W.P. Halligan, and one son, John E. Cavanaugh, who was in Cloquet at the time of his father's death, he also being connected with the lumber interests in that region. Four sisters also survive, Miss Ann Cavanaugh, Mrs. Patrick Sheahan, and Mrs. Henry Hansen, all of this city and Mrs. Robert Moran of Waterbury, Conn.

The remains will arrive in Davenport Monday morning via the Rock Island railway at 5:42 o'clock. The funeral will take place Tuesday morning from the family home, 702 Farnum street with services at Sacred Heart Cathedral at 9 o'clock. Interment will be in St. Marguerite's cemetery.

Source: Davenport Daily Leader; Davenport, Ia., 05 Feb 1899, p. 12.