Cavanaugh, Morris J. c1880 – 1917

KAVANAUGH, CAVANAUGH

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Date: 4/5/2026 at 13:46:02

Source: Decorah Republican Feb. 15, 1917, P4 C4

Death of Former Ossian Lad.

{Waukon Democrat.}
Acquaintances of M. J. Kavanaugh, cashier of the Farmers’ State Bank at New Albin, were grieved to hear of his sudden death Sunday, which is said to have been caused from ptomaine poisoning due to eating some sausage a few days before. He was taken ill at the bank Saturday and his illness was so severe that he was unable to be moved from the building. He was a single man 37 years of age.

Source: Decorah Republican Feb. 15, 1917, P5 C3 (Ravena News)

Several from this vicinity attended the funeral of Morris Cavanaugh last Wednesday

Source: Decorah Republican Feb. 15, 1917, P7 C2

On Wednesday morning at ten o’clock at St. Francis church, Rev. ThIltgen officiating, occurred the funeral of M. J. Cavanaugh. The deceased was taken suddenly and coming to one in the prime of life was a blow to the bereaved relatives and friends. Mr. Cavanaugh was cashier of the New Albin Farmers’ Savings bank for the past seven years, which position he creditably filled to the time of his demise on Sunday, Feb. 4, at ten o’clock a. m. The bereaved have the sympathy of all who knew him in their sorrow.
Those from out of town who attended the M. J. Cavanaugh funeral were:--From Clermont, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Calahan and sons Bert, Joe and Frank and daughters, Marion and Winifred, Jas. and Tom Powers, T. Cavanaugh, Mrs. Leo Rounds, Mrs. Dan Burke, F. Teehy, L. H. Carlin, Paul Flynn, Mrs. J. H. Sheehy, Mrs. John Sheehan, Miss Nell Cavanaugh; from Mason City, Mr. and Mrs. Calahan, Mr. McCue P. H. Calahan Geo. and Harry Calahan; Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Berry from McGregor, Mrs. G. Peaslee from Cedar Rapids; from New Albin Mrs. Martin, Albert Kuhn, Jerry Hurley, Mrs. John Ryan, Mrs. D. Calahan and Mary and P. A. O’Neal from Mason City, D. Calahan from Cartersville, Mrs. O. G. Olson and son, Omaha, Neb., Jas. Calahan, Blooming Prairie, Mayme Holohan, New Hampton, Leo. Figge, Waterloo, J. W. Meyer, J. A. Coleman, Dubuque, Dr. W. Bannon and Belmond O’Connell, LaCrosse, Wis., Mrs. Ryan, Waukon, Ray Garvey, Austin, Minn.

Transcriber’s Note: The name is spelled two different ways.