Patrick Cavanagh

    Patrick Cavanagh was born in Ireland September 19, 1826, and is one of the eight children of Frank and Catharine (Pryor) Cavanagh, the name of which children were James (deceased), Patrick, Ellen, Barnard (deceased), Thomas, Francis, Stephen (deceased) and John (deceased). Frank Cavanagh was a farmer and stock-raiser; he also dealt in stock. After he was eighteen years old., Patrick farmed in Yorkshire four years, and thence went to Lancashire. He reached New York, January, 1849, and worked at brick making some time; thence he removed to La Fayette, Indiana and remained two years, whence he took the "Wabash shakes" on account of which he traveled South.

    Mr. Cavanagh was married July 10, 1853 to Mary Keegan, which union was blessed with nine children -Charles F., Mary, Thomas, Ellen, Julia (deceased), James, William, Harvey and Lewis. Mr. Cavanagh is conducting the only saloon in State Line City, where he has resided since 1859. He is a member of the Catholic Church, and universally acknowledged a true gentleman and a good citizen.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.