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Submitted: 6/8/14 • Approved: 7/21/18 • Last Updated: 7/21/18 • R1011086-G0-S3
PRIVATE
Company A 1st Cherokee Mounted Rifles
Civil War Confederate
January 7, 1844 - April 20, 1913
*Source: Confederate Veterans Buried in Benton County Arkansas by William W Degge & Dorothy Ruth Miller.
*Obituary
Benton County Democrat
Thursday, May 1, 1913
CAWOOD, Thomas C. - (from Maysville) Just as the golden sun was disappearing over the western horizon and the last gleam of day was fading away on Sunday, April 20, the life of our beloved citizen, T.C. Cawood, passed into the realm beyond at the age of 69 years, 3 mos. and 13 days. He was born in Maysville, Arkansas Jan. 7th, 1844 and was the youngest of three children. He has resided in our little hamlet continuously, except for a period during the Civil War when he served in the Southern Army. Shortly after the Civil War he was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Dam to which union was born six children, two of which have gone on before. He leaves a wife and four children, Mrs. John Jackson of Bentonville, Mrs. Opal Cravens of Gravette, T.C. Cawood, Jr. and Mrs. Rex James of Maysville, besides a host of friends who mourn his loss.
*Obituary
Gravette News-Herald
Friday, April 25, 1913
Thomas Cawood, pioneer citizen of Maysville, died at his home in that village Sunday, April 20th, aged about 70 years, the result of pneumonia and complications. Mr. Cawood has figured in many of the enterprises of Maysville and vicinity and was prosperous and a man with a host of friends in this country. The funeral occurred Monday from the family residence. Besides the wife, one son, Tom Cawood, Jr. and three daughters, Mrs. E.F. Cravens of Gravette, Mrs. Rex James of Maysville and Mrs. John Jackson of Bentonville survive; all of whom have the sympathy of the community.
*Obituary
Benton County Democrat
Thursday, April 24, 1913
CAWOOD, T. - Word was received here Sunday evening that T. Cawood of Maysville, father of Mrs. John Jackson, had died of pneumonia. She had been with him for ten days. Her husband and children left Monday morning to attend the funeral. We extend sincere condolence to the family members.
Contributed on 6/8/14 by judyfrog
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