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Alva Sheridan Cahill

Male 1884 - 1937  (52 years)


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  • Name Alva Sheridan Cahill 
    Born 8 Dec 1884  Formoso, Jewell County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 May 1937  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2700  Rossville
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2019 

    Father John Alexander Cahill,   b. 28 Feb 1854, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1916, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Margaret Celeste (Maggie) Crouse Cahill Thomas,   b. 10 Feb 1869, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1941, Byron, Big Horn County, Wyoming Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Family ID F794  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Violet Grace Moseley Cahill Cummings Puckett,   b. Jun 1889, Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1957, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Married 1910 
    Children 
     1. Carl Cahill
     2. Walter Cahill
    +3. Chettie Ella Cahill Brady,   b. 6 Nov 1924
     4. John L Cahill
     5. Lucena May Luerania Cahill Miller,   b. 29 Dec 1917
    Last Modified 13 Apr 2016 11:25:31 
    Family ID F795  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Cahill, Alva
    Obituary- Cahill, Alva
    ALVA S. CAHILL
    Alva S. Cahill of Eskridge died early Saturday morning, at Stormont hospital, following a major operation a week ago. Mr. Cahill has been in poor health since last November.
    He was born at Formosa, Kans., in 1884 and was 53 at the time of his death.
    He was a member of the Rossville Methodist Church. In 1910 he married Violet Mosely of Rossville and five children were born to this union.
    Mr. and Mrs. Cahill have spent most of their married life on farms in or near Shawnee county.
    Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Alva S. Cahill; five children, Carl, Walter, and Chettie, of Eskridge; Mrs. Clyde Miller and John Cahill, of Topeka; his mother, Mrs. Maggie Thomas, Topeka; four sisters, Mrs. Eva Burke, and Mrs. Mary Harden of Topeka; Mrs. Rettie Kisinger, Red Lodge, Mont., Mrs. Daisy Bernander, of Oklahoma City; six Brothers, James, Trenton, Mo. Clarence, Semon, S. D., Edward, Woodlake, Neb.; John, Buffalo, N. Y.; Ray, Los Angeles, Calif., and Calvin and Merele, of Powder River, Wyo.
    Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Shellabarger home. Burial in the Rossville Cemetery.
    Relatives from out-of-town in Rossville, Saturday to attend the burial services of Alva Cahill included: Mr. and Mrs. Daisy Bernander of Oklahoma City; Mr. and Mrs. James Cahill of Trenton, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Conley, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Harvey of Topeka.