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John H. Cabiness, father of Henry Y. Cabiness
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Shelly has a mystrey that's spanned years and wants to solve
it. Can you help place John H. Cabiness, father of Henry Y. Cabiness?
- by Shelly Murphy (ssmurphy5@hotmail.com)
- March 5, 2000
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I am searching for information on John H. Cabiness. He is
the father of Henry Y. Cabiness, who was born approximately 1838.
Henry was married twice. On Henry's marriage certificate for
his first marriage to Sarah E. Allen on November 16, 1860, it
lists Henry's parents as John and Elizabeth Cabiness. Henry was
married in Halifax County, VA, where he was listed as a resident
on his marriage license. Henry and Sarah had two children, daughters,
Luna, b. 1866 and Mary Elizabeth, b. 1869, who later marry Puryear
brothers, William Henry and Alexander, respectively. On the certificate
for Henry's second marriage to Mary Jane Curran Williams in June
of 1872, his parents are listed as John H. and Lisa Cabiness
(both dead). This marriage took place in Granville County, NC.
It is my feeling that the difference in the mother's name for
both his licenses is merely a misinterpretation by a transcriber.
I do believe that John only married once and his wife's name
was Elizabeth.
Henry enlisted in the Confederate
army in July, 1861, in Halifax. He was still in Halifax at the
time of the 1870 census. He is married two years later, however,
in Granville County, NC, where it is believed he lived for some
time before moving back to Virginia to reside and eventually
die and be buried on a farm in Skipwith, VA (Mecklenburg Co).
According to Henry's daughter, Luna's, death certificate, she
and her father were both born in Granville County, NC. It is
my belief that she was probably born in Halifax County, considering
her parents married there and were still there 10 years after
their marriage. Her father, however, may very well may have been
born in Granville County.
I have no information regarding
any other children of John and Elizabeth Cabiness. Based on the
information I have with regard to my Cabiness relatives, they
have been documented in Halifax, VA, Mecklenburg, VA and Granville
County, NC. It has been believed, based on notes in my late great-grandmother's
family journal, that my Cabiness line descends from Matthew Cabiness,
Sr. This, however, has yet to be proven. I am missing a generation
of the Cabiness family to determine if that is true.
If anyone can help me locate any information on John and Elizabeth,
I would be grateful as this would solve a mystery that has spanned
the years of my research. I can be reached at ssmurphy5@hotmail.com.
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