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Some Descendants of Matthew
Being a descendant of Matthew, my focus has been on his descendants.
For example, a son of Matthew, George Cabaniss, moved from Virginia
to Georgia and, in about 1805, built his home in Jones County,
Georgia. As the result of the home's uniqueness, it was recently
purchased by the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, Inc.,
in an effort to halt it's deterioration. For a newspaper article
with photos, download a pdf
file (284k). By the way, The DAR Patriot Index, Centennial
Edition, Part I, 1990, lists both Matthew and his son George
as having provided patriotic service between 1774 and 1783.
George (son of Matthew) had eleven
children, ten of them by his second wife, Palatea
Harrison. Palatea Harrison was, according to Allen Cabaniss,
daughter "of Henry and Elizabeth (Avery) Harrison, hence
first cousin of President William Henry Harrison..." One
of these children was Elbridge Gerry Cabaniss who served as a
judge in various Georgia courts. One of Elbridge Gerry Cabaniss'
children was Thomas Banks Cabaniss. Thomas Banks Cabaniss, a
lawyer, held various political offices and a town in Pittsburg
County, Oklahoma (Cabaniss,
Oklahoma) was named after him (see map).
One of Elbridge Gerry Cabaniss'
grandchildren was Edward Harman Cabaniss. Edward Harman Cabaniss
enjoyed a successful legal practice in Alabama and served briefly
in that state's senate.
One of Edward Harman Cabaniss'
children was Robert Wright Cabaniss. In the 1940s, a U.S. Naval
airfield (Cabaniss Field in Nueces County, TX) was named
after this ggg grandson of Matthew Cabaniss. Robert Wright Cabaniss, a 1906 graduate of
the U.S. Naval Academy, was the navy's 36th qualified naval aviator.
The field is has little aviation usage today, except for an occasional embarrassment.
Download a pdf
file (287k) to see what the U.S. Naval Academy provided me
concerning Robert Wright Cabaniss.
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