1850 census - Listed as a cooper 1860 census - Kanawha County, WV

Married three times and had a total of 16 children (or 14 children and 2 stepchildren)

Spouses & Children

1. Nancy Susan Baxter

b. May 1821 in Kanawha Co., VA Marriage: 4/25/1840 in Kanawha Co., VA

Children with Nancy Susan (m. 1840)

All born in Poca Twp, Putnam, (West) Virginia.

1. Nancy Susan (4/12/1841-10/3/1880)) m. Samuel Underwood on 2/5/1868
2. Francis Marion (2/12/1842-12/4/1896) m. Susan Swarr b. abt. 1846 on 11/24/1866, d. in Lynden, Washington
3. John Wesley (3/3/1843-2/28/1874) m. Harriett Burdett
4. Mary Jane (3/20/1844-1903) m. Martin Fogarty 10/27/1864
5. Susan (4/12/1847-4/1/1856)
6. Andrew W. (4/30/1849-6/05/1912)
7. Minerva (1850-4/10/1856)
8. James Eli (8/10/1854-7/31/1822)

2. Asinetha Frances Susan Fitzwater

b. in Kanawha Co., WV Marriage:	11/11/1857 in Kanawha Co., WV

===Children with Asineth (m. 1857)=== All born in Poca Twp, Putnam, (West) Virginia.

1. Felix Willington Cavender (10/12/1860-4/29/1931)
2. Almeda Cavender (9/21/1862-10/21/1936) d. in Kanawha, West Virginia
3. Medora Cavender (6/25/1864-9/11/1935) d. in Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia
4. Frances E Cavender (8/19/1866-?)
5. Milton Wills Cavender (9/21/1867-11/19/1931) d. in Kanawha, West Virginia

3. Jennetta "Nettie" Layne Martin

b. About 1849 in Kanawha Co., VA Marriage: in Kanawha Co., WV

Stepchildren? with Jennetta (m. 1899)

1. Thomas Martin Cavender, d. date unknown.
2. Robert Martin Cavender, d. date unknown.

Note: Jennetta would have been 50 when she married John. These children who both have Martin as a middle name may be from one of her previous marriages. Check census records and look for their birth dates.

Note: The second wife of James Wesley Cavender (Margaret Elizabeth Fitzwater) and the second wife of his brother John Willington Cavender (Asineth "Susan" Fitzwater) were sisters.

The name "Willington" must have come from Cavender side of the family because John Willington gave it as a middle name to two sons by different mothers and his brother James Wesley gave it to his son Alexander Wellington Cavender. Could it have been their grandmother's maiden name?

US Census Records

• Census, 1850 - Kanawha Co, VA #1935-1985
• Census, 1860 - Kanawha Co, VA #1254
• Census, 1870 - Kanawha Co, WV Union District #331
• Census, 1880 - Kanawha Co, WV Union District Pg35
• Census, 1900 - Kanawha Co, WV Union Dist.; Enum. Dist. #61; Fam. #122-122