Capt. Cave Johnson^[1]

circa 1823 - 1876  (~ 53 years)

• Name	Cave Johnson
  Prefix	Capt.
  Born	circa 1823	Tennessee, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	1876	? Hardin county, Texas, USA
  Notes	He was prominent in the early years of Beaumont and owned the first hotel there as well as a store.  He was also a riverboat captain and served as sheriff of Jefferson County.  Cave was a close associate of Captain George O'Brien of Beaumont, and they were related by marriage.  Cave planted an oak switch in Beaumont that he had brought from the Bumstead place on Village Creek.  The switch grew into a huge tree that was called the "O'Brien Oak" because it grew in front of George O'Brien's house.  O'Brien had bought the house from Cave Johnson.  The tree is no longer standing.  Captain O'Brien named a son George Cave O'Brien.     During the Civil War, Cave Johnson and George O'Brien served in "Spaight's Battalion" for the Confederacy.  After the war, Cave Johnson was appointed to make sure that freed slaves were being treated fairly.  Cave Johnson of Beaumont was the nephew of Postmaster General Cave Johnson (of Tennessee), who served in the Polk administration.  Cave Johnson of Beaumont was the grandson of General Thomas Johnson of Tennessee, who fought with Andrew Jackson during the Indian Wars and the War of 1812.     Cave and family were in the Jefferson County census records for 1850 and 1860.  By 1870, they were enumerated in Hardin County, so it is assumed that Margaret Lillian was born there, and that Cave and Margaret Elizabeth died there.     Sources:  Texas census records; several books describing the history of early Beaumont; Hardin County History; family records; obituary of Cave Johnson, Jr. from the Houston Chronicle; Jefferson County and Hardin County vital statistics.
  Person ID	I36873	mykindred
  Last Modified	Jan 10, 2008

  
  

  Father	Dr. Henry Minor Johnson,   d. Y
  Mother	Sallie Green,   d. Y
  Family ID	F18870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Elizabeth Nettles,   b. circa 1831, East Feliciana parish, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 1872, ? Hardin county, Texas, USA  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Married	Bef 1848	? Jefferson county, Texas, USA
  Children	1. Seraphine Wilhemena Johnston,   b. 1848, Jefferson county, Texas, USA ,   d. Y   2. Mary Elizabeth Johnson,   b. Jul 07, 1851, Silsbee, Hardin county, Texas, USA ,   d. Aug 18, 1935, Hardin county, Texas, USA  (Age 84 years)   3. Cave Johnson, Jr.,   b. Apr 04, 1854, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA ,   d. Mar 20, 1941, Houston, Harris county, Texas, USA  (Age 86 years)   4. Texana Johnson,   b. Jun 1856, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA ,   d. Mar 29, 1927, Texas, USA  (Age ~ 70 years)   5. Ida K. Johnson,   b. Jul 20, 1859, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA ,   d. 1918, Texas, USA  (Age 58 years)   6. Violet Johnson,   b. 1861, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA ,   d. circa 1861, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA  (Age 0 years)   7. Florence Johnson,   b. 1863, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA ,   d. 1912, Texas, USA  (Age 49 years)   8. Margaret Lillian "Maggie" Johnson,   b. Feb 26, 1871, Hardin county, Texas, USA ,   d. Dec 23, 1940, Jacksonville, Cherokee county, Texas, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F13270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories		Beaumont, The Story of by Florence Stratton, 1925
  		Bumstead, Mourad Republic Of Texas Service Claims

  
  

• Sources

  [S935] Barrera, Kitty Steele. TX Family Groupsheet for Cave JOHNSON Family http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/famgroupsht/sheets/j/j5250009.txt