Obed Eden CAVENAUGH^{[1, 2]}

1828 - 1862  (34 years)

• Name	Obed Eden CAVENAUGH
  Nickname	Obed
  Birth	5 Mar 1828	Duplin Co, NC   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	30 Jul 1850-1 Jul 1860	Southern Division, Duplin Co, NC   [2, 3]
  	Obed was a farmer, and owned his farm.
  CWSV	3 Mar 1862	Duplin Co, NC   [4, 5]
  	Obed enlisted as a private in the 30th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company E of the Confederate Army.
  Death	1 Jul 1862	Malvern Hill, VA   [6]
  	Obed was killed during the Confederate assault on Malvern Hill on the final day of the Seven Days' Battles. He was 34 years old at the time of his death.
  Person ID	I60401	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	James CAVENAUGH,   b. c. 1782, Duplin Co, NC
  Mother	Rilla (UNKNOWN),   b. c. 1786, Duplin Co, NC
  Marriage	c 1802	Duplin Co, NC   [2, 7]
  Family ID	F6266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary SHOLAR,   b. 14 Feb 1834, Duplin Co, NC d. 26 Dec 1902, Duplin Co, NC (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Emma Eliza CAVENAUGH,   b. 15 Jun 1853, Duplin Co, NC d. 12 Dec 1926, Duplin Co, NC (Age 73 years)   2. Riley Murray CAVENAUGH,   b. 17 Feb 1855, Duplin Co, NC d. 29 Dec 1927, Duplin Co, NC (Age 72 years)   3. Mandy Catherine CAVENAUGH,   b. 24 May 1857, Duplin Co, NC d. 23 Feb 1930 (Age 72 years)   4. James Obed CAVENAUGH,   b. 10 Jan 1859, Duplin Co, NC d. 25 Sep 1940, Duplin Co, NC (Age 81 years)   5. John William CAVENAUGH,   b. 23 Aug 1861, Duplin Co, NC d. 29 Oct 1929 (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F6239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S3092] Eleanor Daphine Smith Draughon, compiler & editor, Draughton, Henderson and Sholar Lineages of Duplin County North Carolina, ((Franklin, NC: Genealogy Publishing Service, 1995)). [S3067] 1850 US Census / Cavenaugh, James. [S3065] 1860 US Census / Cavenaugh, Obed E. [S3086] Obed Cavenaugh Civil War Service Records. Ancestry.com. [S3088] Obed Cavenaugh. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com. [S3087] Obed Cavenaugh file, American Civil War Soldiers; Ancestry.com. [S2085] The Cavenaugh Family of Eastern North Carolina, 1790-1930, online (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jkhoward86/index.htm).