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Willard P Cave
Willard P. Cave, a leading
member
of the Randolph County
bar and
one of the well known
attorneys
of this section of the state
is a native
of Missouri and a
decedent of
pioneers. Mr. Cave was
born at Mexico,
Mo., and is a son of Frank
and
Catherine (Galbreath)
Cave. Frank Cave
was born at Columbia,
Mo., and
was the son of William
and Mary Cave,
pioneer settlers of Boone
County, Mo.
William Cave was~a son
of Richard
Cave who with a brother,
William Cave,
came from Virginia and
settled in
Boone County at a very
early date.
They platted the original
town ot
Smithland, which is now
the city
of Columbia, Mo.
Frank Cave was reared in
Boone County
, attending the University
of
Missouri and was a
graduate of that
institution. When the Civil
War
broke out, he resided at
Natchitoches
Parish, La., where he
enlisted in the
Confederate Army and
served throughout
the war. He died in
Audrain
County, Mo., in 1880, and
his wife
died in 1863 and her
remains are buried
at Caddo, Parish, La.
Willard P. Cave was
educated in the
public schools and in the
Uni-
versity of Missouri, as
were also
his father and son. Thus
three genera-
tions of the Cave family
are graduates
of that institution.
Willard P. Cave began the
practice
of law in 1883 and since
that time
has been successfully
engaged in the
practice in the various
state and
federal courts and has
established
a reputation of being one
of the able,
conscientious and fearless
lawyers of
this section of Missouri.
Mr. Cave was first married
to
Octavia Ficklin, a daughter
of Prof.
Joseph and Penelope
(Terrill) Ficklin,
ve died in 1892 at
Moberly, Mo.
and her remains are
buried at Columbia, Mo.
To Willard P.
and Octavia (Ficklin) Cave
were
born two children as
follows:
Catherine, married
Malcolm McClellan of
Jacksonville, Fla., and
Helen
married Homer Teachenor
of Shelbina, Mo.
Mr. Cave was married the
second time in 1894 to
Miss Fannie Lango
and to this union has been
born
one son, Harold, who is a
graduate
of the University of
Missouri and now
taking a postgraduate
course at Yale.
Harold Cave served in the
World War,
first entering the service as
a
member of an ambulance
unit and
reached France
considerably in advance
of the regular American
Expeditionary Forces.
There were about 28
members of his unit and
after reaching
Paris, they took a vote to
decide
what they would do and
25 of the number,
including Harold Cave,
voted to
volunteer to serve with the
French Army
which they did. They
served in
the sector between
Soissons and Rheims
for the term of their
enlistment.
Later Mr. Cave enlisted in
the United
States navy where he was
serving
when the armistice was
signed.
He has received a letter of
thanks and
a medal in appreciation of
his services
from the French
government.
Willard P. Cave has been
identified
with the welfare and
development
of Moberly and Randolph
County for
nearly 40 years and during
that
period has contributed
much of his
time and talent to the
betterment and
upbuilding of this city and
county.
He has served four terms
as mayor
of Moberly and his
administrations
were successful epochs in
the history
Moberly and marked for
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