www.rootsweb.com/~iabiog/dallas/pp1907/pp1907-c.htm GRANVILLE CAVE Agriculture has always been the basis of prosperity. The products of the soil form the foundation for all commercial activity and the property which pays a sure annual income, more reliable than that of any other investment, is the farm. Among the more successful agriculturists of Union Township is Granville Cave, who is now the owner of two hundred and fifty-three acres of fine land on section 1. He has always made a specialty of raising and feeding stock and in addition his labors in the cultivation of his fields bring him a good return. He was born in this county on the 20th of May, 1861, his parents being John S. and Sarah (Payton) Cave. The father was born in Kentucky, in 1805, while the mother's birth occurred in Ohio in 1823. John S. Cave was married twice and unto his second union there were born five children: Marion, who is living in this county; Caroline, the wife of Joseph Naylor, now in Decatur county, Iowa; Edward, also of Decatur county; Granville, of this review; and one who has passed away. It was in the early '50s that the father came to Dallas county and purchased land, becoming a pioneer settler in a district where all of the evidences of frontier life were to be seen. He undertook the task of developing a new farm and as the years passed by he transformed the place into productive fields. For many years he successfully carried on general farming but his life's labors were ended ill death in 1895. His wife survived him for about eight years and died in 1903. Granville Cave spent his boyhood and youth in his parents' home and at the usual age entered the public schools, where he mastered the common branches of learning, while under his father's direction he received the training in farm work that later qualified him for the conduct of a successful business on his own account. After arriving at years of maturity he was united in marriage to Miss Rhoda De Camp in the year of 1880. She was born in Indiana in 1863 and is a daughter of E. W. and A. E. (Howe) De Camp. Her father was born in Indiana, February 27, 1832, and the mother's birth occurred in New York, September 9, 1842. In his family were fifteen children. Previous to his marriage to Miss A. E. Howe, which occurred in Elkhart county, Mr. De Camp married Libbie Rosier, who died leaving two children: Warren, a farmer of Adams township, Dallas county; and Hiram, a machinist of Topeka, Kansas. The children by the second marriage are: Nettie, the wife of Emery Skinner of Adel; Marshall, of Springfield, Missouri; Mrs. Cave; Silas, of Redfield, Iowa; Lafayette, of Linn township, Dallas county;. Nellie, who died when two years of age; Emma, who passed away when a young lady; Nannie, the deceased wife of Frank Rogers, of Winfield, Kansas; Josie, the wife of J. Bonnett, of Santa Cruz, California; Ida, the wife of Frank Connelly, of Winfield, Kansas; Addie, who married L. A. Rising, also of Winfield, Kansas; Norman, living in Hamilton, Iowa; and Charles, of Adel township, Iowa. It was in the year 1863 that E. W. De Camp came to Iowa, settling in Dallas county, where he resided until 1886. He then removed to southeastern Kansas, where he lived for two years, after which he returned to Dallas county, Iowa, where he also lived for two years. In 1901 he took up his abode in Springfield, Missouri, and purchased a fruit farm. He and his wife are now living in that city and he is practically retired from active business life, having attained the age of seventy-five years. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Cave has been blessed with a son and daughter. The elder, Marvin E., is a graduate of the Redfield high school and is now operating a part of his father's farm. He married Miss Nellie Shoberg. The daughter, Bertha May, is the wife of Sumner Davis, a resident of North Dakota, and they have one son whose name is Marvin. Mrs. Davis taught music for two years previous to her marriage. The home of the family is pleasantly located on section 1, Union township, and the farm comprises two hundred and fifty-three acres of rich and productive land. The place is well tilled and Mr. Cave has made a specialty of raising and feeding stock. He has largely turned over the active work of the farm, however, to others and is now practically living retired, enjoying a well earned rest. His wife is a devoted member of the United Brethren church and both are interested in all that pertains to the moral and intellectual develop- ment of the community. Mr. Cave has served as a, school director for several years and the cause of education finds in him a stalwart champion. In his political views he is a democrat and socially he is, connected with the Modern Woodmen camp, No. 3498, at Redfield. As one of Dallas county's native sons he has a wide acquaintance here and his many good qualities as a business man and citizen have gained for him the warm and unqualified regard of the great majority of those with whom he has come in contact.