SIXTH GENERATION

405. Virginia Catherine Dupuy was born on 24 Sep 1828 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. She appeared on the census on 1 Jun 1900 in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri. ⁽⁵⁰⁸⁾ She died on 21 Jul 1901. She was buried in Cayce Family Cemetery, St. Francois County, Missouri.

She was married to Milton Pleasant Cayce (son of Pleasant Cayce and Anna Claybrook) on 6 Nov 1850. Milton Pleasant Cayce was born on 15 Jun 1804 in Charlotte County, Virginia. He appeared on the census on 30 Jun 1860 in P. O. Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri. ⁽⁵⁰⁹⁾ He appeared on the census on 20 Aug 1870 in P. O. Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri.⁽⁵¹⁰⁾ He died on 17 Apr 1888. He was buried in Cayce Family Cemetery, St. Francois County, Missouri.

History of SE Missouri, Goodspeed 1880, page 627

Milton P. Cayce. Prominent among the oldest and most enterprising citizens of Farmington stands the name of Milton P. Cayce, who was born in Charlotte County, VA, June 15, 1804. He is the son of Pleasant and Anna (Claybrook) Cayce. The father was born in Chesterfield County, VA, in 1767 and was a coach maker by trade. He learned his trade in his native county, and about the time he attained his majority, we went to Charlotte County, where he erected a shop and began business upon his own responsibility. In 1830, he immigrated to Missouri, settling in St. Charles County, but in 1834, he moved to St. Francois County and here bought 440 acres of land four miles north of Farmington.

He was one of the pioneer settlers of St. Francois County, and died in 1840. His wife, Anna Claybrook, was born in 1770 in Charlotte County, VA, and died in 1822. Pleasant then married Mrs. Prudence Ellis, who was a native of Lunenburgh County, VA. She died in 1833. He was the father of eight children--six daughters and two sons--two of the children now living, Ann V., widow of John Kennedy and Milton P. The latter spent his early life on the farm, and at the age of thirteen entered a store at Charlotte, VA., and began clerking. He worked here for five years, and the following five years was engaged in the same business at Farmville, Prince Edward County. He served as salesman at Petersburg for eleven years, and in 1830 came to St. Charles County, MO, with his father where he spent two years in tilling the soil. In 1832, he came to Farmington and established a general merchandise store on his own responsibility. Mr. Cayce was constantly engaged in merchandising from 1832 until 1885, a period of fifty-two years, in the smae town and his honesty and integrity were never questioned. He keeps a small stock of goods on hand at present, but for the past three years, he has been too feble to attend to any kind of business. In 1852, he and Ellis Douthit took a contrct for building five miles of gravel road near Farmington and this they completed to the satisfaction of all concerned. The following year, they erected a flouring mill in Farmington at a cost of $5,000, and about 1855 Mr. Cayce bought Mr. Douthit's interest. Mr. Cayce afterward remodeled the mill and greatly enlarged it until it was one of the best mills in Southeast Missouri. In 1874, it was destroyed by fire, and his loss was about $30,000, with no insurance. Mr. Cayce was for many years interested in a blacksmith general repair shop, and in a tanyard and farming. He erected the first icehouse in the county and purchased the first piano. He is now in the eve of a long and prosperous life, and his memory will live in the hearts of the people long after his body has returned to its original dust. January 8, 1830, he married Miss Susan A. Ellis, who was born in Lunenburgh County, VA. November 6, 1814. Three of their children lived to be grown: Adaline F., who died at the age of eighteen; Ellis P., manager of the store of the Iron Mountain Co; and Nettleton D., who died December 24, 1886, at the age of forty-eight. Mrs. Cayce died December 19, 1843, and November 6, 1850, Mr. Cayce married Miss Virginia C. Dupuy, who was a native of Prince Edward County, VA born in 1828. To this union six children were born: Alice J., Elizabeth D. (wife of Martin L. Clardy, member of the Tenth Congressional District of Missouri), Nannie C. (wife of K. W. Weber, attorney and banker of Farmington), J. Harry, Milton P. (cashier of Bank of Farmington), and William D. Mr. Cayce has been a life-long Democrat, casting his first presidential vote for Gen. Jackson in 1828, and has been one of the leading me of the party in St. Francois County for many years. In 1836, he was elected county treasurer, and at the subsequent election was re-elected and held the position for twenty years or until his son, Ellis P., succeeded him. Thus the office of county treasurer has been in the possession of the Cayce family for a period of thirty-eight years, a very unusual circumstance. In 1838, Mr. Cayce was elected sheriff of the county and served two years, when he resigned, and was a member of the constitutional convention of 1861. He is at present president of the Gravel Road Company, of St. Francois County. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he has been a member for sixty years and an elder for fifty-seven years. He is one of its most liberat contributors. He was postmaster at Farmington for two or three years.



Virginia Catherine Dupuy and Milton Pleasant Cayce had the following children:

789 i. Alice Jane Cayce was born on 9 Sep 1851 in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri. She appeared on the census on 1 Jun 1900 in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri.⁽⁵¹¹⁾
+790 ii. Elizabeth Dupuy Cayce.
+791 iii. Anna "Nannie" Claybrook Cayce.
792 iv. James Henry Cayce was born on 1 Jun 1859 in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri. He died on 27 Feb 1891 in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri.
793 v. Virginia Emma Cayce was born on 19 May 1864 in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri. She died on 7 Sep 1864 in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri.
+794 vi. Milton Pleasant Cayce.
795 vii. William Dupuy Cayce was born on 20 Apr 1869 in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri. He died on 9 Jan 1901 in Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri. He was buried in Cayce Family Cemetery, St. Francois County, Missouri.