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==Background==

==Background==

Cahoon was born in [[Wichita Falls]] to Charles Wilbur Cahoon, Jr. (1897–1979), and the former Sibyl Kell (1899–1991).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index |publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wichita-heritage.org/Newsletter/P%2063413%20WCHS%20Nsltr%20Fall%202009%20Booked.pdf|title=''Heritage Review'', 2009|publisher=wichita-heritage.org|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> His maternal grandfather and namesake, [[Frank Kell]] (December 2, 1859 &ndash; September 17, 1941), a native of Clifton in Bosque County in central Texas, was a diversified businessman and the owner or partner of six regional [[railroad]]s totaling 1,300 miles of track; a major highway in Wichita Falls is named for the family. Cahoon's father was a partner in one of the Kell railroads, the Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad Company of Texas, which serviced part of the Texas Panhandle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqc13|title=Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=April 27, 2013}}</ref> Frank Kell also owned the Wichita Mill and Elevator Company, which he sold in 1928 to General Mills for cash and stock in the latter company. The senior Kell was a director of the [[Federal Reserve Bank]] of [[Dallas]] and a leading entrepreneur and philanthropist in Wichita Falls. In 1885, Frank Kell married the former Lula Kemp. He and his brother-in-law, Joseph A. Kemp, are considered the two principal builders of modern Wichita Falls. Kell and Kemp are names of major streets in Wichita Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fke07|title=Kell, Frank|publisher=''The Handbook of Texas''|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Cahoon's parents and maternal grandparents are interred at Riverview Cemetery in Wichita Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=Cahoon&GSiman=1&GSst=46&|title=Grave Search Results|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>

Cahoon was born in [[Wichita Falls]] to Charles Wilbur Cahoon, Jr. (1897–1979), and the former Sibyl Kell (1899–1991).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wichita-heritage.org/Newsletter/P%2063413%20WCHS%20Nsltr%20Fall%202009%20Booked.pdf|title=''Heritage Review''|date=2009|publisher=wichita-heritage.org|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> His maternal grandfather and namesake, [[Frank Kell]], a native of Clifton in Bosque County in central Texas, was a diversified businessman and the owner or partner of six regional [[railroad]]s totaling 1,300 miles of track; a major highway in Wichita Falls is named for the family. Cahoon's father was a partner in one of the Kell railroads, the Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad Company of Texas, which serviced part of the Texas Panhandle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/eqc13|title=Clinton-Oklahoma-Western Railroad|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=April 27, 2013}}</ref> Frank Kell also owned the Wichita Mill and Elevator Company, which he sold in 1928 to General Mills for cash and stock in the latter company. The senior Kell was a director of the [[Federal Reserve Bank]] of [[Dallas]] and a leading entrepreneur and philanthropist in Wichita Falls. In 1885, Frank Kell married the former Lula Kemp. He and his brother-in-law, Joseph A. Kemp, are considered the two principal builders of modern Wichita Falls. Kell and Kemp are names of major streets in Wichita Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fke07|title=Kell, Frank|publisher=''The Handbook of Texas''|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref> Cahoon's parents and maternal grandparents are interred at Riverview Cemetery in Wichita Falls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=Cahoon&GSiman=1&GSst=46&|title=Grave Search Results|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>

Cahoon was a nephew by marriage of the Wichita Falls attorney [[Orville Bullington]], the Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominee in 1932, having lost to the Democrat Miriam Wallace Ferguson in her second nonconsecutive bid for the office. A son-in-law of Frank Kell, Bullington<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbu18|title=''The Handbook of Texas'' on-line: Orville Bullington|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=June 11, 2010}}</ref> was married until his death to Cahoon's aunt, the former Sadie Kell (1886–1960).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Sadie+Kell_Bullington&event=_wichita+falls-wichita-texas-usa_78666|title=Sadie Kell Bullington|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

Cahoon was a nephew by marriage of the Wichita Falls attorney [[Orville Bullington]], the Republican [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominee in 1932, having lost to the Democrat Miriam Wallace Ferguson in her second nonconsecutive bid for the office. A son-in-law of Frank Kell, Bullington<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbu18|title=''The Handbook of Texas'' on-line: Orville Bullington|publisher=tshaonline.org|accessdate=June 11, 2010}}</ref> was married until his death to Cahoon's aunt, the former Sadie Kell (1886–1960).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Sadie+Kell_Bullington&event=_wichita+falls-wichita-texas-usa_78666|title=Sadie Kell Bullington|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref>

Frank Kell Cahoon lost his namesake grandfather when the boy was only seven years of age. Cahoon graduated in 1952 from Wichita Falls High School along with another future legislator, Democratic state Senator  [[Ray Farabee]] of Wichita Falls. Coincidentally, Cahoon, Farabee, and their wives had a chance meeting in 2006 on a cruise ship in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2007/nov/03/a-man-called-fairabee-getting-started-making-an/|title="A Man Called 'Fairbee': Former Wichita Falls lawyer, legislator known as man of respect"|date=November 3, 2007|publisher=''Wichita Falls Times Record News''|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>​

Frank Kell Cahoon lost his namesake grandfather when the boy was only seven years of age. Cahoon graduated in 1952 from Wichita Falls High School along with another future legislator, Democratic state Senator  [[Ray Farabee]] of Wichita Falls. Coincidentally, Cahoon, Farabee, and their wives had a chance meeting in 2006 on a cruise ship in [[New Zealand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2007/nov/03/a-man-called-fairabee-getting-started-making-an/|title="A Man Called 'Fairbee': Former Wichita Falls lawyer, legislator known as man of respect"|date=November 3, 2007|publisher=''Wichita Falls Times Record News''|accessdate=March 13, 2011}}</ref>

Cahoon and his wife, the former Paula Powers (born November 11, 1935), both graduated in 1957 from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]. His degree was in [[geology]]. Cahoon originally attended the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, [[Colorado]], but he transferred after his freshman year to UT in Austin. He met Paula, who was enrolling at UT at that time, in [[Abilene]].<ref name=obit/>​

Cahoon and his wife, the former Paula Powers (born November 11, 1935), both graduated in 1957 from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]. His degree was in [[geology]]. Cahoon originally attended the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, [[Colorado]], but he transferred after his freshman year to UT in Austin. He met Paula, who was enrolling at UT at that time, in [[Abilene]].<ref name=obit/>​