Son of Francis Osborne MacTavish and Sarah Gilmor MacTavish. Married first, Harriett A. Stanfield, 16 Nov 1910, in Dillon, Montana. Married second, Thelma E. Dale, who was born 23 Dec 1900 and died 22 Sep 1991. Father of Carroll Dale MacTavish Erringer.
Richard died of tuberculosis at the age of 45 in Tucson, Arizona, after fifteen years of illness.
According to a relative, the epigram "No MacTavish was ever lavish", was a tribute by poet Ogden Nash to a good and beloved friend of his, Richard Caton MacTavish, shortly after Caton's death.
Nash, Caton, H.L. Mencken and several other Baltimore wits gathered once a week to play poker and exchange "intellectual properties" as they called their little soirees. Mencken and Caton had both started careers as newspaper journalist on the same day at the same newspaper. All in the group except Caton had an acerbic sense of humor and they often sent these types of "accolades" to each other.
Caton was the one member of the group who did not engage in these verbal sayings, and they all thought he was, indeed, the aristocratic gentleman of the decade. He came from a prominent family and was raised as only aristocrats in the "400" could be.
Caton watched his pennies most carefully - thus the tribute!
Richard died of tuberculosis at the age of 45 in Tucson, Arizona, after fifteen years of illness.
According to a relative, the epigram "No MacTavish was ever lavish", was a tribute by poet Ogden Nash to a good and beloved friend of his, Richard Caton MacTavish, shortly after Caton's death.
Nash, Caton, H.L. Mencken and several other Baltimore wits gathered once a week to play poker and exchange "intellectual properties" as they called their little soirees. Mencken and Caton had both started careers as newspaper journalist on the same day at the same newspaper. All in the group except Caton had an acerbic sense of humor and they often sent these types of "accolades" to each other.
Caton was the one member of the group who did not engage in these verbal sayings, and they all thought he was, indeed, the aristocratic gentleman of the decade. He came from a prominent family and was raised as only aristocrats in the "400" could be.
Caton watched his pennies most carefully - thus the tribute!
Son of Francis Osborne MacTavish and Sarah Gilmor MacTavish. Married first, Harriett A. Stanfield, 16 Nov 1910, in Dillon, Montana. Married second, Thelma E. Dale, who was born 23 Dec 1900 and died 22 Sep 1991. Father of Carroll Dale MacTavish Erringer.
Richard died of tuberculosis at the age of 45 in Tucson, Arizona, after fifteen years of illness.
According to a relative, the epigram "No MacTavish was ever lavish", was a tribute by poet Ogden Nash to a good and beloved friend of his, Richard Caton MacTavish, shortly after Caton's death.
Nash, Caton, H.L. Mencken and several other Baltimore wits gathered once a week to play poker and exchange "intellectual properties" as they called their little soirees. Mencken and Caton had both started careers as newspaper journalist on the same day at the same newspaper. All in the group except Caton had an acerbic sense of humor and they often sent these types of "accolades" to each other.
Caton was the one member of the group who did not engage in these verbal sayings, and they all thought he was, indeed, the aristocratic gentleman of the decade. He came from a prominent family and was raised as only aristocrats in the "400" could be.
Caton watched his pennies most carefully - thus the tribute!
Richard died of tuberculosis at the age of 45 in Tucson, Arizona, after fifteen years of illness.
According to a relative, the epigram "No MacTavish was ever lavish", was a tribute by poet Ogden Nash to a good and beloved friend of his, Richard Caton MacTavish, shortly after Caton's death.
Nash, Caton, H.L. Mencken and several other Baltimore wits gathered once a week to play poker and exchange "intellectual properties" as they called their little soirees. Mencken and Caton had both started careers as newspaper journalist on the same day at the same newspaper. All in the group except Caton had an acerbic sense of humor and they often sent these types of "accolades" to each other.
Caton was the one member of the group who did not engage in these verbal sayings, and they all thought he was, indeed, the aristocratic gentleman of the decade. He came from a prominent family and was raised as only aristocrats in the "400" could be.
Caton watched his pennies most carefully - thus the tribute!
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