The newlyweds first lived at 6419 Quincy Ave in Cleveland Ohio and attended St. Edwards RC Church and by 1915 they were living in a place that would become their permanent home at 1028 East 145th St., Cleveland. As members of St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic church in Collingwood John became active in the Knights of Columbus fraternal service organization. It was a neighborhood surrounded by rail yards that witnessed in 1908 the devastating Collinwood School Fire. On Ash Wednesday, March 4th, 1908, 172 children died at one of the deadliest school fire's in American history. The neighborhood was probably still bearing the scars of that tragedy when the Caveney's moved in.
However, as time moved on the community healed and came together for the National Class A Championship baseball game. It was played at Brookside Park (near the current Cleveland Zoo) on October 10th, 1915 between Cleveland's White Motors team and Omaha's Luxus team. The Cleveland attendance set a record that has not been broken since for an amateur baseball game. The crowd had over 100,000 people! The Cleveland White Motors team won 11-6 !
By the 1940’s the area was thriving after being inundated with major corporations such as GE and General Motors. Industrial work provided income for most residents. In later years the division of ethnic groups took a toll on the neighborhood. In the 1970’s the Cleveland Mafia fought a territorial war with the Celtic Club led by Irish gangster Danny Greene. This coupled with the racial riots in Collingwood caused residents to flee to the suburbs. Currently it has been revitalized with a strong arts community.

John T. Caveney’s official cause of death was cerebral hemorrhage on January 9th, 1938.
One of his descendants Kathy S. recalls a conversation her father and mother had about his death. She stated he fell out of a baseball stand and hit his head. Although it was January the Caveney home was a 4 minute walk to the sports fields at Collingwood High School. Perhaps John suffered his fall while resting in their stands or perhaps while his son Joe (James Joseph) was hitting a few balls in the sport he played and excelled in. Cleveland had indoor leagues that played in the city amories as well.

John's funeral service was at St. Joseph’s in Collingwood., Ohio