Doddridge County Roots

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James A. CAIN

James A. CAIN

Male 1851 - 1922  (71 years)

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  • Name James A. CAIN 
    Born 1851  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • The 1900 Census shows birth date as Dec 1852, while 1850 is given in his death record. But birth date on headstone is 1851. Marital status "widowed" in death record is presumed to be a clerical error.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1873  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880, 1900  Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation lumberman  [3
    Died 4 Dec 1922  Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Buried Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 27 1860:
      Catharine Cain, 62; Reason, 30; Dowlinda, 25; Nancy, 25; Washington, 37; James A, 8; Melvena L, 5 months; Mary, 41, Edy (female), 39.
      (Note: Household members are given here in the same sequence as they appear on the census form. All have the Cain surname. Relationships not indicated.)

      1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Clay Twp), enumerated on Jul 28 1870:
      Dorinda Cain, 33; Nancy, 33; Eda, 50; James, 18; Eliza, 10; Elba, 8; Florence, 8; Salome, 4; Oky J, 3; Wirt (or West), 2; Annie M, 3 months.
      (Note: Relationships not indicated. All were listed with the surname Cain, and all born in Va/WVa.)

      1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 12 1880:
      James A. Cain, 28, farmer; wife Mary A, 28; son Emery, 4; dau Etta, 2; brother Wirt, 12.

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 14 1900:
      James A. Cain, 47, b. Dec 1852, farmer, married 27 yrs; wife Mary A, 48, b. Feb 1852, married 27 yrs, mother of 6 children (5 still living); dau Etta S, 21, b. Mar 1879, teacher; dau Dollie M, 16, b. Sep 1883; dau Eva S, 14, b. Sep 1885; son Ralph, 10, b. (month illegible, prob Mar or May) 1890; brother Wirt W, 31, b. Aug 1868, music teacher, single.
    Person ID I50147  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Aug 2014 

    Mother Dorinda CAIN,   b. CA 1835, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1897, Leeson Run (Greenwood), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Family ID F33957  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann BOND,   b. Feb 1852, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1932, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Married 4 May 1873  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Emery CAIN,   b. CA 1876
     2. Etta S. CAIN,   b. Mar 1879
     3. Dollie M. CAIN,   b. Sep 1883
     4. Eva S. CAIN,   b. Sep 1885
     5. Ralph CAIN,   b. 1890
    Family ID F33956  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 Dec 1922 - Spencer, Roane Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mt. Harmony Masonic Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    50147_CAIN_JamesA_1851-1922_DeathCertificate.jpg
    50147_CAIN_JamesA_1851-1922_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    4. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 196 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791470&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as James A. Cain, 21, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of Dorinda Cain; and Mary A. Bond, 22, b. Doddridge Co, res. Tyler Co, dau of Butler & Eliza Bond. Married May 4 1873 in Doddridge County.