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Nancy HICKMAN

Nancy HICKMAN

Female 1784 - 1879  (95 years)

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  • Name Nancy HICKMAN 
    Born 1784  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 27 Jan 1879  Newark, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    • Minnie Kendall Lowther, in "Ritchie County in History and Romance," p. 295, reports that Nancy Hickman Cain died in Newark, Wirt County, on Jan 27 1879 after six years of blindness. But the death date on her headstone is Jan 9 1880, age 96.
    Buried Cain Cemetery, Newark, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I94958  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2020 

    Father Sotha HICKMAN,   b. 10 Jun 1748, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1833  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth DAVIS,   b. 1763, Frederick Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1837, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F55894  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John CAIN,   b. 1779, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jun 1872, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)  [4
    Married 14 Feb 1804  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jul 26 1850:
      John Cain, 72, farmer; Nancy, 67; Booth, 25, farmer; Charity, 22; Jesse, 13.
      (NOTE: Adjoining households were those of John Cain, 36, shoemaker, on one side; and Elias Cain, 28, on the other.)

      1860 Census, Ritchie Co, (W)Va, enumerated on Jun 2 1860:
      John Cain, 78, farmer; Nancy, 75; James, 45.
      (NOTE: In the column labeled "Whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiotic, pauper, or convict," James was indicated as being "Insane from sickness."

      1870 Census, Wirt Co, WV (Clay Twp), enumerated on Jun 27 1870:
      John Cain, 90, retired farmer; Nancy, 87; James, 52.
      (NOTE: Next enumerated household was that of C. H. Cain, 47.)
    Children 
    +1. Jesse CAIN,   b. CA 1812
    +2. John Hickman CAIN,   b. 1814,   d. 28 Apr 1891  (Age 77 years)
    +3. Calvin H. CAIN,   b. 6 Nov 1822,   d. Nov 1905, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     4. Booth CAIN,   b. CA 1825
     5. Charity CAIN,   b. CA 1828
    Documents
    Harrison County (W)Va marriage record
    Harrison County (W)Va marriage record
    Family ID F41047  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2066] 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA.

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 295.

    5. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.