Family: Lorenzo Dow (Dotson) CAIN / Emzy B. HANES (F18771)
m. Nov 1843-
Father | Male
Lorenzo Dow (Dotson) CAIN
Born 27 May 1821 Died 27 Sep 1905 Tyler Co, WV 
Buried Arnolds Creek Christian Church Cem, Greenwood (Deep Valley), Doddridge Co, WV Married Nov 1843 [1] Tyler Co, (W)VA [1] Father James CAIN | F43591 Group Sheet Mother Ruth DOTSON | F43591 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Emzy B. HANES
Born 9 Aug 1827 Died 24 Nov 1906 Buried Arnolds Creek Christian Church Cem, Greenwood (Deep Valley), Doddridge Co, WV Father Nathan HANES | F43471 Group Sheet Mother Priscilla NIXON | F43471 Group Sheet
Child 1 | Male
+ Edwin CAIN
Born Nov 1844 Tyler Co, (W)VA Died 1925 Buried K of P Cemetery, Hastings, Wetzel Co, WV Spouse Margaret L. "Maggie" SMITH | F35789 Married 6 Aug 1872 Doddridge Co, WV Spouse Mary Rebecca MILLER | F35779 Married 16 Aug 1885 Doddridge Co, WV
Child 2 | Male
+ Nathan CAIN
Born 29 Apr 1846 Tyler Co, (W)VA Died 22 Nov 1932 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Buried Freeman-Coleman Cemetery, Rt 18 N (Crystal Lake), West Union, WV Spouse Elizabeth FREEMAN | F18767 Married 26 Sep 1875 Doddridge Co, WV
Child 3 | Male
Zachariah CAIN
Born 1848 Tyler Co, (W)VA Died 1929 Buried Tyrone Cemetery, Tyrone, Texas Co, OK Spouse Drusilla Perthena SMITH | F49572 Married 18 May 1878 Doddridge Co, WV
Child 4 | Female
Susan Columbia CAIN
Born 18 Feb 1850 Died 14 May 1937 Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Buried Spring Hill Cemetery, Riggs Chapel, Josephs Mills, Tyler Co, WV Spouse Napoleon Pelopidus MARSH | F57797 Married 1872
Child 5 | Male
+ Oliver J. CAIN
Born 2 Oct 1853 Tyler Co, (W)VA Died 17 Apr 1936 Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Buried Arnolds Creek Christian Church Cem, Greenwood (Deep Valley), Doddridge Co, WV Spouse Sarah Edith FERREBEE | F42647 Married 14 Jul 1887 Ritchie Co, WV
Child 6 | Male
Floyd CAIN
Born 10 Nov 1855 Tyler Co, (W)VA Died 20 Jan 1934 Denver, CO Buried (MAUSOLEUM) Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Denver Co, CO Spouse Margaret M. BURNS | F60410 Married
Child 7 | Female
+ Lenora E. CAIN
Born Apr 1857 Tyler Co, (W)VA Died 1947 Buried Arnolds Creek Christian Church Cem, Greenwood (Deep Valley), Doddridge Co, WV Spouse James Oliver BISHOP | F52364 Married 6 Nov 1890 Tyler Co, WV
Child 9 | Female
Beatrice Florida CAIN
Born 21 Sep 1862 Tyler Co, (W)VA Died 27 Nov 1946 Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Buried Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Spouse Albert Maywood GRIMM | F57796 Married 22 Feb 1885 Tyler Co, WV
Child 10 | Male
+ Andrew Jackson CAIN
Born CA 1865 Tyler Co, WV Died Nov 1950 Rockland, Washington Co, OH Buried Spouse Ruhama "Rua" DOAK | F42267 Married 20 Dec 1894 Tyler Co, WV
Child 11 | Female
+ Ida CAIN
Born 22 Jul 1867 Tyler Co, WV Died 4 Jan 1953 Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Buried Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Spouse William BENNINGER | F43584 Married 1 Aug 1907 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
Child 13 | Male
Alva Baxter CAIN
Born 6 May 1874 Tyler Co, WV Died 19 Jan 1896 Deep Valley (Central Station), Tyler Co, WV Buried Arnolds Creek Christian Church Cem, Greenwood (Deep Valley), Doddridge Co, WV
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Notes - Lorenzo Dow Cain, son of James Cain and Ruth Dotson, often used the Dotson surname, most notablly in his marriage record and in the 1850 and 1870 censuses. But Cain was the surname that appeared in all other censuses, in his death record, and on his headstone.
1850 Census, Tyler Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 3 1850:
Lorenzo Dotson, 29, farmer; Emsy, 23; Edwin, 6; Nathan, 4; Zachariah, 2; Susan, 4 (11 ?) months. All born in Virginia.
1860 Census, Tyler Co, Virginia (now West Virginia) (North Bend Mills Post Office), enumerated on Jul 26 1860:
Lorenzo Cain, 39, farmer, value of real estate $1500, value of personal estate $509; Emzy, 32; Edwin, 15; Nathan, 13; Zechariah, 11; Susan, 9; Oliver, 7; Floyd, 5; Leonora, 3.
1870 Census, Tyler Co, WV (Centerville Twp, Middlebourne Post Office), enumerated on Jul 22 1870:
Lorenzo Dotson, 49, farmer, value of real estate $2000, value of personal estate $1000; Emzy, 43; Edwin, 26; Nathan, 24; Zachariah, 22; Susan, 21; Oliver, 18; Floyd, 16; Lenora, 14; Morris, 12; Betrus, 10; Andrew, 8; Ida, 6; Thomas, 4. All born in (West) Virginia.
(NOTE: Most of the children's ages given in this census are at variance with other records.)
1880 Census, Tyler Co, WV (Centerville District), enumerated on Jun 12 1880:
Lorenzo Cane, 59, farmer; wife Emza B, 53; son Oliver, 26; dau Lenora, 22; dau Beatrice, 17; son Andrew, 15; dau Ida, 12; son Thomas, 10; son Alvy, 6; mother-in-law Priscilla Hanes, 87, b. Ohio, widowed.
The next enumerated family was that of Nathan Cane.
1900 Census, Tyler Co, WV (Centerville District), enumerated on Jun 26 1900:
Lorenzo D. Cain, 79, b. May 1821, farmer, married 56 yrs; wife Emzy, 72, b. Aug 1827 in WVa (father b. Maryland, mother b. Ohio), married 56 yrs, mother of 15 children (12 still living); dau Ida, 32, b. Jul 1867, single, no children; grandson David S. Cain, 15, b. Sep 1884. [2]
- Lorenzo Dow Cain, son of James Cain and Ruth Dotson, often used the Dotson surname, most notablly in his marriage record and in the 1850 and 1870 censuses. But Cain was the surname that appeared in all other censuses, in his death record, and on his headstone.
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Sources - [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12016273&Type=Marriage.
- [S1567] Marriage record of son.
- [S2293] Tyler County Marriage Records, Middlebourne, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12016273&Type=Marriage.