Samuel James MCKAIN

1872 - 1936  (63 years)

• Name	Samuel James MCKAIN
  Born	28 Apr 1872	Venango Co, PA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1894	Washington Co, PA   [2]
  Census	1900	Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Residence	1916	Columbus, Franklin Co, OH   [3]
  Census	1920	Low Gap (Oil Springs), Johnson Co, KY
  Census	1930	Paintsville, Johnson Co, KY
  Occupation	1900, 1930  [1, 4]
  	oil driller
  Died	28 Jan 1936	Paintsville, Johnson Co, KY   [5]
  Buried	FAIRCHILD CEMETERY	Johnson Co, KY   [5]
  Person ID	I109846	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family	Mary Landora KNIGHT,   b. 14 Apr 1878, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 6 Feb 1949, Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 70 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1894	Doddridge Co, WV   [2]
  Notes	1900 Census, Washington County, Pennsylvania (North Washington Borough), enumerated on 6 June 1900: Mary L. McKain, 22, b. Apr 1878, married 6 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); son James McKain, 4, b. Jun 1895 [sic]; son William David McKain, 1, b. Oct 1898. All born in West Virginia. Mary's husband Samuel was enumerated in this census in West Virginia: 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District), enumerated on 22 June 1900: Albert E. Davis, 50, b. Dec 1849, farmer, cannot read/write, widowed; dau Launa, 22, b. Jan 1878, married 2 yrs, mother of 1 child (still living); son-in-law Haris [sic], age illegible, b. Mar 1879 [sic], teamster, married 1 ys; grandson Rush, 1 b. Nov [sic] 1898; son Lewis E, 26, b. May 1874, teamster, single; son Ira C, 23, b. Feb 1877, teamster, single; son Iven E, 19, b. Jul 1880, farm laborer, single; boarder Samuel J. McKain, 28, b. Apr 1872 in Pennsylvania, oil driller, married; boarder James B. Still, 26, b. Feb 1874 in Pennsylvania, oil tool dresser, single. 1910 Census, Wood County, WV (City of Parkersburg), enumerated on 23 April 1910 at 1238 Swan Street: Mary L. McKain, 33, b. WVa, dressmaker, married, mother of 2 children (1 still living); son William D, 11, b. WVa. Samuel McKain has not been found in the 1910 Census. By the time of the 1920 Census, however, he had remarried (Lydia Myrtle Blanton Williams, widow of Ames Williams) and was living in Johnson County, Kentucky, where he remained till his death in 1936.
  Children	1. James MCKAIN,   b. 27 Jun 1896, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. Nov 1905, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA  (Age 9 years)   2. William David MCKAIN,   b. 2 Oct 1898, Stringtown, Tyler Co, WV ,   d. 17 Aug 1959, Wolf Summit, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F46209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  109846_McKAIN_Samuel-James_1872-1936_DeathCertificate_JohnsonCoKY.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. [S2601] Doddridge County Republican, 11/30/1916. [S1898] 1930 Census. [S161] Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1964 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).