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Edwin CAIN

Edwin CAIN

Male 1844 - 1925  (~ 80 years)

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  • Name Edwin CAIN 
    Born Nov 1844  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Tyler Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1872  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1885  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1880, 1900, 1910  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 6] 
    Died 1925  [2] 
    Buried K of P Cemetery, Hastings, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I99926  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2017 

    Father Lorenzo Dow (Dotson) CAIN,   b. 27 May 1821,   d. 27 Sep 1905, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Emzy B. HANES,   b. 9 Aug 1827,   d. 24 Nov 1906  (Age 79 years) 
    Family ID F18771  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret L. "Maggie" SMITH,   b. 11 Oct 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1885  (Age 31 years) 
    Married 6 Aug 1872  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 9 1880:
      Edwin Cain, 35, farmer; wife Margaret, 27; son Lathrop, 7; son Albert, 4; dau Hattie, 1.
    Children 
     1. Lathrop CAIN,   b. 13 May 1873, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1960, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     2. Albert CAIN,   b. 8 May 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Sep 1904, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
     3. Hattie CAIN,   b. 19 Feb 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1965  (Age 86 years)
    +4. David Smith CAIN,   b. 9 Sep 1884,   d. 24 Jul 1970, Silver Spring, Montgomery Co, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F35789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Rebecca MILLER,   b. 24 Dec 1865, Carroll Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1926, Pine Grove, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 16 Aug 1885  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on Jun 13 1900:
      Edwin Cain, 55, b. Nov 1844, farmer, married 14 yrs; wife Mary R, 34, b. Dec 1865, married 14 yrs, mother of 5 children (3 still living); son Albert, 23, b. Jun 1877, single, day laborer; dau Hattie, 21, b. Feb 1879, single; son William, 14, b. Apr 1886; son James R, 10, b. May 1890; dau Margery L, 7, b. Sep 1892. All born in West Virginia except for Mary, born in Ohio.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on May 3 1910:
      Edwin Cain, 65, b. WVa, farmer, married 24 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Mary R, 44, b. Ohio, married 24 yrs (1st marriage), mother of 5 children (3 still living); son William, 23, b. WVa, single, telephone lineman; son James R, 19, b. WVa, single, farm laborer (home farm); dau Margory L, 17, single; mother-in-law Sarah J. [?] E. Miller, 74, b. Ohio, mother of 2 children (both still living).

      Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Jun 3 1926, in its entirety:
      "Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cain and daughter, Mrs. Margie Dawson, have left the old home farm down Middle Island for Pine Grove, Wetzel County, where they will make their future home."
    Children 
    +1. William Martin CAIN,   b. 5 Apr 1886, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1988  (Age 102 years)
     2. Georgia CAIN,   b. 21 Jul 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1939  (Age 51 years)
     3. James R. CAIN,   b. 2 May 1890, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1912, Deep Valley, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years)
     4. Margery L. "Margie" CAIN,   b. 1 Sep 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1975  (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F35779  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1998] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 190, Line 21 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791227&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2276] 1860 Census, Tyler County, (W)VA.

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

    6. [S2032] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.