St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Cain, Helen Amanda nee Platt - February 4, 1915
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source: Confederate Veteran Magazine - 1915

Mrs. I. H. Cain

On February 24, 1915, Helen Amanda Platt, beloved wife of I. H. Cain, was 
called from this earthy life. Mrs. Cain was born at Woodville, Miss. Her 
father was a New Yorker and her mother was Miss Annie Morris, of 
Mississippi.

Mrs. Cain was born and reared under splendid environments, such as the 
wealthy planters of the South possessed before the war and received her 
education in New Orleans. Just prior to the war her father Jonas Platt, and 
family moved to Pointe Coupee Parish. In 1868 there came to Pointe Coupee 
Parish from Mississippi a young ex-Confederate soldier, I. H. Cain by name, 
and settled upon his father's plantation, near Mr. Platt's. In the early 
spring of 1868 the Confederate soldier scarcely twenty-one years old, met 
the beautiful Miss Helen Platt, and they were married in 1869.

In the spring of 1898 Mr. and Mrs. Cain and family moved to their Clarissa 
plantation, near Opelousas, La., which had since been their home.





source: St. Landry Clarion (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, February 27, 1915, Image 1

Mrs. I. H. Cain Dies At Leonville.

Mrs. Helen Amanda Platt, wife of I. H. Cain, prominent planter of the 
Leonville neighborhood, died at the family residence about six miles from 
this city on Wednesday evening at 5:35 o'clock.

Mrs. Cain had been ill for quite a while, but her death came as a shock to 
the many friends of the family in this city, where both Mr. and Mrs. Cain 
are well known.

The funeral took place from the family residence on Thursday afternoon at 2 
o'clock; services were held at the Episcopal Church in this city at 4 
o'clock of the same evening and interment was made in the Protestant 
Cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. Cain were formerly prominent residents of Point Coupee parish, 
coming to this parish several years ago, they settled near Leonville, where 
Mr. Cain became prominent as a prosperous farmer. During the time that the 
negroes were allowed to vote in St. Landry. Mr. Cain was an ardent supporter 
of the White Supremacy cause, which endeared him to hundreds of citizens of 
St. Landry.

The deceased leaves a husband and several children, besides countless 
friends to mourn her departure.



*Additional Comments*: Helen Amanda Platt Cain is buried in the Myrtle Grove 
cemetery located in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, LA.

www.findagrave.com memorial # 132676538




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