Biographical Sketch of George C. Cain, Pulaski County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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George C. Cain, one of the wealthiest farmers of Pulaski County, MO.,
was born in 1823 in what is now Pulaski County, and is the only sur-
viving member of a family of four children born to the marriage of
Jonathan and Narcisia (Henson) Cain, who were born in Tennessee in
1797 and 1805, and died in 1834 and 1882, respectively.  They became
residents of Crawford County, MO., in 1820, and were there married
and spent the remainder of their lives.  They were among the very
early settlers and farmers of that region, there being more Indians
than whites in the section at that time.  After the father's death
his widow married a Mr. Riddle, by whom she had four children, only
one of whom (Elias) is still living.  The maternal grandparents,
George and Silence (Whipple) Henson, were Tennesseans, and came to
Missouri in 1819, spending the remainder of their days in Pulaski
County, where George followed the occupation of blacksmithing.  
George C. Cain, whose name heads this sketch, has always resided in
what is now Pulaski County, and received such education as the early
schools of Missouri afforded.  In 1840 he began life for himself as
a farmer, and until 1844 was also engaged in rafting lumber to St.
Louis.  At the latter date he was married to Miss Elizabeth Jackson,
who was born in Tennessee in 1821, and died in 1868, having borne a
family of ten children, seven of whom are now living:  Mary (Mrs.
Underwood), George W., Frances (Mrs. Christeson), Jesse, Linda (Mrs.
Christeson), Thomas and Louisiana (Mrs. Drake).  In 1872 Mr. Cain 
married Miss Rebecca Underwood, a native of Tennessee, born in 1837,
and a daughter of Samuel and Martha Underwood (the former was a 
sailor), by whom he has three living children:  Isaac, Lizzie and
William.  His first wife was a daughter of John and Polly (Hughes)
Jackson, who moved from Tennessee to Missouri in 1841, and there 
engaged in farming.  Only three of their eleven children are now
living.  Mr. Cain made his first purchase of land in 1852, but has
since made purchases from time to time until he has become the owner
of 2,400 acres of good land.  He has given seven of his children two
good farms each, and still has 1,000 acres of his own.  His property
has bewen accumulated by raising corn and feeding it to stock, which
illustrates what can be done in Arkansas by energy and judicious
management.  In 1865 he enlisted in the State Militia, in Company B,
and received his discharge at Waynesville the same year.  He is a
Republican in politics, casting his first presidential vote for 
James K. Polk in 1844.

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