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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS A/ James Augustus Seab Jr., b 14 Sep 1943, Columbus, GA, Fort Benning; m 1 Sep 1984 Lisa Johnson, b 10 Jan 1951 Bethesda, MD, dau of Henry and Loraine Johnson of Newton, MA. Jim has a medical degree in Pathology, is head of pathology at Walter Reed Hospital. B/ John Christopher Seab, b 3 June 1948 (twin), Heidelberg, GER; m Virginia "Jenie" Hazel, dau of Raymond and Joan (Eggler) Hazel a/ Kim Marie-Seab, b 24 July 1978, Bedford, OH C/ Joseph Philip Seab, b 3 June 1948 (twin), Heidelberg, GER; m Shioko Kuroi (or Kurio), dau of Takeko and Karji Kurio. Her father is a retired general of the Japanese Navy, living in Nakaka, Yotohama, Japan. Shirko was born and educated in Japan, has a son of a previous marriage. Phil is a family practitioner in the San Francisco, CA area. a/ Benjamin Satoski Seab, b 3 May 1982. D/ Charles Gregory Seab, b 26 May 1950, Fort Benning, GA, has Phd in Astro-physics; m 9 May 1979 Boulder, Co, Peggy Rose McConnell, dau of Arthur J. and Shirley (Duffy) McConnell of New Orleans. a/ Jenna Rose McConnell-Seab, b 15 Aug 1982, Boulder, CO. All four of these boys graduated from LSU Cum Laude, and went on to obtain higher degrees. 6/ Dorothy Mae Seab, b 24 June 1925, Vidalia, Concordia Par., LA; m 1st Rodney Ray White, b 31 Aug 1922, Tyronza, AR, son of Claude Earl White and Maxie Lee Estes, div.; m 2nd 39 Jan 1948, Vidalia, LA William Arthur Ward Jr., b 8 Dec 1925 Biloxi, MS, son of William Arthur Ward Sr and Ella Lousarah Reed. One child by White, adopted by Ward. A/ Patricia Ann Ward, b 12 Mar 1944 Natchez, MS; m 18 Dec 1965, Natchez, MS, Richard Thomas Junkin Sr. and Rose Kelly Lambert. a/ Richard Thomas Junkin III, b 28 Oct 1966, Natchez, MS. b/ Gina Patrice Junkin, b 26 Sep 1969, Natchez. c/ John Ward Junkin, b 24 May 1971, Natchez. d/ Jana Kathrine Junkin, b 29 Apr 1978, Natchez. h) John Hemby Seab, 8th child of August and Laura (Hemby) Seab, b 29 Dec 1887 Fr.Co., d 27 Sep 1898, Fr.Co., bur Seab-Hemby Cem. He died of diabetes. The picture of him which appears later was taken shortly before he died. i) Laura Virgil Seab, b 10 Jan 1890 Fr.Co., d 25 June 1971 Pasadena, TX; m 24 Dec 1916 (Fr.Co. 5-154 by Jas. A. Chapman, M.G.) (Dr.) Oscar Thomas Loflin Sr., b 14 July 1888 Rankin Co., MS, d 18 Sep 1965 Ferriday, Concordia Par., LA, both bur Natchez Cem., son of James Andrew Loflin and Sue Walker. He was a dentist, practicing in Bude and Natchez. Page 241 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS 1/ Eunice LaNell Loflin, b 25 Oct 1917 Bude, MS, m 13 Mch 1943 Natchez, MS (Rev.) Allyn Knight Wadleigh, b 1 June 1917 Norwich, CT, son of William Lincoln Wadleigh and Agnes Haley. A/ Allyn Ashton Wadleigh, b 1 Oct 1952 MS, d 3 Oct 1952, adopted. B/ Allyn Loflin Wadleigh, b 12 Apr 1951, Worcester, MA, adopted; m Linda ___ a/ David Allyn Wadleigh, b Apr 1975 C/ Suzanne Loflin Wadleigh; b 2 Nov 1953, Birmingham, AL, lived Palm Springs, FL 2/ Doris Evleyn Loflin, b 1 Jan 1920 Bude, MS; m 10 Sep 1941 Lufkin, TX Darwin Truett Cook, b 12 May 1918 Lufkin, TX, son of William Newton Cook and Mattie Laura Stanley A/ Joan Evelyn Cook, b 28 Oct 1950 Houston, TX B/ Anne Belle Cook, b 1 Sep 1953 Houston, TX 3/ Oscar Thomas Loflin Jr., b 23 Nov 1921 Bude, MS; m 28 Jan 1950 Natchez, MS Ruby Jeanette Smelling, b 21 Dec 1921 Calhoun, LA, dau of Charles Newt Smelling and Leila Mae Bryn. Oscar Jr. is a dentist in Natchez. A/ Oscar Thomas Loflin III, b 1 July 1953 Natchez. B/ Elizabeth Ann Loflin; m 23 June 1979 Natchez, Stephen Edwin Parey, son of Stephen Parey of Pittsburg, PA. 4/ James Andrew Loflin, b 7 Nov 1923 Bude, d 28 Jan 1928. 5/ Laura Sue Loflin, b 19 Sep 1925 Bude; m 3 Aug 1946 Greenville, NB John Russell Booth Jr, b 8 Apr 1921 Acona, Holmes Co., MS, son of John Russell Booth Sr. and Anne Ethel Hammett A/ Laura Ann Booth, b 3 Oct 1949 Lexington, Holmes Co., MS B/ Susan Mignonne Booth, b 9 Dec 1950 Lexington, Holmes Co., MS C/ John Russell Booth III, b 4 Oct 1953, Clarksdale, Coahama Co., MS 6/ Joyce Elizabeth Loflin, b 17 Apr 1928 Bude, m 14 Oct 1950 Natchez, MS Charles Jack Haley, b 4 Dec 1926 McComb, MS, son of Albert Daniels Haley and Marie Louise Bridges A/ Charles Jack Haley Jr, b 6 Oct 1951 Natchez, MS B/ James Loflin Haley, b 9 July 1952, Vallejo, CA B) Anne V. Hemby, daughter of Dennis Hemby, b Feb 1 50 Fr.Co. MS, d 1940 Istrouma (section of Baton Rouge) LA, lived Vicksburg, MS; m 7 Oct 1868 (Fr.Co. 5-7 by S. Buffkin, John Pritchard bondsman) John Monroe Godley, b Aug 1944 MS. Her obituary reads, source and date lost: MRS. GODLEY, 90, DIES HERE. Mrs. Anne Hemby Godley, 90, died at 10:20 p.m. yesterday at her residence, 2960 Pocahontas Street in Istrouma, following an illness of three days. Mrs. Godley was the widow of the late J.M. Godley...Mrs. Page 242 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS Godley is survived by one brother J. D. Hemby of Greenville MS; two daughters, Mrs. Annie Hammond and Mrs. Alice Shingleur, both of Baton Rouge, three sons R.S. and W.B. Godley, both of Vicksburg, MS and the Rev. J.M. Godley of Bryan, TX; 16 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren... Censuses read: 1860 Fr.Co. p.238 #14 Jane Hall 54 f LA; Rufus Ford 23 m surveyor MS; Monroe J. Godley 15 m MS. Poor census. 1880 Fr.Co. MS Beat 2, Hamburg p.36 #114 J.M. Godley 35 MS UN MS, Anna V. wife 29 MS.MS MS; Anna L. dau 10; Robert St.E. son 8; Willie B. son 6; Alice L. dau 1. 1900 Fr.Co. p.22 Beat 1, Roxie on 4 First St. #9 Godley, J.M. Aug 1844, 55 md 31 yrs MS NC MS, house carpenter; A.V. wife Feb. 1850 50 md 31 yrs 7 children 5 living MS MS MS; W.B. son Mar 1874 26 single; A.L. dau June 1877 21. 1910 Warren Co., MS p.229, Vicksburg on Washington St. #2714 Godley, John M. 65 md once 41 yrs MS UN UN; railroad carpenter, Annie V. 60 md once 41 yrs 7 ch 5 living MS MS MS; William B. son 36 single, railroad carpenter; ___ Illegible (Shingleur?) A lice L. dau 31 md once, 7 yrs 4 children 2 living MS MS MS; James A. son in law 26 md (twice?) 7 yrs GA GA GA; James A. grson 3 MS GA MS; John Godley, grson 2; Hemby, James C. brother in law 57 wd MS MS MS manager and salesman. The family of John Monroe Godley and Anna V. Hemby: a) Anna L. Godley, b Oct 1869, d after 1940; m 18 Dec 1890 (Fr.Co; 1- 412 by John P. Hemby M.G., wit. J.C. Hemby) to Osie G. Hammond, b Oct 1859 LA, lived W. Feliciana Par, Ward 9 LA and Baton Rouge. 1900 W. Feliciana Ward 9 Osee Hammond, E.D. 116-3 Oct 1859 40 LA; Annie wife Oct 1869 30 MS; George son Dec 1896 3 LA; August son Aug 1899 9/12 LA 1910 W. Feliciana, Ward 9, p.206 #187 Hammond, Osie G. 50 md once for 20 yrs LA LA LA, Annie L. wife 40 md Once 20 yrs 9 children 5 living MS MS MS; George H. son 14 LA LA MS; William M. son 10; Annie M. dau 8; Jennie son 6; Alice L. dau 4. Family of Anna L. Godley and Osie G. Hammond. 1/ & 2/ Two died before 1900. 3/ George H. Hammond, b Dec 1896, W. Feliciana Par., LA 4/ August Hammond, b Aug 1899 LA, d before 1910. 5/ William H. Hammond, b c.1900 W. Feliciana Par., LA 6/ Annie .M. Hammond, b c.1902, W. Feliciana Par., LA 7/ Jennie Hammond, b c.1904, W. Feliciana Par., LA 8/ Alice L. Hammond, b c.1906, W. Feliciana Par., LA 9/ Hammond, d before 1910. b) Robert St. E. Godley, b 1872 MS; m Pomelia R. ___ 1910 Warren Co. MS p.237 on Dabney and Washington St. #4 Godley, Robert S. 37 md once 12 yrs MS MS MS, house carpenter; Pomelia R. wife 40 MS once 12 yrs 4 children 4 living LA LA MS; Romelia A. dau 11 LA MS LA; Elmo R. son 8; Mary A. dau 5; Lee E. son 3 Page 243 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS 1/ Romelia A. Godley, b c.1899 LA 2/ Elmo R. Godley, b c.1902 LA 3/ Mary A. Godley, b c.1905 LA 4/ Lee E. Godley, b c.1907 LA c) William B. Godley, b Mar 1874 MS d) Alice L. Godley, b 1879 MS; m c.1903 James A. Singleur, lived Vicksburg and Baton Rouge. 1/ & 2/ two died before 1910. 3/ James A. Singleur, b c.1907 4/ John Godley Shingleur, b c.1908 e) J.M. Godley (M.G.) lived Bryan, TX. He was not listed in the parent's home because of the missing 1890 census. He is proved by the mother's obituary. f) and g) Two dead by 1900. C) James C. Hemby, b c.1852 MS, died c.1951, age 99; m 1 Nov 1876 (Fr.Co. 6-160 by S. Buffkin M.G., wit. Augustus Seab) Cynthia Ann Lazarus, b 2 Sep 1861 MS, d 16 Apr 1950, bur Lazarus Cem., Fr.Co. She is the daughter of George P. Lazarus and Clara Ann Seale (dau of Wright Seale and Nancy Cain). Clara Ann (Seale) Lazarus m 2nd 11 Jan 1866 David King. James C. Hemby and Cynthis Ann Lazarus were divorced (Chancery Court Case #262, 1892, Bk.5 Fr.Co.). There were no children. 1900 Fr.Co. #311 King, Homer Jan. 1872, 28 single MS GA MS; Cynthia Hemby, sister, Sep 1860, 39 divorced 0 children MS MS MS 1870 Fr; Co. #618 David King 75 GA; Clara? A. King 32? MS; David V. King 2 m; Elizabeth Lazarus 14 f; Cynther Lazarus 8 f MS George P. Lazarus married Clara Ann Seale 18 Dec 1856 (Fr.Co,. 4-33 by F. Clark M.G., Springhill Bapt., James M. Lazarus bondsman). David King m Clara Ann Lazarus 11 Jan 1866 by C.H. McNeal M.G. (Fr.Co. 4-399, J.F. Sessions bondsman). 1880 Fr.Co. Dist 2 #99 James Hemby 28 MS MS MS; Cynthia A. 20 MS MS MS 1910 Warren Co. MS, p.229 Vicksburg on Washington St. #2714 in home of John M. Godley: James C. Hemby, brother in law 57 md MS MS MS Manager and salesman. The family says he married twice and was divorced twice. D) John Patrick Hemby, b 2 July 1854 McCall's Creek, Fr.Co., d 5 July 1938 Hammond, LA; m 15 Oct 1884 Rankin Co., MS, Laura E. May, b 11 Dec 1861 Simpson Co., MS, d 8 Aug 1907 Brookhaven, Lincoln Co., MS, both bur Brookhaven Cem. She is daughter of James and Nancy ___ May. John Patrick Hemby was a Baptist Minister. A brief account of his ministry is recorded in Vol. 13, MISSISSIPPI GENEALOGICAL EXCHANGE. They secured their data from a book by L.S. Foster, published 1895. John Patrick Hemby was born in Fr.Co., MS 2 July 1854, educated at MS College, Clinton, then attended Southern Theological Seminary; ordained by Union Church, Fr.Co. 27 July 1879. He was pastor at Union and Hopewell Churches 1878 and of Wall St. Church, Natchez 1880-1881. Later he preached in Copiah, Simpson, Jefferson and Claiborne Counties. 1895 he was located at Gloster, MS. Page 244 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS In his own words in his own record (see xerox p. 320), he wrote "Licensed to preach by the Antioch Church, Fr.Co. MS Dec. (obliterated) 1875. Ordained to gospel ministry by W.W. Boils, C.H. Atkin and Joseph Buckels at Union Church, Fr.Co. MS July 27 , 1879. Administered the Lord's Supper my first time at Dry Creek Church Rankin County MS May 2, 1880. The first person I baptised was Miss Corinne Little at Sardis Church, Copiah County Miss, Aug. 15, 1880." 1870 Rankin Co. MS p.40, Brandon, MS #94, May, James 47 farmer $2000/2500 MS; Nancy 41 MS; Ansalum 19 m; Thadeus 16 m; Jonna(?) 14 f MS; Laura 8 MS. 1900 Copiah Co. MS Beat 1 E.D. 32-11 Hemby, John P. July 1854 MS; Laura M. Dec 1861 38 MS; Nancy M. dau Oct 1885 14 MS; Laura L. dau Apr 1857 13; John P. son May 1890 10; Florence C. dau Nov. 1892 7 MS 1910 Drew Co. AR at Monticello (019-0051-0214) John P. Hemby 55; Nancy M. dau 24 MS; Laura L. dau 23 MS; John P. Jr. 19 MS; Florence C. dau 11 MS; James D. son 8 MS. Carey (Kay) Hemby of Baton Rouge, LA, now deceased furnished most of the data below: a) Nancy May Hemby, b 8 Oct 1885 9 miles south of Brandon, Rankin Co., MS, d 1 Nov 1973, Baton Rouge, bur Hammond, LA: m 15 July 1925 J. Ernest Morgan in Hammond, LA 1/ Holman Hemby Morgan, b 20 Jan 1927, has Masters degree from Louisiana State University. b) Laura Lenorah Hemby, b 9 Apr 1887, Rankin Co., MS, d 6 May 1961, graduate of Whitworth College, Brookhaven, MS June 1907, then taught 4 years at Whitworth; lived Hammond, d 6 May 1961 in New Orleans, LA, unmarried. c) John Patrick Hemby Jr., b 27 May 1890 Gloster, MS, d 30 May 1959 Little Rock, AR; m 7 Mar 1915 Little Rock, Marguerite Adams. He owned Hemby Drug Co., Little Rock. 1/ Patsy Jane Hemby, b 19 Mar 1920, Benton, AR; m Nov. 1941 Little Rock, David Muir, b 25 Aug 1917, Big Piney, WY, grad of AR Univ. in Engineering, WW II. A/ Lissa Ann Muir, b 5 Feb 1948; m Marc Lambdin, who was killed in an auto accident Oct. 1973. B/ Jenny Kay Muir, b 21 Jan 1951; m Bill Miller a/ Travis Scott Miller, b 27 June 1978, Phoenix, AZ C/ Nancy Jane Muir, b 21 Jan 1951; m 26 Oct 1975 Richard Wamsley a/ Devin Wamsley (dau), b 4 Apr 1978 2/ John Robert Hemby (Bob), WWII US Air Force; US Navy Korean War, grad of Univ. of AR, was b 19 June 1924; m 1st 20 June 1944 Little Rock, Janet Alford; m 2nd Seabrook, TX Marjery Joan Weaver. Bob is divorced from both. His children are by the fir st wife: A/ Michael Barton Hemby, b 15 May 1945, lives Houston B/ Robert Alford Hemby, b 31 Oct 1958, lives Houston d) Florence Carey (Kay) Hemby, b 26 Nov. 1892, Gloster, MS, d 28 June 1986, bur Rosehill Cem., Brookhaven, MS. Page 245 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS She was a 3 year student at Whitworth College. Her obituary in the State Times, Baton Rouge, LA reads: HEMBY, CAREY. Died Saturday, June 28, 1986, in Baton Rouge. She was a native of Gloster, Miss., and resident of Baton Rouge. She was a retired accountant ... Graveside services ... in Rosehill Cemetery, Brookhaven, Miss. Survived by two nieces, Mrs. Jane Hemby Hacke, Houston, TX, and Laura Alice Hemby, McLure, Union Co., MO; two nephews, J.R. Hemby, Rockledge, Fla, and Richard Wamsley, Houston, a brother, James D. Hemby, St. Louis, Mo. .. member of First Baptist Church. e) James Dennis Hemby (Jim), b 3 July 1901 Hazlehurst, MS; m 7 June 1934 Jackson, MS, Mary Alice McRae. 1/ Laura Alice Hemby, b 5 Nov 1935, Hammond, LA, grad Univ. of AR magna cum Laude June 1956; m June 1956, at Fayetteville, AR, Warren McClure. A/ Paul Warren McClure, b 5 Nov 1958 B/ Mary Jo. McClure, b 18 Dec 1961 C/ Ellen Ann McClure, b 9 July 1965. E) Alice C. Hemby, b c.1859 Concordia Par., LA, dau of Dennis Hemby and Lenora Lee Cain; m 12 Nov 1882 (Fr.Co. 7-417 by F.J. Whitley, J.P., Thomas Webb bondsman) William O. Shurtliff, son of Orlando V. Shurtliff and Jane Elizabeth Wentworth. They had five children. Orlando V. Shurtliff married several times. On 20 Nov 1856 Jane Elizabeth Wentworth (Fr.Co. 4-27 by J.P. Stewart; wit. Luther M. Lee); on 21 Feb 1867 to Louisa Williams (Fr.Co. 4-471 by John Sample M.G., Edward C. Sharp bondsman); to Mary J. Wactor on 1 May 1881 (Fr.Co. 7-372 by Jos. Buckels M.G., R.J. Williams bondsman). This record makes it obvious that Jane Elizabeth Wentworth was the mother of William O. Shurtliff. 1870 Fr.Co. MS p.16 #188 Shurtliff, O. V. 36 physician MS; B.L. 22 f MS; W.O. 12 son; M.W. 10 m; Lavinia ? 2 f. 1900 Ashley Co., AR Bearhouse twp. 162 #108 Shurtliff, William O. Nov 1857, 42 md 18 yrs MS MS MS: Allice wife Sep 1857, 42 md 18 yrs 7 children 5 living LA MS MS; Charles son Jan 1884 16 MS MS LA; Jannie dau Dec 1886 13; Webb son Nov 1880 11; Walter son July 1891 9 MS; James son July 1893 6 AR MS LA 1910 Ashley Co., AR p.18 #38 Bearhouse Twp, Shurtliff, W.O. 52 md once, 26 yrs MS AL AR; Alice wife 52, md once 26 yrs 7 children 5 living MS MS MS; Webb son 21 MS MS MS; Walter son 18; James son 16. Nothing further is known of this family. F) William D. Hemby, b 15 May 1860; m 7 Jan 1886 (Fr.Co. 1-132 by John Q. Graves M.B.S., bondsman George W. Gates) Nannie E. Gates. dau of Charles F. Gates and Sarah Jane Seale who was dau of Wright Seale and Nancy Cain. William D. Hemby has not been located on a census. He died 1898 and is buried near Kirby, MS in the Seab-Hemby Cem. His widow m 2nd ___. This family has not been located on the 1900 or 1910 soundexes or censuses. 1870 Fr.Co. #471 Charles Gates 52 MS; Sarah J. 37 AL; Page 246 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS John S. 21 MS; Charles H. 18; George W. 14; Elbert C. 11; Emma A. 8 f; Nanny 6 f. a) William Merrell Hemby b 24 Aug 1888 Fr.Co. MS; m 5 May 1917 Memphis, TN Mary Jerome Whittington, b 2 July 1895 Gloster, Amite Co., MS, educated in Gloster and Blue Mountain College, dau of Jerome R. Whittington and Addie Lutitia Wilkinson. See M.M . Wilkinson in WILKINSON AND KINDRED FAMILIES, p 174 and 408. 1900 Amite Co. MS #368 Whittington, Jerome R. Oct 1849 50 MS md 26 yrs MS MS MS; Addie L. Mar 1855 45 md 26 yrs 12 children 5 living MS MS MS; Ebbie D. son Aug 1877 22 son MS MS MS; Girtie dau Dec 1882 17; Ruby dau Dec 1888 11; Mary dau July 1894. 1910 Warren Co. MS p.181 Vicksburg Beat 1 on Washington St., roomer, 23 single MS in home of F.M. Baumgartner. He was foreman on railroad. The obituary of Mary Hemby from Jackson Daily News, 25 May 1973 reads: MRS. MARY HEMBY, VICKSBURG - Mrs. Mary Whittington Hemby, 78, died Tuesday night in Vicksburg Hospital; Born in Amite County, lived here since 1931; member Crawford Street Methodist Church... Survivors, two daughters, Mrs. George Beverly Hunt of Murphreesboro, TN; Mrs. George Johnson, Jr. of Greenville; two son, Merrill Hemby of Ocean Springs and Winston Hemby of Vicksburg; 11 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. The family of William Merrill Hemby and Mary Jerome Whittington: 1/ Merrill Jerome Hemby, b 23 Jan 1918 at McComb, MS; m Virginia Nedham of East Orange, N.J. 20 Feb 1913 at New Orleans, LA 2/ Gertie Fay Hemby, b 7 May 1919 Wilson, LA; m 21 June 1940, George Beverly Hunt of Raymond, MS. A/ Annie Celeste Hunt, b 14 Oct 1944, Vicksburg, MS 31 Winston Dennis Hemby, b 15 Sep 1920, Wilson, LA A news article in THE CLARION-LEDGER, Jackson Daily News, 28 June 1970: SUSAN DENISE HEMBY TO BE BRIDE OF EDGAR L. TATE JR. VICKSBURG. Mr. and Mrs. Winston Dennis Hemby announce the engagement of their daughter, Susan Denise, to Edgar Lamar Tate, Jr., son of Mrs. Edgar L. Tate and the late Mr. Tate of Raleigh. Miss Hemby is the granddaughter of Mrs. Merrill Hemby and the late Mr. Hemby of Vicksburg and the late Mr. and Mrs. W.O. Hazelbaker of Eudora, AR. The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Otho Obe Kennedy and the late Mr. and Mrs. James R. Tate of Picayune. The bride elect graduated from Mississippi State College for Women. Mr. Tate received his bachelor of science degree from Mississippi State University. The wedding will be on July 11. 4/ Mary Elizabeth Hemby, b 10 Sep 1922 Gloster, MS; m 19 July 1940, Jackson, MS, George Johnson, has twins: A/ Bettie Johnson, b 8 May 1941, Vicksburg, MS B/ George Johnson Jr., b 8 May 1941, Vicksburg, MS 24? Page 247 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS b) Una Hemby, daughter of William D. Hemby and Nanie E. Gates; married William Schaeffer, has 4 boys and 2 girls. Nothing further is known of this family. Charles Byrd Hemby, son of Dennis Hemby and Lenora Lee Cain, b 18 Sep 1863 Fr.Co., MS, d 19 Oct 1905, bur Hamburg yellow fever cemetery. He was a Baptist minister. He m c.1891 May B. George, b 18 Apr 1867 in AR, d 13 Apr 1913, bur Hamburg cem. Charles B. Hemby and his mother died within a few days of each other from yellow fever. 1900 Fr.Co. Beat 2 Hemby, Charles B. Sep 1863 36 MS MS MS m 9 yrs; May wife Apr 1867 33 AR md 9 yrs 1 child 1 living AR MS AL; Robert son Sep 1892 7 AR MS AR; Lenora mother Sep 1829 70 wd MS VA GA 1910 Fr.Co. Hamburg, E.D. 63-1 Hemby, May B. 38 wd 2 children 2 living AR MS MS; Ralph W. son 7 MS MS AR 1910 Adams Co., Natchez, E.D. 10-9 Hemby, Lee, roomer Abie O Smith. The family says both Lee and Ralph lives (lived?) in Hattiesburg. H) Una May Hemby, b 23 Feb 1816 Fr.Co., d 7 Sep 1868, bur Seab-Hemby Cemetery, Fr.Co. 10) Anna Virginia Cain, youngest child of James and Anna (Johnson) Cain, b c.1831 Fr.Co., d c.1905; m 10 Jan 1850 (Fr. Co., 3-144 by James M. Jones J.P., D.C. Graham bondsman) Edward Byrd, b 30 Dec 1824 Fr.Co., d 20 Jan 1885, bur Cain Byrd Cem., Fr.Co., son of Sutton Byrd and Mary Byrd who was dau of Ashea, brother to Eden. Note that Sutton Byrd m 1st 12 Apr 1824 Mary Byrd, m 2nd 25 Apr 1837 Rebecca Lee so that Edward is a son of the first marriage. 1850 Fr.Co. #437 Sutton Byrd 60 m N.C.; Rebecca 53 N.C., Page 248 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS Edward 25 MS; Ann 18 f MS; Duncan 17; Rebecca 9 f; Goshen Lee 19 m MS. 1860 Fr.Co. p.278 #310 E. Byrd 35 m MS; Anna 38 f MS; Gabriel 9; James? 8 m ; Mary 4 f; William 3 m; Sutton 1 m MS 1870 Fr.Co. #1 Byrd, Edward 45 MS; Annie 37 f MS; Gabriel 19; Mary A. 15 f; Sutton 10; H.R. 4 m; Hardy B. 2. 1880 Fr.Co. Beat 5 Cain's, p.78, E.D. 146-17 #136, Byrd, Edward 55 MS NC SC; Ann wife 48 MS GA GA; Sutton son 20; H.B. son 12; E.V. son 10; Ann J. dau 8. A.V. Byrd applied for a pension 18 Aug 1900 stating she was age 69, residing in Fr.Co. at Meadville, widow of Edward Byrd who she m 1850. He enlisted the latter part of 1862, was discharged Apr 1865 at Gainsville, AL, died in Franklin Co. Apr. 1865. She has 3 sons and 2 daus. (Anna Virginia Byrd) A) Gabriel Byrd, b c.1851, died young. B) James (?) Byrd, b c.1852, died young. C) Mary Adaline Byrd, b c.1855, d 1943, bur Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery (S20 T6 R4); m 1st 1 Dec 1875 (Fr.Co. 6-121 by J.C. King NBS, James M. Jones bondsman) Rowan B. Cloy, b 8 Dec 1854, d 28 Mar 1915, bur Hopewell Bapt. Church Cemetery, son of John Martin Cloy and Mary Adeline Godbold; m 2nd Ben Cruise. Lived Monroe, MS, had descriptions of some Cain homes during WPA days. No children. 1900, Fr.Co. Beat 3 E.D. 51-1 Cloy, Rowan Dec 1854, 45 MS; Adaline wife Sep 1856, 43 MS; Byrd, Anna, mother in law, Jan. 1835, 65 MS; Howard, Brown servant Feb 1892 D) Dempsey Byrd, b c.1857, died young. E) Sutton (Coon) Byrd, b c.1859; m 21 Dec 1892 (Fr.Co. 1-8 by Thomas Nettles M.G., B.H. Byrd bondsman) Anna Corthorn, He age 21, she 17. 1880 MS searched for her parents and did not find. 1900 Fr.Co. Beat 5 E.D. 53-7 Byrd, W.S. Nov 1859, 40 MS; Annie wife Dec 1975, 24 MS; Burney dau Jan 1894, 6; Hardy son Sep 1895, 4; Velmar dau Oct 1897, 3. 1910 Fr.Co. E.D. 68-18 Byrd, William S. 50 MS; Anna Liza wife 39; Berna dau 16; Hardy son 14; Velma dau 10; Bennie son 8; Tennie dau 8; Hoyt son 6. a) Bernie Byrd, b c. Jan 1894 Fr.Co.; m Curtis Cole, has two daus. b) Hardy Byrd, b c. Sep 1895 Fr.Co.; m Marlyn Townsend, lived Rt.3, Roxie, MS. 3 daus 2 sons. c) Velma Byrd, b Oct 1897 Fr.Co.; m Edgar (Dick) Cotten: 2 sets of twins, 6 (or 7) children. d) Bennie Byrd, twin, b c.1902 Fr.Co., d 6 Jan 1960; m 18 Dec 1922 Etta Arnold. 6 children e) Tennie Byrd, twin, b c.1902 Fr.Co.; m 9 Dec 1926, New Orleans, LA Ed Furonett, N.O. 1 son. f) Hoyt Byrd, b c.1904 Fr.Co.; m Ellen Smith, DeSoto St., Natchez. F) H.R. (Rodney?) Byrd, b. c. 1859, died young. G) Benton Hardy Byrd, b 13 June 1868 Fr.Co., d 13 June 1953 Meadville, bur Hopewell Bapt. Church Cem.; m 7 Jan 1881 (Fr.Co. 1-419 by D.H.S. Cox M.G., Charlie P. McMorris Page 249 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS bondsman) Ellen Lucrecia Seale, b 16 Aug 1873 Roxie, Fr. Co. MS, d 20 Oct 1958, bur Leaksville, Greene Co. MS, dau of William Aaron Seale and Mary Catherine Seab. See SEAB (1975) p.32. 1900 Fr.Co. Beat 5 53-21 Byrd, Benton June 1868, 32 MS; Ellen wife Aug 1874, 25 MS; Willie son Aug 1894, 5; Arva dau Sep 1896, 3; McGee, Stella boarder May 1880, 20 MS 1910 Fr.Co. Beat 5 E.D. 65-16 Byrd, Bob 42; Ellen wife 36 MS; Willie son 16, Arva dau 13 See p.104 this compilation for descendants. H) Edward (Tince) Blanchard Byrd, b c.1870 Fr.Co. MS; m Isabelle E. Barlow, dau of U. Green and Martha A. ( ) Barlow. 1900 Fr.Co. Beat 3 E.D. 51-21 Byrd, Edward B. Dec 1870, 29 MS; Isabelle E. wife Apr 1876, 24 MS. 1910 Fr.Co. Beat 3, p.81 E.D.65-6 #73 Barlow, U. Green 56 m twice 10 yrs MS GA MS; Martha A. wife 60 md three times 10 yrs 2 children 1 living MS MS MS; Versye dau 18 MS MS MS; Lessie dau 15; Byrd, Edward son in law 39 md once 12 yrs MS MS MS; Isabelle dau 34 md once 12 yrs children was not reported MS MS MS a) Stanley Byrd never married, he and widowed mother lived at Monroe, MS I) Annie Jane Byrd. b 14 Apr 1874 Fr.Co, d 11 Sep 1953; m 19 Mch 1894 (Fr.Co 2-75 by J.M. McGehee MBS, J.H. Holland he age 23, she 21) William Henry Porter, b 6 June 1870, d 1937, lived Berry Community, Rt. 3, Meadville, both bur O'Zion Baptist Church Cem (S2 T5 R4), son of William "Bill" Nicolus Porter and Laucretia C. Cloy. 1900 Fr.Co. Beat 5 E.D. 53-9 Porter, Henry June 1870 30 MS; Annie wife May 1875, 25 MS; Leon son May 1895, 5; Ed son Feb 1897, 31 Ruford son Mch 1899, 1 MS. 1910 Fr.Co. E.D. 68-19, Porter, William H. 39 MS; Annie wife 35 MS; Leon son 14; Edward son 13; Ruford son 11; Clifton son 8; Silas son 3. a) Leon Porter, b c. May 1895; m 28 Jan 1923 (Fr.Co.6-230 by J.W.Jones J.P.) Pearl Gammill, dau of Willie W. Gammill and granddaughter of J.W. Gammill. See Crosby p.974; p.144 this compilation. 1/ Faye Porter 2/ Eulie Porter 3/ Ned Porter b) Edward Porter; m Mary Brown, lived Rt.3, Roxie. 8 children. c) Ruferd Porter. b c. Mch 1899; m 13 (or 31) May 1931 Fr.Co., Lavinia Jane Lewis. Lived Natchez. No children. d) Owen Clifton Porter, b 26 May 1901, d 21 June 1974; m 18 Nov 1923 Fr.Co. MS, Ruth Murray, McCall Creek, MS. 1/ Douglas Porter; m Genie Moore Barlow of Bude 2/ Dau Porter; m C.F. Jordan of Cranfield. e) Silas Porter, b c. 1907; m 29 Apr 1939 Fr.Co., Mamie Dow, lives Natchez. No children. The family had listed the following children as having died young. Since it is hard to reconcile names with Page 250 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS those on censuses, as families of this era commonly used first one name, then another of a full name, below is listed the children as given by the family. Birth dates would have helped. Gabriel Byrd It is possible that a child Dempsey Byrd died, and another child was Kirby Byrd given the same name later. Rodney Byrd Willie Byrd Ed Byrd This concludes the family of James Cain, son of Hardy Cain who died c.1814 in Amite Co., MS. Page 251 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS Isaiah Cain, 2nd child of our record of Hardy and Mary (Foreman) Cain, was b c. 1795 in Chatham Co., N.C., d 3 Jan 1855 Amite Co. MS; m 13 Jan 1820 (Amite 1-375 by Asa J. Mercer J.P., Jabes Butler bondsman, consent by father Aaron Butler) Polly Butler, b c.1805 GA, d prior to 19 Jan 1889, both bur Zion hill Cem., Amite Co., dau of William Aaron Butler Jr. and Mary Day, sister of Jonathan Day. William Aaron Butler Jr. was son of William Aaron Butler Sr. and Fanny Poindexter, dau of Gov. Poindexter of MS. The consent for marriage reads: January 5th 1820 Charles Davis whereas Josiah Cain and my Daughter Polly have contemplation to marry this is therefore to certify that I have not any objections against licence being granted to that effect. /s/ Aaron Butler. Note: Sarah Johnson b c.1770/9, dau of Caleb Johnson; m Robert Day, b 1772 (son of Robert Day and Fanny Hannon, reference Mrs. Brady McCulloch of Huntsville, TX). Note earlier in this compilation that Unice Day, b 1808 m Andrew Cain, son of John Cain and the records showed she was dau of Robert Day and this Robert Day was neighbor to Caleb Johnson but there seemed to have been a father Robert Day on the same land. Most likely there is Caleb Johnson blood in this Mary Butler but I do not wish to state any further at this time. Isaiah Cain, Justice of Peace in the place of Aaron Butler Esq who was appointed a Justice of Quorum. 7 Sep 1819. Amite Co. Court p.143. Isaiah Cain was one of the inspectors for the election in Aug. 1824. Amite Probate Record 3-46. He was a delegate to the Constitutional convention 1832 at Jackson, representing Amite Co. Dunbar Rowland in HISTORY OF MISSISSIPPI, The Heart of the South, 1925, p.565. The delegates to the constitutional convention met at Jackson on Sep 10, 1832, its session of six weeks being held in the little two-story capitol that continued to stand on the northeast corner of Capitol and President streets. On 12 Jan 1833 Isaiah Cain swore he kept the list of the purchasers at the sale of property of John H. Causey decd. Among the purchasers were Andrew Cain, Moses Seale, John W. Moore. Amite Probate Record 5-331. Isaiah Cain was administrator of Thomas N. Reynolds decd. sec. Thomas Reynolds, Elijah N. Davis, bond $10,000. Amite Probate Record 8-381. 23 Nov 1840. He with Phillip Jones, Russell Jones appraised the estate of John Hilliard decd, 1 Mch 1841. Amite Probate Record 8, p.432. (Note that Phillip Jones had married Margaret, dau of Caleb Johnson.) The inventory of William Jones decd was made June 1841 by Aaron Butler, Isaiah Cain, Van F. Swearingen. Probate Rec 8-494. Isaiah Cain was administrator de bonis non of James Alexander decd, John Moore security for $450. 27 Sep 1841. Record 8-531. Isaiah Cain was a soldier of the War of 1812 for which his widow Page 252 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS received a pension. Abstracted in MS Genealogical Exchange, Vol. 8-10, it reads: Cain, Isaiah, wid. Mary W.O. 19,934 W.C. 11,306 Pvt Capt Samuel Gerald's Co. MS Militia, Enl 10-1-1814 dischgd 3-28-1815. Res. 1851 Amite Co. MS. Res. of wid. 1878 Ami te Co. (P.O. Zion Hill) MS. Maiden name Mary Butler, married 13 Jan 1820 Amite Co. MS. Sold. d 3 Jan 1855 Amite Co. Wid. d prior to 19 Jan. 1889. Amite Deed 1-197 John Butler of Amite cancel bond of Aaron Butler to Robert Day Senr, land adj land of sd Day, release land on Franklin road SW/4 Sec 30 T4 of R4E which heretofore was property of Benjamin B. Day, late of said county decd and by him transferred to sd Robert Day Senr & by him sold to Aron Butler. /s/ Aron Butler. Wit. Isiah Cain, Angus Wilkinson. 31 Jan 1822. Amite Deed 5-281 Isaiah Cain of Amite, gift to wife Mary Cain and my children Mary B. Cain, Christopher C. Cain, Lucretia V. Cain, James J. Cain and Elizabeth N. Cain ... to Aaron Butler Senr my trusty friend and in event of his death to Wm. F. Cain in trust NE/4 of NW/4 & SE/4 Sec 19 T4 R4E, 480 ac and negroes Bird Sam Meriah Nancy Grael and Charles. 23 July 1839./s/ Isaiah Cain. Wit. S.W. Carmack, Thomas C. Causey. Amite Deed 8-346 Isaiah Cain and wife Mary gift to son Christopher C. Cain ..$200..SE/4 Sec 19 T4 R4E, 161 ac 20 Jan 1853. /s/ Isaiah Cain, Mary Cain. Wit. Wm. C. McGehee, Robt P. Butler. Amite Probate Rec. 17-491 The undersigned widow of Isaiah Cain, late of sd Co. decd would state to your Honor that she hereby relinquishes her right to administer on the Estate of sd decedent and would request your honor to appoint my son C.C. Cain adm. of sd estate. /s/ Mary Cain. The petition of Christopher C. Cain resident of sd county shows that Isaiah Cain late of sd Co. departed this life on the 3rd day of January 1855, leaving no will ... His bond $20,000 9 Jan 1855 with sec. William F. Cain. His property was appraised by James E. Jager, Wm. R. Jones and William Cain, 24 Jan 1855. Probate 19-83. On 13 Oct 1857 Christopher C. Cain, adm of the estate of Isaiah Cain petitioned to cite James M. Causey and wife Lucretia V. Causey, James J. Cain, Francis A. Cain, Hardy Cain and Mary A. Cotten - Joy T. Kinnebrew and wife Elizabeth L. Kinnebrew who reside in the state of LA, AR. Marshall P. Bates to be guardian ad litem of Francis A. Cain, Hardy Cain and Mary A. Cotten minors .. to appear in court Dec. 1857. Amite Probate Rec. 6-225. 12 Dec 1857 Christopher C. Cain, adm. of estate of Isaiah Cain decd.. C.C. Cain has moved without the limits of this state... to cite him to return to Mch term of this court. Probate 6-52. 1846 Izian Cain delegate of Baptist Association from Zion Hill. 1854 Obituary notice which is not available to me. Censuses read: 1820 Amite Co. p.240 M 1(10-16) 2(16-26) F 1(10-16) 1(16-26) 2(26-45) 1820 Amite State census: Isaiah Cain 2 males, 3 females. 1830 Amite Co. MS Isaiah Cain M 1(under 5) 1(5-10) 1(30-40{ F 1(under 5) 1(5-10) 1(20-30) 2 slaves Page 253 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS 1840 Amite Co. MS Isaiah. Cain M 1(5-10) 1(10-15) 1(40-50) F 1(under 5) 1(5-10) 1(10-15) 1(30-40) 1845 Amite census Isaiah Cain 4 m 5 f 1850 Amite #382 Isaiah Cain 55 m NC; Mary 45 f GA; James J. 17 m Amite Co.; Elizabeth L. 13 f; Frances A 11 f; Hardy H 8 m; Mary A. Cotten 7 f Amite 1860 Amite Co. #536 Mary Cain 55 f MS; Jas J. Cain 21 overseer MS; Frances 17 f MS; Hardy 18 m; Mary Cotten 17 f MS 1870 Amite Co. #140 Cain, Mary 65 GA; Mary A. Cotten 26, Mary E. Kinabrew 13 MS; James E. Cain 12; McKowen Dunn 25; Francis Dunn 30. A descendant of this line is Malcolm Cain of Clinton, LA. He wrote in 1955 that the Cains were originally English, a wealthy tight-knit group who became powerful enough to concern the King. To keep his own power, the King exiled them to the Isle of Mann. They soon got passage to Ireland where they stayed a period of time, then returned to England and from thence to this country. Descendants of Isaiah and Polly (Butler) Cain: f 1) Mary B. Cain, b 21 Nov. 1822 Amit. Co., d 8 Sep 1843, bur Zion Hill Cem., Amite Co.; m 5 Mar 1840 (Amite 3-81 by T W Pound J.P., George W. Carmack bondsman) Joseph Robertson Cotten, b 7 July 1818, d 17 Mch 1885, bur Cotten Cem., Fr. Co. MS (S32 T5 R5). He m 2nd 13 Nov 1845 (Amite 4-53) Sarah Adelaide Jackson who m 1st 30 Sep 1844 (Fr.Co. 2-177) Richard B. Perkins. The Bible record of Joseph R. Cotten is a MS DAR record on L.D.S. film 869,001. It reads: J.R. Cotten, Summit, MS original owner; present Mrs. N.E. Tynes, Summit, MS, published 1846. Marriages: Joe R. and Sarah A. Cotten m 13 Nov. 1845 T.J. Cotten and Mattie R. Beall Ivinoah L. Cotten and Dr. H.K. Butler Sarah Adelia Cotten and Robert N. McDonald Willie Eudorus Cotten and Jonnie Thomas Spencer m 28 Nov 1882 Junius Lee Cotten and Thomie Lane Moore married. Farnice Eola Cotten and George D. Matthews m 20 Oct 1885 Births: Joe R. Cotten, b 6 July 1818 Sarah A. Cotten wife of Joe R. Cotten b 26 Jan 1829 Marrion E. Cotten dau of J.R. & S.A. Cotten b 7 Nov 1846 Thomas L. Cotten son of J.R. & S.A. b 11 Nov 1847 Luretta Jane Cotten dau of J.R. & S.A. b 2 Feb 1849 Erastus N. Cotten son of J.R. & S.A. b 2 June 1850 Ivinoah L. Cotten b 8 Feb 1852 Sarah A. Cotten b 8 Oct 1853 Joseph R. Cotten son of J.R. & S.A. Cotten b 2 Mch 1855 Eugene W. Cotten son of J.R. & S.A. Cotten b 7 July 1856 Willie Eudorus Cotten son of J.R. & S.A. Cotten b 25 Aug 1860 Junius Lee Cotten son of J.R. & S.A. Cotten b 17 Aug 1862 Clarence Cotten son of J.R. & S.A. Cotten b 28 Oct 1864 Eugene Matthews son of Fannie E.C. Matthews b 16 July 1886 S.A. Matthews son of Eola Cotten Matthews b 17 Feb 1888 Deaths: Marion E. Cotten d 1 May 1947 Page 254 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS Lucretia J. Cotten d 24 Aug 1849 Erastus N. Cotten d 10 Aug 1851 Joseph R. Cotten Jr. d 10 Oct 1855 Joseph R. Cotten Sr. d 17 Mch 1885 William Eugene Cotten d 25 Dec 1875 Fannie E.C. Matthews d 14 Sep 1891 Junius Lea Cotten, b 13 Oct 1897 Sarah A. Cotten d 24 Aug 1903 (Mother) Sarah Adela Cotten McDonald d 23 May 1909 Joseph R. Cotten m Sarah A. Perkins 13 Nov 1845 See p.202 V.1 Amit. Co. MS End of Bible record. Note in the Bible record the first marriage of neither was mentioned. As can be seen in the above censuses, Mary B. Cain Cotten had one child who was raised by her Cain grandparents -- Mary (Sic) Adeliza Cotten, b 26 Apr 1843 Amite Co., d 26 Feb 1939 Pike Co.; m John Henry Jones, b 15 Feb 1847 Amite Co., d 4 Nov 1930, both bur Woodlawn Cemetery, Summit, MS in Pike Co., son of William R. Jones who was son of Phillip Jones and his wife Margaret Johnson. William R. Jones married Nancy Hollis 8 Apr 1841 (Amite 3-131). 1850 Amite Co. #384 William R. Jones 30 m Amite Co.,; Nancy Jones 28 f SC Mary I Jones 8, f Amite Co. J Washington E. 7 m; William V. 6; John H. 2; George F. 1 m. 1880 Amite Co. Beat 1 E.D. 43-67 Jones, Jno H. 34 MS; Mary A. wife 35 MS; William R. (Jr.) son 5 MS; Francis dau 3; Ernest son 5/12 MS. 1900 Amite Co. Beat 1 E.D. 20-4 Jones, John H. Feb 1847, 53 MS; Mary A. wife Apr 1843, 57 MS; Earnest P. son Nov. 1889, 10; Johnie K. dau Nov. 1888, 11; Lourey, Joseph T. boarder June 1878, 22 MS. 1910 Pike, Summit E.D. 107-11 Jones, John H. 63 MS; Mary A. wife 66 MS; Martens, Fred J. son in law 33 MS; K.Y. dau 20 MS; Ellen L. granddau 6/12 MS. John Henry Jones and Mary Adeliza Cotten had issue: a) Bobbie Jones (William Robert?, b 1875 Amite Co.?) b) Francis Jones, b c.1877 Amite Co., MS c) Ernest P. Jones, b Nov 1889, Amite Co. d) Polly Jones; m ___ Evans e) Kay Jones, b Nov 1888 Amite Co.; m Fred J. Morton, b c.m1867 MS. A further note on the Cottens: 1850 Fr.Co. #328 Joseph R. Cotten 32 m MS; Sarah A. 21 f MS; Thomas L. 3 MS; Jarott N. Jackson 15 m MS; Bryant N. Caraway 13 m; Frederick Myers 42 m Ger; Daniel Myers 21 m Ger; William L. Secheville(?) 32 m unk Pedler. This is the Bryant N. Carraway who m Huldah Cain, dau of Hardy and Emily (Crider) Cain. He was son of Bryant Adam Carraway and Letitia Montgomery. See p.167 of this compilation. The family claimed that Bryant N. Carraway's grandmother was a Cotten. The probate records of Amite Co. show there is some relationship: Page 255 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS The Bryant A. Caraway estate was administered by Hugh Montgomery and Adam Caraway with security William F. Cain, bond $10,000, 27 May 1839. Adam Caraway and Thomas Cotten were guardians to Anerettia Caraway, Harriet E. Carraway and Bryant M. Carraway of Amite with security Stephen Wilkinson $4000. 27 May 1839. Amite Probate. Record Bk. 8, p.94. Amite Probate Rec. 8-490 showed Adam Carraway Sen. guardian of Lucretia Ainnethis Carraway, a minor with security Adam Carraway Jr. and Thomas Hughes. Thomas Cotten is guardian to Bryant Marshall Carraway and Harriett Eveline Carraway, minors. Sec. John Moore and Thomas L. Moore. (Note: John Moore had m Mary Cain, sister of Isaiah Cain and he and Thomas L. Moore were brothers.) Letitia Montgomery, widow of Bryant A. Carraway had m 13 Nov 1840 John G. Kinabrew and she m 3rd on 6 Jan 1853 Lettitia Kinnabrew to Ephraim Marsalis, George F. Webb bondsman, no return. Amite Rec.9-5 Harriet E. Carraway and Bryant N. Carraway, minor children of Bryant A. Carraway. 10 May 1842. Thomas Cotten, gdn. Amite Rec.9-83 Letitia Carraway now Letitia Kinabrew to discharge her duties as guardian of Mary E. Carraway. John G. Kinabrew bond with sec. John Adams and John Moore 26 Sep 1842..whereas Letitia Carraway now Letitia Kinabrew hath heretofore executed a bond ... duties as gdn of Mary E. Carraway 25 Nov 1839..another bond is ordered 1842. Amite Rec. 9-109 Guardian account of Thomas Cotten gdn of Harriet Eveline and Bryant Marshall Carraway, 26 Sep 1842. Amite Rec. 10-638 Thomas Cotten gdn of Lucretia A. Carraway, sec. Jos. R. Cotten, Thomas L. Moore, 27 Apr 1846. She is dau of Bryant A. Carraway who died intestate. Amite Rec. 11-261 Adam Carraway son of Adam Carraway decd..petition the Thomas Cotten is not fit for guardianship, Lucretia A. Carraway is now 14, she chose Adam Carraway as gdn. 1846. Amite Rec. 11-435 James S. Murray ... petition that Thomas Cotten of Fr.Co. is not fit to have the care of Harriet E. Carraway. 1847. Amite Rec. 12-408 The final account of Bryant N. Carraway by his gdn Thomas Cotten. 1848. Note by M.E. As Bryant N. Carraway was only age 13 in 1850, this record must mean that someone else had taken over the guardianship and since nothing further is recorded in Amite, the case probably went to Fr.Co. where these minutes are not available. m 2) Christopher Columbus Cain, b 28 Jan 1825, d 22 Jan 1867, bur Parksdale, AR, Ashley Co. on Bayou Bartholomew (in southeastern part of AR) m 1 Aug 1848 (Amite 4-175 by Hamilton McKnight M.G., Albert Q Porter bondsman) Martha Gordon "Kay" Maxwell, b 2 Aug 1829, d 19 June 1917, East Feliciana Par., LA, dau of William Carter Maxwell and Martha N. Dunn. Crosby (p.853) wrote in her compilation: "Lee Hanks, grandson of Cris Cain told that about 1856-57, having acted as administrator under bond for his father's estate, Cris Cain and family moved to AR from where he asked leave to drop his role of administrator. This was apparently done as he stayed on in Parksdale, AR until he died in 1867 of pneumonia. He was a graduate of St. Mary's College in KY. Page 256 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS in law. This profession he carried on in AR until his demise at which time his brother-in-law, Thomas William Robins moved his family to Clinton in East Feliciana, LA, via steamer." Deed records in Amite Co. show: John Walker and wife Mary for $342. to Christopher C. Cain of Amite NE/4 Sec 9 T2 R4E, the estate land of Edward Carroll. 22 Oct 1849. Deed 7- 558. Winston Wilkinson and wife Minerva to Christopher C. Cain $500 60 ac E/2 of SW/4 Sec 19 T4 R4E. 8-272 Christopher C. Cain and wife Martha G. for $1000 to Erasmus S. Russel 2 Dec 1852 10 ac of NE/4 Sec 9 T2 R4E adj the D. Caulfield estate of Edward Carrol decd on Holmesville Rd. Amite Deed 8-296. Lemuel R. Hanks adm of Lemuel Reames late of Amite decd to Christopher C. Cain 30 Jan 1854 580 ac lots #597 fraction Sec 1 T1 R3E 367 ac & lots 247 Sec 3 T1 R3E 154 ac & N/2 Lot 3 Sec 18 T1 R3E 40 ac & S/2 lot 6 Sec 1 T1 R3E 40 ac & S/2 of lot 4 Sec 1 T1 R3E 39 ac & N/2 Lot 4 Sec 1 T1 R3E 39 ac. Amite deed 9-17. 15 Sep 1854. Christopher C. Cain and wife Martha G. to William F. Cain for $2400, Lots 1, 5 & 7 in fractional Sec 1 T1 R3E, 267 ac; Lots 6 & 7 Sec 3 T1 R3E 154 ac; & N/2 of Lot 3 Sec 8 T1 R3E 40 ac; S/2 of Lot 6 Sec 1 T1 R3E 40 ac; S/2 Lot 4 Sec 1 T1 R3E, 39 ac & N/2 Lot 4 Sec 1 T1 R3E 39 ac, in all 580 ac. /s/ C.C. Cain, M.G. Cain. Amite 10-121 William C. Maxwell wrote his will 3 Feb 1844. proved 29 May 1844, recorded Amite will Bk. 1-267 and in it names his daughter Martha G. Maxwell. Casey, in his Vol. 3, p.325, File 121 of the loose probate papers, states the final settlement was made April Term 1860 and among the legatees was Martha G. Cain and C. C. Cain her husband who reside in AR. 1850 Amite #66 Cain, C.C. 25 m merchant $400 Amite Co.; M. G. Cain 21 f Amite Co.; Cassius M. Cain 11/12 m 1860 Ashley Co. AR p.135 #204 Christopher C. Cain 35 m farmer MS; Martha G. 31 f MS; Augustus W. 9 m; Florence E(C?) 7; Stanhope P. 5 m; Oscar J.E. 3 m AR; Lelia P.R. 3/12 f AR. P.O. Hamburg. 1880 LA soundex - not found 1900 E.Feliciana Par. Ward 5, Clinton, Cain, Augustus W. May 1852, 48 MS; Martha mother Feb 1830, 70 MS; Hanks: Martha sister May 1864, 36 AR; Lee, nephew May 1889, 11; Gordon, nephew Jan 1891, 9 LA; Florence niece May 1893. 7.ED 51-10. 1910 E.Feliciana Par, LA, Clinton: E.D. 45-4, Cain, William A. 58 MS; Martha G. mother 80 MS; Willie niece 21 AR; Hanks., Martha E. sister 48; Irvin E., nephew 18. Issue of C.C. and Martha G. Cain: A) Cassius Maxwell. Cain, b 24 July 1849 Amite Co.; d 27 Jan 1852, bur Zion Hill Bapt. Church Cem., Amite Co. B) William Augustus Cain, b 22 May 1851 Amite Co., d 17 Feb 1911, bur Rosehill Cem., E.Feliciana Par., unmarried. C) Florence C. Cain, b c. 1853 Amite Co., MS;. m 18 Dec 1872 (E.Fel.2- 1) William Frank Wood, b c. 1851 TX, both bur in unmarked graves on his old place. Page 257 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS 1880 E.Feliciana Par., LA, ward 7 E.D. 116-26 Wood, Wm. F. 29 Tx; Mrs. F.C. wife 27 MS; Alma M. dau 6 LA; Chas. R. son 4; Rosey son 1 LA. Descendants: a) Alma M. Wood, b c.1874 LA; m Everett E. Montgomery 1/ Irma Montgomery; m 5 Dec 19 Sidney Mize 2/ Florence Ola Lee Montgomery; m Arvith Hopkins 3/ Everett E. Montgomery Jr. b) Gussie Wood; m J.S. Algood c) Frank Wood d) Dixon Wood e) William Wood D) Stanhope Posey Cain, b 11 May 1855 Amite Co., MS, d 27 June 1917; m 29 Dec 1855 Harriet Jane Chance, b 21 Feb 1862 (or 1863, descrepancy in two Bibles), d 25 Aug 1892, dau of Levi Doughty Chance and Harriet Jane Dunn. His Bible record reads: Holy Bible New York American Bible Society 1886 Bible of Stanhope Cain, presently in possession of K. Malcolm Cain, Clinton, LA. Marriages S.P. Cain and H.J. Chance Dec. 29, 1885 G.D. Cain and Ola G. Arbuthnot July 4, 1911 K.M. Cain and Martha McKneely Sept. 22, 1918 V.E. Settoon and Willie Cain Mar. 29, 1919 G.D. Cain and Ruth Finklea Aug 20, 1919 Births S.P. Cain May 11, 1855 H.J. Chance Feby. 21, 1862 Gordon Dunn Cain Oct. 22, 1886 Willie Cain May 12, 1888 Kenneth M. Cain Jan. 29, 1890 Parish of Pointe Coupee, LA Martha Robins McKneely June 17, 1894 James Malcolm Cain Sept. 13, 1919 Margaret Lucile Cain June 2, 1921 Deaths Hattie J. Cain 25th Aug 1892 S.P. Cain June 27, 1917 End of Bible record. 1900 E.Feliciana, LA ward 7 E.D. 54-18 Cain, Stanhope P. May 1855, 45 MS; Kenneth m son Jan 1890, 10 LA 1910 E.Feliciana E.D. 48-11 Cain, Stanhope 54 MS alone. a) Gordon Dunn Cain, b 22 Oct 1886; m 1st 4 July 1911 Ola Arbuthnot, b 15 Sep 1891; m 2nd 20 Aug 1919 Ruth Finklea, b 2 Sep 1896. A letter 28 Sep 1948 from "Uncle Gordon" to Malcolm Cain sent the following: Births Gordon Dunn Cain, October 22, 1886 Ruth Jane Finklea, September 2, 1896 Ola Arbuthnot Cain, b September 15, 1891 Gordon Arbuthnot Cain, May 31, 1912 Frank Arbuthnot Cain, December 15, 1914 Edward Maxwell Cain, May 6, 1918 Ruth Frances Cain, July 20, 1920 Ola Mae Cain, August 2, 1922 Page 258 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS Billie Jean Cain, July 5, 1924 Frank A. Cain Jr., September 30, 1943 ) Frank & Katherine's Katherine Cain, February 17, 1947 ) children Margaret Jane Upton, January 18, 1946 ) Edgar & Ruth's dau. Marriages Frank A. Cain & Katherine Voelker, December 26, 1942 Edgar Calhoun Upton Jr & Ruth F. Cain, May 8, 1943 James Reese Boies & Ola Mae Cain, November 27, 1942 Harold E. Bravik & Ola Mae Boies Cain, August 8, 1946 Leroy R. Mix & Billie Jean Cain, October 11, 1946 End of letter. 1/ Gordon Arbuthnot Cain, b 31 May 1912 2/ Frank Arbuthnot Cain, b 15 Dec. 1914, m 26 Dec. 1942 Katherine Voelker A/ Frank A. Cain Jr., b 30 Sep 1943 B/ Katherine Cain, b 17 Feb 1947 C/ Gordon Cain 3/ Edward Maxwell Cain, b 6 May 1918; m Lois Smith, divorced; m 2nd By the second marriage of Gordon Dunn Cain: 4/ Ruth Frances Cain, b 20 July 1920; m 8 May 1943 Edgar Calhoun Upton Jr. A/ Margaret Jane Upton, b 18 Jan 1946 5/ Ola Mae Cain, b 2 Aug 1922; m 1st 27 Nov 1942 James Reese Boies; m 2nd 8 Aug 1946 Harold E. Bravick 6/ Billie Jean Cain, b 5 July 1924; m 11 Oct. 1946, Leroy R. Mix. Adopted 2 children. b) Hattie Willie Cain, b 12 May 1888; m 29 Mch 1919 Vivian Edwin Settoon 1/ Mary Gordon Settoon; m W.C. Brown A/ W.C. Brown 2/ Vivian Edwin Settoon, b 17 Dec 1926; m 14 Mch 1948 Ruth Ella Chambers, b 13 July 1929 A/ Kathryn Ruth Settoon, b 18 Nov 1949 B/ Jackie Lynn Settoon, b 27 Nov 1952 c) Kenneth Malcolm Cain, b 29 Jan 1890, d 20 Jan 1945; m 22 Sep 1918 Martha Robins McKneely, b 17 June 1894, dau of Samuel Gustavus McKneely and Margaret Elizabeth Cook, who was son of Johnson Franklin McKneely and Iowa Scott. 1/ Kenneth Malcolm Cain Jr., b 13 Sep 1919. He is a genealogist of his family. See his manuscript from which much of this data has come. 2/ Betty Lou Cain, b 2 June 1921. E) James Oscar Eugene Cain, b c. July 1857, Ashley Co. AR, d Avoyelles Par. between 1904-1910; m c.1885 Emma Havard, dau of ___ and Laura H. Havard. 1900 Avoyelles Par LA Ward 7 E.D. 19-7 Cain, James O. E. July 1857, 42 AR; Emma wife Aug 1871, 28 LA; Ethel G. dau Nov 1888, 11; Jennie dau Apr 1891, 9; Fred H. (twin) son Apr 1891, 9; May dau Jan 1894, 6; Margrett dau July 1896, 4 LA; Havard, Laura H., mother in law, July 1831, 68, MS 1910 Avoyelles Par. LA E.D. 21-4 Cain, Emma 38 MS; Ethel G. dau 21; Freddie H. son 18; Virginia L. dau 18; Page 259 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS Laura M dau 16; Marguerit dau 14; Evelyn V. dau 7; James H. son 6. F) Lelia Permola Rochester "Bicky" Cain, b c.1860 Ashley Co. AR; m 18 Dec 1879 (E.Fel.4-10) Charles C. Steadman. 1880 E.Feliciana Par LA Ward 8 E.D. 116-35 Steadman, Chas. G. 26 LA; Mrs. L.P. wife 20 AR; Mrs. M. S., mother 42 LA: Margaret W. sister 14 LA; Alice P. sister 12 LA; R. Theresa sister 8 LA; George A. bro. 6 LA; Hugh A. brother 4 LA. a) Mae Steadman; m Fred O. Piker, has Maxwell Bible 1/ Mary Lelia "Rosebud" Piker. G) Mary Ella Cain (twin), b 20 Jan 1862. H) Martha Eugenia "Hudie" "Genie" Cain (twin), b 20 Jan 1862, d 23 July 1949, m 1st 18 Jan 1898 Nolan Hanks, b 3 Sep 1859, d 2 July 1894, m 2nd Charles C. Steadman, widow of her sister. 1/ Lee Erastus Hanks, b 14 Nov 1888, d 12 Feb 1955; m 13 Oct 1912 Iva Lee McNeely, b 24 July 1889, dau of Johnson Franklin McKneely and Rosie Rogillio A/ Stanhope Nolan Hanks, b 2 Mch 1914, d 1961 B/ Lee Franklin Hanks, b 10 May 1916, d 27 May 1918 C/ John Robert Hanks, b 25 May 1918 D/ Irwin Augustus Hanks; m 4 July 1946 (div. '57) Mary Ann Smith, b 29 Dec 1919 a/ Nancy Lee Hanks b/ Thelma Hope Hanks E/ Rosemary Hanks, b 4 July 1922; m Felix Dawson a/ Floy Frances Dawson b/ Ray Dawson c/ Ann Dawson F/ Mignonette (Bitsy) Hanks, b 24 July 1924; m 20 Feb. 1948 Billy Bauman Garner, b 15 May 1923 a/ Melanie Garner, b 26 Nov. 1948 b/ Billy Lee Garner, b 3 May 1952 2/ Irwin Eugene Hanks, b 22 Oct 1891, d 12 Feb 1925. 3/ Florence C. Hanks, b 17 Dec 1893, d 25 Nov. 1900, Clinton, LA. I) Wilhemina Cain. J) Luella Graves Cain,. m 17 Jan 1899 George Lee Cain, b 3 Mch 1870, d 17 Mch 1946. See p. 172 this compilation. He was son of George Monroe Cain and Cassandra Adliza Lee and G. M. Cain was son of Hardy Cain and Emily Crider. Below is an excerpt from a letter of Addie Gordon Cain Pickett to K.M. Cain January 8, 1961: "May I tell you the story of how they happened to meet and know each other. My mother was L. G. Cain, Clinton, LA. She was corresponding with a cousin here in MS. His name was Jackson, by the way. Her cousin made the fatal mistake of addressing the letter to Miss L. G. Cain, Clinton, MS instead of to Clinton, LA. My father, G. L. Cain was a student at MS College in Clinton, MS. So the postmaster gave the letter to G. L. Cain. He opened the letter and saw that it was not for him. So he wrote a Page 260 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS note of apology and sent the letter on to L.G. Cain, my mother, at Clinton, LA. She answered and wanted to know who his ancestors were, etc. This correspondence kept up quite a while, and finally G. L. Cain from Clinton, MS went to see L.G. Cain, Clinton, LA. Eventually they married and here am I, ... and I have heard my mother say that she and my father were about 5th cousins. a) William Augustus Cain, b 8 Feb 1960 MS, d 8 Jan 1978 Meadville, bur Rosehill Cem., Brookhaven, never m. See P.192. Probably there is an error on these two William Augustus Cains. b) Mattie (Martha) Lee Cain, b 11 Jan 1902; m 15 Nov. 1924 Dodds Ray Posey (separated) 1/ Juanita Joan (Nita Jo) Posey, b 19 Jan 1926, m 24 Jan 1945 Harold Emmitt Jones A/ Martha Diane Jones, b 13 Sep 1947 2/ Marcheta Lee Posey, b 21 Dec 1927; m 6 June 1947 John Joseph Peetz A/ Mary Rebecca Peetz, b 29 Aug 1948 B/ John Douglas Peetz, b 7 Dec 1952 c) Adelaide (Addie) Gordon Cain, b 6 Feb 1905; m 22 July 1949 Marion Smith Pickett d) Margaret Lucille Cain, b 25 Sep 1918; m 1st Grady Jones (div.); m 2nd 12 Dec 1942 Thomas Jerimiah Bennington. 1/ Etta Lucille Bennington, b 15 Dec 1943 2/ Betty Sue Bennington, b 8 Nov 1944 3/ Martha Gordon Bennington f 3) Lucretia "Quentia" Virginia Cain, b 5 May 1830 Amite Co. MS, d 16 June 1895; m 5 Dec 1848 (Amite 4-197 by H. McKnight V.D.M., B.W. Smith bondsman) James Malcolm Causey, b 2 Aug 1828 Amite Co., d 1883, bur James Malcolm Causey Cem. west of McComb (S23 T3 R7), son of William & Susanna (Whittington) Causey. William Causey m Susanna Whittington 8 June 1809 (Amite 1-4) M.M. Wilkinson in WILKINSON AND KINDRED FAMILIES, p.383 claims she is the dau of Cornelius Whittington and Rebecca Gilliam, but (p.386) shows only one son for them. The will of William Causey names wife Susan, 9 sons, 4 daus and 1 unborn child. This will was proved in Amite Co. in open court 21 July 1828. (Amite Co. Wills, Vol. 1,p.77). 1850 Amite Co. #280 James M. Cawsey 23 m Amite Co.; Susana Cawsey 60 f GA; Virginia L. 20 f Amite Co.: Nancy M. Daniels 17 f; Mary A. Cawsey 5/12 f Amite Co. The William Causey Cem. in Amite Co. (522 T2 R3) has two Causey stones: William Causey 1744/1828 Capt. 14 Bn Caroline Co. Mil Revolutionary War. Johnnie Causey son of James N. and Virginia L. (Cain), d 2 July 1868. This family has not been picked up on subsequent censuses. There were two contemporary James N. Causeys in Amite or the death date of L. V. Cain Causey above is incorrect as a James N. Causey m 26 Dec 1854 Margaret N. Forrest (Amite 4-489). Nothing further is known. Page 261 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS m 4) James J. Cain, son of Isaiah and Mary (Butler) Cain was b c.1833 (age 17 in 1850) Amite Co. MS, d 26 Mar 1864; m 14 May 1861 (Amite 5-259 by Zachariah Reeves M.G., D.W. Wilkinson bondsman) Rebecca E. Whitney, widow of Samuel B. Bates. James J. Cain with wife Rebecca has not been found on a census. Neither has Rebecca Cain been found. 1860 Amite #536 Mary Cain 55 f MS; Jas J. Cain 27 overseer MS; Frances 17 f MS; Hardy Cain 18 m; Mary Cotton 17 f MS 1860 Amite, p.180 #223 Rebecca Bates 22 f MS; Richard 7 m; James 1 m MS Samuel B. Bates m 16 Oct 1851 Rebecca E. Whitney (Amite 4-318) The will of Mary Wi1son 25 June 1859 (Amite will 2-166) named Rebecca Bates as her granddau, wife of Samuel Bates and dau of Sophia Hwnock(?) . Amite deed 11-203, 12 Mch 1866 Marshall P. Bates adm and Rebecca E. Cain admx of Samuel B. Bates decd to Charles P. Neilson at public sale: W/2 of SE/4; NE/4 of SW/4, NE/4, W/2 of NW/4, SE/4 of NW/4 Sec 24; NE/4 of NW/4 Sec 21, NW/4 of NW/4 Sec 21; SW /4 of NW/4 Sec 21, part SE/4 of NW/4 Sec 21, 30 ac, all in T3 ..... . Rebecca E. Cain who was widow of sd Samuel B. Bates decd. $453. /s/ M. P. Bates, R.E. Cain. Amite Deed 11-561 16 Feb 1867 Charles P. Neilson to Rebecca E. Cain, both of Amite $453, W/2 of SE/4, NE/4 of SW/4, NE/4 Sec 20, NE/4 of NW/4 Sec 21, SW/4 of NW/4 Sec 21, part of SE/4 of NW/4 Sec 21, 30 ac. all in. T3 R5E. Miss Laura Hemby, Hammond, LA had in her possession a letter from James J. Cain. See Crosby p.863. "Miss F. Ann Cain, Zion Hill, MS..left Tynus Sta, TN ..Hardy sent letters from wife to me. He came as far as Chatt. and took fever .... 3 of us. I am only one can stand camp life.. fever 3 weeks ago -mumps. March every day.. Tynes across TN River . Tents. Then 3 miles near to Bold Ridge then Cumberland Mts... Gen. Bragg gives us praise now near Bradstown, Ky where Bud went to school college -Catholic church. (Calls her 'Frank') Sent home by Sam Nunnery for winter clothes. Fight at Mumfordsville 2 weeks ago. 4600 march out of fort and surrendered. I wrote to Becca the other day. /s/ James J. Cain" f 5) Elizabeth L Cain b 11 June 1837 Amite Co. MS; m 11 June 1855 (Amite 4-520, S.L. Weathersby bondsman, no return) Ivy Trisvan Kinabrew who m 1st 26 June 1851 (Amite 4-302) Abilene Ara Bates. The records below do not jibe and should be resolved with the family for the descrepancies. In the Bates Cem. Amite Co. (S27 T3 R4) is the stone: Kinabrew, Abilene Ara Bates, consort of Ivy T. 22 July 1835? d -11? July 1865 29y 11m 19d 1850 Amite #105 Burton Bates 56 m SC: Syntha 43 f SC; Amanda 17 f Amite Co.: Abilene A. 14 f; Burton 6.9 m; Syntha J. 7 f; Mary B. 4 f, Louisa F. 1 f. Page 262 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS The will of Elizabeth Husbands in Amite Will Bk. 1-275 dated 21 Sep 1844, proved 28 Oct 1844 names Ivy Trisvan Kinabrew, minor, a grandson. Ephraim Marsalis was a witness. It appeared that Kinabrew and Husbands operated a business. Amite Letters of Administration, Vol. 3 p.175 reveals the father of Tresvan: Dec. Term 1842 John G. Kinabrew made bond as guardian of the real and personal property of James Kinabrew, Leonard Kinabrew, William Kinabrew and Tresvan Kinabrew, infant children of David Kinabrew decd. 26 Dec 1842. Ibid, p.236 John C. Kinabrew bond as guardian of person and estate of Eliza Kinabrew, infant of David Kinabrew decd. 28 Nov. 1843. Ibid, p. 250. The bond of John G. Kinabrew as administrator de bonis non for the will of David Kinabrew decd. 25 Dec 1843. Ibid, p. 306 Marshall J. Kinabrew bond for guardianship of person and estate of Ivy Trisvan Kinabrew and Leonard S. Kinabrew, infant children of David Kinabrew decd. 24 Feb 1845. The will of David Kinnebrew dated 17 May 1835, recorded Amite Will Bk 1- 148, names wife Sarah and 7 sons: John, Marshall, Orlander, James, William, Leonard Ivy, Lattimore. Date proved not here. Abstract by Casey AMITE Co. MS, p.143. Apparently, the clerk failed to insert the comma between the name Leonard and Ivy when recording the will as the record above (p.306) shows Leonard and Ivy are two sons. The census record below shows him b c.1830 which is five years before the will was written. 1850 Amite #180 M.S. Kennibrew 35 m Amite Co; Clementine 30 f LA.,. Mary A. 9 f Itally (Attala) Co. MS; Augustus W. 3 m Amite; Elenore E. Itally Co.; Ivy T. 20 m Student Amite Co., MS. He probably was dead before 1860: 1860 Chicot Co. AR, p.940 at P.O. Eudora, Bayou Mason Twp #166 Elizabeth Kinobrew 23 MS; Ulalia f 4 MS; Fannie 2 f MS 1870 Amite Co. between the upper Natchez and Meadville Road #140 Cain, Mary 65 f GA; Kinabrew, Mary E. 13 f; others. William Marsalis m 2nd Elizabeth Butler Pearson 1 Apr 1869: 1870 Amite Co. between Jackson and Holmesville Road, p.406 #443 Marsalis, William 60 m GA; Elizabeth 33 f; Thomas H. 18 Med student; Eva M. 2/12 f MS. Issue of Elizabeth L. Cain Kinabrew: A) Mary Eula (Ulalia) Kinabrew, b 16 Nov 1855, d 27 Aug 1917; m 4 Apr 1872 (Amite V1-319) (Dr.) Thomas Hutchins Marsalis, b 6 Aug 1853, d 28 Feb 1920, both bur Centreville, Oaklawn Cem. He was son of William Marsalis and probably Lucy Denman whom he m 25 Oct 1830 (Amite 2-352). 1880 Amite Beat 4 E.D. 46-37 Marsalis, Thos 26 MS; Ula wife 23 MS: Wm. Ivy son 7; Timmie, son 5; Donnis dau 2. 1900 Fr.Co. Beat 1 Roxie #9 W. Ave. E.D. 49-3 Marsalis, Thomas H. Aug 1852, 47 MS; Mary E. wife Nov. 1856, 43 MS; Tim M. son June 1875 24 MS; Russel D. son Feb Page 263 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS 1881 19 MS; James P. son Apr 1883 17; Bessie C. dau Apr 1886 14; Thomas R. son Dec 1888 11 MS 1910 Fr.Co., Roxie, Beat 1 #11 E.D. 61-1 Marsalis, T.H. 57 m once 37 yrs MS MS MS Physician general practice; Eula wife 53 md once 37 yrs 8 children 5 living MS MS MS; Russell D. son 29 single; Bessie dau 24 single. B) Fannie Kinabrew, b c.1858 MS, apparently died young. f 6) Frances Ann Cain, dau of Isaiah and Mary (Butler) Cain, b 18 Sep 1839 Amite Co., d 12 Jan 1893;. m 24 Nov 1869 (Amite 1-166 by J.E. Jagers M.G., Thomas J. Magee bondsman) William McKowen Dunn, b 20 Nov 1845, d 26 Dec 1920, both bur Roxie Cem., Fr.Co., MS, son of Alexander Dunn (Sr.) and Frances V. Caulfield of Amite Co. W McKowen Dunn taught at and was principal (1869-90) of Gillsburg Collegiate Institute and later was superintendent for schools in Fr.Co. Frances Ann Cain kept a diary, which was published 1983 by J. Paul Jr. and Kathryn (Cole) Mogan, entitled FAREWELL TO THIS DAY, The Diary of Miss Frances Ann Cain of Zion Hill, MS 1856-1858. The diary is now owned by Frances granddaughter, Yvonne Weeks who gave permission for its publication. She noted that Frances and her husband taught school, and all five of their children taught at some period of their lives. Most of the information on this line is from the Book: FAREWELL TO THIS DAY by the Mogans. The censuses: 1850 Amite Co. MS #287 A.R. Dunn 34 m physician Amite Co.; Frances V. Dunn 30 f TN; John C. Amite Co.; Elenora 7 f; William N. 5 m; Elexander D. 4 m; Alice 1 f; Belue Cauldfield 22 m TN Casey AMITE CO. MS reported he enlisted into the Confederate army on 3 Jan 1863, Co. E 22nd MS. 1870 Amite Co. #140 Cain, Mary 68 GA; Dunn, McKowan 25 school teaching; Frances 30 f MS; others. 1880 Amite Co. Beat 1, E.D. 43-59 Dunn, W. McK. 34 MS; F.A. wife 40 MS; Alva C. son 9; Tinney V. dau 8; Luna N. dau 6; Birdie N. dau 2; Hardy M. son 6/12 MS; Cain, Mary, mother in law, 75, GA 1900 Fr.Co. Beat 3, E.D. 51-3 Dunn, William N. Nov 1845, 54 MS, boarder at Adaline J. Smith. 1910 Fr.Co. p.46 Hamburg, E.D. 63-1 #5 Lee, Tennie V. f 36, md twice, 4 yrs 2 children, 2 living MS MS MS; Dodds, Prentice F. son 12 MS MS MS; Lee, Gladys dau 3 MS AR MS; Dunn, William N. father 68 widow MS MS MS Teacher, public school; Dunn, Alvie C . brother 38 widow, retail merchant, general store; Gwynneth V., niece, f, 13 MS MS MS Issue of W. McKowen and Frances Ann (Cain) Dunn: A) Alvie Cain Dunn, b c.Sep 1870 Amite Co. MS, d 1940s; m 1st 16 Oct 1895 (Fr.Co. 2-163 by J.M. Tucker M.G., W.M. Dunn bondsman, Alvie age 24, Eda age 17) Eada V. Wieben,b 9 Jan 1877, d 2 June 1909, bur Hamburg, Fr.CO.MS; m 2nd Dec 1910 (Fr.Co. 4-1 18 by W.F. Baggett) Irma K. Farr, d 1937, both bur Philadelphia, MS, Neshoba Co. 264 Page 264 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS 1900 Fr.Co. Beat 2, E.D. 50-17 Dunn, Alva Sep 1870, 29 MS; Eda wife Oct 1876, 23 MS; Guiney dau Sep 1896, 3. The only issue known was by the first wife: a) Gwyneth Dunn, b c.Sep 1896 Fr.Co.; m Everette Sellers Cole 1/ Gwyneth Christine Cole; m Wendel Webb, 4 sons 2/ Everette Sellers Cole Jr.; m Jane Alexander of Bay Springs, MS. 3 sons. B) Tinnie Virginia Dunn, b c.1872, d ___, bur Garden of Memories, Jefferson Par., LA; m 1st 2 Apr 1895 (Fr.Co. 2-143, no return, he age 35, she 21) Prentiss F. Dodds, b 11 June 1856, d 29 Nov 1901, bur Mt. Carmel Cem. (Fr. Co. Sec 8 T7 R2); m 2nd c.1905 M.N. Lee. Issue of Tinnie Virginia Dunn: a) Prentiss F. Dodds, Jr. b) Gladys Lee; m Cain England 1/ Alvin England 2/ Malcolm England 3/ (dau) Sidney Lee England c) Frances Virginia Lee; m Sidney Alfortish 1/ John Lee Alfortish C) Lunie Mary Dunn, b c.1874, 4 c.1943; m 18 Dec 1895 (Fr. Co. 2-189 by J.E. Phillips) F James Derrick, d 1937. No issue. Both bur Jackson, MS. Minister, See below. D) Birdie Marselis Dunn, b 1878, d 1972, bur Garden of Memories, New Orleans, Jefferson Par.; m 24 Sep 1902 (Fr. Co. 3-51 by M.J. Derrick M.G.) Ralph Pollard Butler, d 1912, bur Uvalde, TX. 1910 Fr.Co. MS p.14 E.D. 61-2 #42 Butler, Ralph P. 32 md 27 yrs MS MS MS, pharmacist; Bertie wife 30 md once 7 yrs MS MS MS; Dunn, H.M. brother in law 30 single. a) Yvonne Dunn Butler, b 1911 Hamburg, MS; m 1937 John Franklin Weeks Jr. 1/ Gwyneth Yvonne Weeks, b 1938; m 1st Peter W. Rudolph; m 2nd Martin Crosby A/ Russell Weeks. _____? b 1963. 2/ John Franklin Weeks II, b 1948; m 1969 Charlotte Helen Critcher A/ Meredith Noelle Weeks, b 1976 B/ Matthew Butler Weeks, b 1979 E) Hardy McKowen Dunn, b Jan 1880, d 1940s; m Josephine Whitney, lived Red Lick, MS, later in Miami, FL. 1900 Fr.Co. Beat 1, Roxie, #7 Railroad Ave. E.D. 49-1 Dunn, H.M. Jan 1880, 20 MS, boarder of J.B. Wilkinson. a) Hardie Dunn Jr., b c.1913 b) Frances Routh Dunn, d age 20. (Note: By family tradition, Frances wanted children's first names to end in "ie", but some of above spellings may vary in records.) m 7) Hardy H. Cain, b 1842, d 1863, C.S.A. This ends the descendants of Isaiah and Mary (Butler) Cain. In their introduction to FAREWELL TO THIS DAY, the Mogans gave Page 265 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS some of the early history of the Cains and Butlers, and also contributed the following: "Zion Hill. Once a town with a post office, Zion Hill, MS still exists as a community and a spirit. The post office was established 1851. Frances' father, brother and husband all served as postmasters. Her father Isaiah was the original postmaster, followed by brother Christopher Columbus Cain, then James E. Jagers, his wife Margaret Butler Jager (Note by ME: He m 1st Elizabeth Cain, dau of Elijah Cain. See p.57 and 82 this compilation.), and later W. M. Dunn, by that time Frances' husband. John H. Jones was the husband of Frances' niece Mary A. Cotten and also was a Zion Hill postmaster. The post office was finally discontinued in 1914, long after Frances' death. The many diary references to Mr. Jagers and the "office" thus have largely to do with the Central role played in the community by the town post office but also with the close ties it had with Frances' own family. She must have remembered being there and helping her father from her earliest years. "Zion Hill Baptist Church was organized 1811. Aaron Butler ('Grandpa') was one of the constituting members. .. Except for the addition of an educational wing to the building, Zion Hill Baptist church is still basically the same edifice as to structure and location that Frances attended regularly. she joined Tuesday, July 31st, 1860, and her brother Hardy joined the same day. They were baptized along with Mary Cotten and several others in a large group on August 6th, 1860, at water near John H. McGehee place' (church minutes in possession of Doris Huff Stokes)." The pages of the diary itself covers 101 pages as the Mogans reproduced it. I copy a few of the entries here as representative of her writing. I found every entry absorbing reading though she spent many days only knitting, weaving, spinning, cooking, etc. but there seemed to be a stream of people visiting all the time. November 26th 1856 Wednesday Oh unhappy girl that I am! Will I never again see any more peace. Here is Bud (Bro. Christopher C. Cain) going to move away to AR and carry nearly all my happiness. I don't think I will live many years if I keep on this way. Other girls are happy and contented but Alas I am miserable. I think my future lot will be misery. What ere it is, but enough of those kinds of thoughts. Grandpa and Grandma (Aaron Butler and his wife Mary) have been here all day. I have be en sewing and knitting this evening. I feel bad, bad enough. December 11th 1856 Thursday Happy days! are passed away. Ma, (her mother Mary Butler Cain) Jim (Bro.), Sis (Mary Adeline Cotten) and myself went up to Emma's (Butler) this morning and I rode behind James and it seems so like old times "when I used to ride behind Papa" that a tear dropped from my eye before I was aware of it. Some say they don't like to. think of the past but to me it is a great consolation. Some of my happiest hours now are spend in studying and calling up old remembrances but I am going too far, we went to help mama sew. Mrs. N Jones and Susan Jones were there. We made a tent cloth and waggon cloth and part of a dress all day. We ate supper and came home in the bright pretty Page 266 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS moonlight for the moon was full. Bud was here when we came back. He staid until bedtime. No more at the present. January 13th 1857 Tuesday I sleep so sound here lately that I can hardly get up until Ma makes me. Ma & Liz trimmed Sis a bonnet this morning. Liz got it yesterday. It is very pretty. I have been at work all day and my head aches and hands are chapped. Ma is calling at me. January 19th 1857 Monday If I didn't have a time of it this morning. I thought sure I would go to school and got everything ready and started and got up on the hill and turned back, though it cost me a many tear and sigh to do so. I knew Ma did not want me to go and I hope always to obey her but I hope I will go tomorrow. I have finished my stocking at last! March 13th 1857 Friday It snowed today. We staid last night at our visiting place. I was most sorry we went for Uncle Jabe (Jabes Butler) was off on a spree and Aunt Nancy (his wife) was gone to Natchez. I enjoyed myself very well with the girls, sat up until near midnight and lay down and talked until the chickens crowed twice. We came home, I helped Ma get dinner & no more, Miss F A Cain. March 18th 1857 Wednesday We arose this morning, ate breakfast and helped Liz (sister Elizabeth) get ready to start. It did. not take us long, the buggy came before breakfast (Pickette Reynaulds). Then came the parting hour and if I could have been many miles from here I would have perhaps felt better. We gave her and Tris (Kinabrew) the parting hands amidst sighs and tears and they started. I looked after them until they were gone, the dear little sweet Eula. I could not bear to kiss her when they left. But they are gone now and there is a vacancy in my heart which no sister ever filled but Liz, now she is gone. I can only think of her and sweet little babe. It will be many months ere I forget her little lively smile. After they left, I fixed me a little silk apron. I went to Mrs Jones after dinner to carry some meal home. I must leave off for I have to get supper. It rained last night but fair as a lily now. (See p.263 for record of Eula.) March 20th 1857 Friday Ma, Sis and me went to the gin this morning, got some cotton and made a mattress and then got dinner, and I have been ironing this evening. A peddler was here. Ma got her two dresses and Sis and me a spencer.. (Note by M.E. There was no ready to wear. When they said dresses they meant dress lengths of material. Evening meant afternoon, dinner the noon meal.) May 9th 1857 Saturday A beautiful Saturday evening this is! Worth of record, neither too warm or cold. Everything seems basking in the joys of this pleasant even. The sun is sinking in the golden lighted vest, clear and calm and not even a soft zephyr stir smallest leaf. All is hushed save the notes of a few daily songsters and here I sit about as happy as usual in the gallery in the arm chair. I have been ironing this evening. I worked in and about the garden this morning. May I feel as well next Saturday, amen! July 16th 1857 Thursday Today has been as solemn a one as I ever wish to witness. Mrs. Jagers is dead! (Elizabeth Cain, dau Page 267 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS of Elijah & Mary Cain, b 1825, wife of Capt James E. Jagers; bur Zion Hill Cem.). She died last night before midnight. They sent for Ma Awhile before she died and now she is no more. That is one good woman that I think has gone to rest. Ma came home before breakfast and her and I went up there and. Fide and Minerva made her burying clothes. She looked very natural even in death though she was very poor. The coffin came about four o'clock and we all went with her to the grave and seen her laid away in the silent tomb. After we come back home there was an awful cloud arose and I never saw such lightning or heard such thunder before, but it did not rain much. I was scared so bad. September 15th 1857 Tuesday Well after a hard days quilting we have made a finish of the quilt after it being in nearly six weeks! I have worked study today sure. Uncle Billy went up after Mary and Amanda today and they called here this evening and staid an hour or so. I rec. a letter from Amanda Hazlewood this even and I was glad sure. Nothing more, only my head aches and Hard went to Ben J(acobs) and got some paper and some sulphur to kill this old itch that we have. September 16th 1857 Wednesday Well this day has passed away alike the most of others. I hardly know what I have done though. I put a cushion in the old rocking chair this morning and helped get dinner and this evening I fixed my hoop over and I like it very well. Sis and I went and grabbled some potatoes for the first. Miss F A C. September 23rd 1857 Wednesday O! last night was indeed a joyful one. Just as we were all seated at the supper table, some one hollowed at the gate and we came out and "0 and behold there was Trisvan, Liz and darling Eula. Jinny and her children and Mary Longmire, oh I nearly cried for joy. We just pulled Liz and Eula off the horses. I didn't hardly sleep any last night, I was so rejoiced to see them once more. This morning we were all going with Mary to see Aunt Nancy and Cousin William and Cousin Harriet, Sis and Mary Jane J(ones) rode up so we all staid but Jinny and Mary, they went on. I haven't done anything today but just knock around and nurse Eula. Grandpa and Ma came down after dinner and a Mr Van Eaton, a candidate, taken dinner here. Mary staid at her Ma, Jinny and Tris came back, he is sick now. Nothing but the children are squalling, Miss F A Cain. December 17th 1857 Thursday Well I have got about a bushel to write on today. I went to the wedding and there was about three hundred persons there. They were married at candle light. Mr. Taylor and Nicy both looked very nice and so did the waiters. They had a nice supper prepared but I did not eat much for I was studying about something else, which was this. About dark Mary Jane Anderson and I taken a walk and she told me she was going to run away that night with Athert Dobbyns and wanted me to go with her, so I told her I would go but after supper was over they all went in the house and started a play. Mary Jane and I played until near ten o'clock and we had it all made up how we would get off and about half after ten I slipt out at the front door and she at the back one, and left them all busy engaged in the play. They had the horses ready for us, and we mounted. and if we didn't leave there in a hurry why there is no going. We came on Page 268 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS here and Mary Jane put on one of my calico dresses and away we started again. Uncle Bob, Trisvan, Andrew W, Jim, Albert, Mary Jane and myself composed the company that started out for Meadville. Well we went on and on and I know it was the longest road that ever I travelled without stopping. There was no light to guide us but the bright little Stars. We rode all night and it was about three o'clock in the morning when we got to the Homochitto River and as it was up we had to be ferried across. They made a fire and Mary Jane and I got down and warmed good. We staid there about an hour and started again. We arrived at Meadville just as day was breaking. We stopped at Dr (John) Sample's. We went into a blazing fire which was very acceptable with us. They rec. us very kindly. I was acquainted with Margaret (Sample, a dau aged 21), they used to live down here. Mary Jane and I then went and lay down and rested until sunup. The men went after the license, and after we ate breakfast Albert and Mary Jane was married. Andrew and I waited on them. She had a silk dress and I was dressed in black. We was scared a little, not much though. There was several of the town people came up to see them married. So ends that scrape and me with it now. So farewell, Miss F A Cain. December 18th 1857 Friday Soon after they married we started for home again. We came a very bad road which fatigued us a good deal. We got home about two o'clock and Ma had a right nice dinner for us. They all left after dinner but Albert and Mary Jane, her and I went up to Mr Jagers late in the evening. Marg (Jagers) wished us both much joy and I guess we are all rather sleepy this evening. Andrew's eyes looked like they were about a minute high when he left. They have all taken a nap I believe but Mary Jane and I so adieu. June 23rd 1858 Wednesday Oh dear me, I sometimes think I am almost tired of living, but of me what a wicked thought. It is quite plain I am put here for some purpose and why should I complain but I cannot help my thoughts, though I try ever so hard. There has been a beautiful shower of rain since dinner and it reminds me of a spring shower, so fresh and lovely does everything appear this bright even. There is a few clouds but the goddess of day is setting in all her fair beauty and brightness, shedding a ray of golden light on all of natures works, But now Adieu as my thoughts appears to wander this evening. October 5th 1858 Tuesday Nothing new as I know of today. I enjoyed myself very much at school and took great pleasure in getting my lessons well. I have such a good and kind teacher, I love to go to her. So farewell to this day and all its joys and sorrows. Miss F. A. Cain, Zion Hill, Miss. End of the material from FAREWELL TO THIS DAY, the Diary of Miss Frances Ann Cain of Zion Hill, Mississippi 1856-1858 published by Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul Mogan Jr., he of 1915 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006. Page 269 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE MS CAINS Mary Cain, the only daughter of Hardy and Mary (Foreman) Cain who survived them, was born c.1808 in GA: m 11 Nov 1823 (Amite 2-60 by Edmd Smith J.P., Jabez Butler bondsman) John W. Moore, b c. 1802 S.C., son of Samuel Moore of Amite Co. His mother could have been Elizabeth Lane, dau of Thomas. See later. The Moore family were quite numerous in very early Amite Co., but none showed on the 1810 census. By 1816 six were head of households in Amite Co.: Samuel Moore M 2(over 21) 4(under 21) F 1(over 21) 3(under 21) 3 sl. William Moore M 2(over 21) 1(under 21) F 1(over 21) 1(under 21) John B. Moore M 1(over 21) 3(under 21) F 1(over 21) 4(under 21) Jefse Moore M 1(over 21) 3(under 21) F 1(Over 21) 2(under 21) 3 sl. Ezekiel Moore M 1(over 21) F 1(over 21) 1(under 21) 8 slaves William Moore M 1(over 21) 2(under 21) F 1(over 21) 2(under 21) By 1820 the following showed but Samuel was apparently missed: Allen Moore M 1(16-26) F 1(16-26) Ezekiel Moore M 1(16-26) 1(26-45) F 1(under 10) 2(16-26) John Moore M 1(16-18) 2(16-26) 1(over 45) F 1(over 45) Mark Moore M 1(10-16) 1(over 45) F 1(26-45) William Moore M 3(under 10) 1(over 45) F 1(under 10) 1(10-16) 1(26-45) By 1830 old John was still there, the readings as follows: p.61 John Moore M 1(60-70) F 1(50-60) 2 slaves p.39 H.D. Moore M 2(under 5) 1(5-10) 1(19-15) 1(15-20) 1(20-30) F 1(under 5) 1(20-30) p.58 John Moore, M 1(under 5) 1(20-30) F 2(under 5) 1(20-30) p.37 Samuel B. Moore M 1(30-40) p.54 Thomas Moore M 1(5-10) 1(10-15) 1(15-20) 1(50-60) F 2(5-10) 1(30-40) 14 slaves p.44 William Moore M 2(5-10) 3(10-15) 1(50-60) F 1(under 5) 2(15-20) 1(40-50) p.64 William Moore M 2(20-30) 17 slaves p.39 Samuel Moore M 1(15-20) 2(20-30) 1(50-60) F 1(10-15) 1(10-15) 1(15- 20) p.51 Reuben Cassell M 1(5-10) 3(10-15) 1(40-50) ?(50-60) F 1(under 5) 1(10-15) 1(30-40) 1840 Amite: (parts difficult or impossible to read) p.50 W.S.. (or H.B.) Moore M 2(10-15) 1(15-20) 1(40-50) F 1(under 5) 2(5- 10) 1(10-15) 1(20-30) p.64 Mrs. Jane Moore M 3(5-10) 1(10-15) 1(15-20) 1(20-30) F 1(10- 15) 2(15-20) 1(40-50) p.47 John Moore M 2(under 5) 1(10-15) 1(20-30) 1(30-40) F 2(5-10) 2(20- 30) p.58 Samuel B. Moore M 1(5-10) 1(40-50) F 1(5-10) p.57 Thomas L. Moore M 1(under 5) 1(20-30) F 1(20-30) 24 slaves p.50 William (or W.H.) Moore M 2(15-20) 1(60-70) F 1(10-15) 1(20-30) p.64 William B. Moore M 1(under 5) 2(5-10) 1(15-20) 1(30-40) F 1(30-40) 1850 Only 1 family showed in Amite Co.: #587 John More 48 m S.C.; Mary More 42 f GA; Victoria C. 16 f Amite Co.: William B. 14 m; B. 11 m; Thomas 8 m; Allen J. 6 m: Martha J. 4 f; Mary C. 1 f; Thomas Jones 65 m N.C. Page 270 -------------------------------------------------------------------------