Martha Nancy Cain (1828 - 1900)

Born 12 Oct 1828 in Speedwell, Claiborne Co., TN

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Jefferson Matthews — married 13 Mar 1851 in Hancock County, Illinois

Descendants

Died 17 Nov 1900 at age 72 in Jasper, Missouri, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 12 OCT 1828

Place: Speedwell, Claiborne Co., TN^[2][3]

Death

Death:

Date: 17 NOV 1900^[4][5][6]

Note

Note: #N13

Marriage

Husband: Thomas Jefferson Matthews

Wife: Martha Nancy Cain

Child: Daniel Matthews

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: James Preston Matthews

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Joab A. Matthews

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Burzilla Matthews

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Mary Jane Matthews

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: William M. Matthews

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Thomas J. Matthews

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Harriet Ann Matthews

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Rosa Matthews

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: @I259@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 13 MAR 1851

Place: Hancock County, Illinois^[7][8]

Martha was born about 1828.

Sources

1. ↑ Cain-1994 was created by Bruce Cunningham through the import of Ben Cunningham Descendants_2014-07-14_01.gedcom.ged on Jul 14, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S3 Data: Text: Date of Import: Oct 24, 2000
3. ↑ Source: #S3 Data: Text: Date of Import: Oct 26, 2000
4. ↑ Source: #S3 Data: Text: Date of Import: Oct 24, 2000
5. ↑ Source: #S1 Data: Text: Date of Import: Oct 24, 2000
6. ↑ Source: #S3 Data: Text: Date of Import: Oct 26, 2000
7. ↑ Source: #S3 Data: Text: Date of Import: Oct 24, 2000
8. ↑ Source: #S3 Data: Text: Date of Import: Oct 26, 2000

• Source: S1 Title: Laramie Bruce Cunningham.FTW NOTESource Medium: Other CONT
• Source: S3 Title: Thomas Jefferson Matthews.FTW NOTESource Medium: Other CONT

Notes

Note N13Go to Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site...

(http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/h/Daniel-A-Rohrback/GENE3- 0001.html?Welcome=1011282621...You can also find this information by going to www.rootsweb.com and doing a search.

Look for the descendants of David Cain (and Nicholas Kain before him) and you will find he had four sons: David; Jesse; Daniel; William, Sr.; and James Cain. James Cain married Elizabeth Hunter and they had 11 children: William; Brice M.; Keziah; Martha (Martha Nancy); James; John H.; Susan; Daniel; David; Henry; and Abraham J. Nicholas Kain's (Cain) father was born in about 1680 in Germany.

Dan Rohrback: "Well, I really think that this Martha, daughter of James Cain and Elizabeth Hunter Cain, is the right one with 90% probability." Being the right one means she is the same Martha Nancy Cain, born October 12, 1828, as recorded in the Matthews Family Bible, and married to Thomas Jefferson Matthews, born February 17, 1827, as reported by family researcher, Bruce Cunningham.

This is the Martha Nancy Cain who married Thomas Jefferson Matthews in March 1851 and they had ten children, but only six survived: Daniel; James Preston; Joab; William; Harriett "Hattie;" and Rosa. The Family Tree Maker Site does not continue on unto the next generation for Martha Cain since it was unknown as to what happened to her, at the time. Bruce Cunningham obtained a copy of the marriage license for Martha and Thomas J. Matthews and sent it to the host of this site, Dan Rohrback. The information for Martha at the site simply shows that she was born in 1830 in Claiborne County, Tennessee and died after 1850 in Hancock County, Illinois. Bruce has the family bible with entries for her birth date, marriage date and date of death. Dan Rohrback has not updated the site with the new information on Martha but he has included it at the rootsweb.com site.

Martha died on November 17, 1900 but family researchers do not know for sure where she died and do not know where she is buried. She was living with the John A. Cunningham family at the time of the 1900 census for Oronogo, Jasper County, Missouri, taken on June 6, 1900. (The enumerator's names was W. O. Rautzang.) Hence, Martha died about 5 1/2 months after the census. On 4/22/00, Bruce Cunningham checked with the person who had the records for the Oronogo Cemetery and Martha is not buried there. The same person checked the records for Jasper County, Missouri, without success, although she did not have all the records. She was missing Volumes 1, 10, and 12-17.

Martha, 20, born in Tennessee, is shown in the 1850 census for Hancock County, living with her brother William, 26, and his wife Rachael, 21, and their daughter Mary E., 1.

• Mathews Family Bible

Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900 United States Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 Kansas States census 1885