Mahala (Cain) Anderson (1806 - 1884)

Born 6 Sep 1806 in Putnam, Virginia

Wife of James Young Anderson — married Feb 1835 in Perry, Ohio

Descendants

Died 13 Nov 1884 at age 78 in Greene County, Iowa

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Biography

Mahala in probably the sister of Abel J. Cain and John Cain As more DNA results come in we hopefully will be able to prove this. According to a Necrological Report of 1891 the father of Mahala Cain Anderson is Patrick Caine

1806 - Mahala Cain born VA per census- approx.

1826 - Mahala Kane marries Jeremiah Ford in Muskingum Co Ohio

1830 - Census Muskingum, West Zanesville, Ohio; Mahala Ford, head, 20-30; 1 male under 5

1840 - Census

1835 - Feb; marriage of Mahala Ford to James Young Anderson; Perry Co Ohio

1848 - April 8th at Fort Des Moines, Iowa- James Anderson listed as being at a meeting of residents to adopt measures for the security and protection of citizens "Iowa and Polk Co, History, 1880"

1848 - November 18 - James Anderson owned land in Polk Co Iowa, Twp 78, Range 24, SE ¼, Sec 14 "Iowa and Polk Co, History, 1880"

1850 - Census - James Y Anderson, 33, shoemaker, born PA; Mahala Anderson, age 38, born PA; Joseph Anderson, age 15, shoemaker, born Ohio; Alfred Anderson, age 14, b. Ohio; David Anderson, age 11, born Ohio; William Anderson, age 9 born Ohio; Miranda Anderson, age 7, born Ohio; Sylvester, age 4, born Ohio. 1850 Census Liberty Township, Knox County, Ohio

1855 - J.Y. Anderson was listed as the first Sheriff for Carroll Co, Iowa "Carroll Co. Iowa History"

1856 - Census Carroll County, Jasper twp, Iowa; James Anderson age 39; Mahala Anderson, age 44, born Virginia; Joseph Anderson 20, born Ohio; Alfred B. Anderson 19, born Ohio; David Anderson 17, born Ohio; William Anderson, 15, born Ohio; Maranda D. Anderson, 13, born Ohio. -- Microfilm # HQ# V221-9, FHL #1021292

1856 - James Anderson received $5.00 salary as a county officer; "Carroll Co. Iowa History"

1857 - James Anderson was the assessor of Carroll Co, Iowa "Carroll Co, Iowa History"

1860 - Census Greene Co, Jefferson twp, Iowa; James Anderson, age 43, master shoemaker, Real Estate value 700, Personal Estate value 500, born Ohio; Mahala Anderson, age 47, housekeeper, born Virginia; Alford Anderson, age 22, student, born Ohio; Wm Anderson, age 18, domestic, born Ohio; Maranda Anderson, age 16, domestic, born Ohio; Sylvester Anderson, age 14, born Ohio.

1866 - June 15 Gerrit H VanSchaick assigned his Bounty Land Warrant of 120 acres in DesMoines Iowa to James Y Anderson. N ½ SW ¼ and SW ¼ of SW ¼ of S 2 in Township 84 Range 33

1870 - Census, Greene Co, Jefferson twp, Iowa; June 17, 1870 -- Alford B Anderson, head of house, age 32, clerk in store, born Ohio; Mahala age 63, keeping house, born Virginia; William age 25, laborer, born Ohio---- Sylvester Anderson and family living next door

1871 - Aug 25 Mahala marries Ellery Bascom

1880 - Dec 25 Ellery Bascom dies in Jewell Co, Kansas.

1880 - Census, Greene Co, Kendrick twp, Iowa; June 11, 1880 -- D.B. Anderson, husband, farmer, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born VA; Anna Anderson, wife, age 34, born Canada, father born Ireland, mother born Scotland; Mahala Anderson, mother, age 73, born VA, father born Ireland, mother born NJ; Vet? Anderson, age 13; Freddie Anderson, age 12; Hattie Anderson, age 9; Myra Anderson, age 5; D. Blue Anderson, age 1; Ettie Nesbitt, age 13, step-daugh; Alva Nesbitt, age 10, step-son; Anni Nesbitt, age 7, step-daughter.

1884 -Death - Nov. 13, 1884 -Jefferson,Greene County,Iowa, USA Mahala Anderson Gravestone

1891 - Necrological Reports and Annual Proceedings of the Alumni Assn of Princeton Theological Seminary; Info on Ellery Bascom says the following: "Mr. Bascom was married twice. His second wife - married Aug 25, 1871 to Mahala Cain, daughter of Patrick Cain, deceased, of Somerset, Ohio, and widow of James Young Anderson. She survives him." Necrological Report 1891

Necrological Reports Princeton Theological Seminary, 1891

Necrological Report 1881

CHILDREN: Joseph Adams Anderson 1835 - 1894, Alfred Bedell Anderson 1837 - 1878, David B Anderson 1841 - 1924, William H Anderson b. 1842, Miranda Doyle Anderson 1844 - 1917, Sylvester B. Anderson 1846 - 1916

Sources

Mahala Anderson in household of D B Anderson, "United States Census, 1880" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD2X-92M : 24 December 2015), Mahala Anderson in household of D B Anderson, Kendrick, Greene, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 90, sheet 237C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0341; FHL microfilm 1,254,341.​

Other Cain Families; website of Karen Pickett (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brandt/Cain%20other%20families.html)

Note: The 1880 census states her father's birthplace as Ireland and her mother's birthplace as New Jersey, US. I will keep searching!