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Surnames: Cain, Thompson, Wilson, Thornton,
Classification: Query
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I believe we have been in touch some time ago. My line goes from Thomas Cain, Alfred
Cain, John W Cain, Clyde Cain, and my father, John Wesley Cain.
There is never any mention of my grandfather, Clyde, in the Reedy history as John and
Sarah McCarty Cain had moved the family to Spencer or Sisterville, where he was born and
then to Parkersburg.
My brick wall in this family concerns Clyde's sisters Luanna, Florence Cain Thornton,
Janette, Laura Cain Little, and Adell Cain Wilson.
Laura and husband, Charles, lived in Parkersburg and had 2 daughters, Pauline and Alma.
Laura died while the girls were still young and Charles remarried. I cannot find married
names for Janette or Luanna. I know Florence, Janette, and Adell were all living in
Kansas City Missouri by 1930 and Luanna may have been as well. Why did all these sisters
move to MO??
Clyde had moved to Pittsburgh with sister and brother in law Thornton. He married and
stayed. Florence and husband moved on to Ohio and ended up in MO.
I have snapshots of the sisters taken in Kansas City and a woman named Ailsa Buck is in
some of them and I believe she may be related.
There are 2 brothers, William T (bc 1872) and Charles D (b 1880). Charles was army ,
married Lottie and adopted a daughter (Esther?) and died in 1932. He lived and is buried
in Leavenworth KS
If you or anyone has found any information on the Cain women who moved to Kansas City MO
between 1910 and 1920's, I would love to hear. I have several pics of these
sisters.