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Author: jkarthur
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I saw you post of the Cain list this morning and I wanted to write about my Cains.
I have three brothers, George Washington Cain, Absolom Cain and John Cain. They all say
that they were born in VA or Shenandoah, VA in the census or other sources. They were
born in the teens of 1800, went on to Highland County, OH by 1840 and then into Dubuque,
IO by 1850. Their mother seems to be Susan S. b in 1787 in either PA or VA. She also
went to IO and is buried in Dubuque in 1866. John Cain married Orpha Beavers who died in
1842 and later he married Elizabeth Shinn who came from what is now West VA. I tend to
think that Elizabeth Shinn's family had some prior connection to the Cains and that
both of these families came from some area near the Shenandoah Valley in what is now West
VA. Does any of this information match up with what you know about Cains from West VA?
Thank you,
Judith K. Arthur
Maylene, AL
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