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Author: 005fam
Surnames: Cain
Classification: queries
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Joseph & Julia Ann Cain moved to Mobile from PA in early 1820s & had a 2nd son,
Joseph Stillwell Cain, who is credited with reviving Mardi Gras in Mobile post Civil War.
Joseph b~1790 Morrisville PA(NJ) d.4/28/1856 Mobile.
Julia Ann ?? b.~1795 Philadelphia d.3/25/1877.
Children:
Jesse Turner Cain b.~1805?? d. 10/30/1880 Mobile.
Anna Margaret Cain b.~1807 d. ~1887.
Joseph Stillwell Cain b.10/10/1832 d.1904
Alfred Henderson Cain b. 1836
Josephine Cain b. 1839
Francis(Frank) D. Cain b.1844
Also, looking for BOOK Joseph Stillwell was selling according to 7/13/1894 newspaper
article.
Have been looking for info since 1983 on all above w/o luck finding where they came to AL
from.
thanks.
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