Born in Warrick County, Indiana (to Kentucky-born parents), Samuel O. Cain grew up on the opposite bank of the Ohio River from Ohio County, Kentucky. The Cains and Addingtons were a large family of Jacksonian Democrats who came to oppose "the rich man's war" against their southern neighbors and relatives. Samuel Cain was Civil War "Copperhead" like many of the people of Southern Indiana and Southern Illinois.
Samuel married Miss Mary E. Lowe in Warrick County in 1870, and the couple later lived and farmed in Southern Illinois (Little Egypt) and Kansas, prior to settling among relatives and old neighbors in SE Missouri's Boot Heel.
An older brother, Mr. Henry Cain (1831-1931), of Evansville, Indiana, was a school-teacher farmer who is remembered for actively campaigning and voting Democrat in every national election from the presidential candidacy of Franklin Pierce in 1852, until that of Al Smith in 1928.
Samuel and Mary E.(Lowe) Cain were themselves the parents of two daughters: Mrs Iva (Cain-Potter-) Burns (1872-1945); and Mrs. Laura (Cain-) Casey (1873-1954); who were followed by three sons.
The oldest son, an attorney who was also named Henry Cain (1878-1954), was elected as a Democrat to the Missouri State Senate in 1912.
Son Benjamin F. Cain (1879-1962) was elected to the lower house of the Missouri State Legislature in 1946; and the youngest son, Albert Eli Cain (1883-1968), also made a career of public service.
Samuel Overton Cain is inscribed simply as "Samuel O. Cain," with his dates of birth and death on a double stone funerary monument shared with his wife, Mrs. Mary E.(Lowe) Cain (1848-1935) in Robert Hill Cemetery.
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Samuel married Miss Mary E. Lowe in Warrick County in 1870, and the couple later lived and farmed in Southern Illinois (Little Egypt) and Kansas, prior to settling among relatives and old neighbors in SE Missouri's Boot Heel.
An older brother, Mr. Henry Cain (1831-1931), of Evansville, Indiana, was a school-teacher farmer who is remembered for actively campaigning and voting Democrat in every national election from the presidential candidacy of Franklin Pierce in 1852, until that of Al Smith in 1928.
Samuel and Mary E.(Lowe) Cain were themselves the parents of two daughters: Mrs Iva (Cain-Potter-) Burns (1872-1945); and Mrs. Laura (Cain-) Casey (1873-1954); who were followed by three sons.
The oldest son, an attorney who was also named Henry Cain (1878-1954), was elected as a Democrat to the Missouri State Senate in 1912.
Son Benjamin F. Cain (1879-1962) was elected to the lower house of the Missouri State Legislature in 1946; and the youngest son, Albert Eli Cain (1883-1968), also made a career of public service.
Samuel Overton Cain is inscribed simply as "Samuel O. Cain," with his dates of birth and death on a double stone funerary monument shared with his wife, Mrs. Mary E.(Lowe) Cain (1848-1935) in Robert Hill Cemetery.
Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother
Special thanks to Mr. Brent Gillespie
Born in Warrick County, Indiana (to Kentucky-born parents), Samuel O. Cain grew up on the opposite bank of the Ohio River from Ohio County, Kentucky. The Cains and Addingtons were a large family of Jacksonian Democrats who came to oppose "the rich man's war" against their southern neighbors and relatives. Samuel Cain was Civil War "Copperhead" like many of the people of Southern Indiana and Southern Illinois.
Samuel married Miss Mary E. Lowe in Warrick County in 1870, and the couple later lived and farmed in Southern Illinois (Little Egypt) and Kansas, prior to settling among relatives and old neighbors in SE Missouri's Boot Heel.
An older brother, Mr. Henry Cain (1831-1931), of Evansville, Indiana, was a school-teacher farmer who is remembered for actively campaigning and voting Democrat in every national election from the presidential candidacy of Franklin Pierce in 1852, until that of Al Smith in 1928.
Samuel and Mary E.(Lowe) Cain were themselves the parents of two daughters: Mrs Iva (Cain-Potter-) Burns (1872-1945); and Mrs. Laura (Cain-) Casey (1873-1954); who were followed by three sons.
The oldest son, an attorney who was also named Henry Cain (1878-1954), was elected as a Democrat to the Missouri State Senate in 1912.
Son Benjamin F. Cain (1879-1962) was elected to the lower house of the Missouri State Legislature in 1946; and the youngest son, Albert Eli Cain (1883-1968), also made a career of public service.
Samuel Overton Cain is inscribed simply as "Samuel O. Cain," with his dates of birth and death on a double stone funerary monument shared with his wife, Mrs. Mary E.(Lowe) Cain (1848-1935) in Robert Hill Cemetery.
Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother
Special thanks to Mr. Brent Gillespie
Samuel married Miss Mary E. Lowe in Warrick County in 1870, and the couple later lived and farmed in Southern Illinois (Little Egypt) and Kansas, prior to settling among relatives and old neighbors in SE Missouri's Boot Heel.
An older brother, Mr. Henry Cain (1831-1931), of Evansville, Indiana, was a school-teacher farmer who is remembered for actively campaigning and voting Democrat in every national election from the presidential candidacy of Franklin Pierce in 1852, until that of Al Smith in 1928.
Samuel and Mary E.(Lowe) Cain were themselves the parents of two daughters: Mrs Iva (Cain-Potter-) Burns (1872-1945); and Mrs. Laura (Cain-) Casey (1873-1954); who were followed by three sons.
The oldest son, an attorney who was also named Henry Cain (1878-1954), was elected as a Democrat to the Missouri State Senate in 1912.
Son Benjamin F. Cain (1879-1962) was elected to the lower house of the Missouri State Legislature in 1946; and the youngest son, Albert Eli Cain (1883-1968), also made a career of public service.
Samuel Overton Cain is inscribed simply as "Samuel O. Cain," with his dates of birth and death on a double stone funerary monument shared with his wife, Mrs. Mary E.(Lowe) Cain (1848-1935) in Robert Hill Cemetery.
Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother
Special thanks to Mr. Brent Gillespie
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