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Harriet CAIN

Harriet CAIN

Female 1846 - 1923  (~ 77 years)

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  • Name Harriet CAIN 
    Born CA 1846  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Age 26 in 1872 marriage record would put birth in about 1846, but 1900 Census states May 1848, age 52, while her 1923 death record states Mar 20 1840, age 83. Parents identified in her marriage record as (father not given) & Mary, but in death record as John Cane (sic) & Polly. This is probably the same Harriet Cain who was in the household of John & Catharine Cain in the 1850 Census of Ritchie County. We have not found her in the 1860 or 1870 censuses.
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1872  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Census 1880  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 23 Mar 1923  Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I95037  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Aug 2014 

    Family Eli CONAWAY,   b. CA 1851, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jun 1900  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Married 9 May 1872  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 3 1880:
      Eli Conaway, 28, farmer, medical condition asthma; wife Harret, 33; son James E, 6; dau Narmain E, 5, medical condition scrofula.
      In the next enumerated household were:
      John W. Conaway, 27, shoemaker, medical condition hemorrhoids; wife Mary A, 23; dau Della A, 4; son Albert, 2.

      1900 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 18/19 1900:
      James E. Conaway, 25, b. Dec 1874, farmer, married 3 yrs; wife Louisa A, 19, b. Jan 1881, married 3 yrs, no children; mother Harriet Conaway, 52, b. May 1848, widowed, mother of 2 children (both still living).

      1920 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District, town of Pullman), enumerated on Jan 28 1920:
      James E. Conway, 45, railroader; wife Virdie, 38; dau Clarice V, 16; dau Alta B, 11; dau May H, 8 yr 8 mo; son Curly A, 6 yr 4 mo; dau Ila J, 3 y 5 mo; mother Harriet, 86.
    Children 
     1. James Esta CONAWAY,   b. Dec 1874, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1961  (Age ~ 86 years)
     2. Narmain E. CONAWAY,   b. CA 1875
    Family ID F41081  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1920 - Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Mar 1923 - Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    95037_CONAWAY_HarrietCain_DeathCertificate_23Mar1923.jpg
    95037_CONAWAY_HarrietCain_DeathCertificate_23Mar1923.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.

    2. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 26 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537925&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Eli Conaway, 21, b. Monongalia Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Thomas & Catharine; and Harriett Cain, 26, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of (blank) & Mary. Married May 9 1872 in Ritchie County.