Col. John Herron Cain and Jane Hale "Jennie" Elliott

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Husband Col. John Herron Cain ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 18 Nov 1838 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Buried: 3 May 1903 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Henry P. Cain (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 13 Jan 1876 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 5

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Wife Jane Hale "Jennie" Elliott ^{1 3 6}

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           Born: 
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         Buried: 20 Mar 1922 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: William Elliott (1803-1857) 1 7 8
         Mother: Mary Kinnear (      -1905) 1 8 9

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Col. John Herron Cain

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He was reared and educated in Pittsburgh, and subsequently was employed as teller in the old Pittsburgh Trust Company, now the First National Bank. In 1858 Colonel Cain went to St Louis, Missouri, where he occupied a similar position, and in the spring of 1860 removed to Chattanooga, Tennessee. In March, 1861, seeing that a war between the states was imminent, he returned to Pittsburgh, where he soon afterward enlisted in Company K, Twelfth Pennsylvania Volunteers, for the three months service. At the expiration of his term he came home and recruited Company C, One Hundred and Fifty-Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteers, of which he was elected captain. He served in all the battles and campaigns of that regiment up to his resignation in September, 1864. After the battle of Antietam he was promoted to the rank of major, and subsequent to the battle of Fredericksburg to that of lieutenant colonel of his regiment. While holding the latter rank he commanded his regiment at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and on the 3rd of July, 1863, was promoted to the colonelcy, and served in that capacity until his resignation some months afterward. In April, 1865, he came to Franklin to accept the tellership of the First National Bank, which position he filled eighteen months, and then went into the oil business. He followed producing solely until 1885, when he established the Keystone refinery, and operated it in conjunction with the producing business until January 1, 1890, when he consolidated with the Franklin Oil Works. In politics he was a Republican, a member of the G. A. R., also of the Masonic order and the A. O. U. W., and was connected with the First Presbyterian church of Franklin. [HVC 1890, 797]

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General Notes: Wife - Jane Hale "Jennie" Elliott

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Residing in Franklin, PA, in 1919.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 499.

2 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 797.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 612, 723.

4 Franklin Cemetery - Record of Interments (Franklin, PA.).

5 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 798.

6 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 767, 798.

7 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 766.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 611, 723.

9 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 767.