Martha Mahala Cain

Brief Life History of Martha Mahala

When Martha Mahala Cain was born on 25 December 1841, in Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, David Cain, was 34 and her mother, Nancy Jane Lynch, was 35. She married Isaac Newton Jackson on 23 August 1859, in Platte, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Sugar Creek, Van Buren, Missouri, United States in 1870 and Grand River Township, Van Buren, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died in 1924, in Pratt, Kansas, United States, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Newton Jackson
1838–1920
Martha Mahala Cain
1841–1924
Marriage: 23 August 1859
Nancy J. "Jenny" Jackson
1860–1937
Mary Louella Jackson
1863–1922
William B Jackson
1866–1962
Sarah Elizabeth Jackson
1869–1918
Emily E. Jackson
1872–1961
John Andrew Jackson
1875–1922
David Jackson
1881–

Sources (6)

  • Martha Jackson in household of Isaac Jackson, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Martha Cain - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Martha Mahala Cain
  • Martha Mahala Cain in entry for Isaac Jackson, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Manx: from Gaelic Mac Catháin ‘son of Cathan’, see Kane . The personal name literally meant ‘warrior’, a derivative of Manx cah ‘battle’ (Irish cath).

English: variant of Cane .

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from the city of Caen in Calvados, France.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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