The Shelbyville Republican
Saturday May 24, 1941
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NATIVE OF COUNTY DIES
AT HOME NEAR LEBANON
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Mrs. Laura Cain, age ninety, native of Shelby county, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clara Gregory, of near Lebanon, this morning.
The deceased was the daughter of the late Jake and Pollyanna (Peek) Trees and was born in Shelby county in 1851. She moved to Boone county at an early age. She had many friends in Shelby county. Funeral services will be held at the Bratton funeral home in Lebanon Sunday at 4:00 p.m. Friends may call there at any time.
Contributed by Barb Huff for Tom Mead
The Shelbyville Republican
Thursday July 6, 1939
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HENRY CAIN, FORMER
RESIDENT HERE, DIES
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Octogenarian Succumbs in
Sumner, Washington
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Relatives here have received word of
the death of Henry B. Cain, 82 years old, former resident of
Shelbyville, which occurred Saturday morning, July 1, at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Gus (Claudia) Schuler, in Sumner,
Washington.
Mr. Cain resided in Shelbyville until
about four years ago, since which time he had lived in Mrs. Schulers’
home. Four other daughters survive. They are Mrs. Elsie Rinehart
Hand, of Indianapolis; Mrs. John (Jennie) Strupe, of
Fairmount, West Virginia; Mrs. Katherine Willis, of
Noblesville, Indiana and Mrs. Rose Maple, of Lafayette,
Indiana.
The funeral service was held in
Sumner.
Contributed by Barb Huff
The Shelby Democrat
Thursday December 16, 1920
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WOMAN DIED
AFTER ILLNESS OF TEN DAYS
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Mrs. Anna B. Cain Passed
Away
At Home Here Sunday Morning
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(From Monday’s Daily)
Mrs. Anna B. Cain, wife of
Henry B. Cain, died at their home, 628 South Miller Street,
Sunday morning at 2:40 o’clock. Her death was caused from spinal
meningitis with which she had been critically ill for ten days. Mrs.
Cain was a well known woman of Shelbyville and was aged 63 years, 4
months and 25 days at her death.
She was born in Kentucky, July 18,
1857, the daughter of William and Catherine Gallagher. Her
marriage to Mr. Cain took place March 4, 1880. For many years the
family had resided at Mt. Auburn where they are known to everyone. They moved here in 1901. Mrs. Cain was a splendid woman and her
death causes a loss that can never be filled. She was a member of
the Mt. Auburn Christian church and the Wheat Sheaf Council, Degree
of Pocahontas of this city.
Surviving here are the husband,
daughters, Mrs. Elsie Rinehart, of this city; Mrs. John
[Jennie] Strupe, of West Virginia; Mrs. August [Claudia]
Schuler, of Seattle, Washington; Mrs. Thomas [Catherine]
Willis of Noblesville, and Mrs. Ralph [Rose] Maple of
Lafayette; brothers, Charles Gallagher, of Kansas, and William
Gallagher, of Kentucky; sisters, Mrs. Susan Roney, of
Indianapolis, and Mrs. Catherine Wathen of Waycross, Georgia.
Contributed by Barb Huff
The Shelby Democrat
Thursday, February 22, 1900
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The funeral of William A. Cain, who
was found dead Sunday morning, was held at his late home No. 392 Washington Ave., at two p.m., Tuesday, February
20th, Elder Mahan, officiating. He leaves a wife and one child. The interment was in the City cemetery in charge of Edwards & Hageman. Mr. Cain was raised in the family of William Griffey, with the exception of a few years spent with James Wilson. He married December 25, 1891 to Miss Mary Anderson, of Dupont, Ind., who with their eldest son, a bright boy of near four years, live to mourn the untimely death of a kind husband and father.
Contributed by Barb Huff
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