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Elvira Cain- 1768 - 1870

Elvira Cain- was born on March 7, 1768 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina United States, and died at age 102 years old on March 11, 1870 at west elkton preble county ohio in west elkton, preble county, Ohio us. Elvira Cain- was buried in March 1870 at friends cemetery in west elkton. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elvira Cain-.

Elvira Cain-

March 7, 1768

Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States

March 11, 1870

west elkton preble county ohio in west elkton, preble county, Ohio, us

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1768

Birthday

March 7, 1768

Birthdate

Edgecombe County, North Carolina United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

Caucasian
Nationality & Locations

USA
Religious Beliefs

Quaker
03/11

1870

Death

March 11, 1870

Death date

Paralysis, secondary to old age

Cause of death

west elkton preble county ohio in west elkton, preble county, Ohio us
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1870

Gravesite & Burial

March 1870

Funeral date
friends cemetery in west elkton, Ohio 45070, us
Burial location
Obituary

TOWNSEND, Mrs, Elvira died March 11, 1870 of paralysis at the home of her son-in-law in West Elkton, age 102 years 4 days. Born in North Carolina, March 7, 1768 and moved to South Carolina when about 8 or 10. At the close of the Revolution she formed acquantiance with and married John Townsend,a soldier, May 6, 1783. Joined Friends. In 1803 moved to Warren County, Ohio near where Waynesville now is and stayed a few years, moving to Wayne County, Indiana. staying until August 25, 1853 when her husband died. She then came to live with her son-in-law, Elisha and Elizabeth Stubbs in West Elkton. She retained her mental and physical faculties quite well until some 18 months ago when she had a light attack of paralysis She raised 12 children, all dead but 2. In the fall of 1815 or 1816, in company with others she rode horseback from Wayne County,Indiana to Mt. Pleasant Jefferson County 0hio., a distance of over 200 miles to attend Friends Yearly Meeting.

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