J. E. Cain served as an editor of the Christian Leader and is one of preachers listed in Ligon's Portraiture of Gospel Preachers (1899).
Elder Joseph E. Cain, pastor of the Christian Church, was born in Durham County, in the Dominion of Canada, in 1846, where he lived until fourteen years of age, when he removed with his parents to Menard County, Ill. Owing to untoward circumstances, his educational advantages were very limited. In fact, he never attended school but one month after his fourteenth year, hence was compelled to educate himself in the best way possible. Remaining in Menard County but a few years, he removed to Girard, Macoupin County, where, in his nineteenth year, he united with the church. At the age of twenty, he began preaching the Gospel, working as an evangelist, in which work he continued five years, with the exception of the eighteen months, when he was located at Old Union, De Witt Co., Ill. In 1871, he located at Mount Pulaski, Logan Co., Ill., and preached at Copeland and Lake Fork, alternately, for five years. In 1876, he removed to Kansas, locating in Belle Plaine Township, Sumner County, where he bought 160 acres of land in Section 8. After finely improving this land in all respects, including the setting out of 250 apple trees and 900 peach trees of fine quality, and 2,000 forest trees, he sold it, and is now a resident of Bell Plaine, where he owns business and resident property. He was married to Miss Clara A. Erwin, of Menard Co., Ill, in 1867, and has three children - Emma O., John Byron (both living) and Anna L. (deceased). Mrs. Cain and her daughter, Emma O., are also members of the Christian Church. Elder Cain has been diligent in his work, and is noted for his promptness and energy. During the first nine years of his ministerial life, he never missed an appointment, and during his ministration has church of 1,200 members, and has united in the holy bonds of wedlock about seventy-five couple (sic). His parents are both natives of England, and now reside in Belle Plaine Township. His father is a hale, hearty gentleman of about sixty-four years of age, with good prospects of many years of vigor and usefulness, but his mother's health is poor. His parents are both members of the Christian Church. The subject of this biography is the youngest living child. Considering the obstacles that he was compelled to overcome in early life, his attainments are grand, and judging of the future by the past, his career for good and usefulness can hardly be estimated. --Cutlers History of Kansas
CAIN FUNERAL SATURDAY--The Rev. J. E. Cain, pastor of Little Walnut chapel, as well as others in this part of the county, will be buried Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Gill Funeral Home in Wichita. Frederick L. Rowe of Cincinnati, Ohio, a life-long friend of the deceased will have charge of the services. Interment in Maple Grove Cemetery. The Rev. Cain is survived by his wife, 2 daughters, Mrs. George W. Snelbaker of Wichita and Mrs. Frank Speer of Belle Plaine and one son, J. Byron Cain, editor of the Belle Plaine News. -- Augusta Gazette, August 16, 1918. Contributor: Gypsy Girl (47851655)
Married Clara A. Erwin January 1, 1867, Menard County, IL. Recorded in Book A, Page 311.
Married Zoda (Fisher) Smith, April 22, 1896, Sumner County, KS. Recorded in Book F, Page 53.
Elder Joseph E. Cain, pastor of the Christian Church, was born in Durham County, in the Dominion of Canada, in 1846, where he lived until fourteen years of age, when he removed with his parents to Menard County, Ill. Owing to untoward circumstances, his educational advantages were very limited. In fact, he never attended school but one month after his fourteenth year, hence was compelled to educate himself in the best way possible. Remaining in Menard County but a few years, he removed to Girard, Macoupin County, where, in his nineteenth year, he united with the church. At the age of twenty, he began preaching the Gospel, working as an evangelist, in which work he continued five years, with the exception of the eighteen months, when he was located at Old Union, De Witt Co., Ill. In 1871, he located at Mount Pulaski, Logan Co., Ill., and preached at Copeland and Lake Fork, alternately, for five years. In 1876, he removed to Kansas, locating in Belle Plaine Township, Sumner County, where he bought 160 acres of land in Section 8. After finely improving this land in all respects, including the setting out of 250 apple trees and 900 peach trees of fine quality, and 2,000 forest trees, he sold it, and is now a resident of Bell Plaine, where he owns business and resident property. He was married to Miss Clara A. Erwin, of Menard Co., Ill, in 1867, and has three children - Emma O., John Byron (both living) and Anna L. (deceased). Mrs. Cain and her daughter, Emma O., are also members of the Christian Church. Elder Cain has been diligent in his work, and is noted for his promptness and energy. During the first nine years of his ministerial life, he never missed an appointment, and during his ministration has church of 1,200 members, and has united in the holy bonds of wedlock about seventy-five couple (sic). His parents are both natives of England, and now reside in Belle Plaine Township. His father is a hale, hearty gentleman of about sixty-four years of age, with good prospects of many years of vigor and usefulness, but his mother's health is poor. His parents are both members of the Christian Church. The subject of this biography is the youngest living child. Considering the obstacles that he was compelled to overcome in early life, his attainments are grand, and judging of the future by the past, his career for good and usefulness can hardly be estimated. --Cutlers History of Kansas
CAIN FUNERAL SATURDAY--The Rev. J. E. Cain, pastor of Little Walnut chapel, as well as others in this part of the county, will be buried Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Gill Funeral Home in Wichita. Frederick L. Rowe of Cincinnati, Ohio, a life-long friend of the deceased will have charge of the services. Interment in Maple Grove Cemetery. The Rev. Cain is survived by his wife, 2 daughters, Mrs. George W. Snelbaker of Wichita and Mrs. Frank Speer of Belle Plaine and one son, J. Byron Cain, editor of the Belle Plaine News. -- Augusta Gazette, August 16, 1918. Contributor: Gypsy Girl (47851655)
Married Clara A. Erwin January 1, 1867, Menard County, IL. Recorded in Book A, Page 311.
Married Zoda (Fisher) Smith, April 22, 1896, Sumner County, KS. Recorded in Book F, Page 53.
J. E. Cain served as an editor of the Christian Leader and is one of preachers listed in Ligon's Portraiture of Gospel Preachers (1899).
Elder Joseph E. Cain, pastor of the Christian Church, was born in Durham County, in the Dominion of Canada, in 1846, where he lived until fourteen years of age, when he removed with his parents to Menard County, Ill. Owing to untoward circumstances, his educational advantages were very limited. In fact, he never attended school but one month after his fourteenth year, hence was compelled to educate himself in the best way possible. Remaining in Menard County but a few years, he removed to Girard, Macoupin County, where, in his nineteenth year, he united with the church. At the age of twenty, he began preaching the Gospel, working as an evangelist, in which work he continued five years, with the exception of the eighteen months, when he was located at Old Union, De Witt Co., Ill. In 1871, he located at Mount Pulaski, Logan Co., Ill., and preached at Copeland and Lake Fork, alternately, for five years. In 1876, he removed to Kansas, locating in Belle Plaine Township, Sumner County, where he bought 160 acres of land in Section 8. After finely improving this land in all respects, including the setting out of 250 apple trees and 900 peach trees of fine quality, and 2,000 forest trees, he sold it, and is now a resident of Bell Plaine, where he owns business and resident property. He was married to Miss Clara A. Erwin, of Menard Co., Ill, in 1867, and has three children - Emma O., John Byron (both living) and Anna L. (deceased). Mrs. Cain and her daughter, Emma O., are also members of the Christian Church. Elder Cain has been diligent in his work, and is noted for his promptness and energy. During the first nine years of his ministerial life, he never missed an appointment, and during his ministration has church of 1,200 members, and has united in the holy bonds of wedlock about seventy-five couple (sic). His parents are both natives of England, and now reside in Belle Plaine Township. His father is a hale, hearty gentleman of about sixty-four years of age, with good prospects of many years of vigor and usefulness, but his mother's health is poor. His parents are both members of the Christian Church. The subject of this biography is the youngest living child. Considering the obstacles that he was compelled to overcome in early life, his attainments are grand, and judging of the future by the past, his career for good and usefulness can hardly be estimated. --Cutlers History of Kansas
CAIN FUNERAL SATURDAY--The Rev. J. E. Cain, pastor of Little Walnut chapel, as well as others in this part of the county, will be buried Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Gill Funeral Home in Wichita. Frederick L. Rowe of Cincinnati, Ohio, a life-long friend of the deceased will have charge of the services. Interment in Maple Grove Cemetery. The Rev. Cain is survived by his wife, 2 daughters, Mrs. George W. Snelbaker of Wichita and Mrs. Frank Speer of Belle Plaine and one son, J. Byron Cain, editor of the Belle Plaine News. -- Augusta Gazette, August 16, 1918. Contributor: Gypsy Girl (47851655)
Married Clara A. Erwin January 1, 1867, Menard County, IL. Recorded in Book A, Page 311.
Married Zoda (Fisher) Smith, April 22, 1896, Sumner County, KS. Recorded in Book F, Page 53.
Elder Joseph E. Cain, pastor of the Christian Church, was born in Durham County, in the Dominion of Canada, in 1846, where he lived until fourteen years of age, when he removed with his parents to Menard County, Ill. Owing to untoward circumstances, his educational advantages were very limited. In fact, he never attended school but one month after his fourteenth year, hence was compelled to educate himself in the best way possible. Remaining in Menard County but a few years, he removed to Girard, Macoupin County, where, in his nineteenth year, he united with the church. At the age of twenty, he began preaching the Gospel, working as an evangelist, in which work he continued five years, with the exception of the eighteen months, when he was located at Old Union, De Witt Co., Ill. In 1871, he located at Mount Pulaski, Logan Co., Ill., and preached at Copeland and Lake Fork, alternately, for five years. In 1876, he removed to Kansas, locating in Belle Plaine Township, Sumner County, where he bought 160 acres of land in Section 8. After finely improving this land in all respects, including the setting out of 250 apple trees and 900 peach trees of fine quality, and 2,000 forest trees, he sold it, and is now a resident of Bell Plaine, where he owns business and resident property. He was married to Miss Clara A. Erwin, of Menard Co., Ill, in 1867, and has three children - Emma O., John Byron (both living) and Anna L. (deceased). Mrs. Cain and her daughter, Emma O., are also members of the Christian Church. Elder Cain has been diligent in his work, and is noted for his promptness and energy. During the first nine years of his ministerial life, he never missed an appointment, and during his ministration has church of 1,200 members, and has united in the holy bonds of wedlock about seventy-five couple (sic). His parents are both natives of England, and now reside in Belle Plaine Township. His father is a hale, hearty gentleman of about sixty-four years of age, with good prospects of many years of vigor and usefulness, but his mother's health is poor. His parents are both members of the Christian Church. The subject of this biography is the youngest living child. Considering the obstacles that he was compelled to overcome in early life, his attainments are grand, and judging of the future by the past, his career for good and usefulness can hardly be estimated. --Cutlers History of Kansas
CAIN FUNERAL SATURDAY--The Rev. J. E. Cain, pastor of Little Walnut chapel, as well as others in this part of the county, will be buried Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Gill Funeral Home in Wichita. Frederick L. Rowe of Cincinnati, Ohio, a life-long friend of the deceased will have charge of the services. Interment in Maple Grove Cemetery. The Rev. Cain is survived by his wife, 2 daughters, Mrs. George W. Snelbaker of Wichita and Mrs. Frank Speer of Belle Plaine and one son, J. Byron Cain, editor of the Belle Plaine News. -- Augusta Gazette, August 16, 1918. Contributor: Gypsy Girl (47851655)
Married Clara A. Erwin January 1, 1867, Menard County, IL. Recorded in Book A, Page 311.
Married Zoda (Fisher) Smith, April 22, 1896, Sumner County, KS. Recorded in Book F, Page 53.
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