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Source:
HISTORY of the
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
and
BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
of the
SACRAMENTO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA.
An Historical Story of the State's Marvelous Growth from Its
Earliest Settlement to the Present Time.
By
Prof. J. M. Guinn, A. M.,
Author of A History of Los Angeles and Vicinity, History of Southern
California,
Secretary and Curator of the Historical Society of Southern
California,
Member of the American Historical Association, Washington, D. C.
ALSO
Containing Biographies of Well-Known Citizens
of the Past and Present.
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The Chapman Publishing Co.
Chicago
1906
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ISAAC N. CAIN.
Numbered among the pioneers of Colusa county is Isaac
N. Cain, who crossed the plains to the state in
1849. He was a native of Clay county, Mo., where
his birth occurred Aug. 27, 1823. He was the
son of a farmer and in his boyhood was trained to the
practical duties of an agriculturist. Deciding to
try his fortunes among the exciting scenes of the remote
west, in 1849, with his brother William, and
others, he started across the plains for California,
taking the old Santa Fe trail. He followed mining
with fair success until December, 1855, when he located
in Colusa county. Buying a ranch on Grand Island,
he was there engaged in tilling the soil for many years.
In 1866 he was elected public administrator of Colusa
county, and the following year took up his residence in
the town of Colusa. The sheriff of the county died
in office and Mr. Cain was made his
successor. Afterward he was re-elected to the
office, filling it acceptably for a number of years.
He subsequently engaged in the mercantile business in
Colusa, becoming first a member of the firm of Harris
Hart & Co., and later of the firm of Estell,
Cain & Lovelace. Selling out in
1874, he purchased land near College City, and was
engaged in general ranching until his death, in August,
1901. He erected one of the first houses ever put
up in College City, and it is still in a good state of
preservation and next to the largest dwelling house in
the place. He was a member of the Masonic
fraternity and was a trustee of Pierce Christian College
for many years. Missouri, in 1854, he married
Mrs. Susan Jane (Brasfield) Miles, a widow, who had
by her first marriage one child, W. H. Miles, of
Colusa. She survived her husband and now resides
in College City. She is a most estimable woman and
a faithful member of the Christian Church, in which
Mr. Cain was for many years an elder. They
became the parents of two children, J. E., of
College City, assistant cashier in the Bank of Arbuckle,
and T. D.
T. D. Cain is a
native son of Colusa county, his birth having occurred
on Grand Island, Cal., Nov. 8, 1862, and on the paternal
farm and in the town of Colusa he was reared to young
manhood. He completed his education in Pierce
Christian College, after which he served for two years
as deputy county clerk under W. H. Miles.
Locating on rented land adjoining College City, he
engaged in farming and stock-raising and became
prominent in agricultural interests. He was one of
the promoters of the College City Rochdale Company,
having been secretary since its organization, and is a
member of the College City Raisin Growers' Association,
of which he has also served as secretary since it was
organized. When the College City public hall was
erected Mr. Cain served as chairman of the
organizing committee. In Yolo county, Cal., T.
D. Cain married Ella Glasscock, a
native of that county, and the daughter of George
Glasscock, an early pioneer, and they have four
children, namely: Beulah, Miles, Bettie
and Eugene.
~ Source: History of the State of California
and Biographical Record of the Sacramento Valley,
California by Prof. J. M. Guinn, A. M., Publ. 1906 -
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