Jacob Cain
Jacob Cain, a son of James and Elizabeth Cain, was born in Virginia in 1816. His father was born in Maryland in the year 1781. Soon afterward the family moved to Montgomery County, Va., where in the year 1802 he marricd Elizabeth Carper, a daughter of John Carper. She was born February 21, 1785. They raised a family of fourteen children, all to grow up to majority, and all came to Shelby County in 1831, except one son, who preceded them one year, and one daughter, who followed them the next year. Jacob was fourteen years of age at the time of their location here. All the education he ever received was prior to this time in a cabin school-house without a floor, without any of the advantages of the present day. His constant companion was his axe, and his home was in the woods. He commenced with empty hands, working for eighteen to twenty-five cents per day, and cleared land‘ for $4.50 per acre. He has cleared three farms for himself besides what he has cleared for others. He has seen and experienced pioneer life in all its phases, and well knows what it is to endure the hardships of life in the woods. In 1842 he was married to Phebe Wymer. By this marriage there were thire teen children, ten of whom are still living. His wife died in 1866. He married for his second wife, Mrs. Stacey, whose maiden name was Gump. This union was not congenial, and they separated. Mr. Cain afterward obtained a divorce, and in 1878 married Margaret E. Van Sky, a widow whose maiden name was Bozarth.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883