Margaret Magdalena (Nutter) Cain (1814 - 1900)

Born 3 Jun 1814 in Glendale, Ritchie, Virginia, United States

Wife of Jesse James Cain — married 9 Feb 1837 in Wood Co., now Wirt Co., VA

Descendants

Died 5 May 1900 at age 85 in Ritchie, West Virginia, United States

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Name

Margaret Magdalena Nutter

Biography

The Nutters

This family of Nutters, like the ones of Oxford and Holbrook, were descended from the traditional four brothers, that came from England and settled in Harrison county in Colonial times. Isaac Nutter married Miss Elizabeth Webb, who was perhaps, the sister of Nutter Webb, of Webb's mill, and after leaving Addis' run, made the first settlement where the village of Rusk now stands ; and in 1844, having: lived at different other points in the meantime, he removed to the farm just below the mouth of Gillispie's run, and from here, in 1856, went to Indiana, where he fell asleep.

He was the father of several children, and not a few of his descendants are still citizens of this county.

(Magdalina) Margaret, the eldest daughter , married Jesse Cain, of Rusk was mother of of E. A. (Elias) Cain and Siotha Cain, of Rusk; John William Cain, of Harrisville-the County surveyor; Frank Cain, of Ellenboro; and Cassanda Ann (Mrs. Simon Tenant), of Petroleum.

John Nutter, the eldest son, went to Indiana; Matthew, to Missouri; George, to Wisconsin ; Jane was the late Mrs. William Enoch, of Indianapolis; Elizabeth married Alexander Bickerstaff, and resides at Mellin; David rests in California; and Sirs. Nancy Clarke, the youngest daughter, who married again after the death of Mr. Clarke, resides in California. She and Mrs. Bickerstaff being the only survivors of the family (of Isaac Nutter). Levi Nutter married Miss Margaret Webb, sister of his brother's wife, and, after leaving- Addis' run. went to Goose creek, where he became the pioneer settler of the well-known "Nutter farm," he having- purchased near one thousand acres of land in this wilderness. Here he reared a large family, and here, he found a resting place, more than a half century ago. Some of his desscendants still lay claim to a part of this old homestead, though part of it is now the estate of the late "Dick" Wilson. His only daughter married Sylvester Webb, and some of her famiiy live on the old homestead.

Three of his sons, Thomas, Math, and Tone, met tragic deaths. John was another son ; and Benjamin, the youngest, and last survivor of the family, died a few years since, in the Hospital for the Insane at Weston. When Mr. Nutter first settled here, he had a wife and one child. a cow and calf and one horse: andwhen he went to visit his brother. Isaac, seven miles distant, he rode on horse-back and carried the calf, the cow followed behind, and the wife walked and carried the child; this manner of procedure being necessary to protect the calf and the child from the wolves.

John Nutter married Miss Mary Mounts and, from the Cairo vicinity, they removed to Calhoun county, in 1818, and settled on the West fork of the Kanawha river, just below Richardsonville, where he spent his last hours.

His children were as follows:

James and Humphrey, who have both passed on, were the sons. Sarah (Mrs. Jonathan Nicholas), Elizabeth (Mrs. Abraham Starcher), and Basha (Mrs. Jeremiah Hickman) were the daughters. T. J. Nutter, of Rusk, is a son of Humphrey, as is James Nutter, of Wirt county.

Thomas Nutter, the last one of the four pioneer brothers, went from the Cairo vicinity to Athens county, Ohio. and settled on the banks of the Little Hocking river, and here his history ends.

William Nutter.-From "The Recollections of a Life-Time," a little sketch of early days in Calhoun and Gilmer counties, we learn that Mrs. Mary Starr Nutter, the widow of William Nutter. another brother of the four above mentioned, came from Ritchie county with John Nutter, in 1818, and settled where Richardsonville now stands, but her name escaped the early settlers of this county, as William Sutter is not remembered among the pioneers here. However, her children were David, Isaac, Thomas, Levi, William, and Nancy, who became the wife of Jacob Starcher, senior. ^[1]

Marriage

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Burial

Cain (Jesse) Cemetery, Grant Twp., Ritchie Co., WV

Margaret Cain born June 3, 1814 died May 5, 1900, wife of Jesse J.Cain

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Sources

1. ↑ Excerpt from “History of Ritchie County with Biological Sketches of it’s Pioneers and their Ancestors, with Interesting Reminiscences of Revolutionary and Indian Times” by Minne Kendall Lowther; Fonzo, WV January 24, 1911. scsunlimited originally shared this on ancestry.com dated 05 Jan 2008
2. ↑ "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-MJ7N : 29 September 2021), Jesse Cain and Magdalen Nutter, 1837.
3. ↑ Source: Ritchie Co., WV Cemeteries - through 1993 by Ritchie Co. Historical Society, page 184

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DL-LLP : 23 December 2020), Magdalena Cain in household of Jesse Cain, Ritchie, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM3-W3Z : 18 February 2021), Margaret Cain in entry for Jessee Cain, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ41-JW3 : 29 May 2021), Margaret Cain in entry for Jessie Cain, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TW-VC1 : 15 January 2022), Margaret Cain in household of Jesse Cain, Grant, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

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