Dave, you may know enuff about the early days to know what happened to the RUTH family. They lived near the Plunk family. They were Ruth in 1850 and missspelled to ROOTH in the 1860 census. Elizabeth maried a Brown but they also disappeared. Gal said they didn't any show up in the Bethel Springs cemetery. Adam Ruth is n the mortality schedule for 1850, he moved his family from Edgefield SC 1st Those on the Lowrance family surely know that either the mother or the grandmother was surely a CAIN On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:38:07 -0700 "Dave Johnston" <djohnston@byu.net> writes: > Jim, > > Another family of German descent, the Plunks, moved into Madison > Co., and > McNairy Co., TN about the same time from Lincoln Co., NC. You may > want to > focus on the Lowrance families of early Lincoln Co., NC as you > search for > the origins of your gggrandfather Cain LOWRANCE. > > Dave Johnston > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J R" <jra1100444@hotmail.com> > To: <TNMCNAIR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 7:37 PM > Subject: LOWRANCE > > > >I am looking for information about my GG-Grandfather, Elcairey Cain > > >LOWRANCE. > > > > He was born in NC on 1 Jan 1826. When he was about 18 months old, > he and > > his family moved to TN. I believe that it was McNairy County, > TN. > > > > By 1850, Cain was living in Burnsville, Tishomingo, MS. Cain > married > > Martha Louiza Patrick on 15 March 1866. He died in Kerrville, > Kerr, TX on > > 20 Nov 1889. > > > > I have information on Martha, his wife, but any information about > Cain or > > the Lowrance family will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jim > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > On the road to retirement? Check out MSN Life Events for advice on > how to > > get there! http://lifeevents.msn.com/category.aspx?cid=Retirement > > > > ______________________________ > > > > ==== TNMCNAIR Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Census records on line > http://www.rootsweb.com/~cenfiles/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and > the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 > months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >