Onie Martin

• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 18 2016, 4:19:14 UTC

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Ony Cain, wife of John Cain, was first, Ony Gentry, of Madison Co., KY.,Silver Creek. She married, first, _______Martin, about the year 1788. They had one child, David Gentry Martin, born May 14, 1789. Martin was killed at a house raising. Then she married _______ Bly, by whom she had three children, James, born May 14, 1794, Polly, born March 23, 1796, married and died without issue, Sally, born Dec. 17, 1797, married John Cross (ten children), died in Howard Co., Mo.,about 1875. Bly died in KY..

It is said: "the two old ladies, Cila and Ony Cain died in the northern part of Howard County, Missouri, and they were buried in the graveyard side by side. A small rock marks their graves, and a black oak tree stands near the head, or did when I was ther last." "James H. Robertson"

The two old ladies referred to, were John Cain's mother and his wife. Cila Cain was eighty and Ony was fifty-six at the time of their deaths.