Isaac was born in Johnson County, IL on 18 Sep, 1838. In 1856, when he was about 18, he left with a few of his siblings and his mother to move to Texas. However, due to illness of a couple of people in the party, they stopped in Greene County, MO for the Winter. They never ended up finishing their journey to TX.
Shortly after arriving in Greene County, MO, he married Catherine E. Bowman in Springfield, MO on 27 Mar, 1857. For a brief period of time, they moved back to Johnson County, IL and started having children. They had at least 9 children:
Jesse Franklin Fain (1857 - 1950)
William Thomas Fain (1859 - ?)
Cordelia Jane Fain (1861 - ?)
Louis Kirtley Fain (1867 - 1904)
Isadora Ellender Fain (1869 - ?)
Anna Alice Fain (1872 - ?)
John Kelly Fain (1874 - ?)
Martin Alexander Fain (1877 - 1969)
Louisa May Fain (1880 - ?)
*Possibly* Mesdames Lida Slader
Isaac and Catherine were divorced in 1884. Within weeks, Isaac had remarried to Lucinda Josephine Williams on 2 Oct, 1884. Together, they had 2 children:
Martha Jane Fain (1887 - ?)
Francis Reaves Fain (1889 - 1971)
Lucinda died 30 Aug, 1903 in Arkansas. After this, Isaac married Sarah M. Perry on 3 Oct, 1905. Not much else is known about this marriage.
Isaac served during the Civil War in Company K of the 60th Illinois Infantry. Following his service in the Civil War, Isaac traveled around SW Missouri and NW Arkansas as a Baptist Preacher.
Death record published in the Cassville, MO newspaper in Jan, 1917.
Tombstone in "New Hope" Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Butterfield, MO.
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Isaac was also called "Ira". And his middle name was often spelled "Reeves" or "Reves".
Isaac Reaves Fain; my great- grandfather. was married four times;, and was a baptist minister. First wife; Catherine Elizabeth BOWNAN; Second wife.,,Lucinda Josephine KNIGHT: {1}Williams. / my great grandmother. His third marr., Mrs. KIRKINDALL., which was brief,ending in divorce,Arkansas., and his last marr; Sarah Margaret LEIGH: Thomas., Perry. All the marriages were in Missouri.
Isaac was my great- grandfather. His second wife was my great-grandmother. They had a daughter Almedia Fain. I have a picture of my grandmother at the grave of Isaac. Some of the records I have don't match your records of Isaac. Isaac died in Kansas City, ks, but I can't find a record of his death. I live in the Kansas City area. I'm on facebook - Bruce Bowman.
Rev Isaac R Fain and Catherine Elizabeth Bowman had 10 children. Clarinda Lucinda, twin of Cordelia Jane, died shortly after birth.
William Thomas Fain, their second son, is my line. He was born 30 June 1859 in Johnson Co., IL and died 07 Feb 1918 in Warrensburg, MO.
William and his wife Mary Alice Hainline were the parents of 5 children-Ida Mae (Harris), Julia Bea (Carson), Hettie Maude (Perry-McBride), John Kelly (died young), and Floyd (my line).
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