McCain - Minerva Douglas
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, 15 February 1901
Mrs. Minerva McCain died Monday night at 11 o'clock at the home of her son, Dallas McCain, near Westfield, the cause of death being extreme old age. She was born November 22, 1814, and was over eighty-six years of age She was well known in Crawfordsville, having made her home here with her son, the late T. H. B. McCain, for several years. The children surviving her are Dallas McCain, W. L. McCain and Mrs. Wm. Montgomery, all of Hamilton county. The funeral occurred near Westfield Wednesday morning. - thanks muches to Kim H for this and so many others on this site :)
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 15 February 1901
Mrs. Minerva Douglas McCain, whose death is recorded in another part of this paper, was one of the pioneer women of Indiana whose labors in earlier years laid the foundations of the institutions which we now all enjoy. She was born in Kentucky, her parents being Thomas and Rachel Douglas. At a tender age she moved with them to Adams County, Ohio, and as a young woman settled with them in Clinton County, Indiana. On March 7, 1837, she was married to Hugh B. McCain. Together they suffered the privations of pioneer life, reared a family of nine children and left their impress for good on the various communities of central Indiana in which they lived. Mr. McCain passed away Feb. 17, 1893. Mrs. McCain joined the Presbyterian Church at the age of sixteen and at her marriage transferred her membership to the Methodist Church of which her husband was an adherent. But all times she was a practical Christian woman, never a sectarian, and throughout her long life she was consistent in her faith. She was possessed of a strong, sweet and true character, and so impressed everyone with whom she came in contact. She bore the pains and limitations imposed by old age with cheerfulness and was an example worthy of imitation of growing old beautifully. - s