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Pauline "Little Star" Cain 1741–1817 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 02 JAN 1741

Birth Location: Cherokee Nation (North Carolina)

Death Date: 1 October 1817

Death Location: Cherokee, Oklahoma Territory

Father: Elisha Cain

Mother: Martha Blake

Spouse(s): CHARLES BUSHYHEAD

Children(s): Pleasant Bushyhead

The story of Pauline "Little Star" Cain began in 1741 in Cherokee Nation (North Carolina). Pauline "Little Star" Cain married Charles Edward Wilkerson Bushyhead, and had children including Pleasant Sally Bushyhead. Pauline "Little Star" Cain passed away in 1817 in Cherokee, Oklahoma Territory.

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Biography

  • The story of Pauline "Little Star" Cain began in 1741 in Cherokee Nation (North Carolina).
  • Pauline "Little Star" Cain married Charles Edward Wilkerson Bushyhead, and had children including Pleasant Sally Bushyhead.
  • Pauline "Little Star" Cain passed away in 1817 in Cherokee, Oklahoma Territory.

Immediate Family

Parents

Elisha Cain
1702–1783
Birth Location: St Dunstan, Stepney, London, England
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Martha Blake
1720–1783
Birth Location: North Carolina, USA
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Spouses(s)

CHARLES BUSHYHEAD
1739–1844
Birth Location: Cherokee Nation (North Carolina)
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Children(s)

Pleasant Bushyhead
1759–1817
Birth Location: Nottoway County, Virginia
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Pauline Cain's Ancestors

Self
Pauline Cain
1741–1817
Birth Place: Cherokee Nation (North Carolina)
Parents
Elisha Cain
1702–1783
St Dunstan, Stepney, London, England
Martha (Leona) Blake
1720–1783
North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Robert Caine
–1717
St Dunston, Stepney, London
Benjamin Blake
1700–1783
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Pauline Cain's Descendants

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Pauline ("Little Star") Cain (02 JAN 1741–1 October 1817) m. CHARLES (EDWARD WILKERSON) BUSHYHEAD (1739–1844)
  1. 1. Pleasant (Sally) Bushyhead 1759–1817 m. Tobias Lasseter 1738–1804
    1. 1. Joseph (Jesse) Lasseter 1781–1848 m. Sophia (Penelope "Sissy") McClendon 1790–1883
      1. 1. Thomas (Jefferson) Laseter 1813–1865 m. Margaret (Ann Peggy) Hamrick 1816–1890
        1. 1. Nancy (Henrietta) LASSITER 1844–1883 m. Evans (Coleman) Ballard 1840–1913

Pauline Cain's Timeline

2 Records

1741
02 JAN 1741
Birth of Pauline "Little Star" Cain in Cherokee Nation (North Carolina)
Cherokee Nation (North Carolina)
1817
1 October 1817
Age 76
Death of Pauline "Little Star" Cain in Cherokee, Oklahoma Territory
Cherokee, Oklahoma Territory

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 02 JAN 1741
    Event Place: Cherokee Nation (North Carolina)

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 October 1817
    Event Place: Cherokee, Oklahoma Territory
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