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Born: 1810
Died: after 1880
Father - likely, but not proved.
Mother
Biographical Sketch:
He married Esther
?; they
had
6 children. One son was Marion
M. Main, who died in the Civil War.
Other children:
Allen (1840 –
Apr 1 1863)
-- he died in the Civil War.
Mary (1842 - >1880)
James E. (Jan
5 1845 – Feb 28 1912) + 1) Cherry Gilliam =
4
children ; + 2) Mattie ?. Buried with 1st wife (Mizpah Methodist
Church
Cemetery, Buford's Bridge, Bamberg County, SC)
Susan (1848 - >1880)
George (1857 - >1880)
Census Data:
1810
1820
1830a
1830b
1840a
1840b
1850
1860a
1860b
1870
1880
Photo Index:
Notes:
"Wheelwright" given as John's occupation in 1860 census.
John's father appears to have been Elmore Main.
Three of John's close male relatives moved to
Georgia. See Robert
Main in 1850, Elmore C.
Main
in 1850 and William Main
in
1850. Robert and Elmore C. appear to have been brothers;
William
was too old to have been a brother, but might have been an uncle.
Interestingly, several of the neighbors of these three men were also
born
in South Carolina.
Three older sons served in the Civil War; Allen
and Marion died, but
James lived until 1912.
