Wm. Cain books, 1868-1896, and 1920s [manuscript].

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Wm. Cain books, 1868-1896, and 1920s [manuscript].

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Chiefly engineering notes concerning bridges, retaining walls, pipe culverts, and a survey of cross sections of the French Broad River, western North Carolina, 1868-1869. Also included is a portfolio of memoirs, written by Cain in the 1920s, about the Civil War and his relatives, Superior Court Judge John Lancaster Bailey and William Henry Bailey.

6 v. (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Cain, Wm. (William), 1847-1930

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Mathematician and civil engineer. From the description of Wm. Cain books, 1868-1896, and 1920s [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 23045553 William Cain (1847-1930) was a mathematician and civil engineer. He was the son of William Cain and Sarah Jane Bailey Cain of Hillsboro, N.C. He came to the University of North Carolina as a member of the faculty in 1889. From the guide to the Wm. Cain Books, ., 1868-1896, and 1920s, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...

Bailey, William H. (William Henry), 1831-

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Lawyer and author, of North Carolina and Houston, Tex. From the description of Papers, 1843-1901. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19210454 ...

Bailey, John Lancaster, 1795-1877.

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John Lancaster Bailey was a resident of Pasquotank County, N.C., then Hillsborough, and, finally, Asheville, N.C. He was a superior court judge, served in the state legislature, 1827-1830, and was a delegate to the state convention of 1835. Bailey married Priscilla Brownrigg of Edenton, N.C., in 1821. Their daughter was Sarah Jane Bailey Cain (1828-1927), wife of William Cain (d. 1855) of Orange County. Among their grandchildren were Elizabeth B. Cain (1850-1929), who married John Steele Henders...