John Manning? Cain (1779-1876) was either born in Rutherford Co., N. C. or near Richmond, Va. He was buried in Gwinnett Co., Ga. He married Harriet Malinda (Milly?) Prickett/Pritchard in 1804 and they had five children. In 1825, he married Edna Poole (1783-ca. 1856) and they had one son. All the families of this book were intermarried. Descendants and relatives lived chiefly in the South.
The Shore (Schorr) family originally of Switzerland. Family of Frederick Shore (bap. 1731-d. ca. 1818), son of Friedrich Schorr and Margreth Schneider, who was baptized in Muttenz, Switzerland, and died in Surry Co., North Carolina. He was married to Barbara Ries (d. ca. 1820), daughter of John Jacob Ries. Descendants live in North Carolina and elsewhere. Includes descendants of Simon Gross, an early settler of Rowan (then Surry, now Yadkin) County, N.C., who came to Philadelphia with his brother, Theobald, in 1741. He married Dorothea in Philadephia ca. 1741. She died 1744. He married (2) Veronica Mayer ca. 1745. Includes the Clanton family originally of Virginia. Family of Edward Clanton, son of Edward and Sarah Clanton, whose descendants came to Surry County, N.C. in the latter part of the 1700's.