Addison

CAIN, Albert Lincoln

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont: A Record of the 
Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding 
of a Nation. Carleton, ed. New York & Chicago: Lewis, 1903, pp 535-536

Albert Lincoln CAIN, one of the representative citizens of Addison County 
[Vermont], president and treasurer of the Bristol Novelty Works, one of the 
leading institutions of its kind in this part of the state, was born in 
November 1868 in Bristol [Addison County, Vermont], son of Samuel CAIN, who 
was born in Wareham [Plymouth County], Massachusetts. The father of Samuel, 
[who was also named] Samuel CAIN, was a native of the Old Bay State 
[Massachusetts], and took up his abode in Wareham, but later removed to 
Bristol [Addison County], Vermont, and returning to Wareham, his last days 
were spent there.

Samuel CAIN Jr., was a merchant and a manufacturer of staves in Starksboro 
[Addison County], Lincoln [Addison County] and Huntington [Chittenden 
County], Vermont, and the last years of his life were spent in Bristol 
[Addison County, Vermont], where he [Samuel CAIN, Jr.] passed away in 1888, 
at the age of sixty-two years. He took a prominent and active part in the 
public life of his community, and among the many public positions which he 
was called upon to fill may be mentioned those of selectman and school 
director. His [Samuel CAIN Jr.'s] wife bore the maiden name of ---ia 
BARROWS, and she too was born in Wareham [Plymouth County, Massachusetts]. 
By her marriage she became the mother of three children: (1) Lydia R., Mrs. 
G. H. BARTLETT, of Madison [Dane County], Wisconsin; (2) Rena, Mrs. B. M. 
SERGEANT, a resident of Council Bluffs [Pottawattamie County], Iowa; and (3) 
Albert L., the subject of this review. The mother of these children was 
called to her final rest in 1888, when she had reached the age of fifty-seven 
years. Both she and her husband were members of the Congregational church.

Albert Lincoln CAIN is indebted to the public school system of Bristol 
[Addison County, Vermont] for the educational privileges which he received in 
his youth, and between the ages of sixteen and nineteen years he assisted his 
father in his business. On the expiration of that period he assumed control 
of the enterprise, owning and operating nine mills for the manufacture of 
staves, and his time was thus employed until 1896, when he sold his interest 
to his partner, George BARTLETT, of Jonesville [Chittenden County], Vermont. 
In 1898 Mr. [Albert Lincoln] CAIN became one of the incorporators of the 
Bristol Novelty Works, of which he was made the president and treasurer, and 
they are engaged in the manufacture of turned wooden boxes, handles, dowels, 
novelties, toys, etc. The factory is equipped with all the latest improved 
machinery, and fifty skilled employees are required to accomplish its work. 
The first treasurer of the company was Ashbel A. DEAN, but he is now 
deceased, and the present officers are: Albert Lincoln CAIN, president and 
treasurer; N. F. DUNSHEE, vice president, and A. M. NORTON, secretary. Mr. 
CAIN is a man of excellent business and executive ability, of sound judgment 
and capable management, and the prosperity which this firm is now enjoying is 
due in a large measure to his untiring efforts.

The marriage of Albert Lincoln CAIN and Miss Daisy A. RAY was solemnized in 
1890. The lady is a native of Hinesburg, Chittenden County [Vermont], and a 
daughter of Willard and Susan L. (CROSSMAN) RAY, the latter of whom is still 
living. Mrs. CAIN is the only child of her parents, and by her marriage she 
became the mother of two children, but the son, Seward R., died at the age of 
four years. The daughter is Rena L. By his ballot Mr. CAIN supports the men 
and measures of the Republican party, and he has served as school director 
and lister and has many times been a delegate to county and state 
conventions. He is a charter member and foreman of the Munsill Hose Company. 
His genial temperament, courteous manners, and broad-minded principles 
render him a favorite with all, and the circle of his friends is almost 
coextensive with the circle of his acquaintances.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly