Robert Irvin McCain (Uncle Doc)
was the first McCain who came with a wagon train of relatives before the Civil
War. He was married to Elizabeth
Fowler. They settled first at Grand
Saline. While farmers here, they would
bring wagon loads of salt and trade for corn and cotton, etc.
Robert was a Confederate soldier
and fought in Texas and Louisiana.
Toward the close of the war, he was stricken with typhoid fever. He was cared for by a Catholic family who only
spoke French. He was not heard from for two
years. He walked home. His wife knew his step when she heard him
coming.
They moved to a farm in Johnson County,
then later, moved to Tarrant
County. Both died in Keller and are buried at Bourland Cemetery.
Their children are:
1)
Clint, who married Mary Bates.
2)
Tom and twin, the twin died, Tom married Margaret
Bates.
3)
LeeAnna, born August 4, 1866 and died December 16,
1935, married R.V. Keller.
4)
James William (Billy), born December 25, 1871 in Grandview, Johnson
County, Texas and
died December 15, 1943. He married Mary
Lu Alice Warren
on December 18, 1890.
5)
Oscar married late in life.
6)
Lula was married to Ed Bourland.
7)
Lenora Alice, born March 23, 1878 and died July 20,
1955. She was married to Joe Price.
8)
Laura was married to Will McSpadden.
Billy and Oscar played with
guns. The gun jammed. Billy took it and shot Oscar in the
foot. The doctor couldn’t believe that
the shot gun went off. Father cut the
bullet out. Blood poisoning, barely
avoided amputation.
