Samuel B. Thain was born in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia in 1806. At sixteen he went to sea on a whaling voyage and went around the world on the ship Chili. At thirty he purchased a ship and harpooned his largest whale in Conception Bay. The day before William Henry Harrison was inaugurated President, in 1841, Samuel left for Wilmington, North Carolina where (having sold his ship) he erected a shop for making barrels for naval stores which at that time found a good market in England and European nations with navies. In 1850, Samuel moved to Bentonville near Smithfield, purchasing a farm. After the Civil War he became an ordained minister of the Baptist church. He lived to be almost 95 years. He was survived by his second wife and five children.
-- Excerpt from a genealogy paper written by Clair Raleigh Thain, Asheville, North Carolina, June 1986.
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Husband of Eliza Woodard Thain
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Obituary Date: August 2, 1901
Elder S. B. Thain age 94
died 25 Jul 1901
born in Nova Scotia on 4 Nov 1806
husband of Alice Joyner in 1843, Alice d. 1862
husband of Eliza Woodard in 1863, Johnston County
-- Excerpt from a genealogy paper written by Clair Raleigh Thain, Asheville, North Carolina, June 1986.
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Husband of Eliza Woodard Thain
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Obituary Date: August 2, 1901
Elder S. B. Thain age 94
died 25 Jul 1901
born in Nova Scotia on 4 Nov 1806
husband of Alice Joyner in 1843, Alice d. 1862
husband of Eliza Woodard in 1863, Johnston County
Samuel B. Thain was born in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia in 1806. At sixteen he went to sea on a whaling voyage and went around the world on the ship Chili. At thirty he purchased a ship and harpooned his largest whale in Conception Bay. The day before William Henry Harrison was inaugurated President, in 1841, Samuel left for Wilmington, North Carolina where (having sold his ship) he erected a shop for making barrels for naval stores which at that time found a good market in England and European nations with navies. In 1850, Samuel moved to Bentonville near Smithfield, purchasing a farm. After the Civil War he became an ordained minister of the Baptist church. He lived to be almost 95 years. He was survived by his second wife and five children.
-- Excerpt from a genealogy paper written by Clair Raleigh Thain, Asheville, North Carolina, June 1986.
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Husband of Eliza Woodard Thain
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Obituary Date: August 2, 1901
Elder S. B. Thain age 94
died 25 Jul 1901
born in Nova Scotia on 4 Nov 1806
husband of Alice Joyner in 1843, Alice d. 1862
husband of Eliza Woodard in 1863, Johnston County
-- Excerpt from a genealogy paper written by Clair Raleigh Thain, Asheville, North Carolina, June 1986.
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Husband of Eliza Woodard Thain
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Obituary Date: August 2, 1901
Elder S. B. Thain age 94
died 25 Jul 1901
born in Nova Scotia on 4 Nov 1806
husband of Alice Joyner in 1843, Alice d. 1862
husband of Eliza Woodard in 1863, Johnston County
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