William A. McCain Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 567
Scope and Content
Typed summary of interview and corrections with daughter, Anne Louise McCain Christianson,
mentioning the Aurora Borealis Farm, Datus Smith, Charles Sutton, A.F. Sutton, father-in-law to
McCain, various McCain and Sutton family members; genealogical material on the McCain family and
typed copies of newspaper clippings. Handwritten reminiscence (3 leaves) by Martha Sutton McCain
Simpson, his widow, about their first meeting and marriage. Brief typed family history (1 leaf) of
McCain's sister, Mary Elizabeth, and parents, William Alexander and Maria Laura McAllister by Aimee
Hemingway, William's niece. Application form for D.A.R. membership from Katie Lou McCain,
William's niece, which includes McCain genealogy. "History of the McCain family" (3 leaves) by Ned
McNeely.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1950-1959
Creator
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the NDSU Archives.
Biographical / Historical
Born at Carrollton, Miss. Wed Martha D. Sutton in 1899. Farmer at Blanchard, N.D., named his farm Aurora Borealis, referred to as Aurora Farm. Later, appointed postmaster at Hillsboro, N.D. Died from tuberculosis at Hot Springs, Ark. Buried at Hillsboro, N.D.
Biography
Born at Carrollton, Miss. Wed Martha D. Sutton in 1899. Farmer at Blanchard, N.D., named his farm
Aurora Borealis, referred to as Aurora Farm. Later, appointed postmaster at Hillsboro, N.D. Died from
tuberculosis at Hot Springs, Ark. Buried at Hillsboro, N.D.
Extent
8 Items (8 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Farmer at Blanchard, N.D., who named his farm Aurora Borealis, referred to as Aurora Farm. Later, appointed postmaster at Hillsboro, N.D.
Provenance
Donated by Anne Louise McCain Christianson, 1955 (Acc. 567).
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
Summary
Typed summary of interview and corrections with daughter, Anne Louise McCain Christianson, mentioning the Aurora Borealis Farm, Datus Smith, Charles Sutton, A.F. Sutton, father-in-law to McCain, various McCain and Sutton family members; genealogical material on the McCain family and typed copies of newspaper clippings. Handwritten reminiscence (3 leaves) by Martha Sutton McCain Simpson, his widow, about their first meeting and marriage. Brief typed family history (1 leaf) of McCain's sister, Mary Elizabeth, and parents, William Alexander and Maria Laura McAllister by Aimee Hemingway, William's niece. Application form for D.A.R. membership from Katie Lou McCain, William's niece, which includes McCain genealogy. "History of the McCain family" (3 leaves) by Ned McNeely.
- Aurora Farm (N.D.)
- Belle Prairie Farm (Traill County, N.D.)
- Blanchard (N.D.)
- Bonanza farms -- North Dakota.
- Christianson, Anne Louise. -- : Interviews.
- Family histories.
- Farmers -- North Dakota.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Traill County.
- Genealogy.
- Hillsboro (N.D.)
- Hot Springs (Ark.)
- Interviews.
- McCain family.
- McCain, William Alexander, 1862-1908.
- Postmasters -- North Dakota.
- Simpson, Martha D. McCain.
- Smith, Datus C., 1853-1932.
- Sutton, A. F. (Aaron Franklin), 1850-1919.
- Traill County (N.D.) -- Genealogy.
- Tuberculosis -- North Dakota.
Creator
- McCain, William Alexander, 1862-1908. (Person)
- Christianson, Anne Louise. (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the William A. McCain Collection
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
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