1847 - 1925

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• Birth	1847	Dubois Co.,Indiana
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Aug 1925	Rich Hill,Montana
  Buried	Green Lawn Cemetery,Rich Hill,Montana
  Person ID	I38916	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2000 00:00:00
  Father	Robert Hiram MAIN, b. 4 Nov 1820, Dubois Co.,Indiana
  Mother	Rachel FLOYD
  Family ID	F16316	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Fascellina BROWN, b. 5 Apr 1847, Hume,Montana
  Children	1. Theodosia Ernest MAIN, b. 8 Dec 1866, Texas Co.,Montana   2. Felix Bruster MAIN, b. 10 Feb 1868, Illinois   3. Benjamin Hannibal MAIN, b. 6 Feb 1869, Illinois   4. Lane MAIN, b. 1872   5. Robert Hiram MAIN, b. 1874, Montana   6. Reubin Warren MAIN, b. 1879, Kentucky   7. Walter Franklin MAIN, b. 1880
  Family ID	F15164	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Caroline
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F15409	Group Sheet
  Family 3	Maggie MILLER, b. 1 Mar 1859
  Children	1. Lucille MAIN
  Family ID	F15128	Group Sheet

• Notes

  THE MAIN TREE II, Second Edition, by Nancy (Portor) Childress, 1995. page177. Reubin said he was of age, joined the Union Army as a drummer boy (hewas 14). After the war when he was 18 he married Fascellina. They came toTexas Co., Montana from Illinois. After guiding the wagon trains of hisfamily from Illinois to Kansas, Reuben was in demand as a wagon masterfrom Illinois to Montana and Kentucky to Montana. He received a Kansasland grant and later bought land in Bates Co., Montana between Rich Hilland Hume. He farmed, drove a state coach, was a teamster for ahouse-drawn fire engine in Rich Hill, was a rural mail carrier(horse-drawn carriage). In 1885 Fascellina was driving a team and wagonto Hume when something frightened the team and they ran and was turnedover. She died in the arms of her son Felix and is buried in LawrenceCemetery. Later Reuben married Caroline, who had two children by anothermarriage. Felix said that she showed so much favoritism to her childrenand mistreated Reuben's younger ones that he and Ben ran her off. Afterthis Reuben married Maggie and they raised an adopted daughter Lucille.Reuben carried the mail until just before he died in 1925. He left hisfavorite horse "Old Slim" and his watch to Felix Eddie, his grandson. Also researching this line is: J.D. Mihlhauser, 11717 Drayton Drive,Austin, Texas 78758 Bob Main, 867 Redwood Drive, Garberville, CA 95542. Sherd L. Davis, Wolfe City, Texas.