Samuel Bynon and Catherine Cork had 3 children: Mabel b. 1902, m. Willard Nicholas.

Ruth b. 1906, m. Bartlett Churchill White.

Olive b. 1913, m. Ralph Marple.

Sources: Baptismal Records; Census; Mildred Clark research; Wil- lard Thompson; Tryon United Baptist Church Records.

Cairns Family

John Cairns d. 30June 1942, age 71, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., son of James Cairns and Letitia Waddell, lst. m. Jessie Strang, daughter of Lizzie Strang; 2nd. m. Ella Mae Leard, b. Augustine Cove, d.c. 1917, killed when hit by a train, bur. California.

John andJessie lived in Middleton.

John Cairns and Jessie Strang had 7 children:

Jennie Brown b. 12 Sept 1893, d. 7 Feb 1973, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., never married.

+John Alfred b. 30Jan 1895.

Violet b. 25 Dec 1895, d. 31 Apr 1989, bur. Charlottetown Peoples Cem., m. Russell Hillus Rodd, b. 1895, d. 16Jan 1942, bur. Charlotte— town Peoples Cem., son of William E. Rodd, Charlottetown. They lived in Charlottetown and had 3 children: Inez; Wilber; Roddie.

James Walter b. 1897, d. 1920, bur. Charlottetown Peoples Cem., perished while rescuing a child from drowning.

Charles d. as a young man. Ethel d. in childhood.

Louis Wilber d. in infancy.

John Cairns and Ella Mae Leard, his second wife, had 1 child: +Wilber John b. Daly City, Calif, 12 July 1911.

John Alfred b. 30 Jan 1895, d. 30 Dec 1970, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., son of John Cairns and Jessie Strang, m. Zena Blanche Leard, b. 1889, d. 5 Aug 1989, bur. North Tryon Presbyterian Cem., daughter of Smith Leard and Celia Wood.

Alfred moved to Tryon to work for Asher Howatt’s father. Alfred served in both World Wars, and when he returned from the second war

he purchased the Charles Ives’ farm under the Soldier’s Settlement Plan. Alfred farmed with his sons, Ira and Hillus. The farm was divided

between the boys when Alfred retired.