| | Cain's great-great-grandfather, Whitfield Briscoe Cain (1874-1955),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7431098/whitfield-briscoe-cain|title=Whitfield Briscoe Cain|publisher=finadagrave.com|accessdate=December 6, 2021}}</ref> was a [[dentist]] in Frankin, Texas, who at the age of twenty-two killed John M. Myatt (1852-1896), whom Cain claimed had [[slander]]ed his wife, Bertha Bicker Cain (1877-1975), to whom the dentist had been married for one year. The jury found Cain not guilty in the case. Whatever Myatt said to Cain remains unknown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://livingbluetx.com/2021/10/murder-trial-of-briscoe-cain/|title=The Murder Trial of Briscoe Cain: Murder over slander in 1896|author=Michelle H. Davis|date=October 18, 2021|publisher=livingbluetx.com|accessdate=December 6, 2021}}</ref> | | Cain's great-great-grandfather, Whitfield Briscoe Cain (1874-1955),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7431098/whitfield-briscoe-cain|title=Whitfield Briscoe Cain|publisher=finadagrave.com|accessdate=December 6, 2021}}</ref> was a [[dentist]] in Frankin, Texas, who at the age of twenty-two killed John M. Myatt (1852-1896), whom Cain claimed had [[slander]]ed his wife, Bertha Bicker Cain (1877-1975), to whom the dentist had been married for one year. The jury found Cain not guilty in the case. Whatever Myatt said to Cain remains unknown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://livingbluetx.com/2021/10/murder-trial-of-briscoe-cain/|title=The Murder Trial of Briscoe Cain: Murder over slander in 1896|author=Michelle H. Davis|date=October 18, 2021|publisher=livingbluetx.com|accessdate=December 6, 2021}}</ref> |
| − | Cain's grandfather, Briscoe Cain, Sr. (1931-2011), was a [[mayor]] of Calvert in Robertson County and a resident of Franklin in central Texas at the time of his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mccauleyfh.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1086189&fh_id=13664|title=Briscoe Rowell Cain|publisher=McCauley Funeral Home|location=Franklin, [[Texas]]|date=February 2011|accessdate=June 5, 2016}}</ref> His parents are Briscoe, Jr., and Melissa E. Cain of Deer Park in Harris County. In July 2011, Cain wed the former Bergundi Dleis Walker;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/pasadena/living/marriage-licenses-july-to-july/article_8f1790a7-11f3-5a78-bfde-0efd0e6dc9bc.html|title=Marriage Licenses, July 25-29, 2011|publisher=yourhoustonnews.com|accessdate=June 5, 2016}}</ref> they reside with their five children (all boys, and all named for Texas counties) in Deer Park. | + | Cain's grandfather, Briscoe Cain, Sr. (1931-2011), was a [[mayor]] of Calvert in Robertson County and a resident of Franklin in central Texas at the time of his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mccauleyfh.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=1086189&fh_id=13664|title=Briscoe Rowell Cain|publisher=McCauley Funeral Home|location=Franklin, [[Texas]]|date=February 2011|accessdate=June 5, 2016}}</ref> His parents are Briscoe, Jr., and Melissa E. Cain of Deer Park in Harris County. In July 2011, Cain wed the former Bergundi Dleis Walker;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/pasadena/living/marriage-licenses-july-to-july/article_8f1790a7-11f3-5a78-bfde-0efd0e6dc9bc.html|title=Marriage Licenses, July 25-29, 2011|publisher=yourhoustonnews.com|accessdate=June 5, 2016}}</ref> they reside with their five children (all boys, and all named for Texas counties -- Briscoe, Walker, Maverick, Crockett and Hockley) in Deer Park. |
| | Cain graduated from San Jacinto College, the University of Houston, and the South Texas College of Law, also in Houston. In law school, he was a founder of the first [[pro-life]] law student organization in Texas and the president of the campus [[Federalist Society]].<ref name=cainlawfirm/> He is a member of the Texas State Guard. | | Cain graduated from San Jacinto College, the University of Houston, and the South Texas College of Law, also in Houston. In law school, he was a founder of the first [[pro-life]] law student organization in Texas and the president of the campus [[Federalist Society]].<ref name=cainlawfirm/> He is a member of the Texas State Guard. |