Cache-Salt Lake County UT Archives Biographies.....Caile, John Thomas Jr. 1854 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ut/utfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 September 1, 2011, 11:17 pm Source: See below Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher JOHN THOMAS CAINE, JR. John Thomas Caine, Jr., is an active factor in the educational, material and moral progress of Utah, making his home at Logan, where he is serving as auditor of the Agricultural College of Utah, and he is also prominently identified with farming and stock raising interests, while at the same time he has taken an active part in solving important problems having to do with the development of the state and the utilization of its natural resources. He was born in Salt Lake City in 1854, a son of John Thomas and Margaret (Nightingale) Caine. He acquired his early education in the public schools of his native city and afterward attended Cornell University. Early in his business career he was with Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution at Salt Lake City and also at Logan and he likewise taught school in early manhood for a time. Through a term of two years he filled the position of county superintendent of schools in Cache county and was also superintendent of the city schools for two years. He has always been more or less closely connected with educational interests and has ever endeavored to secure the highest standards for the schools of the state. In 18S8 he was elected secretary of the Utah Agricultural College at Logan, in which position he continued for a number of years, and at the same time he devoted his attention to teaching. As teacher, registrar and in other positions he has been with the college from the beginning, and is now its auditor, and through every possible means he has labored to advance the interests and promote the efficiency of the school. In still other public positions he has served, having been a member of the city council of Logan for four years, during which time he exercised his official prerogatives in support of many plans and measures for municipal good. He has been school trustee of his city for several years and in 1917 he was appointed to the state dairy and food bureau by Governor Bamberger. Aside from the official duties that devolve upon him, Mr. Caine is interested in farming and stock raising. He is the principal owner of the Ballamoar Farms of Richmond, these farms being operated under the supervision of Mr. Caine and his sons They have bred and developed a herd of fifty head of registered Jersey cattle and a large number of registered Berkshire hogs. In 1878 Mr. Caine was married to Miss Kathinka Ballif, a daughter of S. L. and Elise (Le Coultre) Ballif, who were natives of Switzerland. To Mr. and Mrs. Caine have been born nine children, seven of whom are yet living. The family record is as follows: Margaret N., who has passed away; John T., who is a director of the extension division of the Agricultural College of Utah; Blanche Elise, the wife of George Lyman Hyde, manager of the Eccles Hotel of Logan; Laurence B., manager of the Ballamoar Farms; Joseph Lester, deceased; George B., associate professor in charge of dairy husbandry at the Agricultural College of Utah; Alfred B., associate professor of animal husbandry in the Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa; Arthur H., manager of some large farms at Crestline, Kansas; and Kinnie C., a student in the Agricultural College of Utah. Mr. Caine has always remained a faithful adherent of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which he is filling the office of high priest. He has also been active in Sunday school work for many years and was on the stake Sunday school board for ten years. His labors have always been of a character that has produced substantial results in the accomplishment of his purposes, not only for the upbuilding of his own fortunes but for the development of interests of vital worth to the state. Additional Comments: Extracted from UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATED VOLUME IV CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1920 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ut/cache/bios/caile37nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/utfiles/ File size: 4.5 Kb