BIOGRAPHIES:  Joseph N. CAIN, Sumner Township, Barron County, WI

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Joseph N. Cain, a substantial farmer owning 120 acres in Section 18, Sumner
Township, has developed a good farm from the wilderness, has done his part in
the growth and progress of the community, and is one of the solid men of the
township, admired for his worth, his industry and his sterling qualities. He
was born in the Province of Ontario, near the United States boundary, April
23, 1850, son of David and Mary (Saunders) Cain, the former a native of
Vermont and the latter also of Vermont. Joseph N. came to Wisconsin at the age
of twenty, and for a while worked on farms in Chippewa County. Later he came
to this county, and worked on farms near the old townsite of Sumner in Sumner
Township. In 1873 he took a homestead of 160 acres in Section 18, Sumner
Township. This was all wild land. He built a log cabin and started to
establish a home in the wilderness. At that time there were only a few houses
in this vicinity. He secured an ox team, and a cow or two, and the first year
managed to get in a small acreage of crops. To this place he brought his
bride. By working early and late, and using good judgment in their operations,
they have developed a good farm, and have achieved prosperity. Eighty acres of
the original homestead have been sold and forty acres added. Mr. Cain carries
on general farming and is building up a fine dairy herd of graded Holsteins.
His financial holdings include stock in the State Bank of Canton. Mr. Cain was
married at Edge Point, Wis., March 31, 1878, to Rosana Jordan, who was born in
Milwaukee, July 17, 1859, the daughter of Michael and Catherine Jordan. Mr.
and Mrs. Cain had four children: Milton J., Edith, Eunice and Catherine.
Milton J. is at home. Edith, is the deceased wife of the late A. N. Anderson.
Eunice is at home. Catherine is the wife of Lorne Doty, of Superior, Wis. Mrs.
Cain died Oct. 2, 1906.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 410.