Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....McCain, J. B. October 30, 1833 - 
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J. B. McCAIN, engineer, has been a resident of La Crosse since August, 1853. 
He is a native of Henderson Co., Ky., born Oct. 30, 1833. His father, John 
McCain, was a native of North Carolina, and died in Kentucky in 1876. His 
mother was a native of South Carolina. Mr. McCain was running on the Ohio 
River as engineer for several years previous to coming to Wisconsin, and came 
to La Crosse as engineer of the steam ferry-boat Honeoye, owned by William 
McConnell, which was the first steam ferry-boat in La Crosse. He was in 
Government service during the war, three years as an engineer; was on the 
police from 1872 to 1878, and was five years Constable in La Crosse. He has 
five children - John H., railroad conductor; Jessie, now the wife of Thomas 
Devine, railroad engineer; Charles W., clerk in the round house at La Crosse; 
Alcy, Ann and Minnie, at home. Mrs. McCain was Susan Keys, daughter of W. W. 
Keys, who came to La Crosse in 1856.

Additional Comments:
From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 773.

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