From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 773. City of La Crosse 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 serice 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. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]