Caine, John T. (John Thomas), 1854-1940

John Thomas Caine, Jr. son of John Thomas and Margaret Nightingale Caine, was born in Salt Lake City on March 9, 1854. He married Kathinka (Kinnie) Ballif in October 1878. They were parents of nine children, seven of whom reached maturity: John T. III, Lawrence B., George B., Alfred, Arthur, Blanche, and Kinnie.

Caine spent his early years in Salt Lake City working as a clerk for the Mormon Church-owned ZCMI Store. He attended the University of Deseret before traveling east to New York to study agriculture at Cornell University. Caine was the first Utahan to pursue the scientific study of agriculture.

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