Life
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- March 8, 1883
Career
- Conductor — Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad
- Conductor — Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad
Biography
John Cain, a native of Clarksville, Tennessee, was appointed conductor on the Memphis, Clarksville & Louisville Railroad circa October 1859.
After the Civil War, Cain went to work on the Louisville & Nashville and the Memphis & Tennessee railroads. He moved to Arkansas in the late 1870s.
He was killed during a March 1883 train robbery on the Little Rock & Fort Smith Railroad, where he worked as a conductor.