John Logan McCain
John Logan McCain, a successful general farmer owning eighty-eight acres of excellent land situated in Wells Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, was born on this farm, in the old pioneer log house then standing, on November 19, 1865, and is a son of William and Margaret (Whitten) McCain.
William McCain was also born in Wells Township, Jefferson County, and was a son of David McCain, who brought his family to Jefferson County from another state, at an early day. It is remembered in the family that on the stormy day in which the McCains came to the present farm, little William, then a boy of six years, was transported in a barrel and no doubt arrived in a much more comfortable condition than did others who had been exposed to the elements. At that time this farm still was what was called school land and at first could only be rented, but later the McCains bought it and it has continued in the family, and its present owner has the deed bearing the signature of the great war governor, Governor Tod. The parents of John L. McCain both died on this farm, the father in 1885, at the age of fifty-five years, and the mother in 1908, at the age of seventy-seven years. Of their six children, two died young, the others being: David, who resides on the old homestead; John Logan; Nannie, who is the wife of George Vermillion; and William.
John L. McCain attended the district schools during boyhood but has been engaged on the farm ever since he reached a workable age and is numbered with the excellent and judicious farmers and stock men of the township. He is associated with his brother David in the latter industry. On the death of his father, Mr. McCain bought out the heirs. Mr. McCain was married June 15, 1904, to Miss Blanche Cox, a daughter of Elza and Angeline (Oliver) Cox and they have one bright little son, William Raymond, who was born March 25, 1905. In politics Mr. McCain is a Republican and he served three years as assessor of Wells Township. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
From 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio, by Joseph B. Doyle. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910