John Cairns was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland and immigrated with his family to Leeds, Ontario, Canada as a boy. He was baptized, confirmed & ordained an elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the spring of 1834 in Leeds, and on July 8, 1834 he was united in marriage to Almira Julia Eaton in Leeds by a Presbyterian minister.
John, Almira and their daughters Almeda & Julia immigrated to the US about 1842, settling first in Quincy, IL., then moving to St. Louis, MO by 1850. John became a prominent businessman in St. Louis, served six years as a City Councilman and was appointed Director of Markets. He became a naturalized citizen of the US on April 3, 1854.
John Cairns died in Hannibal, MO on September 11, 1885 at the home of his daughter, Almeda E. Lines.
John, Almira and their daughters Almeda & Julia immigrated to the US about 1842, settling first in Quincy, IL., then moving to St. Louis, MO by 1850. John became a prominent businessman in St. Louis, served six years as a City Councilman and was appointed Director of Markets. He became a naturalized citizen of the US on April 3, 1854.
John Cairns died in Hannibal, MO on September 11, 1885 at the home of his daughter, Almeda E. Lines.
John Cairns was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland and immigrated with his family to Leeds, Ontario, Canada as a boy. He was baptized, confirmed & ordained an elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the spring of 1834 in Leeds, and on July 8, 1834 he was united in marriage to Almira Julia Eaton in Leeds by a Presbyterian minister.
John, Almira and their daughters Almeda & Julia immigrated to the US about 1842, settling first in Quincy, IL., then moving to St. Louis, MO by 1850. John became a prominent businessman in St. Louis, served six years as a City Councilman and was appointed Director of Markets. He became a naturalized citizen of the US on April 3, 1854.
John Cairns died in Hannibal, MO on September 11, 1885 at the home of his daughter, Almeda E. Lines.
John, Almira and their daughters Almeda & Julia immigrated to the US about 1842, settling first in Quincy, IL., then moving to St. Louis, MO by 1850. John became a prominent businessman in St. Louis, served six years as a City Councilman and was appointed Director of Markets. He became a naturalized citizen of the US on April 3, 1854.
John Cairns died in Hannibal, MO on September 11, 1885 at the home of his daughter, Almeda E. Lines.
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