JOHN CAIRNS, stock-dealer, Bloomington; established his present business in 1873; he was born in New York State in 1849; son of Alexander and Margaret Cairns, natives of Scotland; he came to Grant Co., in the fall of 1860; has always been in active life; is a self-made man, and is one of the enterprising citizens of the county.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.