College of Law Class of 1924
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Class Year
1924
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Oliver Walter Cain, A.B. '23, LL.B. '24
Salyersville, Kentucky
Member of Henry Clay Law Society; Kentucky Law Journal Staff; Y.M.C.A.; Honor Roll, ’21, ’22.
Cain, we believe, is the guy of whom it was said that he had one of the few legal minds in the Law Department of the University. With that to start, along with what we have taught him in the last four years, it’s a cinch that he’s going to amount to something before his grandchildren grow up.
-The Kentuckian, 1923
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Oliver Walter Cain (February 4, 1889 - February 26, 1985) was born in Salyersville, Kentucky to Henry Jefferson Cain and Nancy Power. Cain practiced law in Paintsville and served as the city attorney for many years. Additionally, he served as Johnson County school superintendent. In 1934, Cain began to work for the United States Civil Service Commission. Cain returned to his Paintsville legal practice in the early 1970s. He married Mary Anna Keaton.
