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Bain, John

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a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in the Highlands of Scotland, Jan. 3, 1804. He emigrated to the United States in 1823; soon after became a local preacher; and in 1835 entered the Pittsburgh Conference, in which he labored vigorously and with faithfulness until his death, in 1872. Mr. Bain was learned, pious, and affable. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1872, p. 86.