Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. 1884, Charles Blanchard, F. A.
Battey & Co., Publishers
J. G. BAIN, editor Martinsville Republican, and Postmaster, was born in
Jefferson Township, Morgan County, on April 29, 1844, and is the son of John
and Bridget (Gallagher) Bain, early settlers of Jefferson Township. Our
subject passed his early life on a farm and attending a district school until
he was seventeen years of age, when he enlisted in Company C, Thirty-third
Indiana Infantry, in August, 1861, for three years and participated in every
march, battle and skirmish which the regiment was in. Near the close of the
three years' term, the regiment "veteranized." During the Atlanta campaign,
the regiment elected officers, and was under the fire of the enemy while
balloting, and one man killed. Mr. Bain was elected Second Lieutenant, and
remained with his command until the close of the war, having been mustered
out August 20, 1865, after four years' service. Some of the battles and
skirmishes in which the regiment was engaged are as follows: Wildcat,
Cumberland Gap, Thompson's Station, Tenn. (where the entire brigade was
captured and confined in Libby Prison two months), Resaca, Cassville, Burnt
Hickory, Golgotha Church, Pumpkin Vine, Peach Tree Creek, the Atlanta
campaign, Sherman's "march to the sea," and through the Carolinas, being in
the battles of Averysboro and Bentonville; thence to Raleigh, on to Richmond,
and in the "grand review" at Washington; thence to Louisville, Ky., where the
regiment was mustered out. After his return home, our subject attended
Mooresville Seminary six months, then Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., three
years, and then the State University at Bloomington, graduating from that
institution in the law course in the spring of 1870, after which he came to
Martinsville and engaged in the practice of law. In August, 1870, he became
connected with the Republican, which sprang into existence that year, and was
made its managing editor. In December, 1870, with H. A. Smock, he purchased
the paper, and continued its publication for four years. Since September,
1874, Mr. Bain has been the sole proprietor. He has added to and improved the
paper, now using a Campbell steam press, with a circulation of 1,700. In
October, 1872, Mr. Bain was made Postmaster of Martinsville, and has held the
office ever since. He has always been an active, influential politician in
the Republican party, and is ranked among the energetic and progressive
citizens, and as one of the representative men of Southern Indiana. In
February, 1876, he was married to Sallie Johnson; a native of Morgan County,
and daughter of Dr. J. J. Johnson. Four children have been born to them--Mary
E., Katie R., Jarvis J. and Dora I. Mr. Bain is a consistent member of the
Presbyterian Church, and his wife of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is
also a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the G. A. R. Since Mr. Bain
has been Postmaster, the office has increased its receipts threefold; and it
is at present one of the best appointed and conducted post offices of any
town of its size in the State.
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