William Bain was found in the 1850 US Census for Indian Lands, Marquette County, Wisconsin. By 1860, he had moved further west to Township 111 Range 10 in Wabasha County, Minnesota. Per "Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65 Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866", William on September 1, 1864 enlisted as a Private in Company I Minnesota 3rd Infantry Regiment at Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota. He mustered out on July 28, 1865.
William was an early settler of what was to become Culdrum Township as he was in the 1870 US Census for Little Fallls, Morrison County, Minnesota. The first township election was held on June 2, 1870 and he was elected to serve as supervisor, clerk and justice of the peace. He was in the May 1, 1875 Minnesota State Census in Culdrum Township, Morrison County, Minnesota. On December 15, 1875, William was issued a Land Patent for 160 acres in N1/2NE and E1/2NW Section 32 Township 129 North Range 31 West. The authority for the land patent was granted by the May 20, 1862 Homestead Act.
The 1880 US Census had William in Culdrum Township, Morrison County, Minnesota as did the May 1, 1885 Minnesota State Census.
from The Long Prairie Leader, The Todd County Argus Thursday, November 28, 1940:
William Wallace Bain was born in Scotland on March 15, 1825, and came with his father's family to America in 1835. His father had come to America two years previously. The family first lived in Addison County, Vermont, where William Wallace received a good common school education. In 1850 he moved to Wisconsin where he located on a farm and remained for five years. He then removed to Reed's Landing in Minnesota and for a time operated a hotel. Following this he engaged in gardening at Wabasha. The Civil war came on and Mr. Bain enlisted in Company I, 3rd Minnesota Infantry. He served until the end of the war and was mustered out at Jacksonport, Arkansas. Three years later, in 1868, he came to what became Culdrum township in Morrison County. This township had formerly been part of Todd County, but the story of its transfer to Morrison County must be discussed in a later article. Mr. Bain took for his homestead a quarter-section in Section 32. In the organization of Culdrum township he took an active part and was elected town clerk and served as the first justice of the peace for a number of years. His homestead lay outside of what is now Todd County, but we are interested in his history for the reason he was one of those who gave the township its first government after being detached from Todd.
Some time in the early forties, he married Miss Jane Woodend, a native of Ireland. To them were born the following named children: William T., who at the time operated a blacksmith shop in Long Prairie; George Henry, who passed away in 1917; Jennie, Archibald, Prince A., who still resides near Swanville; Andrew Bain and Clara. We do not have the date of the passing of Mr. or Mrs. Bain, but both have been dead for some years.
W. W. Bain Passes Away Yesterday At His Home at Culdrum.
Again today we are called upon to chronicle the death of another old settler - William W. Bain of Culdrum, who passed away yesterday at his home In Culdrum town.
Mr. Bain was born in Scotland 78 years ago, and when quite young came to America to seek his fortune. When the war broke out Mr. Bain was one of the first to shoulder his musket in defense of the Union, and fortunately he lived to see the country whose cause he espoused the grandest republic on earth.
After the war he settled at Wabasha. and about twenty-seven years ago moved to Culdrum, Morrison county, took a homestead, and resided there until called to the world beyond.
About three years ago his aged wife died, and three years ago he was stricken with that dread disease paralysis. Until a short time ago he was able to be around his farm and make short visits to this city to transact business, but he knew that his time on earth was limited.
He was a member of Workman Post No. 31. G. A. R. of this city.
The funeral services will be held on Saturday at 2 p. m at Swanville, and the remains will be interred in the Bear Head cemetery.
William was an early settler of what was to become Culdrum Township as he was in the 1870 US Census for Little Fallls, Morrison County, Minnesota. The first township election was held on June 2, 1870 and he was elected to serve as supervisor, clerk and justice of the peace. He was in the May 1, 1875 Minnesota State Census in Culdrum Township, Morrison County, Minnesota. On December 15, 1875, William was issued a Land Patent for 160 acres in N1/2NE and E1/2NW Section 32 Township 129 North Range 31 West. The authority for the land patent was granted by the May 20, 1862 Homestead Act.
The 1880 US Census had William in Culdrum Township, Morrison County, Minnesota as did the May 1, 1885 Minnesota State Census.
from The Long Prairie Leader, The Todd County Argus Thursday, November 28, 1940:
William Wallace Bain was born in Scotland on March 15, 1825, and came with his father's family to America in 1835. His father had come to America two years previously. The family first lived in Addison County, Vermont, where William Wallace received a good common school education. In 1850 he moved to Wisconsin where he located on a farm and remained for five years. He then removed to Reed's Landing in Minnesota and for a time operated a hotel. Following this he engaged in gardening at Wabasha. The Civil war came on and Mr. Bain enlisted in Company I, 3rd Minnesota Infantry. He served until the end of the war and was mustered out at Jacksonport, Arkansas. Three years later, in 1868, he came to what became Culdrum township in Morrison County. This township had formerly been part of Todd County, but the story of its transfer to Morrison County must be discussed in a later article. Mr. Bain took for his homestead a quarter-section in Section 32. In the organization of Culdrum township he took an active part and was elected town clerk and served as the first justice of the peace for a number of years. His homestead lay outside of what is now Todd County, but we are interested in his history for the reason he was one of those who gave the township its first government after being detached from Todd.
Some time in the early forties, he married Miss Jane Woodend, a native of Ireland. To them were born the following named children: William T., who at the time operated a blacksmith shop in Long Prairie; George Henry, who passed away in 1917; Jennie, Archibald, Prince A., who still resides near Swanville; Andrew Bain and Clara. We do not have the date of the passing of Mr. or Mrs. Bain, but both have been dead for some years.
W. W. Bain Passes Away Yesterday At His Home at Culdrum.
Again today we are called upon to chronicle the death of another old settler - William W. Bain of Culdrum, who passed away yesterday at his home In Culdrum town.
Mr. Bain was born in Scotland 78 years ago, and when quite young came to America to seek his fortune. When the war broke out Mr. Bain was one of the first to shoulder his musket in defense of the Union, and fortunately he lived to see the country whose cause he espoused the grandest republic on earth.
After the war he settled at Wabasha. and about twenty-seven years ago moved to Culdrum, Morrison county, took a homestead, and resided there until called to the world beyond.
About three years ago his aged wife died, and three years ago he was stricken with that dread disease paralysis. Until a short time ago he was able to be around his farm and make short visits to this city to transact business, but he knew that his time on earth was limited.
He was a member of Workman Post No. 31. G. A. R. of this city.
The funeral services will be held on Saturday at 2 p. m at Swanville, and the remains will be interred in the Bear Head cemetery.
William Bain was found in the 1850 US Census for Indian Lands, Marquette County, Wisconsin. By 1860, he had moved further west to Township 111 Range 10 in Wabasha County, Minnesota. Per "Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars 1861-65 Minnesota Adjutant General's Report of 1866", William on September 1, 1864 enlisted as a Private in Company I Minnesota 3rd Infantry Regiment at Wabasha, Wabasha County, Minnesota. He mustered out on July 28, 1865.
William was an early settler of what was to become Culdrum Township as he was in the 1870 US Census for Little Fallls, Morrison County, Minnesota. The first township election was held on June 2, 1870 and he was elected to serve as supervisor, clerk and justice of the peace. He was in the May 1, 1875 Minnesota State Census in Culdrum Township, Morrison County, Minnesota. On December 15, 1875, William was issued a Land Patent for 160 acres in N1/2NE and E1/2NW Section 32 Township 129 North Range 31 West. The authority for the land patent was granted by the May 20, 1862 Homestead Act.
The 1880 US Census had William in Culdrum Township, Morrison County, Minnesota as did the May 1, 1885 Minnesota State Census.
from The Long Prairie Leader, The Todd County Argus Thursday, November 28, 1940:
William Wallace Bain was born in Scotland on March 15, 1825, and came with his father's family to America in 1835. His father had come to America two years previously. The family first lived in Addison County, Vermont, where William Wallace received a good common school education. In 1850 he moved to Wisconsin where he located on a farm and remained for five years. He then removed to Reed's Landing in Minnesota and for a time operated a hotel. Following this he engaged in gardening at Wabasha. The Civil war came on and Mr. Bain enlisted in Company I, 3rd Minnesota Infantry. He served until the end of the war and was mustered out at Jacksonport, Arkansas. Three years later, in 1868, he came to what became Culdrum township in Morrison County. This township had formerly been part of Todd County, but the story of its transfer to Morrison County must be discussed in a later article. Mr. Bain took for his homestead a quarter-section in Section 32. In the organization of Culdrum township he took an active part and was elected town clerk and served as the first justice of the peace for a number of years. His homestead lay outside of what is now Todd County, but we are interested in his history for the reason he was one of those who gave the township its first government after being detached from Todd.
Some time in the early forties, he married Miss Jane Woodend, a native of Ireland. To them were born the following named children: William T., who at the time operated a blacksmith shop in Long Prairie; George Henry, who passed away in 1917; Jennie, Archibald, Prince A., who still resides near Swanville; Andrew Bain and Clara. We do not have the date of the passing of Mr. or Mrs. Bain, but both have been dead for some years.
W. W. Bain Passes Away Yesterday At His Home at Culdrum.
Again today we are called upon to chronicle the death of another old settler - William W. Bain of Culdrum, who passed away yesterday at his home In Culdrum town.
Mr. Bain was born in Scotland 78 years ago, and when quite young came to America to seek his fortune. When the war broke out Mr. Bain was one of the first to shoulder his musket in defense of the Union, and fortunately he lived to see the country whose cause he espoused the grandest republic on earth.
After the war he settled at Wabasha. and about twenty-seven years ago moved to Culdrum, Morrison county, took a homestead, and resided there until called to the world beyond.
About three years ago his aged wife died, and three years ago he was stricken with that dread disease paralysis. Until a short time ago he was able to be around his farm and make short visits to this city to transact business, but he knew that his time on earth was limited.
He was a member of Workman Post No. 31. G. A. R. of this city.
The funeral services will be held on Saturday at 2 p. m at Swanville, and the remains will be interred in the Bear Head cemetery.
William was an early settler of what was to become Culdrum Township as he was in the 1870 US Census for Little Fallls, Morrison County, Minnesota. The first township election was held on June 2, 1870 and he was elected to serve as supervisor, clerk and justice of the peace. He was in the May 1, 1875 Minnesota State Census in Culdrum Township, Morrison County, Minnesota. On December 15, 1875, William was issued a Land Patent for 160 acres in N1/2NE and E1/2NW Section 32 Township 129 North Range 31 West. The authority for the land patent was granted by the May 20, 1862 Homestead Act.
The 1880 US Census had William in Culdrum Township, Morrison County, Minnesota as did the May 1, 1885 Minnesota State Census.
from The Long Prairie Leader, The Todd County Argus Thursday, November 28, 1940:
William Wallace Bain was born in Scotland on March 15, 1825, and came with his father's family to America in 1835. His father had come to America two years previously. The family first lived in Addison County, Vermont, where William Wallace received a good common school education. In 1850 he moved to Wisconsin where he located on a farm and remained for five years. He then removed to Reed's Landing in Minnesota and for a time operated a hotel. Following this he engaged in gardening at Wabasha. The Civil war came on and Mr. Bain enlisted in Company I, 3rd Minnesota Infantry. He served until the end of the war and was mustered out at Jacksonport, Arkansas. Three years later, in 1868, he came to what became Culdrum township in Morrison County. This township had formerly been part of Todd County, but the story of its transfer to Morrison County must be discussed in a later article. Mr. Bain took for his homestead a quarter-section in Section 32. In the organization of Culdrum township he took an active part and was elected town clerk and served as the first justice of the peace for a number of years. His homestead lay outside of what is now Todd County, but we are interested in his history for the reason he was one of those who gave the township its first government after being detached from Todd.
Some time in the early forties, he married Miss Jane Woodend, a native of Ireland. To them were born the following named children: William T., who at the time operated a blacksmith shop in Long Prairie; George Henry, who passed away in 1917; Jennie, Archibald, Prince A., who still resides near Swanville; Andrew Bain and Clara. We do not have the date of the passing of Mr. or Mrs. Bain, but both have been dead for some years.
W. W. Bain Passes Away Yesterday At His Home at Culdrum.
Again today we are called upon to chronicle the death of another old settler - William W. Bain of Culdrum, who passed away yesterday at his home In Culdrum town.
Mr. Bain was born in Scotland 78 years ago, and when quite young came to America to seek his fortune. When the war broke out Mr. Bain was one of the first to shoulder his musket in defense of the Union, and fortunately he lived to see the country whose cause he espoused the grandest republic on earth.
After the war he settled at Wabasha. and about twenty-seven years ago moved to Culdrum, Morrison county, took a homestead, and resided there until called to the world beyond.
About three years ago his aged wife died, and three years ago he was stricken with that dread disease paralysis. Until a short time ago he was able to be around his farm and make short visits to this city to transact business, but he knew that his time on earth was limited.
He was a member of Workman Post No. 31. G. A. R. of this city.
The funeral services will be held on Saturday at 2 p. m at Swanville, and the remains will be interred in the Bear Head cemetery.
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