By request. Source: 1881 History of Grundy County Missouri P. W. Bain, p. 614-15 P. W. BAIN Was born on April 27th, 1845, in Overton County, Tennessee. His father, Jesse Bain, was a native of Ohio, and his mother, Catharine, a native of Tennessee. When an infant he was brought by his parents to Grundy County, that being the place of their residence, but, at the time of his birth they were visiting in Tennessee. He received his education in the district schools of Trenton, and lived on a farm until the age of sixteen years, and then, at the beginning of the civil war, enlisted as a member of the Missouri State militia and served for one year. Then became a member, as a noncommissioned officer, of company A, Forty-fourth Missouri volunteer infantry, and with this regiment served faithfully till the close of the war. On August 15th, 1865, he received an honorable discharge. He thus served over four years as an active Union soldier while yet a minor. After the close of the war he devoted himself to acquiring an education and soon became a very successful teacher, and followed this profession for five years in the public schools of the county. He was then elected to the office of county collector, which office he filled for two years with credit to himself and profit to the county. For, as others say, he worked harder and collected more money than any of his predecessors. After this he engaged in farming in Lincoln township, where he has built for himself a beautiful home, owning one hundred and twenty acres of well cultivated land with a fine residence and an excellent orchard. He was united in marriage, April 6,1869, to Miss Angeline Linney, a native of Grundy County, and who was born September 15, 1850. By this marriage they have three children William W., born April 1, 1870; Claude J., born October 7 1872, and Estella, born March 16, 1878. Mr. Bain takes more than an ordinary interest in having good schools, and believes the best legacy he can leave his children is a good education. He is, politically, a staunch Republican. His accumulations have all been made by his own earnest labor his worthy wife. They are both consistent members of the Baptist Church and active workers in the Sabbath-school.