George Washington Baines, Sr. (December 29, 1809 -- December 28, 1882), a maternal great-grandfather of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963-1969), was a Baptist clergyman in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas who served briefly as natural science professor and president of Baylor University (then "Baylor College") at its first location in Independence, Texas, in Washington County. December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson ( August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... A Baptist is a member of a Baptist church or any follower of Jesus Christ who believes that baptism is administered by the full immersion of a confessing Christian. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,732 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Official language(s) None See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... Baylor University is a private, Baptist-affiliated research university located in Waco, Texas. ... Founded in 1835 in Washington County, Texas, Independence is located twelve miles northeast of Brenham, Texas, and is the original location of Baylor University. ... Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. ...

Early years, family, education

Baines was born near the Atlantic coast in Perquimans County, North Carolina, to the Reverend Thomas Baines and the former Mary McCoy. In 1817, the Bainses moved to Georgia and then to Alabama, where Baines attended the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. He did not graduate because he left the institution his senior year as a result of the stomach ailment dyspepsia, which plagued him for the remainder of his life. Baines cut and rafted timber to pay for his college tuition. After leaving college, he taught school. Years later, the University of Alabama awarded him an honorary degree for his accomplishments. Look up Atlantic Ocean in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Perquimans County is a county located in the state of North Carolina. ... This article is the current U.S. Collaboration of the Week. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ... The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA or colloquially as Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ... Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama in the southern United States. ...

Call to the ministry

Baines was baptized in the Salem Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa County in 1834. He was ordained a Baptist minister in 1837. He married the former Melissa Ann Butler of North Carolina ion October 20, 1840, and thereafter moved to northern Arkansas, where he founded three churches and baptized 150 converts. He was also a missionary for the Baptist Home Mission Society of New York City. Baines even served for three months in the Arkansas House of Representatives from November 1843 to February 1844 as the member from Carroll County. Tuscaloosa County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. ... Nickname: Big Apple; City that never Sleeps; Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... The Arkansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Arkansas General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1843 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... February is the second month of the calendar year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. ...

A church schism in Arkansas

In March 1844, the "Hardshell" Baptist dissenters gained control of Baines' Crooked Creek Baptist Church, located south of Harrison, Arkansas, the seat of Boone County. Baines was a "Missionary" Baptist in orientation (not to be confused with the Missionary Baptist denomination). The Baineses and other mission-oriented members were ousted from the Crooked Creek Church. The "Missionary" Baptists were evangelistic and believed in the constant presentation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ as the propitiation for the sins of mankind and the sole source of salvation in the hereafter. The "Hardshell" segment, also called "Primitive" Baptists, embraced predestination, which took the view that while some individuals would accept the call of Christ, others most decidedly would not do so. The "Hardshells" eschewed revivals; they merely presented the Gospel, in some congregations only on a monthly basis, and left matters otherwise constant. The two groups were at odds in many locations across the American South. March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Harrison is a city located in Boone County, Arkansas. ... Boone County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Predestination is a religious idea, under which the relationship between the beginning of things and the destiny of things is discussed. ...

Pastoring in Louisiana

Baines and his family left Crooked Creek and moved south to Mount Lebanon in Bienville Parish in north Louisiana. He was the Bienville Parish superintendent of schools and also the founding minister of the Saline Baptist Church of Christ (thereafter the Old Saline Baptist Church). He was the Saline pastor from 1845 until 1848, when he relocated to neighboring Webster Parish and served as the first pastor of the Minden Baptist Church, later the First Baptist Church of Minden. Baines was also the third minister of the Mount Lebanon Baptist Church and the moderator of the Red River Baptist Association. He also assisted in the organization of the North Louisiana Baptist Convention in 1848. While in Minden, he also helped to organize the First Baptist congregation in Marshall, Texas, the seat of Harrison County just west of Shreveport. Mount Lebanon is a town located in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. ... Bienville Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Webster Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Minden is a small city located in Webster Parish, Louisiana, twenty-eight miles east of Shreveport. ... Marshall is a major city of the northeastern region of the U.S. state of Texas. ... Harrison County is a county located in the state of Texas. ... Shreveport, Louisiana is the third largest metropolitan city in the state of Louisiana, USA. It is located in Caddo Parish, and as of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 200,145. ...

Pastoring eight churches in Texas

After his service at Mount Lebanon, Baines relocated to Huntsville, Texas, where he pastored another Baptist Church. Later, in Independence, Texas, Baines met the legendary Sam Houston, who became a lifelong friend. Reverend Baines counseled Houston on the desirability of baptism after making a Christian commitment of faith. Consequently, Houston was baptized in the last decade of his life on November 19, 1854, not by Baines, but by the Reverend Rufus C. Burleson, who had succeeded Baines as the pastor at the Independence Baptist Church. Huntsville is a city and also a newly designated micropolitan area located in the U.S. state of Texas within Walker County. ... Sam Houston Samuel Houston (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was a 19th century American statesman, politician and soldier. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

During his ministry in Texas, Baines also pastored in Anderson, Fairfield, Springfield, Butler, Florence, and Salado. He founded the first Baptist newspaper in Texas, the Texas Baptist, and edited the publication from 1855 until 1860, when it ceased production with the advent of the American Civil War. He led churches in prayer days, distribution of Bibles, aid to families, and soldier relief work during the war. Anderson is a city located in Grimes County, Texas. ... Fairfield is a city located in Freestone County, Texas. ... Florence is a city located in Williamson County, Texas. ... Salado is a census-designated place located in Bell County, Texas. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Lincoln, President Ulysses S. Grant, General Jefferson Davis, President Robert E. Lee, General Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action...

The Baylor years

Baines served as Baylor's president from 1861 to 1863 at a salary of $1,600 per year. He struggled to keep the school afloat despite financial woes and problems with his own health. He also taught grades 7-12 -- Baylor educated all above the sixth grade-- and his college science class as well as handling the administration of the school. Baines resigned from the Baylor presidency because he believed himself to have been more suited for a pastorate than a college administrative post. 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar). ...

Baylor was the first institution of higher learning in Texas, and in time the school became the largest Baptist-related institution of higher education in the world. Baines encouraged women students at Baylor, and he and Mrs. Baines helped to provide them lodging. In his later years, Baines was a trustee of the Baylor female institution, the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton. The school has since gone coeducational. In 1886, four years after Baines' death, Baylor relocated to Waco, the seat of McLennan County. // WELCOME TO UMHB University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (UMHB), located in Belton, Texas, is a Christ-centered co-educational liberal arts institution of higher learning affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. ... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Waco is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. ... Location in the state of Texas Formed Seat Waco Area  - Total  - Water 2,746 km² (1,060 mi²) 48 km² (18 mi²) 1. ...

Family obituaries

On January 21, 1865, Mrs. Baines died while the family was living in Fairfield. Baines' mother had died months earlier, after having come to live with the family. Mrs. Baines is buried in an unmarked grave in Fairfield Cemetery. The grave was not located by family members until 1960. Baines made her coffin with his own hands. Six months later on June 13, Baines married a then 33-year-old widow, Cynthia W. Williams, also originally from North Carolina. January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ...

In 1866, Baines traveled as field agent for the Texas Baptist State Convention and in 1867 moved his family to Salado, where he pastored the First Baptist Church. In 1877, became an agent for the Education Commission of the Baptist State Convention, but in 1881, the Salado congregation compelled him to resume the pastorate there. After the death of second wife Cynthia Baines on February 4, 1878, Baines lived with his daughter Anna Melissa Baines in Belton in Bell County until he died of malaria. He is buried in Salado, also in Bell County. Joseph Wilson Baines, one of the ten children of George and Melissa Baines, was the father of Rebekah Baines Johnson, the mother of Lyndon B. Johnson. 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1877 (MDCCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Belton is a city located in Bell County, Texas. ... Bell County is a county located in the state of Texas. ... Malaria is an infectious disease that is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. ...

The Fairfield church in Freestone County honored Baines with an historical marker, which was unveiled in 1965. Freestone County is a county located in the state of Texas. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

Lyndon Johnson attended the 125th anniversary of the First Baptist Church in Minden in the fall of 1969, when the churched honored the memory of LBJ's great-grandfather. 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

Baines' last residence has been restored and operates as the popular Baines House Bed and Breakfast Inn in Salado.

References

"George Washington Baines", A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, Vol. 1 (1988), p. 30

Major De Pingre, A History of the First Baptist Church, Minden, La. (1969)

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/fba14.html

http://www.baylor.edu/

http://education.yahoo.com/college/facts/9245.html

http://www.baineshouse.com/

James Milton Carroll, A History of Texas Baptists (Dallas: Baptist Standard, 1923)

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