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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN James A. Bayne
James A. Bayne, Esteemed Citizen, Dies at His Home. Prominent in Fraternal and Church Circles, Retired Railroad Man, His Death at 85 Years Widely Mourned. Funeral Monday Afternoon. One of the most prominent men in the Maritime Provinces, James Adams Bayne, died yesterday morning at his home, here, 51 Cameron street. His activities as a railroader, leader in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and prominent member of the Presbyterian and later the United Church of Canada, earned for him a host of friends and acquaintences who will learn with profound regret of his passing. Born in Pictou, N.S., on December 31, 1856, he was a son of the late Rev. James Bayne, D.D., and Mrs. Bayne, his father at that time being minister of Prince Street, now First Presbyterian Church. Coming to Moncton as a young man, he entered the employ of the Inter-colonial Railway as a machinist's apprentice on Feb 5, 1877, and later became a machinist. Transferred to Truro, he became foreman of the Roundhouse there and later removed to Halifax to become foreman of roundhouse and railway shops, then situated at Richmond. Later he returned to Moncton, and was engaged in the machinist department when he retired on May 2, 1929. A member of St. John's Church since he first came to Moncton, Mr. Bayne was elected an elder in 1877 and was made clerk of the Session in 1925. Deeply interested in the work of the church he gave to it much of his time and energy. About sixty years ago, Mr. Bayne joined the I.O.O.F and for more than fifty years he had been a member of the Grand Lodge. In the later body he had attained the high office of Representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge, besides filling other offices and serving on numerous committees. In Prince Albert Lodge, No. 26, he still held the office of financial secretary and in Mount Carmel Encampment, No. 6, that of financial scribe. He was also a member of Keith Masonic Lodge. Mr. Bayne was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Surviving him is his son, Blair A. Bayne, electrical engineer with the C.N.R. Sir Adams Archibald, one time Governor of Nova Scotia, was an uncle. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from St. John's Church. The body will be taken to Truro for burial. (N.S. newspapers please copy.)
Newspaper: The Moncton Daily Times, Saturday, 26 April 1941
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