History of Person County North Carolina United States of America

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Biographical Sketch of Robert Paine

Robert Paine, M. E. bishop, was born in Person county, N.C., Nov. 12, 1799; son of James and Mary A. (Williams) Paine of Oxford, N.C.; grandson of Robert Paine, an officer in the Confederate army, and great-grandson of Dr. James Paine, a native of London, England. Robert Paine attended school near Leasburg, N.C., and later studied at the school of the Rev. Dr. D.C. Weir and Professor Alexander, near Lynnville, Tenn. He joined the M. E. church, Oct. 9, 1817, and was ordained deacon and elder in 1821; was a missionary preacher; presiding elder of the Nashville district, and president of LaGrange college, Ala., 1830-46. He was a leader of the movement in the Louisville conference of 1844 for the division of the church, north and south, and was elected bishop of the M.E. church, south, at the first general conference held at Petersburg, Va., 1846, of which he was presiding officer. He contributed ably to the support of the church during the embarrassments incident to the civil war. He was a member of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. The honorary degree of A.M. was conferred on him by the University of Nashville, and that of D.D. by Wesleyan university in 1842. He is the author of: Life and Times of Bishop McKendree (2 vols., 1859). He died in Aberdeen, Miss., Oct. 18, 1882.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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