A 'Bane’ of My Existence
Sarah Ann Bane has a secret nearby.
Sarah Bane is my great-great-great grandmother. I am descended from her son, Benjamin Noel Bain. In turn, I’m descended from his son, John, who fathered my grandfather, Maxie Bain. Sarah Bane remarried and became a Gardner; Her son Benjamin Noel Bane changed the spelling of our surname to ‘Bain’; hence the play on words:
As my last ‘Bane’ ancestor, Sarah is the ‘Bane’ of my existence ;) Look for her grave near the other Bain headstones in the cemetery. To the right of her grave, a few paces back, you will find a thicket. In the middle of the thicket is a larger sized medicine bottle, tied to one of the branches and camouflaged with black tape. BYOP, this is a log only.
Please do take time to view this lovely Historic Louisiana Site/Landmark, with a sign honoring Thomas and Mary Wynn, the early Ida settlers and pioneers who donated the land for the church and cemetery, Bethsaida Baptist—which they named after their beloved church in Atlanta, Georgia. The church served as not only the first Baptist Church in Ida, but the first one-roomed school house in Ida. As it happens, I am also descended from these Wynns, as my grandfather Maxie’s mother was Mamie ‘Wynn’ Bain (her grave is near her grandmother-in-law Sarah’s.) Mamie Wynn married Benjamin Noel BAIN’s son
Happy Hunting from a proud Bane/Bain/Wynn descendent.