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'''George Washington Baines, Sr.''' (December 29, 1809 – December 28, 1882), a maternal great-grandfather of [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon Baines Johnson]], was a [[Baptist]] clergyman in [[Arkansas]], [[Louisiana]], and [[Texas]] who served briefly as a natural science professor and president of [[Baylor University]] at its first location in Independence in Washington County, Texas.​

'''George Washington Baines, Sr.''' (December 29, 1809 &ndash; December 28, 1882), a maternal great-grandfather of [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Lyndon Baines Johnson]], was a [[Baptist]] clergyman in [[Arkansas]], [[Louisiana]], and [[Texas]] who served briefly as a natural science professor and president of [[Baylor University]] at its first location in Independence in Washington County, Texas.​<ref name=handbook>Handbook of Texas Online, Travis L. Summerlin, "BAINES, GEORGE WASHINGTON, SR.," accessed October 02, 2019, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fba14.<ref>

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==Background==

==Background==

===Pastor in Louisiana===

===Pastor in Louisiana===

Baines and his family left Crooked Creek in Arkansas 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 on September 7, 1844, of the Saline Baptist Church, later the Old Saline Baptist Church, which maintains a cemetery. Baines pastored at Old Saline until 1848,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://virts.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~markie/cem4os.htm|title=Old Saline Cemetery|publisher=Virts.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=October 2, 2019}}</ref> 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, Louisiana|Minden]], Louisiana. In 1969, Major dePingre, a journalist-turned-businessman and the brother-in-law of Baptist clergyman [[Bill Ichter]], published ''The History of the First Baptist Church of Minden, Louisiana.''<ref name=dict/>​

Baines and his family left Crooked Creek in Arkansas 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 on September 7, 1844, of the Saline Baptist Church, later the Old Saline Baptist Church, which maintains a cemetery. Baines pastored at Old Saline until 1848,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://virts.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~markie/cem4os.htm|title=Old Saline Cemetery|publisher=Virts.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=October 2, 2019}}</ref> 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, Louisiana|Minden]], Louisiana. He also helped in the organization of the First Baptist Church of Marshall, Texas. In 1969, Major dePingre, a journalist-turned-businessman and the brother-in-law of Baptist clergyman [[Bill Ichter]], published ''The History of the First Baptist Church of Minden, Louisiana.''<ref name=dict/>​

Baines was the third minister of the Mount Lebanon Baptist Church and the moderator of the Red River Baptist Association. He assisted in the organization of the North Louisiana Baptist Convention in 1848.​<ref name=dict>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-b/|title=Baines, George Washington|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography,'' Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=October 2, 2019}}</ref>

Baines was the third minister of the Mount Lebanon Baptist Church and the moderator of the Red River Baptist Association. He assisted in the organization of the North Louisiana Baptist Convention in 1848.​<ref name=dict>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-b/|title=Baines, George Washington|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography,'' Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=October 2, 2019}}</ref>