The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Center Township, page 506
John Bayne, dealer in boots and shoes, was born in Northampton County, Pa., March 2, 1834, a son of James and Lydia (Beisel) Bayne. When he was twelve he went with his parents to Lehigh County, Pa., and in his eighteenth year he went to Rushville, Pa., where he served two years at the shoemaker's trade. In the fall of 1854, he went to Canfield, Ohio, working there at his trade until the spring of 1856, when he came to Indiana and followed his trade at Dayton for two years. In the spring of 1859 he went to Avoca, Ind., and soon after to Bainbridge, Ind., where he remained till September,1860. He then located in Marion Township, Hendricks County, where he carried on farming and shoemaking until July, 1862, when he enlisted in the Union service a member of the Eighteenth Battery, or Lilly's Light Artillery, for three years, or during the war. In October, 1862, while on duty at Frankfort, Ky., he received a spinal injury, which caused his discharge in February, 1863. He then returned home and when partially recovered from his injury, in 1864, he resumed farming and shoemaking, which he followed till 1878, since which he has been engaged in his present business in Danville. He was married April 14, 1856, to Miss Elizabeth Treap, of Canfield, Ohio. They have two children---Lydia L., and Robert A., a teacher of North Salem, Ind. While in Marion Township Mr. Bayne held the office of Township Trustee four years. He is Sergeant Major of Jesse S. Ogden Post, No. 164, G.A.R., and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.