Mayne, James S

Mayne, James S.

a Presbyterian minister, was born in Ravallagh, near Coleraine, Antrim County, Ireland, in 1825. He received a careful academic education in his native country, and in 1853 came to America; graduated at Princeton College with honor in 1857; studied divinity at the theological seminary at Princeton, N. J.; was licensed in 1859, and in 1860 commenced his labors at May's Landing, Atlantic City, and Absecon, N. J., where he died. Aug. 30, 1860. Mr. Mayne was a man noted for his consistent and devoted piety. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. Almanac, 1862, p. 103.