Biographies:  Henry McBAIN, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Henry McBain, attorney-at-law and judge of the Municipal Court of Eau 
Claire, was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, September 3, 1857, the 
son of John and Mary (Fisher) McBain, and is of Scotch descent.  He acquired 
an academical education at Canton, New York, and came to Eau Claire county 
in 1871, locating at Augusta, where for several years he was clerk in the 
postoffice.  Associated with others he was for three years engaged in 
merchandising at Augusta.  He was elected clerk of the Circuit Court and 
came to Eau Claire in 1885.  For sixteen years he served as clerk of the 
court, during which time he studied law and was admitted to the bar 
September 3, 1898, and since 1910 has served as municipal judge.  He married 
Emma B. Crawford, of Augusta, and has two children -- Gladys and Mabel.  
Judge McBain is a member of the A. F. and A. M., the R.A.M. and Knights 
Templar.        

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 299.