Thomas Chalkley Haines (1842 - 1885)

Born 21 Apr 1842 in Butler Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 1885 at about age 42 in Washington County, Oregon, USA

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Biography

Thomas was a Friend (Quaker)

Thomas C Haines was born in Ohio in 1842. He was the son of Chalkley Haines and Sarah Evans Morgan.

Until Thomas’s father’s death in 1852, the family lived and farmed in Columbiana County, Ohio near Salem. In 1856, Thomas’s mother left her home in Ohio and moved her family to Iowa. She and her children were received at the Friends’ Western Plain Monthly Meeting on December 27, 1856. In 1857, they were received at Le Grand Monthly Meeting and then endowed to the Honey Creek Monthly Meeting in New Providence, Iowa, near where the family lived in Rocksylvania, Iowa.

In 1871, Thomas, along with his mother and most of his siblings, namely Joseph, Benjamin, Eli, Matilda, and James, left Iowa by train for San Francisco where they boarded the steamer AJAX for Portland, Oregon. They settled first near Salem in Marion County, Oregon. Thomas later lived in Clackamus County, Oregon.

No records have been found for Thomas after the 1880 Census. In 1870, he was working as a teacher, but the 1880 Census records no occupation. Perhaps by 1880, Thomas was ill. According to his gravesite, he died in Oregon in 1885. However, a few of the family graves have been proven to have inaccurate dates.

Sources

• Haines, Robert Miller. Photo album with handwritten inscriptions in possession of Joann Haines.
• Haines, Nanaruth Taggart, "The Haines" (family tree and written account by Nanaruth Taggart Haines, wife of Thomas’s nephew, Charles Henry Haines, Sr.), 1950s.

1850 - Census, Thomas C Haines, 7 years old, living in Butler Township, Columbiana County, Ohio with parents, Chalkley (46), farmer, and Sarah E (48), and siblings, Joseph W (19), farmer, Benj L (15), Eli J (12), Robt M (11), Matilda T (9), and James O (4):

• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXSY-XK7 : Thu Mar 14 00:20:05 UTC 2024), Entry for Chalkley Haines and Sarah E Haines, 1850.

1860 - Census, Thos C Haines, 18 years old, living in Hardin Township, Hardin County, Iowa with mother, S E (58), and siblings, E J (23), R M (21), M T (20), and A [sb James Oliver] (15):

• "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M82K-GRL : Fri Mar 15 01:21:49 UTC 2024), Entry for S E Haines and E J Haines, 1860.

1870 - Census, Thomas C Haines, 28 years old, teacher, living in Le Grand Township, Marshall County, Iowa with mother, Sarah E (68), siblings, Eli J (33), farmer, Matilda T (29), Thomas C (28), and James O (24), farmer:

• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVK-BQB : Tue Mar 05 07:24:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Sarah E Haines and Eli J Haines, 1870.

1880 - Census, Thomas C Haines, 38 years old, no occupation, living in Lake Oswego, Clackamas County, Oregon with mother, Sarah (77), and siblings, Eli J (42), laborer, Matilda T (40), Thomas C (38), and James O (34), farm laborer:

• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCV-PGW : Sun Mar 10 02:08:26 UTC 2024), Entry for James O. Haines and Eli J. Haines, 1880.

1885 - Death in Oregon:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38082524/thomas_c-haines: accessed March 16, 2024), memorial page for Thomas C. Haines (21 Apr 1842–1885), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38082524, citing Crescent Grove Cemetery, Tigard, Washington County, Oregon, USA; Maintained by Nathan Haines (contributor 46775496).