James Oliver Haines (1845 - 1926)

Born 25 May 1845 in Butler Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States

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Died 8 Aug 1926 at age 81 in Aeneas Valley, Okanogan, County Washington, United States

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Biography

James was a Friend (Quaker)

James O Haines was born in Ohio in 1845. He was the son of Chalkley Haines and Sarah Morgan.

Until James’s father’s death in 1852, the family lived and farmed in Columbiana County, Ohio near Salem. In 1856, James’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, James, along with his mother and most of his siblings, namely Joseph, Benjamin, Eli, Matilda, and Thomas, 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. James later lived in Clackamus and Multnomah counties.

Uncle James, as he was referred to by the family, never married. In about 1910, he went with his nephew, Oliver Haines, his sister-in-law, Ruth Esther Lupton Haines Moore, and his niece, Anna Mary Haines, to Okanogan County in Washington State when it opened for homestead rights. The railroad was complete part of the way by then, so they took the train as far as Wenatchee, but they had to go by horse and buggy the rest of the way.

James' nephew, Alvin Haines and his wife, Maggie, had gone first in 1900 to take out a homestead. They "left the girls with the old folks," and in a horse-drawn covered wagon, traveled from Forest Grove, Oregon, to the little town of Republic, in the northeastern corner of Washington State. Alvin and Maggie's son, John Launer Lupton Haines, was born there in 1902. Anna Mary's' brothers, Alvin, Oliver, and Oregon State Representative Edward Haines, came for a while to help set up the ranch and get houses and barns built for their mother and sister.^[1]

James died in Okanogan County, Washington on 8 August 1926.

Sources

1. ↑ "Haines family tradition, stories handed down through the generations. Entered by Donna Haines Daly, daughter of John Launer Lupton Haines March 20, 2019.

• Famiy knowledge entered by Donna Haines Daly, daughter of John Launer Lupton Haines.
• Haines, Nanaruth Taggart, "The Haines" (family tree and written account by Nanaruth Taggart Haines, wife of James’s nephew, Charles Henry Haines, Sr.), 1950s.

1850 - Census, James O, 4 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), Thomas C (7):

• "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, A [sb J O] Haines, 15 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 Thos C (18):

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

• "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, James O Haines, 40 years old, farm laborer, living in Lake Oswego, Clackamas County, Oregon with mother, Sarah (77), and siblings, Eli J (42), laborer, Matilda T (40), and Thomas C (38):

• "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.

1910 - Census, James O Haines, 64 years old, no occupation, living alone in Bertha, Multnomah County, Oregon:

• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLB7-5YN : Sun Mar 10 15:57:07 UTC 2024), Entry for James O Haines, 1910.

1926 - Death register, death certificate, and findagrave. James O Haines died in Okanogan County, Washington, from enlarged prostate and colitis, on 8 August 1926. Findagrave cites incorrect birth and death dates; corrections requested:

• "Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FFL-KXQL : 18 July 2022), J O Haines, 1926.
• "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQM7-9PY : 10 March 2018), J. O. Haines, 08 Aug 1926; citing Okanogan, Washington, reference 100, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,022,314.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41428357/james_o-haines: accessed March 19, 2024), memorial page for James O. Haines (25 May 1845–8 Aug 1926), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41428357, citing Anglin Cemetery, Okanogan County, Washington, USA; Maintained by GeneaProtector (contributor 46869823).