Eli Carey Haines (1846 - 1915)

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Biography

Eli Carey Haines was born in Ohio in 1846. Although his birth was recorded at North Union Friends Monthly Meeting in Indiana, this was a register citing the births of all the family, not the place of birth. Eli was the son of Levi Haines and Charlotte Green.

Eli’s parents moved the family from Ohio to Indiana some time in the years between Eli’s birth in 1846 and the birth of his brother, John G Elmer, in 1848. The family settled in Waltz Township, Wabash County, Indiana.

Eli served as a Private with Company A of the 153rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which service indicates that Eli may have left the pacifist Quaker faith at this time. It is not conclusive, however, since other Quakers served in this and other wars.

On January 18, 1866, Eli married Nancy Jane Fordyce, the daughter of James William Fordyce, Jr and Mary Elizabeth Gregg, in Wabash County, Indiana. In 1870, Eli, a farm laborer, Nancy and their 2 children were living in Wabash County, Indiana, but before the birth of their daughter, Bertha, in 1875, they moved to Kansas where Eli farmed his own land. Eli’s wife, Nancy, died in Sumner County, Kansas on February 7, 1886.

Eli and Nancy had six children who were:

• William Elington Haines (1867-1952), m. Leila Laverne Cutler;
• Izora Ann Haines (1868-1908), m. Alexander Sherman McIntyre;
• John Franklin Haines (1870-1962), m. Minnie M Day;
• Bertha V Haines (1875-1877);
• Chester Levi Haines (1878-1904), m. Captola C Good; and
• Charles Owen Haines (1880-1957), m. Ida May Michael.

On October 30, 1892, Eli married Perlina Jane Miller Shamp. She was the widow of Jesse L Shamp and the daughter of Joseph Miller and Louise Katherine Adkins. This marriage may not have been a success; they were not recorded together in any subsequent census.

In 1900, Eli was living in Jasper County, Missouri with his son, Chester. In 1915, Eli was back in Kansas, living in his son, Charles Levi’s, household.

Eli died in Wichita, Kansas on May 22, 1915. He is buried at Greencastle Cemetery, Sumner County, Kansas.

Sources

• Haines, John Wesley (comp.) Richard Haines and His Descendants: a Quaker Family of Burlington County, New Jersey Since 1682. (Boyce, Virginia: Carr Pub. Co., 1961-1966). Vol II, p. 140.

1846 - Birth of Eli C Haines, son of Levi Haines, on 15 July 1846 in Wabash County, Indiana; recorded in the North Union Friends (Quaker) Monthly Meeting Record, p. 11:

• "Indiana, Church Records, 1743-1966", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG26-QMK3 : 3 October 2019), Eli C Haines, 1846.

1850 - Census, 4 years old, living in Waltz Township, Wabash County, Indiana with parents, Levi (37) and Charlotte (31), probable farm hand, Henry Carner (21), and siblings, Rachel (9), Mary E (6), and John G (1):

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVZ-GS1 : Fri Sep 15 15:35:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Levi Haines and Charlotte Haines, 1850.

1860 - Census, 14 years old, living in Waltz Township, Wabash County, Indiana with parents, Levi (47) and Charlotte (40), and siblings: Rachel (18), Mary E (16), John G (12), Margaret A (7), and Sarah E (5):

• "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/7KL : 18 February 2021), Levi Hains, 1860.

1865 - Military Record Index. Eli C Haines served as a Private in Company A of the 153rd Indiana Infantry from 20 January 1865 to 4 September 1865:

• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPR5-L5QS : 3 September 2021), Eli C Haines, 4 Sep 1865; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.

1866 - Marriage License (9 January 1866) and Certificate (18 January 1866) of Eli C Haines and Nancy Jane Fordice in Wabash County, Indiana on 18 January 1866:

• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27KG-JPQ : 3 August 2022), Eli C Haines and Nancy Jane Fordice, 09 Jan 1866; citing Wabash, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 007030803.

1870 - Census, 24 years old, farm laborer, living in Noble Township, Wabash County, Indiana with wife, Nancy (25), and children, W E (3) and Isony A (2). Recorded in the household next to Eli is his mother, Charlotte Haines, sisters Margaret and Sarah, and Margaret’s husband, George Thomas:

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX6J-6HT : Wed Oct 04 20:16:43 UTC 2023), Entry for Eli C Haines and Nancy Haines, 1870.

1878 - Kansas Land Assessment. Eli’s mother, Charlotte Haines, is listed on the same page, also assessed for a land tract in Kansas:

• "United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6VPT-5QQZ : 13 February 2023), Eli C Haines, 1878.

1880 - Census, 33 years old, farmer living in Illinois Township, Sumner County, Kansas with wife, Nancy (34), and children, William (14), Julia [sb Izora] (12), John (10), and Luther [sb Charles Levi] (2):

• "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF5P-7L5 : Mon Sep 18 08:18:19 UTC 2023), Entry for Eli C. Haines and Nancy Haines, 1880.

1892 - Marriage License (21 October 1892) and Certificate (30 October 1892) for Eli C Haines and Mrs. Perline j Shamp in Sedgwick, Kansas:

• Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q293-1R2G : 23 February 2021), Eli C Haines and Mrs Perline J Shamp, 20 Oct 1892; citing Marriage, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,363,971.

1900 - Census, 54 years old, farmer, living in Galena Township, Jasper County, Missouri with son, Chester (22) and daughter-in-law, Capitolia (18):

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3ZW-WGR : Sun Sep 17 16:11:22 UTC 2023), Entry for Chester Haines and Captolia Haines, 1900.

1907 - Pension Payment Card (1907-1915) for Eli C Haines, Private in the 153rd Indiana Volunteer Infantry:

• "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K64L-9VF : 20 August 2019), Eli C Haines, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,634,957.

1915 - Kansas State Census, 68 years old, living in Eskridge, Wabaunsee County, Kansas with son, C O (34), daughter-in-law, Ida M (30), and grandchildren, Lena M (14), Franklin M (12), Mildred L (8), and Robert A (6):

• "Kansas State Census, 1915", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLJ-VPF9 : Fri Oct 06 01:04:48 UTC 2023), Entry for C O Haines and Ida M Haines, 1915.

1915 - Death in Kansas on 22 May 1915. Burial at Greencastle Cemetery, Sumner County, Kansas:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34091431/eli-carey-haines: accessed 05 October 2023), memorial page for Eli Carey Haines (15 Jul 1846–22 May 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34091431, citing Greencastle Cemetery, Sumner County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Dennis Miller (contributor 47039532).