Hiram Haines (1802 - 1841)

Born 29 Nov 1802 in Culpeper County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann Currie (Philpotts) Haines — married 23 Aug 1826 in Petersburg, Virginia

Descendants

Died 18 Jan 1841 at age 38 in Hickory Hill, Prince George, Virginia

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Biography

Hiram Haines was a son of Ezekiel Haines and Anna Hopkins. On 23 August 1826 he married Mary Ann Currie Philpotts, daughter of Oakley Philpotts and Ann Gyfford "Nancy" Nash. They had six known children. Hiram died in 1841 at Hickory Hill, Prince George County, Virginia. He was buried at Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia.

Letters to Thomas Jefferson

Hiram Haines to Thomas Jefferson, June 25, 1821

Hiram Haines to Thomas Jefferson, December 8, 1821

Hiram Haines to Thomas Jefferson, July 10, 1824

Hiram Haines to Thomas Jefferson, September 11, 1824

Poet

1825 - published a volume of poems, "Mountain Buds and Blossoms, " by "The Stranger"^[1]

Marriage

Husband: Hiram Haines

Wife: Mary Ann Currie Philpotts

Child: Virginia Marion Haines

Child: Anna Gifford Haines

Child: Hiram Haines, Jr.

Child: Rudolph V. L. Haines

Child: Oakley Philpotts Haines

Child: William P. Haines

Marriage:

Date: 23 August 1826

Place: Petersburg, Virginia^[2]

Obituary

Richmond Whig

19 January 1841

From the Petersburg Star of Saturday.

DEATH OF HIRAM HAINES, ESQ.

It is with feelings of the deepest regret, that we are called upon to announce to our friends and readers the death of HIRAM HAINES, Esq., late Editor of this paper. He expired last evening, at Hickory Hill, Prince George County, after an illness of a few days, of billious pleurisy; leaving an aged father, a disconsolate wife, and six small children to mourn his early death. We knew the deceased well - and can say with truth, that it has never been our fortune to become acquainted with any man who was influenced in all his actions by more honorable and generous feeling. - He was warm hearted and devoted to his friends, and harbored no feelings of enmity towards any human being. Those who knew him - and he had many friends - will long remember his inestimable worth - his blameless integrity - his uniform kindness to all, and the characteristic generosity, always ready to palliate offences, and never disposed to "set down aught in malice." He has left a blank in the Editor ___ corps, which cannot be easily filled. Mr. H. was in the 38th year of his age.^[3][4]

Find a Grave Memorial of Hiram Haines

Parents and Siblings

Husband: Ezekiel Haines

Wife: Anna Hopkins

Child: Hiram Haines

Child: William Haines

Child: Isaac Haines

Child: John Haines

Child: Sarah Haines

Child: Thomas Haines

Child: Frances Haines

Child: Mary Haines

Child: Franklin Haines

Child: Jane Haines

Child: Elizabeth Haines

Child: Lucy Ann Haines

Child: Ezekiel Hammett Haines

Child: Margaret Abigail Haines

Marriage:

Date: 9 November 1801

Place: Culpeper County, Virginia

Sources

1. ↑ Poets of Virginia, by F. V. N. Painter, 1907 by B. F. Johnson Publishing Co.
2. ↑ Henley Marriage & Obituary Database; Intelligencer, & Petersburg commercial advertiser. "Married- On Wednesday (Aug. 23) by Rev. Minton Thrift, Hiram Haines, to Miss Mary Philpott, all of Petersburg." (p. 3, c. 3), Friday, August 25, 1826.
3. ↑ Richmond Whig, Richmond, Virginia; 29 January 1841, page 1.
4. ↑ DEATH OF HIRAM HAINES, Esq. Richmond enquirer. (Richmond, Va.), 19 Jan. 1841, page 3, Column 6. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

• Florence Skinner Miller and Louise Keyser Cockey, History of the Descendants of Charles Keyser and Henry Miller (Baltimore, Maryland: Mrs. R.L. Cockey, 1983); page 253, Born at Delamore, Washington, VA.
• Henley Marriage & Obituary Database; "Intelligencer & Petersburg commercial advertiser; Married - On Wednesday (Aug. 23) by Rev. Minton Thrift, Hiram Haines, to Miss Mary Philpott, all of Petersburg. (p. 3, c. 3); Publication Friday, August 25, 1826.
• Haines v. Haines, Rappahannock County, Virginia, Chancery Records; Rappahannock County Chancery Causes; Sale of land & partition of proceeds; Haines vs Haines 1859-1880; Hiram Haines dec'd

Interesting Items

• http://www.richmond.com/entertainment/poe-in-petersburg-a-visit-to-hiram-haines-coffee-ale/article_1c0c2443-305c-5d1a-acf6-75563062bb4b.html "Hiram Haines was a Petersburg newspaper editor, poet and friend of Poe’s."
• https://www.facebook.com/pg/Hiram-Haines-Coffee-Ale-House-220296201350846/about/?ref=page_internal Note: The coffee house is permanently closed.

"Poe’s Honeymoon Retreat

Our historic Coffee House began as a luxury hotel and “restorative” in 1814, operated by French émigré, Richard Rambaut and his young wife, the Countess de la Rochefoucauld. In 1829 it was taken over by Petersburg poet and editor of the American Constellation, Hiram Haines. Haines’ wife, Mary, was a childhood playmate of Edgar Allan Poe, and renewed their friendship when Poe moved to Richmond to edit the Southern Literary Messenger. Poe and Hiram Haines quickly became friends, and Haines’ Coffee House soon became a gathering place for poets and journalists of the region. When Poe married his cousin Virginia Clemm in 1836, the suite of rooms upstairs provided an ideal honeymoon retreat. The couple is said to have stayed here for two weeks before returning to Richmond. Haines and Mary operated the coffee house until late in 1836, when, beset by financial problems, it closed. Haines died in 1841 at the age of 39. In 2010, after 174 years, his coffee house reopened, reflecting an atmosphere in which he and his friend Eddy would feel at home."