Robert Miller Haines Sr. (1838 - 1902)

Born 29 Dec 1838 in Salem, Columbiana, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Johanna Hannah (Harris) Haines — married 19 Aug 1867 in Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1902 at age 63 in Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Robert was a Friend (Quaker)

Robert Miller Haines was the son of Chalkley Haines and Sarah Evans (Morgan) Haines. He was born on December 29, 1838. He died on December 21, 1902 from an infection resulting from emergency surgery performed on the kitchen table (by his son, James, if what I remember is accurate). I believe the surgery was on his gallbladder. My only source for this information is my memory of what Robert’s son, Charles (my grandfather) told me when I was a child. It may be unreliable.

In 1856, four years after the death of his father, Robert, his mother, and his siblings moved to Iowa. The family first settled in Hardin County, Iowa, but Robert moved on to Grinnell, drawn by the college. Most of his siblings and his mother eventually continued on to Oregon.

Robert and his classmate, Joanna, married in 1867. Their children were Willie (died in infancy), Mary, James, Sarah, Robert, Charles, and Austin. Robert was an attorney and served in the Iowa Senate.

Robert loved poetry. He followed the Sabbath strictly and would not allow his children to play or work on the Sabbath; they were only allowed to read the Bible...or poetry. Robert wrote several poems and lyrics. Almost all were sincere, but humorous. The biography published of Robert paints a portrait of a serious man, perhaps too serious. But his poetry shows that the had a very playful sense of humor.

Following is the biography of Robert published in History of Poweshiek County by Leonard Fletcher Parker. Leonard Fletcher Parker was Robert’s beloved professor. Robert admired him so greatly that he kept a portrait of Prof. Parker and his wife in an album of family portraits. Joanna also mentions her admiration for Prof. Parker in her published interview, Seventy Years in Iowa. I have no doubt that their son Austin’s middle name is a tribute to Leonard Fletcher Parker. How honored Robert would have been to be included in Prof. Parker’s history.

"The consensus of public opinion ever placed Robert Miller Haines in a foremost position as a representative of the Poweshiek county bar, and indeed of the bar of Iowa, as a champion of education and a friend of moral progress. He was one of the thinking men of the age. The great problems bearing upon the sociological, political and economic conditions were to him matters of intense interest and along those lines he thought deeply and broadly. There was nothing limited, narrow or contracted in his nature, and while men may have disagreed with him in opinion or in matters of policy, they ever respected him for the honesty and vigor of his convictions and his fidelity to the right as he saw it. It is imperative, therefore, that his life record be given place in this history. A farm near Salem, Ohio, was his birthplace and his natal day was December 29, 1838. His youth was passed amid rural surroundings with the usual experiences of a country boy, his educational opportunities being those afforded by the district schools although after attaining his eighteenth year he spent a brief period in a school of higher grade in Richmond, Indiana. But his native intelligence sought a broader outlet and he eagerly availed himself of the opportunity of pursuing a course in Iowa College (later became Grinnell College - JZ), which he entered in 1860 and from which he was graduated in 1865 with the first class after the removal of the college to Grinnell. He was a very poor boy, working his way through school by teaching in college and working during vacations, but the life, though strenuous, developed in him a self-reliant spirit and strong manhood that constituted the foundation of his later success. His college course was interrupted in 1864 when almost every member of his class joined the Union army. Mr. Haines had been reared in the faith of the Society of Friends and as war was contrary to the teachings of his religion he did not enlist but gave needed aid to the boys in blue by serving them as a nurse, and when their three months' term of enlistment had expired he became a member of the Christian commission, serving with that organization in St. Louis, Missouri, but returned to Grinnell in time to graduate with his class. He then spent four years in tutoring, teaching for two years in the Troy Academy of Davis county, Iowa, and afterward for two years in Iowa College (Grinnell). It was his desire, however, to become a member of the bar and, entering law school of the State University of Iowa, he mastered the regular course and was graduated in 1874. In the meantime, he had taught school for a period in Grinnell and had also entered upon the practice of law, having been admitted to the bar before finishing his law course. He began practice in partnership with Edward Pruyn of Grinnell, the association being maintained until June, 1871, when he was joined by Jacob P. Lyman in a partnership under the name of Haines & Lyman, that was continued until his death on the 22nd of December, 1902. In the thirty years of his law practice, while devoted to his client's interests, he never forgot that there were certain things due to the court, to his own self-respect and above all to justice and the righteous administration of the law which neither the zeal of an advocate nor the pleasure of success would permit him to disregard. The firm was connected with the most important litigation tried in the courts of the district and Mr. Haines possessed in large measure all of the qualities that mark a strong and able lawyer. He possessed a wonderful memory and a great faculty for details, was an untiring worker and did thoroughly and well everything that he undertook. At the time of his death one of the local papers said: 'No trust reposed in him, financial or otherwise, was ever betrayed. No poor widow ever paid him fees and many poor men, in sickness and in poverty, and many poor young men, struggling through college, have appreciated his kindly help. No lawyer ever asked Haines to put a stipulation in writing. None ever accused him of violating his word. When he was victorious in the higher courts he was delighted, and liked to talk about it, but it was because he felt that he had put the legal propositions in such a way that defeat was impossible. On the other hand, in defeat, he always met his opponent with a friendly hand and smiling face, without rancor or ill feeling. He never retaliated. Often when complaining of unfair advantage, it has been suggested that he might get even, invariably he would reply: 'No, I do not practice law that way.' The philosophy of David Harum had no response in Haines' soul. During his long and busy professional career he has had charge of many important cases, not cases involving millions but cases involving intricate legal propositions and requiring profound study. Cases which, if advertised and heralded and talked about, as similar cases are that are tried in the great cities, would have made him a much talked of lawyer." Mr. Haines was in no sense a political leader and yet there have been few men in Iowa so thoroughly versed concerning the important questions and issue of the day. His reasoning was too deep and his research too wide in its scope to win the following of the artificial thinker who delves little below the surface of things. There were times, however, when his fellow townsmen gave expression of their faith in his political insight and integrity. In the fall of 1877 he was elected to the state senate and served his district with distinction during the sessions of 1878 and 1880. He took up the study of finance, taxation and tariff and manifested therein the same thoroughness and mastery of details that marked his work in connection with the courts. He is said to have been one of the closest and most convincing talkers of the rostrum. He alienated some of his political supporters by his strenuous opposition to the amendment to the constitution prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. He was himself a strong temperance man in principle and practice and a life-long prohibitionist, but maintained that the organic law of the land was no place for a police regulation and that it was futile. As a lawyer he could not tolerate such trifling with the constitution and as a law maker he knew that it would be absolutely unavailing. In the memorable tariff campaigns he followed the dictates of his conscience and judgment and was an active opponent of protection. He believed firmly in civil service reform. He cared little himself for political honors but the majority of political leaders were men of too slight mental caliber to see the reach of his own thought and purpose. Mr. Haines was married on the 19th of August 1867 to Miss Joanna Hannah Harris, who had taught with him in Troy Academy and Iowa College. They became the parents of six children. The sons are: Dr. J.H. Haines, practicing medicine at Stillwater, Minnesota; R. M. Haines, Jr., a lawyer of Grinnell; C.H. Haines, also an attorney; and A.P. Haines. The daughters are: Mrs. F.I. Herriott, of Des Moines; and Mrs. W.G. Ray, of Grinnell. All of these children are graduates of the college that conferred on their father his A.B. and A.M. degrees. Mr. Haines was most devoted in his attachment to his home and family and in relations of that character no man was happier. It has been said: "His life was orderly and upright and clean as it falls to the lot of man to be. He was opposed to men's clubs because they took men from home. He enjoyed social intercourse only when he could converse. Games and innocent fun that rest tired men did not appeal to him. This was his misfortune and his comparatively few years is due to the intense way in which he lived and worked. His early Puritan training and the necessary self-denial of his early life made him somewhat intolerant of men whose lives were not ordered his way. He was a strong advocate of athletics but only because he believed it developed the physical man. Outside of his home and family his great love was for Iowa College (Grinnell), next the church and then the upbuilding of the town." His faithfulness and usefulness as a trustee of Iowa College has been exceeded by no other. He was alumni trustee of the college from 1881 until 1887 inclusive and permanent trustee from that time until his death. He served as chairman of the finance and a number of other committees of the college and was active in the management of the institution through the last twenty years of his life. The public schools of his home town found him an equally strong advocate and supporter and he gave of the best of his experience to the work of the school board of which he was a member, introducing clean, clear and direct business methods for the benefit of the schools. College students found in him a friend to whom they could go freely for advice, counsel or assistance and he was ever a champion of the interests of the boys and girls. His church relationship was with the Congregational denomination of which he and his wife were long faithful, active and helpful members, never missing an important church service and at all times upholding the hands of their pastor. His honesty was proverbial and he never incurred a debt that he did not pay promptly at maturity. The death of Mr. Haines occurred on the 22nd of December, 1902. He was at the time President of the Iowa State Bar Association, his election thereto being an honor which he greatly appreciated. At this demise the Poweshiek County bar called a meeting and prepared a memorial in which many of his professional brethren bore testimony to his life and work. Judge Lewis said: "Life to him was a serious business -- too much so. I have no doubt if he could have gone more into lines and lanes beyond the sound and stress of business and wandered and played until the sore spots made by life's loads were rested numbers would have been added to the days of his life. But this seems to have been impossible for him and whilst he had a warm social side for all his friends and was not austere with others, not intentionally so, he was a serious man. When he did turn aside from what he regarded as the real duties of life he was as genial as light, indulging in pleasantries with his friends in the most delightful vein. His fault was that all this had, at once, to yield to business; even in his more playful moods he was prone to make it his business to learn or to teach. He had a pride in his ability to grasp, understand, make plain the problems involved in living, problems of state; problems of money; and he was justified in this. Some of the most devoted, earnest, exhausting work he ever did was in his effort to solve some of these and to fit and furnish himself 'to make the solution plain to others. He may not in all these have been just right, but he was always ready to try to make you believe he was, not merely for the sake of the performance but for the sake of the right. He taught nothing but what he believed. He was, again, proud that his word was good as his bond; that those who had tested him so accepted it. The point in his life was not to promise unless he could perform, but if promise he did, to perform over and against every adversity. He always did this. He had ever so much delight in his achievements of good and success, with his ability to discharge any duty that came to him, to try his cause well, to hold his own in repartee and any contest. He was an able, learned lawyer and a good practitioner." Paul G. Norris said: "We all know that he was a kind and indulgent man and an acute lawyer, but I think the qualities of his character that appeal more strongly to us were his sincerity and the strength of his moral character. Even in a casual conversation anyone would at once remark the evident sincerity of the man in everything that he did or said. From even a casual acquaintance with him one must feel the strength of his moral character." From these opinions there was no dissenting voice or thought. D.W. Norris said: "Mr. Haines was a man concerning whom we may say, I think, that it rather dishonors any of us not to respect him. That does not mean that we should agree with him; far from it. But I do not know that I have ever had dealings with a man for whose moral integrity I have had a higher regard. I believe he meant to do absolutely right as he saw it. That he did not always see it as some of the rest of us did is neither here nor there. He may have been right and we may have been right; that matter is entirely irrelevant to the main issue which is whether a man is true to the light that is in him. Personally I do not believe that I had a more loyal friend in Grinnell or on the board of trustees of Iowa College (Grinnell) than Mr. Haines. And this again was not because he agreed with me; many times he sharply differed but he 'stood by' and that's the main thing. This is the keynote of Mr. Haines' character. He never flinched from any duty and never for a moment turned his back to a foe." The bar of Poweshiek county has greatly missed Mr. Haines since he was called from this life. His was an example of high professional honor. "His was a strong personality -- physically powerful and vigorous, mentally alert, his thought was characterized by clearness, his speech by incisiveness and forcefulness." Such was the tribute which J.H. Patten paid to his colleague, adding: "He commanded respect not so much by his manner as his apparent candor and intellectual power. Right or wrong, he was invariably credited with believing he was right and his arguments to the court on law questions and marshaling a formidable array of facts before a jury commanded the undivided attention of bench and bar. Others have spoken of his as a husband, father, neighbor, scholar and christian gentleman, and in all these capacities he has been worthily assigned an exalted place." Another thus bore testimony to his generosity, "which was freely extended to all who came in contact with him, for he had accumulated a vast wealth of diversified knowledge which he was ever ready and willing to impart to the most humble applicant. He had the faculty of presenting his thoughts in such a clear and forceful manner that the dullest mind could fully comprehend them. He was continually called upon by the students of the college in the town in which he resided to furnish them facts and information upon different subjects, which it would be difficult or impossible for them to obtain elsewhere, and although his life was necessarily a very busy one, yet every appeal for assistance from these young men received the same attention and consideration that he would have given them if they had consulted him as clients in regard to an important case from which he could reasonably have expected to receive a large fee, and I think I am warranted in saying that many hours of his life were devoted to this kind of benevolent work, which most men of his marked ability and abundant resources would have given to the pursuit of worldly gain. Such a man indeed is a useful citizen and rarely found in these days where selfishness is personified on every hand, and by his death the society in which he mingled has suffered an irreparable loss." Perhaps this brief history cannot better be closed than in the words of Judge Scott: "Robert Haines was a conscientious, truthful man, a conscientious, truthful, faithful attorney, a true father, a kind, indulgent and loving husband, a consistent Christian gentleman, and those who knew him best knew that he was ever ready to respond to calls of charity. He came very nearly reaching the topmost round of the ladder which leads to perfection, and yet to say of him that he was perfect would be untrue, and being untrue, he himself would resent such praise if he were here. (Haha! So true - at least based on the character of his descendants. JZ) Perfection has never been attained in this world but by one man and that man Mr. Haines took as his example and his standard and came nearer following His teachings than the majority of us do. In fact he followed those teachings so consistently that he was marked among men. It might be truly said of him, and his epitaph might well be written in the words: 'Here lies a truthful man; a man who always spoke the truth, a man who ever lived the truth'."^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ History of Poweshiek County, Iowa

• Haines, Charles Henry. Oral History.

• Parker, Leonard Fletcher. History of Poweshiek County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement..., Volume 2, Chicago, IL: The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1911. Page 144.

1850 - Census, 11 years old, living in Butler Township, Columbiana County, Ohio with parents, Chalkley (46), Sarah (48) and siblings, Joseph W. (19), Benjamin L (15), Eli J. (12), Matilda T. (9), Thomas C. (7), and James O. (4). Robert is 11 years old. *"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXSY-XKZ : 4 April 2020), Robt M Hanes in household of Cholkely Hanes, Butler, Columbiana, Ohio, United States; citing family 38, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

1860 - Census, 21 years old, living in Hardin Township, Hardin County, Iowa. Although cited with only initials and last name misspelled, this has to be our family because so many initials correspond correctly: Mother: S.E. Hanes (Sarah Evans Morgan Haines), age 58 and siblings: E.J. Hanes (Eli J. Haines), age 23, M.T. Hanes (Matilda T. Haines), age 20, Thos C Hanes (Thomas C. Haines), age 18, A. Hanes (?, but based on age must be James Oliver Haines), age 15, and R.M. Hanes (Robert Miller Haines), age 21.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M82K-GRP : 11 November 2020), R M Hanes in entry for S E Hanes, 1860.

1867 - Marriage to Johanna H. Harris, daughter of James Agnew Harris and Mary Ann McKee, in Poweshiek County, Iowa on 19 Aug 1867:

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJCK-MZV : 25 September 2017), Robert M. Haines and Johnanna H. Harris, 19 Aug 1867, Poweshiek Co., Iowa, United States; citing reference vol B p 80-81 cn 146, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,028,402.

1870 - Census citing an R.M. Haines, male (31y) attorney-at-law, and his wife, "G.M." Haines, (27y) living in Grinnell, Iowa in what looks like a boarding house or some kind of group living. I’m not certain this is Robert Miller Haines and Joanna, but it’s the right place,ages, and profession. It’s hard to imagine there would be 2 R.M. Haines of the same age in the same small town. I can’t imagine how Joanna H would be mistaken for G.M. Nevertheless...

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVT-YQZ : 2 January 2021), R M Haines in entry for E Palmer, 1870.

1877 - in Delayed Birth Record for son, Charles Henry Haines, born in Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa on 19 Jun 1877:

• "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q246-31ZB : accessed 7 August 2020), Robert Miller Haines in entry for Charles Henry Haines, 19 Jun 1877, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States; citing reference ID 106351, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101693745.

1880 - Census, 41 years old, living on High Street in Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa with wife, Joanna H (36), children, Mary (9), James H (8), Sarah A (7), Robert M (4), and Charles H (2), and mother-in-law, Mary Ann McKee Harris (74), and servant, Lucy Daly (22):

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDL6-3GQ : 14 August 2017), Robert M Haines, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 190, sheet 522B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,362.

1885 - Iowa Census, 46 years old, living on High Street in Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa with wife, Joanna H (41), children, Mary (14), James H (12), Sarah A (11), Robert M (9), Charles H (7), and Austin P (2), mother-in-law, Mary Ann McKee Harris (79), and servant, Alice Snyder (24):

• "Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HWRL-G3Z : 2 December 2019), R M Haines, Grinnell, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa; citing p. 6, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,020,177.

1895 - Iowa Census, 55 years old, living in Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa with wife, Johanna (51), and children, Mary (24), Jas H (22), Sarah A (21), Robert M (19), Chas H (17), and Austin P (12):

• "Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTQF-449 : 4 April 2020), Robert M Haines, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States; citing p. 348, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,022,175.

1895 - cited in Marriage of daughter, Sara Austin Haines to William George Ray, the son of O L Ray and Harriet Shaw, in Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa on 16 Aug 1985:

• "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV9J-Q3X : 13 January 2020), Robert M Haines in entry for William George Ray, 1895.

1896 - cited in marriage record for daughter, Mary to Frank Irving Herriott, son of John Herriott and Nellie F Moss, in Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa on 1 Dec 1896:

• "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV9J-34F : 13 January 2020), Robert Miller Haines in entry for Frank Irving Herriott, 1896.

1900 - Census, 62 years old, living at 827 High Street, in Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa with wife, Joanna (57), and sons, Robert M (26), Charles H (23), and Austin P (18):

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9LD-T9T : accessed 7 August 2020), R M Haines, Grinnell Township Grinnell city Ward 3-4, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 100, sheet 2A, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,456.

1902 - Death in Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa on 22 Dec 1902. Buried at Hazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell:

• "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVWQ-TNB : 16 January 2020), Robert M. Haines, 1902.
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 11 January 2021), memorial page for Robert Miller Haines Sr. (29 Dec 1838–22 Dec 1902), Find A Grave: Memorial #75584610, citing Hazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Nathan Haines (contributor 46775496) .

1905 - cited in marriage record for son, Robert Miller Haines, Jr. to Katherine Bray, daughter of Henry M Bray and Ellen J Hughes, in Poweshiek County, Iowa on 21 Jun 1905:

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJCK-21J : 25 September 2017), Robert M. Haines in entry for Robert Miller Haines and Katherine Bray, 21 Jun 1905, Poweshiek Co., Iowa, United States; citing reference 4503, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,028,405.

1906 - cited in marriage record for son, Austin Parker Haines to Edith Rest Milliman, daughter of James Cutler Milliman and Etta Rest Stern, in Logan, Harrison County, Iowa on 22 Aug 1906:

• "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJB3-DK6 : 13 January 2020), Robert Miller Haines in entry for Austin Parker Haines, 1906.

1923 - cited in marriage record of son, Robert Jr. (2nd marriage) to Bernice Byrem Gatchel, daughter of John C Byram and Laura Mikey, in Polk County, Iowa on 14 Mar 1923:

• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDS-S3ST : 5 November 2017), Robert M Haines in entry for R M Haines and Bernice Byram Gatchel, 14 Mar 1923, Polk, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,749,720.

1924 - cited in the death record of son, Robert Miller Haines, Jr., who drowned in Lake Minnetonka, Orono, Hennepin County, Minnesota on 5 Aug 1924:

• "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZMKR-172M : 1 June 2020), Robert M Hames or Hanies in entry for Robert Miller Hames, 5 Aug 1924; citing Death, Minnesota State Department of Health, St. Paul.

1928 - cited in death record of son, Austin Parker Haines, who died in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa on 13 Apr 1928:

• Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q248-8MRX : 8 November 2017), Robert M Haines in entry for Austin Parker Haines, 13 Apr 1928, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #7710641, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101784590.

1931 - cited in death record of wife, Joanna Harris Haines, who died of arteriosclerosis and a brain hemorrhage in Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa on 29 Jun 1931:

• "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q248-P77H : 8 November 2017), Robert M Haines in entry for Joanna Harris Haines, 29 Jun 1931, Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #7988, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 101797045.

1955 - cited in death record of son, James H Haines, who died in Anoka, Anoka County, Minnesota on 16 Feb 1955. James' home was in Stillwater, but he died in the Anoka State Hospital after a stay of 3 months and 19 days. James died of Hypostatic Pneumonia due to senility:

• "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3L-2RJM : 1 March 2021), Robert M Haines in household of James H Haines, Anoka, Minnesota, United States; citing Death, multiple county courthouses, Minnesota.

"U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959 SOCIETY & EMPLOYMENT DIRECTORIES View Image Record information. Name Robert M. Haines Birth Ohio Residence dd mm year Grinnell, Iowa, USA NAME: Robert M. Haines."

• Ancestry.com link