Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

ALBERT G. HAYNES, grain and implement dealer, 
Chandlerville; was born in Ross County, O., Dec. 22, 1835, 
to Joseph and Agnes (Clark) Haynes; he, born in Ohio in 
1808, and removed to Illinois in 1854, settling in Cass 
County, where he died in 1856; she, born in Ohio, on June 
13, 1812, and died in Cass County, June 13, 1872; she was 
the mother of eight children, our subject being the second 
child. At the death of his father, in 1856, he commenced 
farming on his own account. May 1, 1872, he removed to 
Chandlerville, engaged in the mercantile business for about 
six years, when he engaged in the grain and agricultural 
implement business, in the firm of A.G. Haynes & Co., in 
grain, and Bowman, Haynes & Co., in the implement business. 
In May, 1857, he married Miss Julia A. Benson, a native of 
Steuben County, N.Y., she, born June 4, 1837; she is the 
mother of one child-Eva, born in 1860-at home. Mr. Haynes 
has been a member of the Town Board, and was President of 
the same. Politically he is a Democrat.

Haynes Clark Benson
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Ross-OH Steuben-NY