Henry Gaines Bollinger Co
Mo Biography
- Henry Gaines, a prosperous blacksmith
and farmer of Bollinger Mills,
Mo., was born in Giles County, Tenn., in 1842, and is a son of
William
H. and Martha Ann (Harnon) Gaines.
William H. Gaines
was a native of
Virginia, born in 1817.
He emigrated from his native
State to Tennessee
and from thence to Missouri.
While in Tennessee he was
married, his
wife being a native of that State, born in 1826.
They
have eight
children. Henry is the eldest child.
He early learned
the blacksmith's
trade with his father, and has since followed it very
successfully.
He
came to Missouri with his parents, and in 1844 married Sarah
Sweazea, a
native of Bollinger County, Mo., born in 1842, of German-Irish
parentage.
During the Civil War Henry Gaines was one of
those brave
Union men who shouldered arms and risked their lives to save
their
distressed country.
He enlisted in the Third Missouri
Volunteers, and
remained in the service almost four years, being mustered out at
St.
Louis.
Rejoicing in the preservation of the Union he
returned home and
has since enjoyed a quiet and peaceful domestic life.
For the last
three years he has been working at his trade at Bollinger Mills,
and as
his is the only blacksmith shop in the place he is doing a good
business.
He also owns a farm of 196 acres which he
superintends.
Mr.
and Mrs. Gaines have five children: Emma, Ella, Andrew, Henry and
Martha.
In politics Mr. Gaines is a staunch
Republican.
He and family
are consistent members of the General Baptist Church. [p.
829]
Goodspeed's History of
Southeast Missouri, [p. 829]
Contributed by
Joe Crim
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