Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 10 April 2005

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ALLEN HAINES, farmer; P. O. Waynesville; born on the farm where he now lives, July 5, 1824; is a son of Jonathan and Naomi Haines, natives of New Jersey. The paternal grandparents were Jacob and Sarah Haines, natives of New Jersey, who lived and died there; the maternal grandparents were Jonathan and Sarah Stratton, natives of New Jersey, who also lived and died in their native State. Jonathan Haines, with his family, emigrated to Ohio and located in Wayne Township in 1811, on the place where Allen now lives; here they opened out in the woods and endured the hardships and deprivations of those early days; and here they lived till, about 1846, they moved to Waynesville, where he died June 5, 1851, aged 65 years; his wife died Dec. 27, 1855, aged 70 years. They had eight sons and four daughters; nine now survive— Ezra; Jacob; Sarah, who married Adam Gaskill; Prudence, who married George Smith and resides in Indiana; Jonathan; Eunice, who married Peter Dunwiddie, also residing in Indiana; Job, who lives in Indiana; Allen; and Mary C., now Widow Satterthwaite. Mr. Haines was a very industrious man, giving his entire attention to the business of farming; never held or desired office or public notoriety, but a man of undoubted integrity and a good neighbor, and a worthy citizen and a devoted member of the Society of Friends. In his death, the community lost a worthy citizen, and his family a devoted husband and a kind father. Our subject was raised and brought up on the old homestead place; was married, Sept. 17,1846, to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Eleanor Smith, natives of Virginia, who became settlers in Greene County in quite an early day, and lived and died in that county. By this union, Mr. Haines and wife had six children; two now survive—Jonathan and Naomi, now Mrs. A. Wright. His wife died Dec. 1, 1853, aged 32 years. On June 22, 1854, he was married to Cynthia Ann, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Starkey) Myers, who had four sons and two daughters; four now survive—Andrew, now living in Iowa; Cynthia Ann; Jacob; Sarah Ann, now Mrs. Davis; David died in the army, at Knoxville, Tenn., in March, 1865, having served nearly through the war; Joseph died when a child about 3 years of age. Cynthia Ann was born in Ohio, Aug. 25, 1832. Mr. Haines located and has always remained upon the old home place, where he has erected good, substantial buildings and made improvements, and now has a very pleasant home and farmer's residence. This farm has now been in possession of the Haines family for sixty-nine years, and it is expected and hoped that it will continue in their name for many years to come.