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Christopher Haines

b. 14 Jul 1795 · Russell Co., Virginia  |  d. 29 Mar 1850 · Cottonhill, Sagamon Co., Illinois

Parents

Events

Birth
14 Jul 1795 · Russell Co., Virginia
Death
29 Mar 1850 · Cottonhill, Sagamon Co., Illinois

Family

Spouse: Myrah Gatewood (1797–1859) · m. 12 Oct 1815 · Allen Co., Kentucky

Children:

  1. Nancy W. Haines (11 Aug 1816–1880/93)
    m. Samuel D. Snodgrass (22 Sep 1812–31 Aug 1862) · 12 Apr 1832 · Sagamon Co., Illinois
    Children: Mary J. Snodgrass (1834–1852); Myra Snodgrass (1837–1869); Melvina Snodgrass (1842–1869); George W. Snodgrass (1844–1863); Arstillia J. Snodgrass (1846–1876); Samuel Snodgrass (1850–1856); John Sanford Snodgrass (1853–); Samuel Newton Snodgrass (1856–1920)
  2. John G. Haines (5 Jan 1818–AFTER 1893)
    m. Mary A. Palmer (5 Mar 1820–31 Jan 1874) · 20 Feb 1840 · Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois
    Children: Hester Ann Haines (1841–); Docia C. Haines (1843–1873); James T. Haines (1846–1846); Margaret V. Haines (1848–1852); Mary F. Haines (1852–1852); Martha J. Haines (1854–1876); Jonathan F. Haines (1856–1860); Nancy A. Haines (1859–1859)
    m. Eliza P. Criteser (1844/45–AFTER 1880) · 8 Sep 1874 · Sangamon Co., Illinois
    Children: Winford I. Haines (1875–); James M. Haines (1877–); Samuel S. Haines (1871–)
  3. Samuel Haines (5 Jul 1820–AFTER 1893)
    m. Matilda J. Willian (21 Dec 1819–)
    Children: Thomas M. Haines (1848–1868); Samuel G. Haines; Mary P. Haines (–1876); Sarah V. Haines (–1876)
  4. Maria Haines (2 Sep 1822–4 May 1841)
    m. Eri C. Darwin · 8 Jan 1840 · Sangamon Co., Illinois
    Children: Laura Darwin
  5. Fletcher Haines (5 Nov 1824–AFTER 1893)
    m. Lucinda Jane Hatler (ABOUT 1829–1851) · 14 Sep 1848 · Sangamon Co., Illinois
    Children: James William Haines (1849–1893); Sarah M. Haines (1850–)
    m. Lydia Ann Anderson (–AFTER 1893) · 4 Nov 1852 · Christian Co., Illinois
    Children: Thomas T. Haines (–1893); Edgar D. Haines (–1893); Millard C. Haines; Nancy Elizabeth Haines; Mary J. Haines; Sherman H. Haines; Edith M. Haines; unnamed Haines
  6. James M. Haines (23 Nov 1826–BEFORE 1893)
    m. Mira O. Ricks (31 Oct 1835–) · 24 Mar 1853 · Christian Co., Illinois
    Children: Alice E. Haines (1854–1886); Benettie L. Haines (1856–); Margaret Emma Haines (1857–); William C. Haines (1860–); Ulysses G. Haines (1863–); Ida M. Haines (1865–); Newell E. Haines (1867–1868); Freddie G. Haines (1869–1869); Arthur G. Haines (1871–)
  7. Docia Haines (Jun 1829–BEFORE 1893)
    m. John B. Ricks (14 Nov 1831–) · Sangamon Co., Illinois
    Children: James B. Ricks (1852–); Henrietta I. Ricks; Laura B. Ricks; Margaret E. Ricks; Quintus A. Ricks
  8. Francis A. Haines (22 Mar 1832–AFTER 1893)
    m. Zerilda G. Britt · 17 Jan 1859 · Bureau Co., Illinois
    Children: Ella Belle Haines (–1876); Minnie Haines (–1876)
  9. Benjamin K. Haines (20 Aug 1834–AFTER 25 Apr 1910)
    m. Nancy J. Haines (9 Apr 1855–AFTER 25 Apr 1910) · 9 Jun 1873 · Cass Co., Illinois
  10. William Franklin Haines (23 Oct 1839–AFTER 1893)
    m. Burrilla Ashford (8 Mar 1840–) · 17 May 1858 · Sangamon Co., Illinois
    Children: Thomas E. Haines (1862–1866); Etta Frances Haines (1864–1876); Lena L. Haines (1866–1866)

Notes

From "History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois: Centenial Record" by John Carroll Power, Springfield, Ill. Edwin A. Wilson & Co., 1876. HAINES, CHRISTOPHER, was born July 4, 1795, in Russell county, Va. His parents soon moved to Allen county, Ky. He was married in that county, Oct. 12, 1815, to Myrah Gatewood, who was born June 9, 1797, in Alabama, and partly raised in Georgia. They had two children in Allen, and moved to Barren county, where five children were born, thence to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct. 22, 1829, in what is now Cotton Hill township, where they had three children. Of their children -- [bios given]. Christopher Haines died March 29, 1850, and Mrs. Myrah Haines died Nov. 11, 1859, both on the farm where they settled in 1830. [p. 347] The homestead they established in 1830 was in Cotton Hill Township at the Junction of Horse creek and the South Fork timber, ten miles southeast of Springfield, near New City, Illinois. After their deaths, their son James M. Haines resided there as of 1876.