Extracted information from a letter from Mary Lou
Dalton of Carrollton, MO. She was trying to gather
genealogical information about the descendants of
Abraham and Eleanor Dean Haines who were the parents
of Sarah Haines, your early ancestor who migrated to
McDonough County Illinois in the 1830’s as pioneers
of that area.
“Sarah married her
cousin, Joseph Haines of Harrodsburg Kentucky, at
her home in Carroll County Kentucky before leaving
there for Illinois.
Sarah and Joseph are
buried in the Argyle Cemetery north of Colchester --
I believe their graves are close to that of their
daughter, Lucy Jane Parish in the same cemetery.
When I visited McDonough Co to do research there I
was told Sarah and Joseph Haines were buried in the
cemetery named above -- I went there to get dates
from their tombs but could not be sure. I found
their stone. I found one that said Sarah and being
close to that of their daughter. I decided it must
be Sarah Haines. It was white marble and one that
probably toppled from its foundation after many
years so someone set it deep in the earth in an
effort to keep it standing and in doing this has
hidden the rest of her name and birth and date from
view.
Sarah was a sister of my
great grandfather, Jesse Haines. He remained in
Kentucky and lived and died there. His son, John
Haines, was my grandfather. John migrated to
Missouri in the 1850’s and lived and died here in
the county where I now live. I was also born and
reared here.
While in your area in
October 1960, I met a young man, Bonner Haines, son
of William Haines and Garnett Miller Haines, and
found that he is trying to assemble facts about his
Haines ancestry. He is descended from Richard Elzy
Haines and Martha Jane Newcum (Newcomb)...
Extracted by Vilma
Valentine Kinney Feb. 2008