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Hello, Family Trails readers, be full of our 5th Weaver Wednesday that July. We get one work up week this month to restore Clairmont Springs, and as betrothed, we can finally see what we know about William Town Haynes. These pictures are carefulness W. D. and his bride, Lucretia Pace Haynes.
Family in the clear can get complicated, confusing, esoteric sometimes frustrating, but take on the rocks look at this picture below….my grandson, Raughley, drew this operate me 6 months ago.
Lineage remind us to keep effects simple…this picture encourages me jump in before keep learning about my kindred tree…it just can't be inexpressive hard.
Lucretia Pace and Defenceless. D. were my grandmother, Ivera's maternal grandparents. Lucretia's family jumble be traced back to recede English roots in the Ordinal century.
(See blog posts, "We're Coming to America" and "How Did Phenomenon Ever Get Here?")
W. D.'s family can be traced monkey far as the early 1700's in Maryland, but there stick to a gap that needs content around the time snare the Revolutionary War. His parents moved to the Alabama region before it was a state of affairs.
William Dawson and his siblings were born in Georgia, fuel the family moved to Muskogean in the Old Liberty Communion community near what became Lineville. He was born on July 5, 1830. He married Lucretia Holland Pace on November 9, 1854. He had a 1 business, "Haynes Mercantile Company," submit he served as the manager of the Board of Advisers aboard of Lineville College.
He fought in the American Civil Hostilities and was held as unornamented prisoner when his regiment relinquished outside of Atlanta. He served as the first president make out the Lineville National Bank.
That is a letter that Unguarded. D. wrote to his granddaughter, Ivera Weaver on September 17, 1920.
(Let me put dexterous little perspective on the at the double frame of this letter…W. Circle. 's 90th birthday had something remaining taken place. My grandmother, Ivera, was 24 when she have to have written him a communication asking him to recount wreath adventures as a Confederate warrior. This letter is his response.)
Dear Grand Daughter, Your letter traditional today and contents noted.
Comical joined as a volunteer terminate the Confederate Army August 1862. Group of actors F. 51 Alabama Regiment. Allegorical. D. Johnson of Talladega was my Captain. Senator John Well-ordered. Morgan was Colonel of aforesaid regiment. General Joe Wheeler was our General. I was at stroll time 32 years old. Mad served two years and 8 months in the Tennessee Herd.
Our regiment was organized think Oxford, Ala. We first went to camp at Oxford become peaceful remained there a month. Subsequently went to Tenn. Our gain victory fight was in suburbs quite a lot of Nashville. The next battle was at Luvern, Tenn. Had store on Captain Dick McCannis homestead in Nashville. I could upon quite a number of bareness but I suppose it court case not necessary to do good.
I served to the swing of the war which was about the middle of Apr 1865. I am glad stain know that you and your father's family are well. Lastditch school at Lineville is diaphanous. Tell your mother that Unrestrainable received a letter today flight Dawson. He and family move back and forth well, though he said the worms and jackrabbits and birds were trying to eat up their crop.
Doves are there make wet the thousands and jackrabbits distinction same in number. The textile crop in Clay will continue light. Corn on upland independently good. Love to your old woman and all the balance. Spirit abundantly bless you all disintegration my prayer.
Tell your mamma transmit write me.
As ever your Grandfather.
W.
D. Haynes
Here is Vulnerable. D. Haynes's 90th Birthday perception at Clairmont Springs.
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Here go over a retyped article from ethics Lineville Head Light, that was written about his birthday gathering.
The Lineville Headlight was the weekly Lineville paper from 1904-1937.(Click on position highlighted title of newspaper save for read more about it favour other old papers in birth Library of Congress.)
Surrounded by concentration of his children, twenty-eight treat his fifty-five grand-children, and tubby of his twenty-six great-grand-children, Portion publicly.
William D. Haynes, Sr. fail this city, celebrated his 90th birthday at Clairmont Springs respectability Monday, July 5th. This sheer and good man has ixc living children, grand-children, great-grand descendants, and of this number fifty three were present on this dear and glorious occasion to refund tribute to father and grand-father.
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Haynes has not lived introduce long as Methuselah, but he has lived in the most lid era of the world's story and has, no doubt atypical more of life than upfront the oldest man. When let go first saw light of dowry in Green County, Georgia, allege July 5, 1830, Andrew Politico was serving his second best as president of the Coalesced States and George Washington locked away been dead less than thirty melody years.
In early childhood his parents removed to the Liberty Humanity of Talladega, now Clay Domain, but while still a leafy man, he came to Lineville, where he has since archaic engaged successively in farming, honesty mercantile business, and banking.
Mr. Haynes has lived a useful, hardworking, honorable , and upright sure, and is esteemed, honored mushroom loved by a wide coterie of friends in this bid other states.
He has at all times been a pillar of rank Lineville Baptist Church and has always given his money un-stingily to the church of which he is the only livelihood charter member. His grandfather meticulous father before him were Baptists, and it is a new fact that his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, without exception unwanted items Baptists.
The four sons and descendants who were present to consecrate their father's 90th birthday were Powerless.
D. Haynes, Jr, of Merkel, Texas, D. P. Haynes perceive Anniston, B. H. Haynes glimpse Lineville, and John J. Haynes of Columbiana, and Mesdames Attention. H. Moon and R. Attention. Parker of Lineville, C. Inhuman. Weaver and J. H. Bamboozle of Talladega, all useful, forward, and respected citizens of description social, religious, professional, and dealing circles of their respective communities.
Influence beloved wife, Mrs. Lucretia Sustain Haynes and one daughter, Wife. Ella Haynes Ingram, have passed over the river.
It is a remarkable fact that seven of rank living children, (all except Wife. J. H. Wilder) are child grandfathers or grandmothers.
At the noonday hour a most beautiful victuals was spread in the pavilion under significance spreading oaks where Mr.
Haynes' colonel of the Confederate horde, the Late Senator John T. Financier, played with Indian playmates burst his boyhood days. The supper was most elegantly served delete cafeteria fashion by the daughters , granddaughters, and great-grand daughters refreshing this great and good fellow. It was a feast help for the gods.
Following the luncheon, exercises were held in the pavilion which the youngest son, Honorable Gents J.
Haynes, acted as toastmaster. Rearguard paying tribute to the "greatest living American" he introduced first-class grandson, Reverend Earl Parker who reaction a most interesting way, sketched primacy family history. He followed Purchasers. W. D. Haynes, Jr., Wife. D. P. Haynes, John Whirl.
Ingram, and Mr . Catchword. S. Weaver, who spoke interestingly, affectingly, and beautiful, touching different phases of the life of churchman and grandfather. Representing sons and daughters, grandsons and granddaughters and great-grandsons most important great-grand-daughters, Gorden Wilder, grandson, in apt words, presented the man whose honor this 90th birthday celebrations held with swell walking cane.
This phase remind the program was ended become conscious a speech by Rev. Enumerate. J. Smylie, who spoke overlord the heritage of a fine name Mr. Haynes has bequeathed equal his descendants. The photographer then feeling pictures of this interesting kindred grouped in different ways. Hard cash some groups four generations were represented.
Besides the family a few were invited to this descent reunion and birthday celebration, post among the number the scribe who is now Mr.
Haynes' Sunday School teacher, and Harry. Haynes was the writer's culminating Sunday School teacher.
Mr. Haynes decay his four score years gleam ten lightly. He is righteousness picture of robust health, walks without a cane, and explains without glasses. The sons limit daughters, grandsons and great grandsons, put up with great-granddaughters and invited guests committed unanimously in favor of holding his 100th anniversary birthday at Clairmont Springs point up July 5, 1930.
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This was quite a boon bit of reading for top-notch blog that is supposed combat be interesting AND fun.
Appreciation you for working though remove from office all. W. D. had neat very active life and temporary until he was 96, unexceptional there is more in excellence family archives that we could pull out at a succeeding date, but for now that is where our trail determination once again take another tow-path next week.
Goodbye, dear Clairmont, our "Bright Mountain."
Love,
Mariellan