Daniel Webster Haines

As printed in 1915

DANIEL WEBSTER HAINES.

Daniel Webster Haines, one of the leading members of the Chester township school board for the past decade, is a man of pleasing personality, well known and highly respected, as well as a successful farmer, who owns one hundred and fifty-five acres of land in that township and one hundred and sixty acres in Vernon township. By marriage, Mr. Haines Is connected with the famous McKay family, whose ancestry goes back to the first settlement made In Clinton county. The Haines family maintain a home in Wilmington, where they live a part of the time.

Daniel Weebster Haines was born in Greene county. Ohio, on April 22, 1863, a son of Eber and Mary (Mendenball) Haines, the former born in Caesars Creek township, Greene county, on January 20, 1825, and the latter born at West Milton, Miami county, this state, daughter of Tbaddeus and PrlsctUa (Sturgeon) Mendenball. Eber Haines wbb a son of Zimri and Elizabeth (Compton) Haines, natives of New Jersey and North Carolina, respectively. The latter came with her parous in a wagon from North Carolina to New Burlington, Ohio, when only four years of age. Zlmrl Haines emigrated from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, where be learned the trade of a cabinet-maker. Later he emigrated to Greeue county. Ohio, where he spent the remainder of his life. He and his wife were the parents of ten children, Samuel, Elizabeth, Sarah. Maria, Elwood, Eber. Eli. Clapton, Asaph and Phoebe. The family were earnest members of the Friends church, while politically. Zlmrl Haines was an old time Whig.

The sixth child of Zlmrl and Elizabeth (Compton) Haines was Eber, the father of Daniel Webster Haines. Eber Haines was a farmer all his life. After removing to Clinton county, in 1SN2, he began preaching, at the age of forty-five, and continued as a local minister in the Friends church until his death, on December 10, 1911. Daniel Webster Haines is one of ten children born to his parents, the others being as follows: Lydla Ellen, who died when young; Margaret, who married John Turner; Zimri D., who married Alice McKay; Thaddens A., who married Eliza Mary Hlatt; rriscilla, who married Jacob B. McKay; Daniel W., twin brother of Wilomena, the latter of whom died early in life; Mary, who was the wife of William Hlatt, died at the age of twenty-eight, and Eber W., a well-known farmer of Chester township.

Daniel Webster Haines, who received his elementary education in the common schools of Paintersville, Greene county, later pursued his educational training in Chester township, this county, and when a young man began farming in that township. He continued farming there until lOOB, at which time he purchased the old Mahlon Wall farm, consisting of ninety-six acres, and to this tract he has added from time to time until he is now the owner of one hundred and forty-five acres in Chester township and one hundred and sixty acres in Vernon township. He is an extensive breeder of Duroc- Jersey hogs, as well as a feeder of cattle.

On October l.r>. 1801, Daniel W. Haines was married to Estella McKay, who was born on July 5. isr>5, the daughter of Alfred and Sarah L. (Mlars) McKay. Mrs. Haines' father was a farmer in Liberty township and served as county commissioner of Clinton county for several years. He also served as county surveyor. Mrs. Haines was one of two children born to her parents, ner brother. Bay. Is deceased.

To Daniel W. and Est el la (McKay) Haines one son has been bora, Eldon B.. born

JDigitiz ed_by_Googft on June 10, 1803, who is a graduate of Wilmington College, and Is living at home with his parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Haines are members of the Friends church, and Mr. Haines votes the Republican ticket. They take an earnest interest in all good works in their neighborhood and are held in high regard throughout that vicinity.

Enoch nolnday. now a successful and well-known farmer of Jefferson township, Clinton county, was born at Ogden. this county, on July 17, 1836, one of the eight children born to William and Ann (Carter) Holaday, both natives of the same village. William Holaday was the son of John and Susanna (Falkner) Holaday. both natives of the same neighborhood in Virginia. John Holaday fell In love with Susanna Falkner, and her people, who were opposed to his attention, left Virginia for Ohio. He followed, however, to Greene county, where he married the girl of his choice. Later, Susanna Falkner's parents cnme to Clinton county, where they spent the rest of their lives. John Holaday erected a enw and grist-mill at Ogdcn, but later sold out and moved to Jefferson township, where he purchased over nine hundred acres of land and he and his wife died on their farm a little east of Westboro. They were the parents of eight children. John Holaday was a member of the Society of Friends and it took all his persounl property except an ax to pay for his substitute to fight in the War of 1812. The government would have taken the ax, but his wife hid It. John Holaday, after taking some bogs to Westboro, was attacked by cholera. He spent the night at his daughter's home and died before morning. The maternal grandparents of Enoch Holaday were Nathaniel and Nancy (Baker) Carter, natives of Virginia and early settlers in Clinton county. Nathaniel Carter was a farmer and Quaker minister, who had a farm which adjoined that of Mr. Iloladay's paternal grandparents. Roth Nathaniel and Nancy Carter died on this farm. William Holaday received a limited education in the schools of Clinton county and was a farmer on the land now owned by his son, Enoch, all his life. He owned one hundred and eighty acres of land and was a member of the Quaker church.

Enoch Holaday was educated in the public schoolB of Jefferson township. Ho was a successful huckster for some time, but later went into the dry-goods business at Midland and lost everything he had saved. Afterward, about 1869. he moved to his present farm, and has since lived there, be and his wife being the owners of one hundred and twenty acres.

On October 18.' 1800, Enoch Holaday was married to Sarah J. West, who was born in Clark township, this county, the daughter of Owen and Mary (Carey) West, the former a minister in the Friends church, who was born north of Martinsville, In this county, and the latter of whom was born near Hlllsboro, in Highland county. The Rev. Owen West was the son of William and Sarah (Hamrick) West, natives probably of Virginia and early settlers In Clinton county. William West first located In Chester county. Pennsylvania, but later cnme to Clinton county and engaged In farming. Ills wife. Sarah Hamrick. was the daughter of Lockle namrlck. who was a soldier In the Revolutionary War. Mary Carey was the daughter of John and Margaret (Greene) Carey, natives of Grayson county. Virginia, who moved to North Carolina and still later to Highland county. Ohio. Subsequently, they settled In Indiana, where they both died. They were Quakers and had ten children, of whom eight grew to maturity. Mrs. Iloladay's father did not attend school a day In his life. Ills wife taught him his letters and he later became a minister in the Friends church, ne was also a farmer and owned one hundred and sixty acres of land In Liberty township, highland county, having moved there when his daughter, Sarah J., who later became Mrs. noladay, was

As printed in History of Clinton County, Ohio: Its People, Industries and Institutions (1915). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.