Seth Silver Haines

As printed in 1882

HON SETH SILVER HAINES, President of Waynesville National Bank, was born in Waynesville, Warren Co., Ohio, Feb. 1, 1824, and was the son of Noah Haines, who came from near Winchester, Va., in 1807, and settled at Old Town in Greene Co., Ohio, whence he removed to Waynesville; he was Postmaster at Waynesville from 1817 until his death, in 1834; he was County Commissioner when the present court house was built, which edifice was approaching completion at the time of his death. Noah Haines was married, m 1808 to Miss Anna Silver (the mother of S. S. Haines, who, with her father, Seth’silver, and her sister, Leatitia (afterward Mrs. David Linton), came from Salem, N. J., in 1806, and settled at Waynesville. Noah Haines was highly esteemed as a man of entire probity, and possessed of eminent business ability, and his death was universally regretted; his widow survived him fifteen years; she was esteemed as a woman of eminent virtue. Seth Silver (for whom e subject of this memoir was named) was one of the early merchants of the village, and was also held in great esteem; he died in 181. ames was the youngest of a family of four sisters and three brothers, all of whom lived until they arrived at their majority, but all of whom have long since passed from this life. S. S. Haines was thrown on his own resources at an early age; in October, 1841, at the age of 17 years, he entered as clerk m the village store of Joseph B. Chapman, on the southwest corner of Mam and North streets, where he remained until he came of age; the circumstance that he worked m this store the first six months for $4 per month is still vividly remembered by him, and the fact that, even at that low salary, he came out ahead at the end of the half year specified, was but the foreshadowing of the successful career which followed, and of which it w&s the happy beginning. In December, 1845, at the age of 21 years, young Mr. Haines felt himself in position to buy out his employer and embark in business on his own responsibility. Soon after attaining his majority, he served one year each as Clerk and Treasurer of Way Township. On the ist of June, 1847, Mr. Haines was married, mXema, to Miss Eliza F Hmchman, daughter of Griffith Hinchman and Mary B. Hi man, who came from Gloucester Co., N. J., in 1832 and settled m Warren County; the latter died in 1874; she was a woman of sterling go°d se and possessed of eminent Christian virtues; her husband survived her but foui years, dying in 1879, at the home of his affectionate daughter; he was a hearty specimen of a jovial, warm-hearted man, with a pleasant word for ery one, and is memory will long be fondly cherished by a large circle of friends. Mr. Haines with

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As printed in The history of Warren County, Ohio .. (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.