Portrait and biographical album of Sangamon County, Illinois . his mother tongue,and he is well equipped for presenting matters tothe citizens of the township. For four successiveyears he was retained in the position of TownshipCollector, and was then elected Township Assessor,an office in which ha is now serving. He votes theDemocratic ticket, and belongs to Equity Lodge,F. M. B. A., in Salisbury, and is an active memberof the Lutheran Church in Springfield. <i||ACOB HAYNES. Asa farmer of , forethought and prudence, who manages^_ I his affairs with wisdom and discretion, ouri(^
Portrait and biographical album of Sangamon County, Illinois . his mother tongue,and he is well equipped for presenting matters tothe citizens of the township. For four successiveyears he was retained in the position of TownshipCollector, and was then elected Township Assessor,an office in which ha is now serving. He votes theDemocratic ticket, and belongs to Equity Lodge,F. M. B. A., in Salisbury, and is an active memberof the Lutheran Church in Springfield. <i||ACOB HAYNES. Asa farmer of , forethought and prudence, who manages^_ I his affairs with wisdom and discretion, ouri(^j/l subject has been no unimportant factor inadvancing the material welfare of Auburn Town-sliip, whicli has been his home for more than twentyjears. He was born in Preble County, Ohio,March 16, 1840. He was only six 3ears old whenhis parents brought him to Illinois. They locatedamong the pioneers of Jersey County, where helived until he was twenty-eight years old. In the jear 1868 our subject took up his resi-dence in Auburn Township, this county, and ever. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. 671 since tlien he has been actively engacjed in agri-culture iiere and has placed hitnself among thebest farmers and stock-raisers of the township. Heowns two hundred acres of ricli and highly produc-tive land, which he lias brouglit to a high state oftillage, and on wliich he has placed many valuableimprovements. He has a and comfortable setof buildings and here he and his family have one ofthe coziest of homes. Our subject has been fortunate in his marriedlife, as in his wife to whom he was wedded in Ma-coupin County, 111., lie secured a helpmate andcompanion who has worked faithfully by his sideand has contributed her share to his Haynes was formerly Rebecca E. was born in Jersey County, III. .July 17, 1843,and was carefully trained in all that goes to makea good housewife. Her marriage with our subjecthas brought to them one child, whom they havenamed
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