A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work . Americain 1635, and settled at Sudbury, Massachusetts. Theywere Puritanic in their ideas, and were noted for hardi-hood of character and strength of mind. Ilis mother,Achsah March, was born in October, 1792, at Mill-bury, Massachusetts, and was a relative of BishopChase, the uncle of Chief Justice Chase. She died inJuly, 1870, six years after the death of her had fourteen children, eleven of whom lived tobecome very useful and


A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work . Americain 1635, and settled at Sudbury, Massachusetts. Theywere Puritanic in their ideas, and were noted for hardi-hood of character and strength of mind. Ilis mother,Achsah March, was born in October, 1792, at Mill-bury, Massachusetts, and was a relative of BishopChase, the uncle of Chief Justice Chase. She died inJuly, 1870, six years after the death of her had fourteen children, eleven of whom lived tobecome very useful and distinguished members of soci-ety. Mrs. Everett, one of the daughters, was ten yearsin Turkey as a missionary; another daughter, Catherine,was three years connected with Robert College, at Con-stantinople, as matron of that institution ; while a thirdhas also done some missionary work in Turkey. .JudgeHaynes prepared for college at Monson (Massachusetts)Academy, and took a literary course at Phillips Acad-emy, Andover, Massachusetts. He commenced thestudy of law with Hon. Linus Child, at Southbridge,in the same state. In September, 1843, he removed. //?^ (/^a^/itc^ nth Dist.] REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF INDIANA. 21 West, resumed the study of law, with lion. WalterMarch, of Muncie, Indiana, where he had charge ofthe Delaware County Seminary, and was admitted tothe bar in March, 1844. At the age of twenty-seven,in December, 1S44, he went to Portland, where he com-menced the practice of his profession. In 1846 he mar-ried Miss Hilinda S. Haines. He was appointed schoolcommissioner in 1846, to fill a vacancy made by the res-ignation of Wilson Milligan. In August of the sameyear he was elected to that office, and served for twoyears; he was appointed school in 1848, whichoffice he filled for four years. In 1856 he was electedJudge of the Common Pleas Court. In 1S60 the dis-trict was enlarged so as to consist of the counties ofRandolph, Delaware, Jay, and Blackford, for whichdist


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