The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . s he wasengaged in general farming and stock-deal-ing, but since 1883 has lived retircil in In-dianola, where he has a commodious andpleasant home. His circle of acquaintancesis a wide one and all who know him are gladto claim the friendship of this honored man. Mr. Gaines is a native of Ohio, his birthha\ing occurred in Clark county, nearSouth Charleston. July _8. 1823. Hisparents were Alexander and Mary (Chris-pin) Gaines, the former a native of \ir-ginia and tiie latter of New Jersey. TheChrispin family was of German lineage andthe (ia
The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . s he wasengaged in general farming and stock-deal-ing, but since 1883 has lived retircil in In-dianola, where he has a commodious andpleasant home. His circle of acquaintancesis a wide one and all who know him are gladto claim the friendship of this honored man. Mr. Gaines is a native of Ohio, his birthha\ing occurred in Clark county, nearSouth Charleston. July _8. 1823. Hisparents were Alexander and Mary (Chris-pin) Gaines, the former a native of \ir-ginia and tiie latter of New Jersey. TheChrispin family was of German lineage andthe (iaines family in America is descendedfrom Irish ancestry and was represented inthe patriot army during the war of the Rev-olution. Benjamin P. Gaines, the grandfa-ther of oin- subject, went to Ohio in pioneertimes, becoming one of the first settlers ofGreene county. He was a shoemaker bytrade and \\ould travel from house to house,making shoes for an entire family, and thenproceed to the next house on his farmer would take his hides to the tan-. FRANCIS GAINES. THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 289 ner, returning home with the tanned leath-er, preparatory to the visit of the shoemak-er. Benjamin P. Gaines hved to be aboutseventy-five years of age and followed histrade to the last. Alexander Gaines spent his entire lifein Greene county, Ohio. Settling in themidst of a heavily timbered district he be-gan to clear a farm. He did not follow thecultivation of grain to any extent but gavehis attention to the cattle business, firstmaking his purchases in Ohio and later inIndiana and Illinois. He would come tothis state, purchase two or three hundredhead of cattle and then- drive them to theeast, selling in the markets of either Ohio orPennsylvania. lie continued to engage ac-tively in the cattle business until seventy-five years of age, when he retired to pri-vate life, having in the meantime removedto Cedarville, Greene county, Ohio, wherehis last days were passed. He died Sep-teml>e
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