Wayne County Biographies



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Joshua W. Haines

Joshua W. Haines was born in Burlington County, N. J., in 1815, a son of Joshua W., and grandson of Joseph Haines, of English and Welsh descent. He was reared on a farm and acquired a fair education at Westtown College, a Quaker school, twenty-four miles from Philadelphia. In early manhood he taught school, and in 1840 taught the second school in the Academy at Dublin, Wayne County, Ind. He subsequently was connected with mercantile pursuits in Trenton, N. J., and Philadelphia, Pa. In 1851 he came to Richmond, and established the first dry-goods store on the cash system in Richmond. He continued in business till 1875 when he retired from the trade, but in 1878 became again engaged in business. In 1880 his son took the stock to Muncie, Ind., and Mr. Haines is now living a retired life. In 1852 he was married to Mary Parry, a native of Burlington County, N. J., and a daughter of John R. and Letitia Penn (Smith) Parry. Her mother was a sister of Senator Oliver H. Smith, of Indiana. The Parry family are of Welsh extraction. Mr. and Mrs. Haines have had three children — Parry, Letitia, wife of Jason Evans Cook, and Francenian H, wife of Dr. Frank C. Dale, U. S.A.

Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2