Thomas L. Haynes

HAYNES, LESTER, ROBINSON

Posted By: Diane (email)
Date: 2/24/2002 at 21:09:15

Thomas L. Haynes, of the firm of Haynes Brothers, is a son of Thomas and Hannah (Lester) Haynes, and was born in England on the 29th day of March, 1849. When he was eleven years of age his parents came to the United States. They first located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but after living there a short time, left for Waukesha county, where they resided for many years.
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In 1869 Thomas left home and engaged in milling at different points for the space of ten years, after which time he and his brother William bought the Rockland Mill at Shell Rock, Iowa, and here he has since lived. He was married in the year 1880, to Miss Kate Robinson, who is a native of Menasha, Wisconsin. Mr. Haynes is a Master Mason, a member of Escollop Lodge, No. 263.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page: 712