Oscar E. Haynes
"Lumbo Farm," Sims Township
Home of Oscar E. Haynes and Family.
One of the large farmers of Grant County, Indiana, who is also a native of this county, is Oscar E. Haynes, of Sims Township. He has spent his life in his present occupation and although he is now only in his prime he has devoted himself to his vocation with so much energy and industry that he is now one of the most prosperous farmers in the township. He is a man of many friends and is highly respected for his honesty and strength of character.
The father of Oscar E. Haynes was William H. Haynes, who was born in the State of Virginia. He came to Indiana with his parents in 1848 when he was nine years of age. They located in Wabash County, and his father entered land in Richland Township, where he lived until his death. William H. Haynes grew up on his father's farm and received little education, for educational facilities in those days were very poor. He married Miss Anna Rife, who was born in Logan County, Ohio, and came with her parents to Indiana at the age of seventeen years. She was well educated for the time and was a teacher. William H. Haynes became a farmer and has so continued throughout his life. He and his wife are both living in Pleasant Township. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hayes, as follows:
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Cora, who is the wife of Samuel Frantz, of Wabash County, Indiana.
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Oscar E.
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Minnie, who is unmarried and lives at home.
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Charles, who is married and lives in Richland Township.
Oscar E. Haynes was born in Pleasant Township, Grant County, Indiana, on the 15th of January, 1869. He grew up on this farm, attending the common schools of the township. He remained at home until he was of age and then he worked at farming by the year. This continued until his marriage, a period off our years. Since that time he has been farming for himself. He and wife now own 162 acres of land in Sims Township, the larger share of which has been put under cultivation by Mr. Haynes himself. Their farm, which is known as the Lumbo Farm, is located on Sections 11 and 14, two miles north and a half mile east of Swayzee, Indiana, on the Shanahan Pike. Mr. Haynes operates a modern farm, engaged in general farming and stock raising, and in addition to other modern improvements he is the owner of a Haynes automobile. He is a stockholder in the Farmers' Trust & Savings Co., of Marion, Indiana, and his wife is a stockholder in the Sweetser State Bank at Sweetser, Indiana.
Mr. Haynes is a member of the Republican party, and he and his family are members of the Church of the Brethren, he being one of the trustees of the church.
It was in 1894 that Mr. Haynes was married to Miss Amanda Minnick, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Minnick, both deceased. She was reared in Richland Township, Grant county, and after being graduated from the township schools, attended Mount Morris College in Illinois. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Haynes:
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Ira, who is a graduate of the common schools and of Swayzee High School, was born on the 15th of May, 1896.
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Walter, who has been graduated from the grammar school and is now through his third year in the high school.
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Ralph, who is eighty years of age.
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Jason, who is four years old.
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Susan, who was born on July 1, 1912.
Centennial History of Grant County Indiana 1812-1912. The Lewis Publishing Co., 1914