Henry Jines

    Henry Jines, farmer, Monroe Township, is the son of Silas Jines; the latter born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 8, 1812, and came to Ohio, when 19 years of age, wit his father's family. They lived there but two years, when they came to Indiana and settled in Jefferson County, Monroe Township, in 1835.

    His father's name was Jacob Jines; was a brave soldier in the Revolutionary War, and while marching to meet General Ross, was shot by two young Britishers; and he was a celebrated pioneer preacher, as well as an expert fiddler before he began to preach; he organized Big Creek Church, and helped to build up Marble Church, both in Monroe Township.

    Silas Jines was a soldier in the 6th Reg. Indiana Volunteers during the Rebellion, as were his two sons, Henry, the subject of this sketch, and William, who were in the 22nd Reg. Indiana Volunteers, as musicians.

    Mr. Silas Jines was a prominent free-soiler abolitionist in the days that it took courage, both moral and physical, to stand for the principles avouched by those parties. He was a conductor, and his house a station, on the Underground Railroad.

    Henry Jines, subject of this sketch, was born February 27, 1839, in Hamilton County, Ohio, and came to Indiana in 1842, with his father, Silas Jines.

    He was raised in a cooper shop, and received a very limited education. On July 4, 1861, he enlisted as a musician in the 22nd Reg. Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until discharged on August 22, 1864. He was in all the thirty-two battles of his regiment except Pea Ridge, at which time he had small-pox. He enlisted as a private in the 16th Mounted Infantry (Indiana Troops) stationed at New Orleans, Louisiana; he served in this regiment eight months, when he was transferred to the 13th Indiana Cavalry, under Johnson, on the 19th day of June, 1865. He was honorably discharged from the service of his country on the 13th day of November, 1865.

    On the 6th day of December, 1865, he was married to Kesiah Kirk, daughter of Joseph Kirk, a Virginian, who came to Kentucky, and then to Indiana, in an early day. The result of this union was six children, viz: James F., Fanny L. J., Hester A., Levina L., Jacob J. and George W.

    Mr. Jines is postmaster at Faulkner; is a charter member of John A. Hendricks Post, G. A. R., and was Adjutant of the Post three years and Surgeon one, and now this year Junior Vice Commander. He owns nineteen acres of land.

    It would seem that a vein of martial music ran through the blood of the Jines family, as the tow paternal great-grandfathers of Henry Jines and Dean were fifers in the Revolutionary War; then, jumping over two generations, Henry and his brother William served as fifers in the late war, serving four years one month and sixteen days.

Source: Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana. By John M. Gresham & Co., 1889.