Philo came with his family to Montana from West Branch, Iowa in 1881. They homesteaded in Millstown (Miles City). He was one of the earliest students of Wesleyan University in Helena, Montana where he graduated in 1895.
Philo was a Sunday School Missionary which involved traveling thousands of miles to reach the homesteaders throughout Montana, including the towns of Columbia Falls, Helena, Stevensville, Glasgow, Fort Benton, Belt, Portage, Floweree, Carter, Loma, Cascade, Huntley, Sheridan, Forsyth, Culbertson and Great Falls.
Philo met his wife Hattie Dickinson while in Helena. They married in Missoula on May 28, 1896. In 1924 Philo was chosen to represent the Methodist churches in the state of Montana at the general conference in Massachusetts. In 1943 he became pastor of the Great Falls Westside Methodist Church. In 1945 while consulting with the church board, Philo suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.
Children of Philo and Harriet (Dickinson) Haynes:
1. Lois Cummings Haynes Hunt (1897 – 1990)
2. Charles Lamar Haynes (1899 – 1962)
3. Glenn Dickinson Haynes (1900 – 1981)
4. Emma Belle Haynes Kaiser (1903 – 1994)
5. Harriet Meyer Haynes Stromnes Sorenson (1905 – 1974)
6. Ruth Edith Haynes Davis (1909 – 1993)
7. Esther Edwina Haynes (1910 – 1978)
8. William Wesley Haynes (1912 – 1972)
Philo came with his family to Montana from West Branch, Iowa in 1881. They homesteaded in Millstown (Miles City). He was one of the earliest students of Wesleyan University in Helena, Montana where he graduated in 1895.
Philo was a Sunday School Missionary which involved traveling thousands of miles to reach the homesteaders throughout Montana, including the towns of Columbia Falls, Helena, Stevensville, Glasgow, Fort Benton, Belt, Portage, Floweree, Carter, Loma, Cascade, Huntley, Sheridan, Forsyth, Culbertson and Great Falls.
Philo met his wife Hattie Dickinson while in Helena. They married in Missoula on May 28, 1896. In 1924 Philo was chosen to represent the Methodist churches in the state of Montana at the general conference in Massachusetts. In 1943 he became pastor of the Great Falls Westside Methodist Church. In 1945 while consulting with the church board, Philo suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.
Children of Philo and Harriet (Dickinson) Haynes:
1. Lois Cummings Haynes Hunt (1897 – 1990)
2. Charles Lamar Haynes (1899 – 1962)
3. Glenn Dickinson Haynes (1900 – 1981)
4. Emma Belle Haynes Kaiser (1903 – 1994)
5. Harriet Meyer Haynes Stromnes Sorenson (1905 – 1974)
6. Ruth Edith Haynes Davis (1909 – 1993)
7. Esther Edwina Haynes (1910 – 1978)
8. William Wesley Haynes (1912 – 1972)
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