Birth 8 Jan 1856
Champaign County, Ohio.
Residence 1860
Age: 4
Johnson, Champaign, Ohio.
Residence 1870
Age: 14
Little Mackinaw, Tazewell, Illinois.
About 1878 James moved with his family by covered wagon about 600 miles from Illinois to Kansas and he settled near Kirwin, Phillips County Kansas. James traveled to Kansas with other members of his family; His mother Susan Leanora Pence, His step sister & future wife Martha Agnes Cales. His brother Moses Gaines family. His brother John Benona Gaines. His sister Lydia Ann Gaines/Hezekiah Briggs Martin Family. His sister Susan A. Gaines/John W. Johnson family. His sister Sarah Elizabeth Gaines/John Baxter Cales family & John Cales father James Cales who was his stepfather. The families took up farming on their homesteads.
Marriage to Martha Agnes Cales (his step sister) on 31 Dec 1878
Phillips County Kansas; Marriage Record Book A; Records are found on the third floor of the county courthouse in Phillipsburg, Kansas.
Residence 1880
Age: 24
Kirwin, Phillips, Kansas,
Residence 1900
Age: 44
Plum, Phillips, Kansas
Emporia Gazette, The - Emporia, Kansas, Wednesday Evening, April 8, 1908;
KANSAS FARMER SUICIDES, Agra, Kan., April 8. - James L. Gaines, a rich farmer living near here committed suicide today. He ended his life by hanging himself with a log chain. Worrying over a recently made tax statement is the given cause.
Kirwin Kansan - April 9. 1908;
Jim Gaines Commits Suicide.
Wednesday morning, between the hours of 5 and 6 o'clock, Jim Gaines of Agra committed suicide by hanging. He used a log chain for a rope. About five o'clock Mr. Gaines got up and left the house and this was the last time he was seen alive. When found he was hanging in a tree on Bruce Donovan's farm, west of where Mr. Gaines lived. Mr. Gaines was one of Phillips county's hard working and industrious farmers. Of late he had worried some and it is thought that this unbalanced his mind, causing him to do the rash act. The deed has cast a gloom over the community in which he lived, for he was a good father, kind neighbor and a friend to everybody. He leaves a wife, seven boys, two brothers, a sister and a host of friends to mourn his death. The family has the sympathy of the entire neighborhood in their sad bereavement.
Champaign County, Ohio.
Residence 1860
Age: 4
Johnson, Champaign, Ohio.
Residence 1870
Age: 14
Little Mackinaw, Tazewell, Illinois.
About 1878 James moved with his family by covered wagon about 600 miles from Illinois to Kansas and he settled near Kirwin, Phillips County Kansas. James traveled to Kansas with other members of his family; His mother Susan Leanora Pence, His step sister & future wife Martha Agnes Cales. His brother Moses Gaines family. His brother John Benona Gaines. His sister Lydia Ann Gaines/Hezekiah Briggs Martin Family. His sister Susan A. Gaines/John W. Johnson family. His sister Sarah Elizabeth Gaines/John Baxter Cales family & John Cales father James Cales who was his stepfather. The families took up farming on their homesteads.
Marriage to Martha Agnes Cales (his step sister) on 31 Dec 1878
Phillips County Kansas; Marriage Record Book A; Records are found on the third floor of the county courthouse in Phillipsburg, Kansas.
Residence 1880
Age: 24
Kirwin, Phillips, Kansas,
Residence 1900
Age: 44
Plum, Phillips, Kansas
Emporia Gazette, The - Emporia, Kansas, Wednesday Evening, April 8, 1908;
KANSAS FARMER SUICIDES, Agra, Kan., April 8. - James L. Gaines, a rich farmer living near here committed suicide today. He ended his life by hanging himself with a log chain. Worrying over a recently made tax statement is the given cause.
Kirwin Kansan - April 9. 1908;
Jim Gaines Commits Suicide.
Wednesday morning, between the hours of 5 and 6 o'clock, Jim Gaines of Agra committed suicide by hanging. He used a log chain for a rope. About five o'clock Mr. Gaines got up and left the house and this was the last time he was seen alive. When found he was hanging in a tree on Bruce Donovan's farm, west of where Mr. Gaines lived. Mr. Gaines was one of Phillips county's hard working and industrious farmers. Of late he had worried some and it is thought that this unbalanced his mind, causing him to do the rash act. The deed has cast a gloom over the community in which he lived, for he was a good father, kind neighbor and a friend to everybody. He leaves a wife, seven boys, two brothers, a sister and a host of friends to mourn his death. The family has the sympathy of the entire neighborhood in their sad bereavement.
Birth 8 Jan 1856
Champaign County, Ohio.
Residence 1860
Age: 4
Johnson, Champaign, Ohio.
Residence 1870
Age: 14
Little Mackinaw, Tazewell, Illinois.
About 1878 James moved with his family by covered wagon about 600 miles from Illinois to Kansas and he settled near Kirwin, Phillips County Kansas. James traveled to Kansas with other members of his family; His mother Susan Leanora Pence, His step sister & future wife Martha Agnes Cales. His brother Moses Gaines family. His brother John Benona Gaines. His sister Lydia Ann Gaines/Hezekiah Briggs Martin Family. His sister Susan A. Gaines/John W. Johnson family. His sister Sarah Elizabeth Gaines/John Baxter Cales family & John Cales father James Cales who was his stepfather. The families took up farming on their homesteads.
Marriage to Martha Agnes Cales (his step sister) on 31 Dec 1878
Phillips County Kansas; Marriage Record Book A; Records are found on the third floor of the county courthouse in Phillipsburg, Kansas.
Residence 1880
Age: 24
Kirwin, Phillips, Kansas,
Residence 1900
Age: 44
Plum, Phillips, Kansas
Emporia Gazette, The - Emporia, Kansas, Wednesday Evening, April 8, 1908;
KANSAS FARMER SUICIDES, Agra, Kan., April 8. - James L. Gaines, a rich farmer living near here committed suicide today. He ended his life by hanging himself with a log chain. Worrying over a recently made tax statement is the given cause.
Kirwin Kansan - April 9. 1908;
Jim Gaines Commits Suicide.
Wednesday morning, between the hours of 5 and 6 o'clock, Jim Gaines of Agra committed suicide by hanging. He used a log chain for a rope. About five o'clock Mr. Gaines got up and left the house and this was the last time he was seen alive. When found he was hanging in a tree on Bruce Donovan's farm, west of where Mr. Gaines lived. Mr. Gaines was one of Phillips county's hard working and industrious farmers. Of late he had worried some and it is thought that this unbalanced his mind, causing him to do the rash act. The deed has cast a gloom over the community in which he lived, for he was a good father, kind neighbor and a friend to everybody. He leaves a wife, seven boys, two brothers, a sister and a host of friends to mourn his death. The family has the sympathy of the entire neighborhood in their sad bereavement.
Champaign County, Ohio.
Residence 1860
Age: 4
Johnson, Champaign, Ohio.
Residence 1870
Age: 14
Little Mackinaw, Tazewell, Illinois.
About 1878 James moved with his family by covered wagon about 600 miles from Illinois to Kansas and he settled near Kirwin, Phillips County Kansas. James traveled to Kansas with other members of his family; His mother Susan Leanora Pence, His step sister & future wife Martha Agnes Cales. His brother Moses Gaines family. His brother John Benona Gaines. His sister Lydia Ann Gaines/Hezekiah Briggs Martin Family. His sister Susan A. Gaines/John W. Johnson family. His sister Sarah Elizabeth Gaines/John Baxter Cales family & John Cales father James Cales who was his stepfather. The families took up farming on their homesteads.
Marriage to Martha Agnes Cales (his step sister) on 31 Dec 1878
Phillips County Kansas; Marriage Record Book A; Records are found on the third floor of the county courthouse in Phillipsburg, Kansas.
Residence 1880
Age: 24
Kirwin, Phillips, Kansas,
Residence 1900
Age: 44
Plum, Phillips, Kansas
Emporia Gazette, The - Emporia, Kansas, Wednesday Evening, April 8, 1908;
KANSAS FARMER SUICIDES, Agra, Kan., April 8. - James L. Gaines, a rich farmer living near here committed suicide today. He ended his life by hanging himself with a log chain. Worrying over a recently made tax statement is the given cause.
Kirwin Kansan - April 9. 1908;
Jim Gaines Commits Suicide.
Wednesday morning, between the hours of 5 and 6 o'clock, Jim Gaines of Agra committed suicide by hanging. He used a log chain for a rope. About five o'clock Mr. Gaines got up and left the house and this was the last time he was seen alive. When found he was hanging in a tree on Bruce Donovan's farm, west of where Mr. Gaines lived. Mr. Gaines was one of Phillips county's hard working and industrious farmers. Of late he had worried some and it is thought that this unbalanced his mind, causing him to do the rash act. The deed has cast a gloom over the community in which he lived, for he was a good father, kind neighbor and a friend to everybody. He leaves a wife, seven boys, two brothers, a sister and a host of friends to mourn his death. The family has the sympathy of the entire neighborhood in their sad bereavement.
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