WORLD WAR I
Son of William Joseph and Anna Maria Gaines Gaines.
COLUMBIA - Maj. B. F. Gaines, 36, of Columbia, died at a Pittsburgh hospital yesterday morning after an illness of three weeks. His mother, one sister and two brothers were with him when the end came.
He was graduated with high honors at The Citadel, being the recipient of the Wilson ring for "Honor, Loyalty and Purity." After teaching school at Darlington he was a captain and commanded a company on the Mexican border and in France, being in the 30th Division. After the armistice, he was in the army of occupation. When discharged from active service he was promoted to major in the reserves. He was said to be the youngest captain on the border.
He taught engineering at the University of Florida for 6 years, during which time he received his M.A. degree from Cornell University. He spent a year studying at Oxford, England and at The Sorboune, Paris. During the past scholastic year he was working he was working on his Ph.D degree at The University of Pittsburgh which he was completing and when taken ill was making his plans to leave for Clemson College, where he had been elected to a position in the mathematics and science department.
He was born at Bradley, this state, November 22, 1894.
He is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gaines, of Columbia; two sisters, Mrs. Herbert Langford of Columbia and Mrs. C. T. McFarland of Pittsburgh, Pa; and three brothers, Rev. Joseph A. Gaines of Glasgow, Kentucky, Captain E. P. Gaines, United States Air Service, Philippine Islands and Dr. W. J. Gaines, Jr. of Richmond, Virginia.
Major Gaines was a member of the Baptist Church and was known among his associates as a man of true Christian character and kindly deeds. The news of his death will bring sorrow to his many friends.
Published in The State, September 1931
Son of William Joseph and Anna Maria Gaines Gaines.
COLUMBIA - Maj. B. F. Gaines, 36, of Columbia, died at a Pittsburgh hospital yesterday morning after an illness of three weeks. His mother, one sister and two brothers were with him when the end came.
He was graduated with high honors at The Citadel, being the recipient of the Wilson ring for "Honor, Loyalty and Purity." After teaching school at Darlington he was a captain and commanded a company on the Mexican border and in France, being in the 30th Division. After the armistice, he was in the army of occupation. When discharged from active service he was promoted to major in the reserves. He was said to be the youngest captain on the border.
He taught engineering at the University of Florida for 6 years, during which time he received his M.A. degree from Cornell University. He spent a year studying at Oxford, England and at The Sorboune, Paris. During the past scholastic year he was working he was working on his Ph.D degree at The University of Pittsburgh which he was completing and when taken ill was making his plans to leave for Clemson College, where he had been elected to a position in the mathematics and science department.
He was born at Bradley, this state, November 22, 1894.
He is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gaines, of Columbia; two sisters, Mrs. Herbert Langford of Columbia and Mrs. C. T. McFarland of Pittsburgh, Pa; and three brothers, Rev. Joseph A. Gaines of Glasgow, Kentucky, Captain E. P. Gaines, United States Air Service, Philippine Islands and Dr. W. J. Gaines, Jr. of Richmond, Virginia.
Major Gaines was a member of the Baptist Church and was known among his associates as a man of true Christian character and kindly deeds. The news of his death will bring sorrow to his many friends.
Published in The State, September 1931
WORLD WAR I
Son of William Joseph and Anna Maria Gaines Gaines.
COLUMBIA - Maj. B. F. Gaines, 36, of Columbia, died at a Pittsburgh hospital yesterday morning after an illness of three weeks. His mother, one sister and two brothers were with him when the end came.
He was graduated with high honors at The Citadel, being the recipient of the Wilson ring for "Honor, Loyalty and Purity." After teaching school at Darlington he was a captain and commanded a company on the Mexican border and in France, being in the 30th Division. After the armistice, he was in the army of occupation. When discharged from active service he was promoted to major in the reserves. He was said to be the youngest captain on the border.
He taught engineering at the University of Florida for 6 years, during which time he received his M.A. degree from Cornell University. He spent a year studying at Oxford, England and at The Sorboune, Paris. During the past scholastic year he was working he was working on his Ph.D degree at The University of Pittsburgh which he was completing and when taken ill was making his plans to leave for Clemson College, where he had been elected to a position in the mathematics and science department.
He was born at Bradley, this state, November 22, 1894.
He is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gaines, of Columbia; two sisters, Mrs. Herbert Langford of Columbia and Mrs. C. T. McFarland of Pittsburgh, Pa; and three brothers, Rev. Joseph A. Gaines of Glasgow, Kentucky, Captain E. P. Gaines, United States Air Service, Philippine Islands and Dr. W. J. Gaines, Jr. of Richmond, Virginia.
Major Gaines was a member of the Baptist Church and was known among his associates as a man of true Christian character and kindly deeds. The news of his death will bring sorrow to his many friends.
Published in The State, September 1931
Son of William Joseph and Anna Maria Gaines Gaines.
COLUMBIA - Maj. B. F. Gaines, 36, of Columbia, died at a Pittsburgh hospital yesterday morning after an illness of three weeks. His mother, one sister and two brothers were with him when the end came.
He was graduated with high honors at The Citadel, being the recipient of the Wilson ring for "Honor, Loyalty and Purity." After teaching school at Darlington he was a captain and commanded a company on the Mexican border and in France, being in the 30th Division. After the armistice, he was in the army of occupation. When discharged from active service he was promoted to major in the reserves. He was said to be the youngest captain on the border.
He taught engineering at the University of Florida for 6 years, during which time he received his M.A. degree from Cornell University. He spent a year studying at Oxford, England and at The Sorboune, Paris. During the past scholastic year he was working he was working on his Ph.D degree at The University of Pittsburgh which he was completing and when taken ill was making his plans to leave for Clemson College, where he had been elected to a position in the mathematics and science department.
He was born at Bradley, this state, November 22, 1894.
He is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gaines, of Columbia; two sisters, Mrs. Herbert Langford of Columbia and Mrs. C. T. McFarland of Pittsburgh, Pa; and three brothers, Rev. Joseph A. Gaines of Glasgow, Kentucky, Captain E. P. Gaines, United States Air Service, Philippine Islands and Dr. W. J. Gaines, Jr. of Richmond, Virginia.
Major Gaines was a member of the Baptist Church and was known among his associates as a man of true Christian character and kindly deeds. The news of his death will bring sorrow to his many friends.
Published in The State, September 1931
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