James O Haines was born in Ohio in 1845. He was the youngest child of Chalkley Haines and Sarah Morgan Haines. After the death of James's father in 1852, the family moved to Iowa. In 1871, James, his mother, and most of his siblings moved to Oregon. After 1910, James moved to Okanogan County, Washington where he died in 1926.

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1850 - Census, James O Haines, 4 years old, living in Butler Township, Columbiana County, Ohio with parents, Chalkley (46), farmer, and Sarah E (48), and siblings, Joseph W (19), farmer, Benj L (15), Eli J (12), Robt M (11), Matilda T (9), and Thomas C (7):

*"United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXSY-XK7 : Thu Mar 14 00:20:05 UTC 2024), Entry for Chalkley Haines and Sarah E Haines, 1850.

1870 - Census, James O Haines, 24 years old, farmer, living in Le Grand Township, Marshall County, Iowa with mother, Sarah E (68), siblings, Eli J (33), farmer, Matilda T (29), and Thomas C (28), teacher:

*"United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVK-BQB : Tue Mar 05 07:24:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Sarah E Haines and Eli J Haines, 1870.

1880 - Census, James O Haines, 34 years old, farm laborer, living in Lake Oswego, Clackamas County, Oregon with mother, Sarah (77), and siblings, Eli J (42), laborer, Matilda T (40), and Thomas C (38):

*"United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCV-PGW : Sun Mar 10 02:08:26 UTC 2024), Entry for James O. Haines and Eli J. Haines, 1880.

1926 - Death records of James O Haines confirming birth and death dates:

*"Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FFL-KXQL : 18 July 2022), J O Haines, 1926.

*"Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQM7-9PY : 10 March 2018), J. O. Haines, 08 Aug 1926; citing Okanogan, Washington, reference 100, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,022,314.