Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Hains, William 1842 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   WILLIAM HAINS, a native of Coshocton County, Ohio, was born January 16, 1842,
and is the next youngest of seven children born to Daniel and Sarah (Foster)
Hains. His father was a native of the "Keystone State," and a farmer by
occupation, both of whom are now dead. William Hains was raised on his parents'
farm, received but a common schooling in his youth, and August 15, 1862,
enlisted as a private in the ranks of Company H, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. If ever soldier deserved praise and honor for gallant and meritorious
services, William Hains should not be forgotten in this respect. After leaving
Camp Zanesville in October, 1862, his regiment started on the Cumberland
campaign, their first important battle being at Stone River. Succeeding this,
Mr. Hains was a participant in the engagements of Murfreesboro to Tullahoma,
Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, besides various
smaller battles; 8 o'clock P. M., on the 17th of June, 1864, after the rebel
rifle pits had been taken at Kenesaw Mountain, he was shot by a minie ball
between the shoulder and elbow of the left arm, and after fourteen hours'
waiting, his arm was amputated near the shoulder joint. His brother, Samuel
Hains, was wounded in the right elbow at this same battle. This effectually put
an end to his further military career, and resulted in his discharge December
17, 1864. Mr. Hains returned to Ohio, farmed three years and was married May 5,
1865, to Mary J. Markley. They removed to Greene County, Ind., in 1868, and
farmed until 1876, when they came to Bloomfield and embarked in merchandising.
In two years, Mr. Hains sold out and operated a dray until the fall of 1883,
when he established himself in the restaurant business, which he has since
successfully continued. He is a stanch Republican, owns eighty acres of land in
Taylor Township, besides town property; he and wife are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and parents of three children—Mary M., Agnes and Asbury.

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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