FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Friday, January 21, 1916 DIES IN CALIFORNIA John McCreary Gaines, formerly a well known citizen of Farmington, who for the past twenty-five years has been living in California, died Friday night, Jan. 14, at his home in Riverside, that State. Deceased was about 75 years old, and death followed a lingering illness. Of a family of eight children, only one, Henry P. Gaines, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., is now living. The family originally lived in St. Francois county. Mrs. J. L. Snider, Mrs. Merrill Pipkin, Mrs. Clarence Norwine, Mrs. Ed Cole and Mrs. J. A. Dunn are nieces. Mr. Gaines was a man of honest convictions and did always what he thought was right. His funeral and interment will occur Sunday at Riverside.