This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gaines, Harnon, Sweazea Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SeB.2ACE/777 Message Board Post: History of Southeast Missouri, Goodspeed 1880, pg. 829, Bollinger Co., MO HENRY GAINES Henry Gaines, a prosperous blacksmith and farmer of Bollinger Mills, Mo., was born in Giles County, Tenn., in 1842, and is a son of William H. and Martha Ann (Harnon) Gaines. William H. Gaines was a native of Virginia, born in 1817. He emigrated from his native State to Tennessee and from thence to Missouri. While in Tennessee he was married, his wife being a native of that State, born in 1826. They have eight children. Henry is the eldest child. He early learned the blacksmith's trade with his father, and has since followed it very successfully. He came to Missouri with his parents, and in 1844 married Sarah Sweazea, a native of Bollinger County, Mo., born in 1i842 of German-Irish parentage. During the Civil War, Henry Gaines was one of those brave Union men who shouldered arms and risked their lives to save their distressed country. He enlisted in the Third Missouri Volunteers, and remained in the service almost four years, being mustered out at St. Louis. Rejoic! ing in the preservation of the Union, he returned home, and has since enjoyed a quiet and peaceful domestic life. For the last three years, he has been working at his trade at Bollinger Mills, and as he is the only blacksmith shop in the place, he is doing a good business. He also owns a farm of 196 acres which he superintends. Mr. and Mrs. Gaines have five children: Emma, Ella, Andrew, Henry, and Martha. In politics, Mr. Gaines is a stauch Republican. He and family are consistent members of the General Baptist Church.