Thomas S. Haynes Sells His 300 Acres to Amos Haynes and Mary Julia Haynes Whalen
A little over two years after his grandmother Celia had given it to him, Thomas S. Haynes sold the 300 acres of land and the house and other improvements on it for $1,500 to his uncle, Amos W. Haynes, and to his cousin, Mary Julia Haynes Whalen and her husband, Michael C. Whalen. Thomas S. was getting married in November and surely needed money for the wedding and to help get his marriage off to a good start. The property description in the deed is exactly the same as in the original deed giving him the land, so this land appears on the map in the general vicinity of area (3). This deed, dated September 3, 1891, was recorded in Book P, page 625.
At this stage in the history of the Haynes place, Amos owned the upper 1,400 acres plus an undivided half interest in 300 acres or so on the river below that; Celia owned 660 acres out in the prairie; Julia and Michael Whalen owned an undivided half interest in the 300 acres or so with Amos; and Christopher’s heirs owned the lower 640 acres. Either Celia or Amos owned 700 acres or so in area (P) out in the prairie to the southwest. Celia, Amos, and Jennie probably continued to live in the house, and Mary Julia and Michael Whalen may have been living there, too, although some documents suggest that the Whalens may have been living in Victoria. Unfortunately, with the loss of the 1890 census, we’ll never know.
Why Amos would elect to own property jointly with his daughter, Mary Julia and her husband, Michael C. Whalen, is not known. Perhaps he participated in this purchase simply to allow Mary Julia to purchase the other half. Perhaps in anticipation of death, he was setting the stage for the eventual partitioning of his property among his three remaining children: Mary Julia Whalen (age 24), Blanche C. Haynes (age 14), and Richard Daniel Haynes (age 7). The latter two had been living elsewhere on the Haynes place with their mother, Julia E. Haynes, who had been divorced from Amos for about six or seven years.
A little over two years after his grandmother Celia had given it to him, Thomas S. Haynes sold the 300 acres of land and the house and other improvements on it for $1,500 to his uncle, Amos W. Haynes, and to his cousin, Mary Julia Haynes Whalen and her husband, Michael C. Whalen. Thomas S. was getting married in November and surely needed money for the wedding and to help get his marriage off to a good start. The property description in the deed is exactly the same as in the original deed giving him the land, so this land appears on the map in the general vicinity of area (3). This deed, dated September 3, 1891, was recorded in Book P, page 625.
At this stage in the history of the Haynes place, Amos owned the upper 1,400 acres plus an undivided half interest in 300 acres or so on the river below that; Celia owned 660 acres out in the prairie; Julia and Michael Whalen owned an undivided half interest in the 300 acres or so with Amos; and Christopher’s heirs owned the lower 640 acres. Either Celia or Amos owned 700 acres or so in area (P) out in the prairie to the southwest. Celia, Amos, and Jennie probably continued to live in the house, and Mary Julia and Michael Whalen may have been living there, too, although some documents suggest that the Whalens may have been living in Victoria. Unfortunately, with the loss of the 1890 census, we’ll never know.
Why Amos would elect to own property jointly with his daughter, Mary Julia and her husband, Michael C. Whalen, is not known. Perhaps he participated in this purchase simply to allow Mary Julia to purchase the other half. Perhaps in anticipation of death, he was setting the stage for the eventual partitioning of his property among his three remaining children: Mary Julia Whalen (age 24), Blanche C. Haynes (age 14), and Richard Daniel Haynes (age 7). The latter two had been living elsewhere on the Haynes place with their mother, Julia E. Haynes, who had been divorced from Amos for about six or seven years.