Mrs. Charity Thornberg, 316 South 10th; Samuel A. Welch, 300 South 3rd; and Jediah P. Haines, of Lafayette Street, are now entertaining their long-separated brothers and sisters-in-law, Henry Haines and wife, of Toledo, O., Thomas L. Haines and wife and son Mervin, of Conneaut, Ohio, and John F. Haines and wife and son Harold, of Ellwood City, Pa. The brothers and Mrs. Thornburg are the sons and daughter of Thomas and Emeline Haines, deceased, who resided in Reading for many years and are well-remembered by older residents of this city.
Mr. Haines was better known in the city as "Sailor Haines." He was a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars and one of the organizers of the G.A.R. He appeared in a sailor's uniform in parades in which the G.A.R. participated. He was one of the oldest members of the Junior Fire Company, and the Mt. Penn Lodge, K. of P., of this city. After the death of his wife, in 1876, he moved west with his four younger sons, Henry, John, Thomas L. and George (the latter of whom is expected soon from Youngstown, O.), and all have grown to manhood without scarcely knowing that they had two brothers and a sister still living in Reading.
The remains of Mr. Haines, who died June 23, of this year, were removed from the National Military Home, at Dayton, Ohio, to this city by his sons and interred alongside of his wife in Aulenbach's cemetery by Undertaker Auman. The children recently purchased a beautiful monument and had it placed at the head of their parents' graves. It was made by the Eckhardt Monumental Company, of Toledo, Ohio, and is acknowledged to be one of the finest in the cemetery.
Submitted by: Harrison
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