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John Haines Collection

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

735 THL

SCOPE/CONTENT: The collection contains several articles by John Haines, as well as articles on various subjects by other authors. There are also materials relating to the genealogy of the Bumgardner, Elosses, Fagan, and Haines family, as well as a 19th Century Bible which had been owned by Mary Elosses. (2 boxes) Last updated 06/08.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: John Haines is a native of Winchester, VA.

CITE AS: John Haines Collection 735 Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

BOX 1

Bumgardner Family Material

Elosses, Fagan, Haines Family Tree, compiled by John Haines Jr., December, 2006

Elosses, Fagan, Haines Family Tree, -- articles and background materials

Holiday Cards – 1914

Red Lion Tavern and the Haines family – articles and background materials

Mary Elizabeth Elosses Bible – born, November 21, 1865, died November, 1949, no family information is listed in the Bible

BOX 2

Articles by John Haines Jr. – 20th Century

The Reformation in Switzerland, unknown author

Rouss Fire Hall

Stobo, Robert, Virginia Militiaman Sentenced to Death as Spy in Canada, from The Most Extraordinary Adventures of Major Robert Stobo, by Robert C. Alberts, Houghton – Mifflins Co., 1965

Things and Thoughts Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, July-August, 1901