In 1838, Jacob Hainline, a native of Kentucky, came to this township, and entered a farm of 320 acres, on section 17, erecting a cabin on the northwest quarter, where he lived until his death, in 1865.  The remains were interred in the cemetery, just south of the town of Blandinsville.  Mr. Hainline was born in Montgomery county, Kentucky, in 1789, where he resided until coming to this township.  He was married to Celia Cockerel, a native of Kentucky.  Eight children were born to them, five of whom still reside in this county, Mrs. Hainline making her home with the children here. Mr. Hainline was a great hunter, free-hearted and generous to a fault, and his death was greatly regretted by all who knew him.

Deceased was born in East Tennessee, in the year 1794.  When but five years of age, she moved with her parents to Fayette county, Kentucky, making the trip across the Cumberland mountains on a pack-horse.  Her maiden name was Cockerel, their family consisting of seven or eight sisters and one brother.  The brother moved to Missouri, married, and is the father of General Cockerel, now representing Missouri in the United States senate.  Deceased grew to womanhood and was married to Jacob Hainline.  Soon after they moved to Montgomery county, where they lived until [1836 ? 1838 ?], and where all her children were born.  In that year, with her husband and family, and in company with George Hainline (a brother of her husband) and his wife (who was a sister of the deceased) and their family of grown-up sons and daughter, they left their Kentucky home and started for the then wild state of Illinois, their destination being McDonough county, where John Hainline (another brother) and family had gone two years previously, and had written back in glowing colors the glory of the young "Sucker State," with its boundless prairies and inexhaustable soil.  After arriving here, the husband of deceased located on "Rock Creek," now Hire township, while the other brother, George, settled on "Spring Creck," now Emmet township.  In their "Rock Creek" home they resided nearly forty years, until her husband died, which was some ten or more years ago.  Since the decease of her husband, Mrs. Hainline has lived with her married children, alternating from one to another.  Although at the advanced age of ninety years, she kept her faculties in a remarkable degree well up to the date of her death, which came simply through the machinery of life wearing out.  The surviving children of Mrs. Hainline are her sons Jesse, George, Solomon and Jacob, all residents of Hire township, John R. who lives in Kirksville, Mo., and her daughter Susan, wife of Wm. Hardesty, Esq., of Blandinsville township. One son, Hiram Hainline, a well-known stock dealer of Hire township, died in 1870.  Nearly fifty years ago, Jacob, George and John Hainline, with their wives, sons and daughters, came with the army of pioneers that settled in our now great State.  They were middle-aged then, their children young men and women. They grew old, and one by one have died, until, by the death of the subject of this notice, the last of their generation passes from earth.  Their children are old men and women now (a number having died), their grand-children are middle-aged, and their great-grand-children are grown men and women. Thus do the generations of the children of men arise, live and pass from earth.

Both Jacob and Celia are buried at South Cemetery, Hire Township, McDonough County, just south of Blandinsville.

The inscription on Jacob's tombstone is said to include a death date of September 25, 1864, and age at death, 75 years, 3 months, 10 days.  This calculates to a birth date of June 15, 1789.

Celia's maiden name is found with several spelling variations, including Cockerel, Cockrell, Cockrill and Cockerell.  The obituary stated that she was born in 1794 and died on February 7.  Her tombstone is said to bear the dates October 5, 1799, February 9, 1885.  This obituary is the first and only record we've seen that preserved the interesting detail of the family's trip from Tennessee to Kentucky.  

See also:

Jacob Hainline (son) Solomon D. Hainline (son)

Household of Jacob Hainline
Males 0 thru 4 - 1
Males 5 thru 9 - 2
Males 10 thru 14 - 2
Males 30 thru 39 - 1
Females 5 thru 9 - 1
Females 40 thru 49 - 1
Total - 8
Persons employed in agriculture - 1

Jacob Humbard [sic], 59, male, farmer, value of real estate 1500, born KY
Sarah [sic], 54, female, born KY
Hyrum, 25, male, farmer, born KY
George, 21, male, farmer, born KY
Perlina, 18, female, born KY, attended school within the year
Jacob, 14, male, born KY, attended school within the year

Jacob Hainline, 71, male, farmer, born KY
Celia, 61, female, born KY

Hainline, Jacob, white, male, 43, married, farmer, born KY, both parents born KY
Catharine, white, female, 40, wife, married, keeps house, born MO, both parents born KY
Ella, white, female, 16, daughter, single, at home, attended school within the year, born IL, father born KY, mother born MO
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Ada, white, female, 15, daughter, single, at school, attended school within the year, born IL, father born KY, mother born MO
Agnes, white, female, 10, daughter, single, at school, attended school within the year, born IL, father born KY, mother born MO
Gracie, white, female, 5, daughter, single, at school, attended school within the year, born IL, father born KY, other born MO
Ermine, white, female, 3, daughter, single, born IL, father born KY, mother born MO
Celia, white, female, 86, mother, widow, born KY, both parents born KY