Haynes, Joel Jefferson   The funeral of J J.Haynes, a pioneer citizen of
Eldon for over  85 years and a good man in the community, was held at
the Christian Church Memorial Day in the afternoon and attended by a
large crowd of relatives and friends.  Rev. A. L. Alexander, the pastor,
conducted the services and the body was taken to the Eldon cemetery to
be placed by the grave of Mrs. Haynes.
   Joel Jefferson Haynes was born November 17, 1845 on a farm just south
of Eldon city limits where he spent nearly all his life.  He  departed
this life at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. G. Jemphrey, May 28, ____.
  Mr. Haynes was the son of Martin Haynes and Margaret Hinds Haynes. He
was married to Anna M. Miller January 19, 1868.  To them eight children
were born.  One, John Haynes, passed away when a young  man.  The seven
living are; Mrs. G. D. Walker, Ollie Haynes, Miss Belle Haynes, Mrs. H G
Jemphrey, and Gaylord Haynes of Eldon, Mrs. Leslie Yarger, of Madill,
Oklahoma, and Mrs. Roy Lumpkin of Des Moines, Iowa .
   When 22 years old Mr. Haynes united with the Christian Church at
Mount Pleasant and later was a founder and charter member of the First
Christian Church at Mount Pleasant and later was a founder and charter
member of the First Christian Church of Eldon.
  Mr. Haynes was a man who stood four-square for his convictions of
right and a man whose integrity and honesty, was an asset to whatever
organization he chose to belong.   He was careful and conservative in
business and aside from being a director in the Bank of Eldon he had not
taken much interest in business for years and devoted his time to his
farm where he had spent  practically  all of his useful life..  With the
building of the Rock Island railroad through Eldon a part of the farm
became a portion of the  city and greatly increased the remaining
portion which he kept for the old home.
   When Mr. Haynes was a boy plowing  in Miller County was done with a
wooden mould board plow and wheat was threshed with a  flail or by
treading on threshing floor.  The grain was bolted by hand in a small
stone mill.  Biscuits were considered a luxury and were cooked only on
Sunday or special occasions.  They were blue in color and contained
considerable grit from the stones between which they were ground.
Clothes were made from wool raised and spun on the farm.