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WILLIAM A. HAYNES, of the firm of Haynes, Jordan & Co., dealers in grain, land, stock, coal etc., Chenoa; was born in Marshall Co., Ill., Jan. 12, 1836; he is a son of Samuel Haynes, who was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1799, and emigrated to Marshall Co., Ill., in 1835, and is now a resident of Chenoa. Mr. Haynes received a public-school education, and in 1863 started in the grain business, in Sparland, Ill.; two years later, he removed to Lacon and engaged with his brother, W. S. Haynes, in the grain and lumber trade; in 1869, he came to Chenoa and formed a partnership with R. J. Jordan, his brother, becoming a member of the firm about a year afterwards. On the burning of their elevator, in 1873, the firm embarked in banking, intending to abandon the grain business, but a favorable opportunity presenting itself, they sold out their bank and resumed the grain business in the spring of 1878. They are principally engaged in buying corn during the fall and winter and holding it for the spring market; they have had in store, during the past winter, about 250,000 bushels of corn. Mr. Haynes and his brother own four warehouses — two at Chenoa, one at Weston, and one at Meadows. They also, own about 1,300 acres of land, lying mainly in Livingston Co., besides quite an amount of town property. He has never sought official positions, and with the exception of that of School Trustee, for the past eight or nine years, has held no public office. He was married Jan. 1, 1856, to Miss Delphia Fosdick, of Marshall Co., Ill.