Person:Henry Mains (1)

Henry Mains

The next [third] to make their appearance here [Beaver township] were Henry Mains and J. F. Branson. Mr. Mains, on the 17th of July, 1852, took up a claim on lot 4, section 4, and during the next year built a log-cabin thereon. He was born on the 22d day of February, 1822, in Richland county, Ohio. and is the son of Peter and Catharine (Peters) Mains. His parents moved to Park county, Indiana, in 1836, and he went with them. While there he was married, on the 27th of February, 1839, to Miss Elsie, a daughter of Jesse and Millie (Stone) Moore. Ten children have blessed this union, of which five are living and whose names are--John P., Jessie P., Samuel C., William C. and Catherine. In the spring of 1852, Mr. Mains, being seized with the Western fever, went to LaCrosse, Wisconsin, where he remained some few months when he moved hither. He has been closely identified with the interest of the township and county ever since, and is one of the largest land owners in Beaver, having some one thousand and thirty-two acres, nearly all under cultivation except some two hundred acres of timber land.

John F. Branson, a brother-in-law of Mr. Mains, came with him and located in the same neighborhood. He is a resident of Valley township at the present time. from History of Guthrie and Adair Counties