Person:Eugenia Riherd (1)

Eugenia born and reared in fairly well to do family. Being reared in the tradition of culture and plenty being proud of her family. When she reached the age of maturity, her father's wealth was lost when Cleveland went into office and probably for the first time she felt the feeling of not having everything she desired. The other children in the family were younger and never felt the loss of money as much as Eugenia who was thought to have resented this. She watched over the other children ant at nights Thy remembered her reading to them in the sitting room before they retired to their rooms. She taught elocution which today would have been speech and dramatics. At this art of teaching she was very good. During the time she was teaching she was going with a Huntsman fellow who was a school studying to be a lawyer. It is felt by Mrs. Keys they were both proud and thought a lot of themselves ant this may have been the reason for their breakup.

Eugenia married Ira E. haines a man older than herself and thought by everyone a poor match for anyone so proud, religious and so conscious of her family being Riherds and Taylors, as she was. Ira was a good man and a nice looking man but he wanted to farm down on the river bottoms near Scottsville. Thinking they could obtain a nice farm and with her teaching school and him working they could have a nice farm. Doing the work he liked and desired. Eugenia would hear of none of this she was going to live in town where she was used to living.

Mr.Riherd at this time was recovering his wealth through his lumber mills and gave Eugenia a house and a horse and carriage so she could live in town. Shortly after Mr. Riherd died leaving his large family and again Eugenia helped with her family looking after the children.

At the tragic illness of her son Fred and the taking of Mr. Haines life it was felt by her sister she was humbled a little but not much. The family has always felt if Eugenia could have tried to bring Mr. Haines out in public such as to church where Eugenia taught Sunday School and was a devout member that maybe as Mr. Haines got older he would not have been so prone to read under the tree so much, thus get so despondent that he would have been able to cope with life but who can tell what went on in the home that none know about.

Eugenia moved her two boys to Utah where Don the eldest had moved and married and from there she and the two boys went to California.

Eugenia loved her boys as devoutly and as possessively as she did her religion and background. She never forgot she was a Riherd and Kentucky blue blood or Baptist.

Until her death her boys kept her and revered her as their mother.

Eighty seven year old Maria Atwood Haines, sister in law of Ira, stated that she went with Ira before she married his brother Tom. She held Ira in high regard and spoke lovingly of him. She stated that when he was twenty years 6-8 months. He helped fight a forest fire and was surrounded by the fire for five and a half days and when they found him he was mentally ill. The Haines family kept him at home until he recovered.

1. ↑ Personal knowledge of Rita Annette (Haines) Solorio.
2. ↑ Personal knowledge of Rita Annette (Haines) Solorio.
3. ↑ Funeral program.

   IN MEMORY OF
   EUGENIA HAINES
   
   Native of kentucky
   Passed Away May 17, 1959
   
   Services Held at Rainbow Chapel
   May 23rd at 1:00 p.m.
   
   Officiant
   Dr.Charles R. Bell, Jr.

4. ↑ Personal knowledge of James S. Haines.
5.   Personal knowledge of James S. Haines.