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Henry Haines : ウィキペディア英語版 | Henry Haines Henry Stevens Haines (November 21, 1836 - November 3, 1923), was an accomplished engineer, a Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and an important developer of railroads in the South. He played an essential role in the development of the Plant System of railroads. Haines City, Florida is named after him. Lake Haines, on the Chain of Lakes in Winter Haven, Florida is also named after him. ==Personal life== Henry Haines was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts. However, he grew up in Savannah, Georgia. At age 21, he married Elizabeth J. Owens from Charleston, South Carolina. They had four children together. After his first wife died from illness, Haines married Anna H. Davies, daughter of a prominent Episcopalian Bishop from Michigan. They had one child together. Haines continued to work actively on the railroad until age 58. After retiring he spent several years traveling Europe.〔Reynolds, Kelly; Henry Plant: Pioneer Empire Builder; Florida Historical Society; 2003; p.176; http://books.google.com/books?id=MwXrAldLizEC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false〕 Col. Haines died shortly before his 87th birthday, having lived to an unusually old age for that time.
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