By Muriel Bristol | June 23, 2024
Charles T. Haines was born in Standish, ME, April 21, 1829, son of Charles Haines. (His information came from his death certificate, rather than himself).
Charles Haynes, a spinner in a factory, aged twenty-two years (b. ME), resided in the Hamilton, MA, household of Elijah Blaisdell at the time of the Seventh (1850) Federal Census. Blaisdell was a spinner also, aged twenty-one years (b. NH). His household, which was evidently one of factory workers, included eight spinners, including Haynes and himself, one picker, seven carders, and one carpenter.
Charles T. Haines married, perhaps in Shapleigh, ME, circa 1875, Annie Lydia Stevens. She was born in Londonderry, NH, August 25, 1839, daughter of Albert V. and Lydia A. (Sampson) Stevens. (Her father had died of consumption in Newburyport, MA, April 26, 1861, aged fifty-three years).
(The child of Charles T. and Annie L. (Stevens) Haines was: Mattie Belle Haines (1876-1957)).
Daughter Mattie Belle Haines was born in Milton Mills, December 25, 1876. Her father was a spinner.
Charles T. Haines, a spinner in woolen mill, aged forty-four years (b. ME), headed a Milton (“Milton Mills Village”) household at the time of the Tenth (1880) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Annie L. [(Stevens)] Haines, keeping house, aged forty years (b. VT), his daughter, Mattie B. Haines, at house, aged four years (b. NH), and his boarder, Mary L.B. Voter, a milliner, aged thirty-three years (b. ME). His household appeared in the enumeration between those of Henry H. Townsend, a woolen manufacturer, aged thirty-seven years (b. MA), and George E. Simes, a carpenter, aged forty-seven years (b. NH).
The Milton Selectmen of 1884 were Geo. Lyman, W.H.H. Pinkham, and C.T. Haines. The Milton Selectmen of 1885-86 were C.A. Jones, C.T. Haines, and Chas. Hayes. The Milton Selectmen of 1887 were J.H. Avery, C.T. Haines, and Chas. Hayes.
Charles T. Haines appeared in the Rochester, NH, directory of 1890, as second hand in the spinning room at the Gonic Manufacturing Company, with his house at 23 Maple street, Gonic. (Gonic (or Squanamagonic) is a village of Rochester, NH).
Charles T. Haines appeared in the Dover, NH, directory of 1892, as a Rochester, NH, resident (but also as a Milton resident).
Charles T. Haines appeared in the Dover, NH, directory of 1895, as a Rochester, NH, resident.
Daughter Mattie B. Haines married in Rochester, NH, December 25, 1895, Ernest Sumner Osborne, both of Rochester, NH. She was at home, aged nineteen years, and he was a machinist, aged twenty years. Rev. S.L. Hall performed the ceremony. Osborne was born in Rochester, NH, October 18, 1875, son of Benjamin E. and Alice S. (Hurd) Osborne.
Charles T. Haines appeared in the Rochester, NH, directory of 1900, as a spinner for the Gonic Mfg. Co., with his house at 13 Maple street, Gonic. Son-in-law Ernest S. Osborne appeared as a student at Tufts medical school, Boston, with his house at 13 Maple street, Gonic.
Mother-in-law Lydia A. (Sampson) Stevens died of a cerebral hemorrhage in South Berwick, ME, May 16, 1900, aged eighty-seven years, eleven months, and twenty-seven days. She was a widowed housekeeper.
Charles T. Haines, a spinner, aged sixty-nine years (b. ME), headed a Rochester, NH, household at the time of the Twelfth (1900) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of twenty-five years), Anna L. [(Stevens)] Haines, aged sixty years (b. VT), his daughter, Mattie B. [(Haines)] Osborne, a weaver, aged twenty-three years (b. NH), his boarders, Gustavas Norberg, a sawyer, aged thirty years (b. Sweden), and Carl Norberg, a weaver, aged twenty-three years (b. Sweden), his grandson, Carver Osborne, aged three years (b. NH). Charles Haines rented their house. Anna L. Haines was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living. Mattie B. Osborne had been married four years, and was the mother of one child, of whom one was still living.
Charles T. Haines died of tubercular laryngitis in Rochester, NH, December 22, 1901, aged seventy-two years, eight months, and twenty-one days. He was a married mill operative. He had resided in Rochester, NH, for “about” eleven years, i.e., since circa 1890, with his previous residence having been in Milton Mills.
Charles T. Hayes appeared posthumously in the Rochester directory of 1902, as a spinner for the G.M. Co. with his house at 13 Maple street, in Gonic. The Gonic Manufacturing Co. appeared as manufacturers of sacking, suitings, broadcloths, etc., on Main street, in Gonic.
Son-in-law Ernest S. Osborne of Rochester, NH, graduated from Tufts Medical School with its class of 1902 (Boston Globe, June 18, 1902). He then took “an exhausting horse and buggy ride with his family,” which family seems to have included his widowed mother-in-law, from Rochester, NH, to Dennis, MA, where he began the practice of medicine. (They would have traveled roughly one hundred fifty miles).
Charles T. Haines appeared in the Rochester, NH, directory of 1905, as being deceased.
Ernest S. Osborne, a physician (general practice), aged thirty-four years (b. NH), headed a Dennis, MA, household at the time of the Thirteenth (1910) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of fourteen years), Mattie B. [(Haines)] Osborne, aged thirty-three years (b. NH), his children, Carver H. Osborne, aged thirteen years (b. NH), and Ruth F. Osborne, aged six years (b. MA), and his mother-in-law, Anna L. [(Stevens)] Haynes, a widow, aged seventy years (b. VT). Ernest S. Osborne owned their house, with a mortgage. Mattie B. Osborne was the mother of two children, of whom two were still living.
Annie L. (Stevens) Haines died in Dennis, MA, in 1918.
Earnest S. Osborn, a doctor of medicine (gen. practice), aged forty-three years (b. NH), headed a Dennis, MA, household at the time of the Fourteenth (1920) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Mattie B. [(Haines)] Osborn, aged forty-two years (b. NH), and his children, Carver H. Osborn, aged twenty-two years (b. NH), and Ruth S. Osborn, aged fifteen years (b. MA). Earnest S. Osborn owned their house on Main Street, free-and-clear.
Ernest S. Osborne, a physician (medical), aged fifty-four years (b. NH), headed a Dennis, MA, household at the time of the Fifteenth (1930) Federal Census. His household included his wife (of thirty-four years), Mattie B. [(Haines)] Osborne, aged fifty-three years (b. NH). Ernest S. Osborne owned their house on Main Street, which was valued at $12,000. They had a radio set.
DENNIS GIRL SHOWS GAIN FROM PISTOL SHOT WOUND. DENNIS, Mass., June 16 – Dorothy Brigham, 14, daughter of Mrs. Agnes Brigham, who was burned on the left side yesterday by the discharge of a blank cartridge, is believed to be out of danger. She and Thornton Nickerson, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Nickerson, were playing together, when the pistol discharged. Dr. Ernest S. Osborne inoculated the girl against tetanus, the boy was so frightened after the accident that he threw the pistol into a quick sand bed. State trooper Orville Wesley, who investigated, found that the lad bought the pistol through a mail order house (Boston Globe, June 17, 1931).
Mrs. E.S. Osborne of West Dennis, MA, won two blue ribbons at the fifth annual flower show of the West Dennis Garden Club, August 21, 1935. She won first prizes for her entries of an Arrangement of a Single Bloom, as well as her Miniature Arrangement. She also won third prizes for her entries of Wild Flowers in any Container, and her Pink Flowers in a Blue Glass (Boston Globe, August 22, 1935).
Ernest S. Osborne, a medical doctor (physician), aged sixty-four years (b. NH), headed a Dennis, MA, household at the time of the Sixteenth (1940) Federal Census. His household included his wife, Mattie B. [(Haines)] Osborne, aged sixty-three years (b. NH). Ernest S. Osborne owned their house on Main Street, which was valued at $8,000. They had resided in the “same house” in 1935.
Maud M. (Maddox) Goodwin, daughter of Henrietta S. (Stevens) Maddox, visited with her cousin, Mattie B. (Haines) Osborne, daughter of Annie L. (Stevens) Haines, in August 1950.
Berwick News Briefs. Berwick, August 31. Mrs. Maud M. Goodwin is spending a few weeks on Cape Cod with her cousin and husband Dr. and Mrs. Ernest S. Osborne of West Dennis, Mass. (Boston Globe, September 1, 1950).
Daughter Mattie B. (Haines) Osborne died in Dennis, MA, March 21, 1957, aged eighty years.
Mrs. Ernest S. Osborne. Mrs. Mattie B. Osborne, 80, wife of Dr. Ernest S. Osborne, passed on Thursday, March 21, very suddenly at her home on Main Street. Born in Milton Mills, N.H., daughter of Charles and Annie Haines, she was graduated from the Rochester schools and had been a resident of West Dennis during the past 55 years. Mrs. Osborne was a member of West Dennis Community church, Masona chapter, O.E.S., of which she was a past matron; the White Shrine, West Dennis Pythian Sisters, and a charter member of the West Dennis Garden club. Survivors include her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Howard F. Sherman; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday in the Community church, Rev. … (Unattributed Newspaper Obituary).
Son-in-law Edward S. Osborne died in Dennis, MA, March 2, 1959, aged eighty-three years.
He Traveled Many a Country Road. Half Century of Medical Practice Ends with Death of Dr. Osborne. Dr. Ernest S. Osborne, 83, a practicing physician of Cape Cod for 57 years, died at his home on Main Street, West Dennis on Monday morning. Born in Rochester, N.H., he was the son of the late Benjamin E. and Ruth (Hurd) Osborne. He attended the local schools there and was graduated from the University of New Hampshire and Tufts Medical School. In 1895 he married Miss Mattie Belle Haines, his high school sweetheart. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Christmas Day, 1955. The couple had two children, Mrs. Howard F. Sherman (Ruth) of Needham and West Dennis and Dr. Carver Osborne, now deceased. Mrs. Osborne died two years ago. Dr. Osborne started his memorable career as a general practitioner on School Street after an exhausting horse and buggy ride with his family from New Hampshire. In 1907 they moved to the Captain Calvin Baker house on Main St. In those days the doctor’s practice included an area from Hyannis to Chatham and many times the tired doctor would become lost in a blizzard, and it would be up to the horse to find its way home. Dr. Osborne served on the staff of the Cape Cod hospital from the of its founding in 1921. Some time ago he was honored by the American Medical Association for 50 years’ membership. He was past master of the Mount Horeb Lodge, A.F. & A.M., West Harwich and attended the West Dennis Community church. Besides his daughter, Mrs. Sherman, survivors are a brother, Rev. Chales B. Osborne of Farnumsville, a half-sister, Mrs. Arthur Carl of Rochester, N.H., a half-brother, Raymond Osborne of Hyannisport, a niece, Mrs. Natalie Osborne of Farnumsville, two granddaughters, Mrs. Edward A. Crowell of South Dennis and Mrs. Kimberly T. Brown of Saundersville, R.I., and four great-grandchildren, Sandra and Carver Crowell and Kimeri and Mark Brown. A private funeral service was held yesterday at his home on Main St. followed by a Masonic service at 2:30 pm conducted by members of Mount Horeb Lodge, A.F. & A.M., West Harwich, at the West Dennis Cemetery (Dennis-Yarmouth Register, March 6, 1959).
References:
Find a Grave. (2019, February 24). Mattie B. Haines Osborne. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/197075384/mattie-b-orborne
Find a Grave. (2015, January 1). Albert Varnum Stevens. Retrieved from www.findagrave.com/memorial/140742379/albert-varnum-stevens
Thompson, Elroy S. (1928). History of Plymouth, Norfolk and Barnstable Counties, Massachusetts. Retrieved from books.google.com/books?id=V4wlAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA371
Milton Observer 