The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Marion Township, page 682
Franklin Haynes was born in Dutchess County, N.Y., April 7, 1823, a son of Charles and Maria Haynes. In 1826 he removed with his parents to Clinton County, Ohio, where he grew to manhood and was there married Sept. 12, 1846, to Lydia Nedry, a native of that county, born July 16, 1830. They have eleven children living--Mrs. Eva Downard, residing in Kansas; Mrs. Eliza Blanton, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Alice Christie, of Buffalo, N.Y.; Benjamin, living at home; James and Alfred, of this township; Oliver, of New Salem; Charlie, at home; Edmund, of Kansas, and Wilson and Franklin, at home. Mr. Haynes followed farming in Clinton County, Ohio, until June, 1858, with the exception of three years, when he was engaged in the mercantile trade. He then bought a farm, known as the Jim Maccoun farm, in this township, where he lived six years, and after several changes he settled on his present farm on section 31 in 1871. His farm contains 284 acres of land all of which is well cultivated and is one of the best in the township. Since his residence in the township he has been extensively engaged in buying and shipping all kinds of live stock, and his large farm is also devoted to raising stock, his son Benjamin being associated with him in the business. His shipments during the year 1884 amounted to $125,000. Politically Mr. Haynes is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Christian church. His parents came to Hendricks County and settled in Center Township in 1858 where both died, the father at the age of seventy-two years, and the mother several years later aged seventy-two years. Of their children, Charles and William live at Danville; Thomas resides in Indianapolis; Samuel in Kansas; Asa remained in Ohio; their eldest daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Howlan, and Mrs. Amanda Henson, reside in Kansas; Mrs. Mary Bowsman resides in Danville; Mrs. Almira Haines, of Clayton, this county; Enoch died in Kansas, and Mrs. Zuba Martin died in Clinton County, Ohio.