He and his wife became the parents of the following children: Thomas (who is a stock-raiser of Colorado), Hiram (who died at the early age of eighteen years, and is buried in Illinois), Jacob (was married and farming in Texas at the time of his death, at the age of twenty-four years), Henry (who was married and died when twenty-five years of age), Lucinda (the wife of William Burfit, a carpenter and joiner, resides in Illinois), Celia (is the wife of Albert Hingate, a farmer of Illinois), Elizabeth (who was married, died in Illinois at the age of twenty-two years), Jesse (who is a gold miner of Colorado), Merica (the wife of Elijah Dill, a farmer of Illinois), Charles (who is married and engaged in tilling the soil in Illinois) and Andrew J. The subject of this sketch, and the eldest of the family, obtained his early education in the old subscription schools, acquiring a sufficient knowledge to fit him for the practical duties of life, and he has always been a stanch supporter of schools, serving twenty years as a school director in his district, a considerable portion of this time acting as president of the board. When nineteen years of age he bravely entered the service of " Uncle Sam," becoming a member of Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Illinois Infantry Volunteers, Third Division and Seventeenth Army Corps, and was mustered into service at Camp Butler, Springfield, Ill., September 10, 1862, being assigned to duty under Gen. U. S. Grant, of the Army of the Mississippi Valley. His regiment was actively engaged in the following battles and actions: Port Gibson, Champion's Hill, siege of Vicksburg, charge of Fort Hill, Miss., and was in several severe skirmishes under Gen. McPherson during the campaign of 1863-64. His regiment was awarded the Excelsior Prize January, 1864, presented by Brig.-Gen. Leggert, then commander of the Third Division, and was afterward in the engagements at Benton, Jackson Cross Roads, and after being transferred to the Sixteenth Army Corps February 25, 1865, he was at the siege of Spanish Fort, and was held in reserve at the charge of Fort Blakeley. His company was mustered out of service August 15, 1865, at Chicago, Ill., and Mr. Hainline immediately returned home, where he was engaged in farming until June, 1866, when he came to Story County, Iowa, and has here identified himself with every good work. His farm comprises 120 acres, all of which is capable of being tilled, and all this has been brought about by his own earnest and consistent endeavor. He has always been a Republican politically, and socially belongs to Tabernacle Lodge at Cambridge of the A. F. & A. M., being a Master Mason. He is a member of Ersland Post No. 234, of the G. A. R., and holds the position of "officer of the day." He has always contributed of his means to worthy enterprises, such as schools, churches, etc., and has ever proved himself a man of sound judgment and strict integrity. He was married to Miss Sarah Groseclose, who was born in Indiana, and reared and educated in Iowa, their marriage taking place on the 7th of November, 1866, and to them a, family of eight children were born: Luna (a teacher in the public schools of Story County), Charles (who died at the age of three years), Samuel (who is living at home with his parents, and is following the life of an agriculturist), Minnie (is at home), Elizabeth (who died at the age of six months), Jesse (who assists his father on the farm and is thirteen years of age), Mary (aged eleven) and Willis (aged eight). The mother of these children died on September 5, 1884, having been an invalid for about three years, and now sleeps in Center Grove Cemetery by the side of her two children.