Charlie liked sorghum molasses, cold water from the cistern, buffalo clover, hummingbirds in the trumpet vine and Red Tag Tinsley Tobacco.  It probably reminded him of the tobacco fields in Tennessee.  He read every word in the Star Telegram and kept a big dictionary close by to consult while working the crossword puzzle.  Clara loved flowers and saved every drop of used water to pour on them.  They bought the place on the west and finally reached Hay Creek.  The gin whistle at Idyl Wilde could sometimes be heard from the west field.  Later they bought the Thornton place, north of the old house location.  Charlie kept Red Polled cattle, branded with a “heart” on the right hip.  No horns or white spots were allowed.  Clara kept Silverlaced Wyandotte chickens with rose combs; new roosters were ordered from the ads in the Farm and Ranch magazine.  She also milked a pen full of the red cows.  Charlie kept horses to work the land and never owned a tractor or radio, however, they had an early telephone.  After Charlie’s death in 1942, Clara stayed on for 16 years, spending the last 8 of her 93 years in the W. D. Mathew’s home.

(1) W. E., Willie to our family, Will to his wife and friends, went to Polecat Ridge and Trickham schools and one year to Clairmont in Kent County, where he stayed with the B. C. Hardin family.  He learned to ride and rope at an early age.  Will married Keetie Mathews (see W. D. Mathews).  Will did farm work and also worked some in the oil business.  Ouida Eugenia was their daughter, born May 22, 1916, married Grady McIver (see B.W. Mclver).

(2) Ethel Pearl was the first girl in the family and taking care of the younger children often became her lot.  She attended Pole Cat Ridge and Trickham schools.  She took piano lessons from Annie (Dockery) See and learned well enough to play for church, after her marriage to W. D. Mathews, Jr. (see W. D. Mathews).

(3) Edna Benton could sew well and made her own clothes, attended Mukewater and Trickham schools.  She made her own wedding dress and ran away with Jess York and was married first (see Jesse M. York).

(4) Joe Hardin went to both Mukewater and Trickham schools, married Bessie Grant, March 10, 1918 (see Joe Hardin Haynes).

(5) John Travis was the smallest of the 5 boys.  What he lacked in size he made up in other ways.  John married Winnie Jennings in 1920.  They bought a place on the west of the Charlie Haynes place, but sold it and bought the place on the Trickham/Santa Anna road where it was handy to school for their two daughters.  (5a) Evelyn Hazel married L. V. Cupps, son of William and Dixie Cupps, died May 21, 1941, buried in Cleveland (see William Henry Cupps).  (5b) Laverne (Evans) (see Joseph Everett Long).  John did farm work and oil field work.  John bought the home place after Clara’s death.

(6) Herchiel Raymond, attended both Polecat Ridge and Cross Roads schools and Trickham.  When Ray was about 18 years of age, he went on the train to Temple for an appendix operation.  He bought a new buggy soon afterwards.  Ray and Gladys Lowery (daughter of Lonnie L. and Virgie (Fowler) Lowery) were married in 1921.  They lived on the Thornton place before buying the place on the Santa Anna road where they lived when their son, Raymond Cyral, was born June 20, 1930.  During the depression Ray worked in the oil fields most of the time.  He attended school at Cleveland and graduated from Santa Anna High School.  He married Alta Agatha Coleman of Coleman in 1948.  Their daughter, Patricia Sue (Bess) was born in 1954.  Pat’s son is Ryan Lee.  Raymond served in the Air Force during the Korean War as an instructor and still works as a civilian in that capacity.  Ray’s second marriage was to Floy Edith Williams (daughter of George W. and Pheoby (Fowler) Williams) in 1940.  Floy was also a native of Coleman County.  Their daughter, Rena Rosalie (Craft) was born in 1947.  Her son is Bryan Edward.  Ray bought a place at Gustine and they were living there when Floy died in 1973.

 (7) Benjamin Clyde, later Clyde wrote his name as Clyde Benjamin, which was used thereafter.  Clyde attended Cross Roads, Trickham, Santa Anna High School, and Howard Payne College.  He quit school and joined the Marine Corps.  He spent most of the 4 years in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.  After coming home from the Marines, Clyde married Myra Stearns (daughter of R. S. Stearns — see R.S. Stearns) in 1930.  They had one son, Kenneth Clyde, born May 22, 1942 at Santa Anna.  Clyde worked in the oil field and farm related work.  He built a welder in the depression days of the 30’s and repaired machinery with it.  Kenneth married Elsa Harris and they had a son, James Scott.  Later a daughter, Robin, born in 1980, and a son, Wesley Hardin born in 1982, were born to Kenneth and his wife, Ann (Alton) Haynes.  Kenneth served in the Navy during the Vietnam War.

 (8) Moya was born several years later than the rest of the family and grew up with the grandchildren.  She attended Cross Roads school, Trickham, Santa Anna, graduating in 1932.  Moya married Jack Cole September 26, 1932 (see Samuel Sidney Cole).