Hugh, David Matthew "Matt" Haynes was born in Troup County Gerogia in 1842. He was the 2nd child out of 5 children of Samuel and Caroline Dickson Haynes. Caroline Dickson's grandfather David Dickson was a Captain in the Revolutionary war and a General in the War of 1812. The Haynes family moved to Claiborne Parish, Louisiana sometime between 1855 and 1859. They setteled at a place called Taylor's store but it was later renamed Haynesville after Samuel. They stayed a short time there and move a few miles to Shongaloo, Louisiana. Matt Haynes married Mary Evelyn Hodge who also moved to that area from Gerogia. They had 11 children of which my Great Grandmother Carrie Jane "Jenna" Haynes Strong was one of them. Matt died in 1915 and was buried in the Haynes Family Cemetery in Shongaloo. All I ever knew about him was that he was a Baptist preacher. He was said to have married more people in that area than all the other preachers put together. I remember asking my Grandmothers sister about Matt before she died. She was 13 years old in 1915 and remembered him well. All she told me was his name, where he was buried and that he was a preacher. No one in our family knew he was even in the Civil War until I found out a couple of months ago. I also found his name listed as the treas. of the Burnsville Masonic Lodge No. 161 (old Shongaloo), Claiborne, Parish in 1870. In 1879 he was listed as an officer and past master. I have two old pictures that I found in a trunk that was owned by my Grandmothers sister that I just spoke about. I am trying to find out if one of the men in the pictures is Matt Haynes. He has many decendents in our area and it may be impossible to ever identify the photos.