Albert Gaines
Feb. 19, 1895; Oregonian, p 3
"Death of Albert Gaines"

   Albert Gaines, a pioneer of 1845, passed away on February 13 at the house of Colonel George B. Currey, in Grant's Pass, Or., aged 84.  He was born in Virginia, spent his early manhood in Champagne county, O., and in 1839 married Sarah Barlow in Fulton county, Ill.
   They crossed the plains with the emigration of 1845 and were with the first wagons that ever crossed the Cascade mountains on what became widely known as Barlow road.  They settled on the Clackamas river for a time and then in Marion county, where he was elected to the first legislature.  In 1849 he crossed the Willamette and took a donation claim in Yamhill county where he spent most of his life as a farmer.  His wife preceded him to the grave only a few months.  He was a relative of major A. P. Gaines, formerly governor of Oregon.
   Two daughters and two sons survive him, namely:  Mrs. W. V. Rinehart, of Seattle; Mrs. G. B. Currey, and S. L. Gaines, of Grant's Pass, Or., and Frank A. Gaines, of Biggs, Cal.