Ruth HAIRSTON

HAIRSTON.org ID#124, b. 21 December 1863, d. 25 May 1936
Father*Major Samuel Hardin HAIRSTON1 b. 13 Apr 1822, d. 27 Apr 1870
Mother*Alice "Alcey" HAIRSTON1,2 b. 10 Nov 1830, d. 24 Jul 1914
Birth*Ruth HAIRSTON was born on 21 December 1863.1,3 
She was the daughter of Major Samuel Hardin HAIRSTON and Alice "Alcey" HAIRSTON.1,2 
Census 1870Ruth HAIRSTON appeared on the 1870 census of Alice "Alcey" HAIRSTON on 3 July 1870 in Martinsville, Henry, Virginia; Alice Hairston 39, S. Harden 12, M.R. 6, Sally S. 2.2

Census 1880Ruth HAIRSTON appeared on the 1880 census of Alice "Alcey" HAIRSTON on 7 June 1880 in Martinsville, Henry, Virginia; Alcei 49 VA, Harden 22 VA (Tobacconist), Ruth 16 VA.4

 
Marriage*Ruth HAIRSTON married Alfred Varley SIMS on 10 June 1891.1 
Death*Ruth HAIRSTON died on 25 May 1936 at age 72.5,3 
Burial*She was buried in Berry Hill Cemetery, Pittsylvania, Virginia.3 

Family

Alfred Varley SIMS b. 21 Sep 1864, d. 21 Jan 1944
Children
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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S55] Harden Hairston Family Bible, 1750-1908. The Holy Bible containing The Old & New Testaments: Translated Out of the Original Tongues,.....J. Holbrook's Sterotype Copy., Eighth Edition, Brattleborough, (Vt.), 1817, Library of Virginia - http://www.lva.virginia.gov
  2. [S1870] 1870 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  3. [S14] Berry Hill Plantation Cemetery, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
  4. [S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  5. [S22] Hairston, Elizabeth Seawell, The Hairstons and the Penns and Their Relations, Roanoke, Virginia 1940 https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=13164, Ancestry.com.
Last Edited2 Sep 2014