HAIRSTON - Mary HAYS

Mary HAYS

HAIRSTON.org ID#520, b. 13 May 1836, d. 23 February 1865

Birth*

Mary HAYS was born on 13 May 1836 in Alabama.^1,2

Marriage*

She married Robert Andrew HAIRSTON, son of Hardin HAIRSTON and Sarah "Sally" Stovall STAPLES, on 10 July 1856 in Greene County, Alabama. After their marriage, they took a trip to New York.^3,2,4

Married Name

As of 10 July 1856,her married name was HAIRSTON.

Census 1860

Mary HAYS appeared on the 1860 census of Robert Andrew HAIRSTON on 9 June 1860 in Eutaw, Greene County, Alabama; R A Hariston 30 planter b. VA, M H Hariston 24 b. AL.¹

Will*

Mary HAYS left a will on 4 February 1865 in Greene County, Alabama.⁵

Death*

She died on 23 February 1865 in Greene County, Alabama, at age 28.^6,5

Family

Robert Andrew HAIRSTON b. 28 Nov 1829, d. 11 Nov 1864

Children

Charles Hays HAIRSTON b. 5 Jun 1859, d. 7 Aug 1859
George Hays HAIRSTON² b. 18 Dec 1860, d. 3 Oct 1862
Ada HAIRSTON⁵ b. 21 Jul 1862, d. 13 Apr 1899
Robert Percy HAIRSTON+⁵ b. 12 Feb 1863, d. 21 Dec 1892

Charts

Descendant Chart
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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

[S1860] 1860 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
[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
[S34] Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1969 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
[S3669] Probate - R A Hairston 1866 (only part of file is attached) - "Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNTV-F94 : 26 December 2021), R H Hairston, 1866; citing Greene County courthouse, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,385,563., Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
[S3318] Will of Mary Hays Hairston - 04 February 1865, Greene County, Alabama; Estate Case 1861-1873, Ancestry.com.
[S105] Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama during June Term, 1867, and January Term, 868, John W. Shepherd, (Barrett & Brown, Printers and Binders. 1869).

Last Edited

1 Aug 2023