Jefferson Monroe HAIRSTON

HAIRSTON.org ID#1267, b. 10 November 1840, d. 12 February 1911
Father*Peter Littleton HAIRSTON b. a 1810, d. b Dec 1850
Mother*Elizabeth MCLAIN b. a 1810, d. b 1870
Birth*Jefferson Monroe HAIRSTON was born on 10 November 1840 in Georgia.1,2 
He was the son of Peter Littleton HAIRSTON and Elizabeth MCLAIN. 
Census 1850Jefferson Monroe HAIRSTON appeared on the 1850 census of Elizabeth MCLAIN on 23 December 1850 in Marietta, Cobb, Georgia.3

Marriage*Jefferson Monroe HAIRSTON married Angeline WEST, daughter of John WEST and (surname unknown) SERENA, on 15 May 1859.1,4 
Census 1860*Jefferson Monroe HAIRSTON was Head of Household on 23 June 1860 in Cobb, Georgia.4

 
Military*Enlisted as a Private Company B 41st Regiment Georgia Infantry.5,6


 
Census 1870*He was Head of Household on 12 July 1870 in Ward 3, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia.7

 
Marriage*He married Laura Cornelia BLAND on 2 May 1875. 
Census 1880*Jefferson Monroe HAIRSTON appeared on the census of 9 June 1880 in District 96, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia.8

 
Census 1900*He appeared on the census of 11 June 1900 in Ward 3, District 58, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia.2

 
Census 1910*He appeared on the census of 25 April 1910 in 700 DeKalb Avenue, Ward 9, District 113, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia.9

 
Death*He died on 12 February 1911 in Georgia at age 70.1 
Burial*He was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Fulton, Georgia. 

Family 1

Angeline WEST b. 1832, d. a 1874
Children

Family 2

Laura Cornelia BLAND b. Feb 1853, d. 16 Jun 1918
Children

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S46] Vic Hairston and Edward J. Bregenzer, The Hairston History, February 12, 1998. Personal Collection - copy.
  2. [S1900] 1900 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  3. [S1850] 1850 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  4. [S1860] 1860 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  5. [S41] Letter from Jane Yasui to Robert Hairston, 3 June 2009.
  6. [S3294] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles 1861-1865, Ancestry.com.
  7. [S1870] 1870 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  8. [S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  9. [S1910] 1910 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  10. [S43] Joyce W. Letah and Leah Stevens, The Descendants of Andrew Hairston, 14 June 1996 - this is typewritten scrapbook with little or no sources and some newspaper clippings., Personal Collection - copy.
Last Edited4 May 2018