Littleton Tolivar HAIRSTON

HAIRSTON.org ID#1334, b. 18 October 1837, d. 20 September 1863
Father*William M. HAIRSTON b. 6 Jun 1801, d. 26 Dec 1879
Mother*Lavinia Forbush TOWERS b. 6 Oct 1801, d. a 1841
Birth*Littleton Tolivar HAIRSTON was born on 18 October 1837 in DeKalb, Georgia.1,2 
He was the son of William M. HAIRSTON and Lavinia Forbush TOWERS. 
Census 1850Littleton Tolivar HAIRSTON appeared on the 1850 census of William M. HAIRSTON on 29 August 1850 in Cross Road, Dekalb, Georgia; Wm 48 SC, Meriam 46 GA, Martha A.E. 20 GA, Amanda 15 GA, Little S 12 GA (male).3

 
Marriage*Littleton Tolivar HAIRSTON married Neoma MORGAN, daughter of Reuben MORGAN, about 1859.4 
Census 1860*Littleton Tolivar HAIRSTON was Head of Household on 9 August 1860 in Itawamba, Mississippi.5

Military*Littleton T. Hairston was a Private with Company C of the "New" 10th Mississippi which was composed of men from Itawamba County.6

 
Death*He died on 20 September 1863 in Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, at age 25.1,4 

Family

Neoma MORGAN b. a 1834, d. 17 Mar 1919
Children

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S41] Letter from Jane Yasui to Robert Hairston, 3 June 2009.
  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. [S3027] Muskogee and Northern Oklahoma - Volume II, unknown author, (The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago - 1922).
  5. [S1860] 1860 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  6. [S3334] Confederate Compiled Service Records, NARA M347. "Unfiled Papers and Slips Belonging in Confederate Compiled Service Records" , Nationa Archives., Fold3.com.
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