John Townes HAIRSTON
HAIRSTON.org ID#159, b. 23 December 1855, d. 4 July 1933
Father* | Dr. Peter Constantine HAIRSTON1,2 b. 9 Jun 1823, d. 7 May 1889 |
Mother* | Wortley Virginia MOSELEY3 b. 25 Oct 1831, d. 11 Feb 1902 |
Birth* | John Townes HAIRSTON was born on 23 December 1855 in Mississippi.2,4,5 |
He was the son of Dr. Peter Constantine HAIRSTON and Wortley Virginia MOSELEY.1,2,3 | |
Census 1860 | John Townes HAIRSTON appeared on the 1860 census of Dr. Peter Constantine HAIRSTON on 20 July 1860 in Lowndes County, Mississippi.6 ![]() |
Census 1870 | John Townes HAIRSTON appeared on the 1870 census of Dr. Peter Constantine HAIRSTON on 16 June 1870 in Lowndes County, Mississippi.1 ![]() |
Marriage* | John Townes HAIRSTON married Laura PETERS, daughter of James H. PETERS and Regina BORDERS, on 3 December 1876 in Lowndes County, Mississippi; book 8 page 101.7,8 |
Census 1880* | John Townes HAIRSTON appeared on the census of 14 June 1880 in Lowndes County, Mississippi, J.T. Harston 20, L. 20, L.R. 2, P.C. 1.9 |
Will | In Wortley Virginia MOSELEY's will dated 20 March 1896 in "written signed & published at the family residence Magowah", Lowndes County, Mississippi, John Townes HAIRSTON was named as an heir; Lowndes County Will Book 2, page 372-378. FSL 5835940-222.10 ![]() ![]() |
Anecdote* | Crawford is now an incorporated town wiih J. T. Hairston as mayor; D. J. Martin, marshal, A. J. Ervin, W. A. Hartman and J. F. Waller, aldermen. Macon Beacon, Macon, Mississippi, April 1, 1899, page 2. (Mississippi Department of Archives and History.)11 |
Census 1900* | He appeared on the census of 1 June 1900 in Crawford, Lowndes County, Mississippi.5 |
Census 1930 | He appeared on the 1930 census of John H. PETERS on 15 April 1930 in Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi.12 |
Obituary* | |
Death* | John Townes HAIRSTON died on 4 July 1933 at age 77. The cemetery marker shows date of death as 4 July 1933, but the obituary in the Macon Beacon newspaper is dated july 8, 1932 and it states he died July 7, 1932.13 |
Burial* | He was buried in Oaklimb Cemetery, Crawford, Lowndes County, Mississippi.13 |
Family | Laura PETERS b. 17 Apr 1860, d. 18 Jul 1937 |
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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)
- [S1870] 1870 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
- [S1] Bethel Presbyterian Church Records, Lowndes County, Mississippi.
- [S158] Montague, George William, History and Genealogy of the Montague Family of America, Press of J.E. Williams, Amherst, Mass, 1886.
- [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
- [S1900] 1900 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
- [S1860] 1860 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
- [S62] Marriage Records - Lowndes County, Mississippi.
- [S76] Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935, Ancestry.com.
- [S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
- [S96] Lowndes County Mississippi Will Book.
- [S3188] Library of Congress, Chronicling Amercia - Historic American Newspapers.
- [S1930] 1930 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
- [S13] Oaklimb Cemetery, Crawford, Lowndes County, MS.
Last Edited | 23 Nov 2021 |