Alice Elizabeth Hairston

HAIRSTON.org ID#163, b. 11 April 1864, d. 22 December 1938
Father*Dr. Peter Constantine Hairston1,2,3 b. 9 Jun 1823, d. 7 May 1889
Mother*Wortley Virginia Moseley b. 25 Oct 1831, d. 11 Feb 1902
Birth*Alice Elizabeth Hairston was born on 11 April 1864 in Crawford, Lowndes, Mississippi.3,4 
She was the daughter of Dr. Peter Constantine Hairston and Wortley Virginia Moseley.1,2,3 
Census 1870Alice Elizabeth Hairston appeared on the 1870 census of Dr. Peter Constantine Hairston on 16 June 1870 in Lowndes, Mississippi.1
Census 1880Alice Elizabeth Hairston appeared on the 1880 census of Dr. Peter Constantine Hairston on 23 June 1880 in Lowndes, Mississippi; P. C. Hairston 57 a doctor, wife Wortley Virginia 48, son Peter Stuart 18, dau. Alice Elizabeth 16, son James Thomas Watt 14, dau. Pattie Allen 12, son Ervin Nichols 10, and married son George William 24 with his wife Mary Watt 21. - FSL #005161190 image 739/799.5
Marriage*Alice Elizabeth Hairston married Edward Swoope Moore, son of Richard Edward Moore and Frances Antoinette Swoope, on 8 November 1882 in Lowndes, Mississippi.6 
WillIn Wortley Virginia Moseley's will dated 20 March 1896 in Magowah, Lowndes, Mississippi, Alice Elizabeth Hairston was named as an heir; Lowndes County Will Book 2, page 372-378. FSL #5835940 image 222.7
Census 1900She appeared on the 1900 census of Edward Swoope Moore on 13 June 1900 in Columbus, Lowndes, Mississpii; Edward S. Moore 39, wife Alice 36, Edward 14, Alice 13, Charley 11, Mary 9, Atoinette 7, Sadie 5, Nancy 2 and Pattie 11/12.8 
Census 1910Alice Elizabeth Hairston appeared on the 1910 census of Edward Swoope Moore on 15 April 1910 in Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi; Edward S. Moore 49, Alice H. 46, Richard E. 24, Alice H. 22, Charles S. 20, Mary M. 19, Antoinette 17, Sadie B. 15, Nancy 13 and Patty A. 6.9 
Census 1920Alice Elizabeth Hairston appeared on the 1920 census of Edward Swoope Moore on 4 January 1920 in Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi; Edward S. Moore 59, Alice H. 55, Patty A. 19, Hairston P. 17, Carroll W. 16 and Virginia C. 10.10 
Death*Alice Elizabeth Hairston died on 22 December 1938 in Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, at age 74. 
Burial*She was buried in Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi.11 

Family

Edward Swoope Moore b. 14 Aug 1860, d. 21 May 1936
Children
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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S1870] 1870 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  2. [S158] Montague, George William, History and Genealogy of the Montague Family of America, Press of J.E. Williams, Amherst, Mass, 1886.
  3. [S1] Bethel Presbyterian Church Records, Lowndes County, Mississippi.
  4. [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.
  5. [S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  6. [S76] Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935, Ancestry.com.
  7. [S96] Lowndes County Mississippi Will Books, Lowndes County Courthouse,.
  8. [S1900] 1900 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. [S1920] 1920 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  11. [S20] Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi.
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