Mary Watt HAIRSTON

HAIRSTON.org ID#256, b. 13 May 1858, d. 13 January 1882
Father*Nicholas Edward HAIRSTON b. 15 Mar 1825, d. 27 Jul 1888
Mother*Kiziah C. "Kizzie" STAPLES b. 25 Aug 1836, d. 1 Oct 1875
Birth*Mary Watt HAIRSTON was born on 13 May 1858 in Lowndes, Mississippi.1,2 
She was the daughter of Nicholas Edward HAIRSTON and Kiziah C. "Kizzie" STAPLES. 
Census 1860Mary Watt HAIRSTON appeared on the 1860 census of Nicholas Edward HAIRSTON on 20 July 1860 in Lowndes, Mississippi; Listed - N. E Hairston 35, K. C. Hairston (F) 22, Mary Hairston 2, Sallie 8 months.3

 
Census 1870*Mary Watt HAIRSTON appeared on the census of 1870 in Lowndes, Mississippi.4

 
Marriage*She married George William HAIRSTON, son of Dr. Peter Constantine HAIRSTON and Wortley Virginia MOSELEY, on 7 December 1879 in Lowndes, Mississippi.5,6
Census 1880Mary Watt HAIRSTON appeared on the 1880 census of Nicholas Edward HAIRSTON on 10 June 1880 in District 4, Lowndes, Mississippi; N. E. Harston widower 56 born in VA, B. W. dau. 17 born in MS, G.W. son-in-law 22 born in MS, M.W. dau. 22 born in MS.7 
Death*Mary Watt HAIRSTON died on 13 January 1882 in Lowndes, Mississippi, at age 23; "DIED -- In Lowndes county, Miss., at the residence of her father (Nicholas E. Hairston), on January 13, 1882, MARY WATT HAIRSTON, wife of George W. Hairstin. She was a member of Bethel Presbyterian church, and left the bereaved families the hope that "as she shallalso bear the image of the heavenly." G.T.S. - South-Western Presbyterian, New Orleans, La., Thursday, January 26, 1882, page 5.2 
Burial*She was buried in Hairston Cemetery, Lowndes, Mississippi.2

 

Family

George William HAIRSTON b. 5 Oct 1857, d. 2 Dec 1941
Child
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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [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
  2. [S17] Hairston Cemetery, Lowndes County, Mississippi, Information and photographs gathered from personal visits.
  3. [S1860] 1860 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  4. [S1870] 1870 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  5. [S253] Bible of Nicholas E. Hairston Family, 1825 (Boston, New York, Philadelphia: American Family Bible Publishing Company, N. E. Hairston, Jr., Mississippi.
  6. [S100] Marriage License, copy or original in personal files.
  7. [S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
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