44 – Isaac Haston – Battle of New Orleans Hero & Much More Part 1 – His Tennessee Years Look at the battle map above. Where do you think the battle was the “hottest”? It’s quite obvious if you look at it carefully and think about it. That’s where Isaac Haston and some of hisContinue reading “44 – Isaac and Agnes Simpson Haston – Tennessee Years”
Monthly Archives: October 2021
29 – Swiss Mennonite Cheese Factory
29 – Swiss Emmentaler Cheese Factory Saturday, June 24, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Tour Group will visit the world-famous Cheese Factory in the Emmental region of Canton Bern, Switzerland. There are around 2000 groups of tourists, one-third of which are foreigners from around the world, visiting this cheese factory every year. Swiss cheese is a pieceContinue reading “29 – Swiss Mennonite Cheese Factory”
28 – Trachselwald Castle – Prison Where Anabaptists Suffered and Died
28 – Trachselwald Castle – Where Anabaptists Were Imprisoned Simply Because They Wanted to Practice New Testament Christianity A Story and Some Scenes that You May/Should Never Forget By Don and Joanne Hess Siegrist Used by permission of authors, Don & Joanne Hess Siegrist Before the Reformation, all of Switzerland was catholic. After the Reformation,Continue reading “28 – Trachselwald Castle – Prison Where Anabaptists Suffered and Died”
43 – John and Catherine HASTON Austin
42 – John and Catherine HASTON Austin History, especially genealogical history, is sexist!  OK, I’m pretty much a traditional-minded person and don’t use the word “sexist” in an accusatory way very often. But I must say – genealogical history is sexist, and unfortunately so.  One tradition I wish had caught on 700 years ago inContinue reading “43 – John and Catherine HASTON Austin”
42 – Jacob and Lucinda Haston Mitchell
42 – Jacob and Lucinda Haston Mitchell Lucinda Haston – Daughter of Daniel Haston Jacob Mitchell was the son of Morris and Elizabeth Husong Mitchell (married 1781) who came to Tennessee from Washington County of western Pennsylvania. Morris was a Revolutionary War veteran and a Methodist preacher.   May 1, 1784 – The MorrisContinue reading “42 – Jacob and Lucinda Haston Mitchell”
Landon Medley Obituary
Landon Medley October 6, 1949 – September 25, 2021 Whether you knew him personally or not, Landon Medley was a friend to all of us who are interested in researching and studying the history of our Daniel Haston family. Landon lived near the Daniel Haston family place and was steeped in a knowledge of localContinue reading “Landon Medley Obituary”
26 – The Täuferversteck – Hiding Place for Anabaptists
25 – The Täuferversteck – “Anabaptist Hiding Place” Anabaptist hunters were employed in the 18th century. In 1734 two Anabaptist hunters were out and about to catch Christian Siegenthaler in the lower Hälig, Wüthrich zu Häuser, Hans Gerber, called “Stadler”, and David Baumgartner. The Anabaptist yegi were disturbed by the fact that the persecuted “were warned withContinue reading “26 – The Täuferversteck – Hiding Place for Anabaptists”
41 – Joseph Haston – Son of Daniel Haston
Joseph Haston – 2nd Son of Daniel Joseph and David were probably the only two sons of Daniel who were born in Virginia. If we correctly understand the time of Daniel’s departure from Virginia, Joseph would have been three and a half years old when the family moved south. So it’s likely that he hadContinue reading “41 – Joseph Haston – Son of Daniel Haston”
25 – Swiss Home of Albert Einstein
25 – The Home of Albert Einstein in Bern, Switzerland On Friday, June 23, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Tour group will visit the home where Einstein discovered the theory of relativity. Albert Einstein lived in Bern from 1903 to 1905 and developed his Theory of Relativity here. The Einstein House gives visitors a chance to seeContinue reading “25 – Swiss Home of Albert Einstein”
40 – Herbert Clinton Haston – Grandson of Montgomery Greenville Haston
40 – Herbert Clinton Haston, Grandson of Montgomery G. Haston The 1880 census record for D.L. (David Levander) and Virginia Riddles Haston A three-year-old boy, by the name of Herbert C. Hemphill, appears “In family” on the 1880 census record of David L. and Virginia Haston. For decades, many people in the Daniel Haston familyContinue reading “40 – Herbert Clinton Haston – Grandson of Montgomery Greenville Haston”