1893 - Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins
Thanks to the “now” online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about some of our Haston relatives, especially the ones who lived in communities where there were newspapers that have been digitized and become accessible through the Internet.
I focus only on the Hastons known or suspected to be members of the Daniel Haston FAMILY. That includes the Hastains, who changed the spelling of the family name in Missouri and surrounding areas. Unfortunately, I am unable to include those who adopted the English Hasting and Hastings spellings, because only a tiny percentage of the people with those spellings are Daniel’s descendants.
1893, January 4
R.P. Haston
The Houston (TX) Post: Negros Jim Bencher and Glover Jones confessed to committing the murder of R.P. Haston, a wealthy merchant of Greene County, Alabama. They were paid $50 each by G.P. Williams for the murder. They were held in jail at Eutaw, Alabama. I do not know who this R.P. Haston was.
1893, January 9
William and Margaret Haston
The Springfield (MO) Democrat: Margaret Haston obtained her divorce from William Haston, apparently a cruel and wicked husband. Currently, I do not know who William Haston was. She also got her maiden name back, Margaret Creek.
1893, January 30
Rev. J.B. Haston
Visalia (CA) Times-Delta: This news article tells us something about Jesse Bascom Haston, which is good to remember. Besides being a pastor, he was also trained to be a teacher–a graduate of the Sam Houston State Normal (teacher training) school of Texas.
1893, February 9
Thomas Hastain
The Henry County (MO) Republican: Thomas Hastain was a candidate for the post office in Clinton, MO.
- Birth and Family: He was born on March 20, 1841, in the same township where he later resided. His father was Daniel M. Hastain and his mother was Martha J. Wade.
- Farm Owner: He owned a substantial farm of 243 acres located about four miles northwest of Calhoun.
- Early Life & Farming: He began working at the age of sixteen, taking charge of his father’s 720-acre farm. He had been managing the farm ever since and continued to reside on a portion of it.
- Marriage: On November 6, 1877, he married Sally M., daughter of Seymore and Julia A.
1893, March 17
Hastain – the village
Missouri Democrat: “A new Baptist church has been organized at Hastain, in Benton County.”
In Hastain, Missouri, an independent Baptist church was organized at a meeting held at the McDaniel schoolhouse on May 3, 1884. Records for this church are listed for the period between May 3, 1884, and 1897.
1893, March 18
Jesse Haston (Jr.)
The Yellowstone (Montana) Journal: Jesse Haston was selected to be a member of the board of Stock commissioners from Custer County, MT.
1893, March 30
Attorney P.D. Hastain
Sedalia (MO) Democrat: P.D. Hastain could turn a mistake into a humorous event for those around him.
1893, April 15
Helen (Washington) Haston
Austin (TX) American-Statesman: Helen Haston, who died on this date, was the young daughter (approximately 1 year old) of Rev. Jesse Bascom Haston and Coramantha Baldwin Haston. She was their first child. She died in Austin, TX.
1893, June 1
Philip Morgan Haston
Fort Worth (TX) Daily Gazette: Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Baggett occupied the same house as Mr. and Mrs. Philip Haston. Mrs. Baggett claimed Philip Haston raped her on April 20th. The two couples continued to occupy the same house until May 30. Philip Haston’s story is “utterly at variance with that of the prosecution.” More about the case in the July 15 entry below.
Phillip Morgan Haston was born May 31, 1870, (probably) in Van Buren County, Tennessee. He was married to Sarah Louisa Hallmark. He died February 11, 1939, in Temple, Texas. His father was David Montgomery Haston, and his mother was Lucinda Evalee Jones. His paternal grandparents were James W. Haston, Sr. and Jane Shockley Haston. James W. Haston was the son of David and Margaret (Peggy) Roddy Haston. Family Tree
1893, June 30
E. (Erastus) S. Haston
The Sparta (TN) Expositor: E. S. Haston, of Spencer, TN was entitled to attend the District Conference for the Murfreesboro District, M.E. Church, South which was held at McMinnville, beginning on the Thursday before the fifth Sunday in July. Erastus S. Haston was the husband of Maggie Cummings and the son of Isaac T. Haston and Elizabeth Sparkman, in the line from Daniel Haston through Daniel’s son of David Haston.
E.S. Erastus Haston (1850-1896) was a farmer in Van Buren County, Tennessee during the 1890s. Here’s a summary of what’s known about him: Born: September 11, 1850, in Van Buren County, Tennessee. Parents: Isaac T. Haston Sr. and Elizabeth Sparkman.
Education: Educated at Spencer, specifically at Burritt College. Occupation: Began working for himself in 1871. Involved in merchandising in Spencer from 1877 to 1880. Primarily engaged in farming after 1880. Residence: Moved to his final residence in 1884.
Personal Life: Married Margaret Amanda Cummings in November 1880. They had at least five children: Fred Dexter, Walter Eugene, Willie Burt, Alton Erastus, and an infant, Victor C.. Political Affiliation: Democrat. Fraternal Organizations: Member of the International Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) and the Masonic Lodge at Spencer. Died: August 31, 1896, in Van Buren County, Tennessee, at the age of 45. Buried: Haston Cemetery in Van Buren, Tennessee.
1893, July 15
P.M. (Philip) Haston
The Waco (TX) News-Tribune: P.M. Haston was charged with rape by a Mrs. Baggett and her husband, but the case was dismissed. Haston asserted his innocence. Another article refers to him as J.M. Haston, which is inaccurate.
Another newspaper states that “Mr. Haston belongs to an excellent family in the Moody neighborhood and has borne a good character hitherto. It appears that he was working on a farm owned by Mr. Baggett, husband of the woman who swore out the complaint, and his counsel will attempt to prove that he was on terms of intimacy with Mrs. Baggett for six months at least; that the complainant did not speak of the alleged rape until ten days after she says it was committed; and that her husband was in the house at the time. Mrs. Baggett is a young and attractive woman, and Haston is about 25 and a prepossessing (appealing in appearance) young man. He had been in jail in Moody since his arrest.
1893, August 2
(Rev.) J.B. Haston
Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel: Rev. Jesse Bascom Haston, grandson of Jesse Haston, Sr., through William Asbury Haston, raised a question about the employment of a State Sunday School evangelist for the Christian Church, which provoked some discussion.
1893, August 4
Pearl Haston
Chariton (MO) Courier: Charles Meeks was in the county jail, charged with sexually assaulting his 13-year-old half-sister-in-law, Pearl Haston. Pearl’s mother, Mahala, was married to Thomas Jefferson Haston, the son of Jesse Haston, Sr., Daniel’s son. She was previously married to John Harris, but widowed before marrying T.J. Haston. Mahala’s daughter Lena (from his first marriage), was married to Charles Meeks.
1893, August 5
(Rev.) J.B. Haston
Santa Cruz (CA) Surf: Jesse Bascom Haston (of Santa Rosa) was elected to be the Secretary of a session in the State Convention of the Christian Churches of California.
1893, August 10
W.M. Haston
Buffalo (MO) Reflex: W.M. Haston was issued a marriage license sometime “since our last report.”
1893, August 11
Mother of Pearl Haston
Armstrong (MO) Herald: Pearl’s mother, Mrs. Mahala Haston, swore out a warrant, charging Chas. W. Meeks with having committed a rape on her little daughter last week. Her Family Line
1893, August 17
J.M. Haston
Chattanooga (TN) Daily Times: J.M. (Joseph Montgomery Haston) was appointed to be the postmaster at Cummingsville, TN in northern Van Buren County. J.M. Haston (son of Montgomery Greenville and Rachel Wheeler Haston) was married to Bettie Haston (daughter of Isaac T. Haston). They were first cousins, once removed.
1893, August 17
Hastain – the village
Kansas City (MO) Weekly Journal: “John Hart, an employee of a flouring mill at Hastain, MO., had his hand torn off by getting it caught in a belt.” A St. Louis newspaper added a few more details: “John W. Hart was the son of ex-County Judge Hart. He caught his right arm in the governor belt, and the hand was twisted off at the wrist, leaving only the skin and ligaments.”
1893, September 6
Haston, F.M. (Francis Marion?)
Jefferson City (MO) Tribune: I am not sure who this F.M. Haston was, but he had been (prior to this date) the editor of the Carthage (Jasper County, MO) Banner newspaper and “has made an excellent newspaper of the Banner.”
There was a Francis Marion “Frank” Haston (born June 9, 1875 in Waco, MO) who lived and died (August 5, 1931) in Carthage, MO. Frank married 16-year-old Mary Leona Heston (Hestand) on March 4, 1901, in Carthage, MO. Mary Leona Hestand descended from Daniel Haston’s brother, Abraham Hiestand/Hestand. She was my 5th cousin once removed.
Frank Haston was the son of Jesse and Lydia Heston/Haston. His father, Jesse (not the son or grandson of Daniel Haston) served in the Union J 156 Ohio Infantry during the Civil War. Lydia received an invalid pension in 1888 and a widow pension in 1898 for his Civil War service. So, Lydia’s husband (Frank’s father) died before 1898.
If the two F.M. Hastons (the editor and the husband of Mary Leona Hestand) were one and the same, he would have only been about 18 years old when he “retired” from being the editor of the Carthage, MO Banner. How possible is that?
Frank M. Haston’s legs were paralyzed as the result of a railroad worker injury. He died in Carthage, MO where the Banner was located. F.M.’s mother, Mrs. Liddia Haston (born in Illinois), also died near Carthage, MO.
1893, October 19
The name (“J. H.”) “Haston”
Fort Worth (TX) Daily Gazette: (From Guthrie, OK) E.A. England, a settler in the Cherokee Strip, found a relic on his claim near Enid, OK. It was an old blunderbuss pistol of the pattern used in the War of 1812. One load, still in the barrel, was evidently intended for Indians or buffalo. Embedded deeply under the rust are the initials “J. H.”, while on the other side are the letters “U.S.” and right under them the name “Haston.”
Most likely, this would have been one of the boys from Jesse Haston’s (Sr.) family.
1893, October 20
Pearl Haston
Chariton (MO) Courier: Chas. Meeks entered a plea of not guilty for raping young Pearl Haston, near Chraneville, last July. A change of venue was granted to Carroll County, MO. Meeks was transferred to the jail in that county.
1893, October 21
John Haston
Meagher (MT) County News: If this is accurate, this John Haston had been out west since the 1840s. I don’t know who he was for sure, but he might have been John Greene Hastain (1828-1904), the son of Daniel McComisky Haston/Hastain and Anna Greene Haston/Hastain, who went to California, as per some sources.
1893, November 3
“Bud” (P.D.) Hastain
Sedalia (MO) Weekly Democrat: “Bud” (Pleasant Dawson) Hastain had a sense of humor, but often others were the targets of his humor.
1893
Stella Hastain
The Clinton (MO) Daily Democrat: Stella Hastain was teaching school in Fossil, Oregon. She wrote a long letter talking about her experiences living and teaching there. She had been there more than a year.
1893, November 26
Hon. P.D. Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Democrat: An amazing discovery by anyone interested in old relics! Pleasant Dawson Hastain came into the possession of a 1768 medal, with an excellent likeness of John Wesley, founder of Methodism.
1893, December 3
P.D. Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Democrat: This article, written by T.B. White, editor of the Warsaw Enterprise, mocked P.D. Hastain’s claim that the Methodist medal was as old as Hastain and others claimed.
1893, December 7
P.D. Hastain
Sedalia (MO) Democrat: T.B. White, Editor of the Warsaw (MO) Enterprise newspaper, challenged P.D. Hastain and others who asserted that the medal was as old as they claimed. But it looks like P.D. Hastain did not give up so easily regarding the age of the medal.
1893, December 16
Jesse Haston
Stockgrowers Journal (MT): Jesse Haston, earlier in the year (February 24th), was appointed to the board of appraisers for Custer County, MT.
1893, December 12
Carroll Hastain
The Clinton (MO) Daily Democrat: This would have been William Carrol Hastin, husband of Mollie Clarinda Hulstone. He was the son of Sarah Ann Long Hastin and Samuel Douthard Hastin, who was the son of Isaac Haston (Daniel Haston’s son who settled in Cass Township of Greene County, MO in the late 1830s.) William Carroll Haston moved to Bakersfield, CA in about 1911, where he died April 26, 1914 at age 62.
1893, December 28
W.R. (William Riley) Haston
Buffalo (MO) Reflex: W.R. Haston (age 21) and a 17-year-old companion, sons of respectable and honorable parents who reside in the eastern part of Dallas County, MO, were arrested while raiding a neighbor’s potato cellar. They pleaded guilty and were heavily fined. The defendants were also charged with burglarizing the home of John Breshears, a neighbor. They were jailed to await the action of the April 1894 grand jury.
There was a William Riley Haston who was born in Boyd, Dallas County, Missouri, on October 25, 1872, the son of William Newton Haston and Rachel Ann McDaniel. He passed away on November 26, 1956. According to Find a Grave, his father was William N. Haston (1851-1919).
William Riley’s father, William N Haston, may have been Jeremiah’s grandson who moved onto Jeremiah’s farm with his new wife when grandpa and Minerva C. were unable to keep it up. -Mrs. Howard (Carol) Haston
1893 December 29
S.M. and M.E. Haston
The Springfield News-Leader: S.M. Haston and M.E. Haston transferred four lots of the original plat of Cave Springs in Greene County, MO. Cave Springs in the community were Daniel Haston’s son, Isaac, settled in the late 1830s. Most of Isaac’s family moved to California in 1857, and some of them earlier. I am not sure who S.M. and M.E. Haston were. But, based on the ownership Cave Springs lots, they must have been from the Isaac Haston/Hastin family.
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