1896 - 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. Â
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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.
1896, March 15
Mayor P.D. Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Democrat: Pleasant Dawson (P.D.) Hastain, great-grandson of Daniel Haston, was a controversial mayor in Sedalia, MO — Daniel > David > Daniel McComisky Haston/Hastain > Pleasant Dawson Hastain. In the Republican municipal primary, incumbent Mayor Hastain bested his opponent by 911 to 721 votes. Frequently, there was some controversy or fracas anytime Mayor Hastain was involved in an event, but this election went amazingly peacefully.
1896, March 20
J.M. Haston
Joel Montgomery Haston (son of Montgomery Greeneville Haston) was a vice postmaster at Cummingsville in Van Buren County, TN. In two papers on the same day–one says he had deceased, the other said he had resigned. Well, I know he was not deceased until 1925.
1896, April 16
W.C. Haston
Cedar County Republican and Stockton Journal: Attorney W.C. (William Carroll) Hastin, grandson of Isaac Haston (Daniel Haston’s son) was a Democrat. His cousin, P.D. Hastain, of Sedalia, MO was a staunch Republican.
1896, May 2
Mayor P.D. Hastain
The International. The African American (negro) population in Missouri were not shy about letting it be know that Mayor P.D. Hastain was their friend.
International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor
It was founded as the International Order of Twelve in 1846 as an antislavery society. The Order was re-organized in 1872 as a fraternal organization in Independence, Missouri. The new leader of the group was Moses Dickson, a clergyman of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In the 1890s the group claimed to have 100,000 members in thirty US states, the West Indies, England and Africa. Men’s lodges were called “Temples” and women’s lodges were “Tabernacles”. There were also juvenile lodges of the order called “Tents”. Male and female junior members were known as Pages of Honor and Maid, respectively.
1896, May 4
Jesse Haston (Jr)
The Independent Record (Helena, Montana): Jesse Haston, Jr., grandson of Daniel Haston and son of Jesse Haston from Howard County, MO was the ultimate cowboy. He dealt in thousands of cattle at a time.
1896, May 7
Haston Cemetery – Dallas County, MO
Buffalo (MO) Reflex: This is the Haston Cemetery in the county where Jeremiah Haston and his family lived. But no one in that area seems to know where the cemetery was/is located. I suspect it was on Jeremiah’s land, or perhaps the property of one of his children. It’s just seems to make sense to me. – Wayne Haston
1896, May 14
Wm Haston – Emma Melvina Banks
The Carthage (MO) Press: I don’t know how this William Haston fits into Daniel Haston family line, but since he’s from an area where several of our Hastons settled, he probably fits in somewhere. It’s a “sweet” story of young lovers madly in love.
1896, May 15
Mayor P.D. Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Democrat: Republican mayor of Sedalia, MO reminded the negros in Missouri that he “had always been the friend of the negro, in public and in private.” He told them that he wanted to see them prosper and fit themselves for the same positions among their own people that white men occupy among theirs.
1896, May 21
Mrs. W.C. Hastin & “Dow” Hastin
Stockton (MO) Journal: Attorney William Carroll Hastin was the son of Samuel Douthard (“Dow”) Hastin, whose father was Isaac Haston (son of Daniel Haston). They were in Cedar County, MO.
1896, June 3
Jesse B. (Bascom) Haston
St. Louis (MO) Globe-Democrat: Jesse B. Haston, son of William Asbury Haston and grandson of Jesse Haston, Sr., received an “A.M.” degree (now called a Master of Arts, M.A. degree) from the Add-Ran Christian University, now Texas Christian University. It was named Add-Ran for two brothers, Addison and Randolph Clark, who were ministers and teachers in the Fort Worth, TX area, who had a vision for a Christian university. The school was affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).Â
1896, June 16
Mayor P.D. Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Democrat: Mayor P.D. Hastain never shied away from a fight and sometimes instigated them. In a session to select national committeeman, Mayor Hastain made a remark that sparked an opposing delegate to stand up and make a sharp personal attack on the mayor. Hastain pulled a knife from his pocket in response. Fortunately, friends stepped in to separate the two men.Â
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Two days later, the same (Democrat) newspaper that made the report about the knife, published a different story, saying Mayor Hastain did not have a knife – that it was only a shining match case.Â
1886, July 17
Mrs. Jane Haston
Marceline (MO) Journal Mirror: I am not sure how Jane Haston fits into our Haston family, but the fact that the wedding was held at Chillicothe, MO is a clue that she was probably from the extended Jesse Haston family. But, I don’t know what she was doing living in Massachusetts. But, what a touching love story!
1896, July 19
Mina Haston
The (Nashville) Tennessean: Mina Haston (probably Minnie Lavina Haston, daughter of James Woodville Haston, Sr. and Celia Jane Womack) was an officer in Alma Rebekah Lodge, No. 25, at Onward Seminary in White County, TN. Onward was a community a mile or so east of the town of Doyle, TN. She married John Andrew Johnson Savage on February 26, 1899.
The Daughters of Rebekah, founded in 1851, began as the female auxiliary of The Independent Order of Odd Fellows. As a single woman at the time of this story, Mina’s father would have had to be a member of the Odd Fellows.
1896, July 21
Mayor P.D. Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Democrat: In debates about moving the MO capital from Jefferson City to Sedalia, MO, Jefferson City mayor was not match for Sedalia’s Mayor P.D. Hastain. This was certainly true at the 15th anniversary of the discovery of the El Dorado springs in Cedar County, MO.
1896, August 14
C.T. and Van and Dick Haston
The Sparta (TN) Expositor: Three Hickory Valley (southern White County, TN) Hastons were on the committee to organized a reunion of Civil War veterans. Â
C.T. [Charles Thomas] Haston (son of William Carroll Haston and grandson of David Haston and great-grandson of Daniel Haston) was my great grandfather on my dad’s paternal side. J.C. [John Calvin] Wallace was my great-grandfather on my dad’s mother’s side. He was a Confederate Civil War veteran and was a POW, but escaped. Van [David Lavander] Haston was a brother of C.T. Haston. -Wayne Haston
Jesse Haston, in Miles City, MT, died of a broken heart, 15 months after the death of his wife. They left behind three orphaned children. He was only 55 years old.
1896, October 22
D.L. Haston
The (Nashville) Tennessean: It appears that D.L. Haston was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $100 in a Federal Court in Nashville, TN. There were three D.L. Hastons in White and Van Buren Counties at that time. We are not told what the crime was and we can not be sure which D.L. Haston this was, but other sources indicate that D.L. Haston, the son of Isaac T. Haston, conducted business in Nashville, which was approximately 80 miles west of where he lived. He was known to distribute illegal whiskey.
1896, October 23
Mayor P.D. Hastain
Sedalia (MO) Weekly Democrat: Pleasant Dawson Hastain’s most significant political maneuver as Major of Sedalia, MO was an attempt to move the capital of Missouri from Jefferson City to his down, Sedalia, MO.
1896, December 9
George Hastain
George was the son of Woodson Asbury Hastain. He was born on October 27, 1881, so he would have been 15 years old at the time his coat was stolen.
1896, December 5
W.A. Hastain
The Clinton (MO) Eye: Woodson Asbury Haston was a son of Daniel McComisky and Anna Greene Hastain. His mother, Martha J. Wade Hastain, was the second wife of his father. So, he was a half-brother of Pleasant Dawson Hastain, mayor of Sedalia, MO. Â
1896, December 20
Mayor P.D. Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Democrat: Mayor Hastain came with an idea of providing work for the deserving poor, to help them provide for their families.
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