Civil War – Haston Cousin Against Haston Cousin – Daniel Haston Family Association

Sometimes, Haston family genealogists have confused these two men, but one was the son of (Daniel Haston’s son) Isaac Haston, and the other was the son of (Daniel Haston’s son) Jeremiah Haston. The “boys” were about 4 1/2 years apart in age and probably were close friends and playmates growing up. But issues that led to the Civil War drove a wedge between them.

Jeremiah’s John Wesley Haston enrolled in the Missouri Home Guard in Dallas County, MO. I know that Isaac’s John Wesley Haston (in Cedar County, MO) was a Confederate sympathizer and very likely an active soldier, one way or another.

Isaac’s grandson (son of John Wesley Hastin), David Haston (Haisten), was a Confederate soldier who was severely wounded in the Battle of Hartville, MO, and was known to be a “bloody bushwhacker.” More about him in another article.

Date	Isaac’s John Wesley Haston	Jeremiah’s John Wesley Haston
October 12 1818		Born (probably) in White County, TN
January 27 1823	Born (probably) in White County, TN
August 5 1841	Married Anna Brown in Greene Co, MO
January 15, 1846		Married Mary Caroline Forrester in Greene Co, MO
January 1, 1849	40 acres: T32, R27, S23, NE¼NE¼ in Dade Co, MO 40 acres: T32, R27, S23, SW¼NE¼ in Dade Co, MO
January 1, 1850		40 acres: T33N, R19W,S32, NE¼NE¼ in Dallas Co, MO
1850 Census	“Wesley Haston” (age 27) and wife Anny (age 27), both born in TN, and son David, age eight. $400, real estate in District 25 of Dade Co, MO Year: 1850; Census Place: District 25, Dade, Missouri; Roll: 398; Page: 284a.	“John H. [sic, W.] Hastings [sic, Haston] (age 30 or 36?) and wife Mary C. (age 24), both born in TN, and daughter Hester, age one. $50, real estate, in District 26 of Dallas Co, MO Year: 1850; Census Place: District 26, Dallas, Missouri; Roll 398; Page: 339a.
October 1, 1852	40 acres: T33N, R27W, S17, NW¼SW¼ in Cedar Co, MO
April 15, 1853		80 acres: T32N,19W,S20, E½NW¼ in Webster Co, MO
December 1, 1856	80 acres: T33N, R27W, S17, S½NW¼ in Cedar Co, MO
May 15, 1857	40 acres: T33N, R27W, S17, SE¼SW¼ in Cedar Co, MO 40 acres: T33N, R27W, S18, NE¼SE¼ in Cedar Co, MO	40 acres: T32M,R19W,S20, NE¼SW¼ in Webster Co, MO
1857	“J.W. Haston” on a militia list in Sonoma (Santa Rosa Co), CA
How could J.W. Haston (Isaac’s son) have been in Cedar County, MO, in 1852, 1856, May 1857, and 1862, but in Sonoma County, CA, in 1857? Maybe he went there for gold, returned to Cedar County, MO (when others returned), and later left MO for TX. Or, perhaps this was not Isaac’s son.
June 1, 1859	His brother, Samuel D. – 40 acres: T33N, R26W, S21, NE¼NW¼ in Cedar Co, MO	40 acres: T32N-19W,S20, SW¼NW¼ in Webster Co, MO
1860 Census	J.W. Haston (age 38) and family in Linn of Cedar Co, MO Year: 1860; Census Place: Linn, Cedar, Missouri; 95.	John W. Hasten (age 41) and family in Washington of Webster Co, MO Year: 1860; Census Place: Washington, Webster, Missouri; 710.
June 24, 1861		Enlisted, Dallas Co, MO, Federal Home Guard
Pre-September 25, 1862	In Cedar Co, MO, paid to have three cows driven to and sold at market. Suspicious to be Confederate sympathizer.
November 20, 1862		Discharged from the army, over age; Dallas Co, MO.
July 1, 1863	J.W. Hasten, on a Class II list of men in Lynn of Dade Co, MO, subject to Federal military service
1865	J.W. Haisten was on the Fannin County, TX tax list, beginning this year. "Fannin, Texas, United States Records," images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-W6YW-1: September 20, 2021), image 1 of 1238; Texas State Library. Archives Division (Austin, Texas).
October 1868	Samuel D. Hasting was on the 1868 voter list for Linn Township in Cedar Co, MO, but John W. Haston was not. To be qualified to vote, a man had to take an oath of loyalty to the USA. Southwest Tribune (Cedar County, Missouri), October 9, 1868.
August 23, 1870	Assumed to be “residing in the State of Texas,” according to his father’s will
June 6, 1874 or… July 6, 1876	Daughter A.M. (Matilda Agnes) Haisten married T.E. Lovelace in Fannin County, Texas, on July 6, 1876, or June 6, 1874. Matilda Agnes Hasting was his 2nd wife; Elizabeth Tabitha Genette Gaither died in 1876. Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Austin, Texas; Confederate Pension Applications, 1899-1975; Collection #: CPA16526; Roll #: 209; Roll Description: Pension File Nos. 04877 to 45350, Application Years 1916 to 1929. “Thomas Elam Lovelace,” FamilySearch.org, accessed January 29, 2026, https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/KGST-FJS.
November 6, 1879	J.W. Haisten married Emma Strange in Sherman, Grayson County, TX.
June 1, 1880 Census	J.W. Haiston (age 56) and wife, E.J. Haiston, were living in Precinct 3 of Fannin County, TX. Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 3, Fannin, Texas; Roll: 1302; Page: 382B; Enumeration District: 025.
1885	Twenty years after J.W. Haiston’s first appearance on a Fannin County, TX tax list (although the “Location” column says, “Grayson Co.,”), he was still living there. "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-W2B7-9, May 2014), Fannin County> 1885 > image 593 of 613; State Archives, Austin.
April 26, 1898	John W. (Wesley) Haiston (Haston) died on this date in Benton County, Arkansas, and is buried in the Centerton Cemetery. He was 75 years old. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29T-3R2C: 9 July 2020), John W Haisten, 1898; Burial, citing record ID, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
May 2, 1898		John Wesley Haston died and was buried in Dallas Co, MO
These same-name first cousins died less than one week apart - six days

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