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.
1898, January 1
Woody Haston
The Nashville Tennessean: The month before this one, Woody Haston was shot and killed with five bullets in northern Van Buren County, TN. Kin Maynard, Woody’s cousin, was suspected to have been the murderer. Kin confessed to some Mitchell boys that he did it, but fled during the night and was caught a few days later. This article is about the preliminary trial that took place in the Cummingsville, TN Methodist Church.
1898, January 6
W.C. (Wm. Carroll) Hastin
Cedar County (MO) Republican and Stockton Journal: This ad ran throughout the year. W.C. Hastin was the son of Samuel Douthard Hastin, whose father was Isaac Haston, son of Daniel Haston. Wm. Carroll Hastin of Cedar County, MO was a prominent attorney and political leader in the county, before later moving to California.
1898, January 6
E (Ed, Eddie, Edwin) Hastin
Appleton City (MO) Journal: Ed Hastain was the son of James P. Hastain. Daniel Haston > David Haston > Daniel McComisky Haston > James Preston Hastain > Edwin Hastain. He passed his bar exam in the previous year. After trying to decide where to set up practice, apparently he ended up back home in Appleon City, MO.
1898, January 10
Mayor “Bud” (P.D.) Hastain
The Clinton (MO) Daily Democrat: Pleasant Dawson Hastain (son of Daniel McComisky Haston), ever the optimistic (Republican) politician, went to Washington, D.C., with his brother-in-law, seeking an appointment to the office of U.S. District Attorney of the Western District. Republican, William McKinley was the President at that time.
The suspense was driving his political enemies crazy!
1898, January 26
Thos. (Thomas) J. Hastain
The Clinton (MO) Daily Democrat: Thomas Jefferson Hastain, son of Daniel McComisky Haston/Hastain, suffered from extreme rheumatism.
1898, February 2
“Bud” (P.D.) Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Democrat: The dirty politics played against Bud Hastain’s fight to become a U.S. District Attorney caused many of his political (and personal) enemies to support his efforts.
1898, February 8
John Hastin
The Springfield (MO) News-Leader: John Hastin was the son of Isaac N. Hastin, son of William Carroll Hastin who died in 1845 in Greene County, MO, who was the son of Isaac Haston/Hastin, the son of Daniel Haston. John and his father previously owned a store in Cave Spring of Greene County, but John moved his store to Springfield, MO, south of Cave Spring. Rabbits must have been a problem for farmers and gardeners, so a contest was launched to thin them out. John Hastin’s grocery store was one of the check-in points for hunters to record their kills.
1898, February 13
I.S. Haston
Nashville Tennessean: James A. Tullas accused I.S. Haston (of White County, TN) of taking a $1,000 bill from him, when Tullas thought he was giving him a $100 bill. Tullas lost the case because he could not prove his accusation. Apparently, the incident happened in 1880, 18 years before this case. This appears to have been a TN Supreme Court case.
Nashville (TN) Banner, February 12, 1898, page 2
1898, March 4
T.J. (Thomas Jefferson) Hastain
The Clinton (MO) Daily Democrat: Thomas Jefferson Hastain was back from Hot Springs, Arkansas and was running for County Clerk of Henry County, MO.
Because of poor health, T.J. Hastain withdrew from his race to become the County Clerk of Henry County, MO a few months later.
1898, April 2
Rev. Jesse B. Haston
Los Angeles (CA) Evening Express: Rev. Jesse Bascom Haston was a prominent Church of Christ (Christian Church / Disciples of Christ) minister. He was the son of William Asbury Haston and the grandson of Jesse Haston, Sr., which means he was a Great Grandson of Daniel Haston. Much of his ministry was in Northern California, but at this time he was called to become pastor at the Santa Barbara Church of Christ near Los Angeles. He was the “General Evangelist of California” and the “Corresponding Secretary of the State Board of Missions.”
This is a bit strange since three months earlier he had moved to Santa Cruz, CA, where he “will permanently reside.”
January 14, 1898
The Berkeley (CA) Gazette, January 14, 1898, Page 2
1898, April 17
Mayor (P.D.) Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Democrat: Pleasant Dawson Hastain’s 2nd term as Mayor of Sedalia, MO ended. He and his administration were replaced by a slate of Democrats.
1898, April 20
C.T. (Charles Thomas) Haston
Nashville (TN) Banner: C.T. Haston, son of William Carroll Haston (whose father was David Haston, son of Daniel Haston), was appointed to be a delegate to an Industrial Convention. C.T. was a prominent farmer in White County, TN at that time. (He was my–Wayne Haston–Great Grandfather.)
1898, May 19
John W. Haston
Buffalo (MO) Reflex: Jeremiah Haston’s son, John Wesley Haston (of Dallas and Webster Counties, MO) died. He was a prominent citizen and well-loved and honored man.
1898, May 27
“Colonel” Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Democrat: The Governor of Missouri was asked to appoint ex-Mayor of Sedalia, MO, Pleasant Dawson Hastain, a colonel in one of the new Missouri regiments. The Governor made no promises, until he talked with Adjutant General Bell. The Spanish-America War (April 21 – August 13, 1898) was in progress at the time.
Even the Democrat newspaper believed he would be a good Colonel.
But one of Pleasant Dawson Hastains lifetime “friends” wanted him appointed Colonel, to fight in the Spanish-American War, so that he might get killed.
1898, June 16
Cinda Haston
Buffalo (MO) Reflex: Cinda (Mary Lucinda) was a daughter of John Wesley Haston, who was a son of Jeremiah Haston, Sr. Thus, Cinda was a granddaughter of Jeremiah Haston, Sr., Daniel Haston’s son. She was born in 1860, so she would have been 38 years old at the time. She married Robert Marion Windo in 1902. So her name was still Haston, three years before she married.
1898, June 21
Woods (Woodson) Hastain
The Clinton (MO) Daily Democrat: The home of Woodson Asbury Hastain (1835-1914) was burglarized while the family was at church. Woodson was one of the sons of Daniel McComisky and Anna Greene Haston/Hastain, David’s son. Supposedly, he was the first white male child to be born in Henry County, MO. His cousin, Susan I. Avery, was born October 6, 1832 in Tebo Township, so she was the first white child born in the county.
Later in the year, two men were arrested for possessing the $150 gold watch stolen from Woodson Asbury Hastain.
Another man arrested in the burglary of the Woodson A. Hastain home. The arrested man had at one time worked for W.A. Hastain, according to a September 3 newspaper account.
Kincaid confessed to the crime. The man he traded the watch to, Ben Rickel, identified Kincaid as the man who had the watch.
1898, June 22
P.D. Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Democrat: After he finished his terms as Mayor of Sedalia, MO, P.D. Hastain ran for the office of county attorney, but he failed to become the Republican candidate. He was not chosen to be the U.S. District Attorney for the Western District. He was not chosen to be a Colonel in the Missouri Army. He had made too many enemies and was paying the price, even among the Republicans of his county.
1898, June 23
John W. (Wesley) Haston
Bufflo (MO) Reflex: John Wesley Haston, son of Jeremiah Haston, Sr. was a member of the Dorrick Masonic Lodge near where he lived in northern Webster County or southern Dallas County, Missouri . When he died, the Lodge published an article in memory of him.
1898, July 10
Bud (P.D.) Hastain
The Review and Plain Talker: This drawing and story appeared two months after the event. This is the September 11 issue of the paper and the event occurred in early July. The story that accompanied this picture, and the picture, were part of a paid advertisement paid for by the man Pleasant Dawson Hastain assaulted. He had issued a lawsuit against Hastain for $5,000. The two men, both Republicans, were political enemies.
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Apparently, Parmerlee was the owner of the newspaper that published this story and picture.
Here is the story published after the event and following Parmerlee’s lawsuit was initiated.
1898, July 12
Rev. J.B. Haston
El Paso (TX) Times: Rev. Jesse Bascom Haston was on the move to another church in another state, about three months of a pastorate in Santa Barbars, CA. Three moves and the year is only half over.
1898, July 14
I.S. Haston
Buffalo (MO) Reflex: I.S. (Isaac S. ) Haston was elected to be a delegate to the Republican of Dallas County, MO Judicial Convention. He was a veteran of the Federal Army in the Civil War and a son of A.V.F. Haston, who was a son of Jeremiah Haston, Sr.
1898, July 29
“Col.” P.D. Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Democrat: I’m not sure where the title “Colonel” came from, but P.D. Hastain was going to become an assistant commissary, a Captain in the Commissary Department of the War Department in Washington, D.C. According to subsequent articles, it did happen as predicted. But, I have found no record of him ever functioning in that capacity. I’m guessing he wasn’t excited about overseeing a commissary.
1898, August 5
Pearl Haston
Chariton (MO) Courier: Pearl Haston married James F. Lisenby, a prosperous young farmer of Linn County, MO. Pearl was the daughter of deceased Thomas Jefferson Haston (son of Jesse Haston, Sr.).
1898, August 11
Ed Hastin
The El Dordo Springs (MO) Sunday: Ed Hastain purchased a newspaper in his home town of Appleton City, MO.
1898, September 13
W.R. and J.W. Haston
Springfield Leader and Press – W.R. (William Riley, 1872-1956) and J.W. Haston, cattle thieves, were sent to prision for two and three years. This was probably the W.R. Haston from Dallas County, MO who was jailed “for some time” for burglary in 1894. His father was William N. Haston and his wife was E.R. (Emma Rebecca) Seaton. Apparently, God turned his life around. From his obituary: “He left a wonderful testimony of God’s great works and healing power of the wonderful thing the Lord did for him.” He was a Great-Grandson of Jeremiah Haston (Sr.) = Jeremiah > Jeremiah McKinley Haston > William N. Haston > William Riley Haston. This J.W. Haston, may have been William Riley Haston’s uncle (John Wesley, 1856-1919), his father’s brother. J.W. was sentenced to one more year in prison than W.R.
1898, October 16
J. B. (Jesse Bascom) Haston
Chattanooga (TN) Daily Times: On October 13-21, Grandson of Jesse Haston (Daniel’s son) was the Corresponding Secretary for the Christian Church (Church of Christ and Disciples of Christ) in Northern California at their national convention held in Chattanooga, TN. At that time, he was living in or near Berkeley, California. When he attended th conference in Chattanooga, TN, he was less than 100 miles from his family’s roots in Van Buren County, TN.
1898, December 2
Pleasant Dawson Hastain
The Sedalia (MO) Democrat: P.D. Hastain, it seems, took a lot of cases in which he was defending some bad people where he and his clients were “underdogs.” The defendants in this case were alleged train robbers. One was an engineer and the other a conductor, but apparently not for the train they supposedly robbed. One of them was pleading insanity and the other was drunk. Someone said they were simply out coon hunting and flagged the train down for a ride back into town. But, another person said, “Why were they wearing masks if they were coon hunting?”
The fuller story is interesting, if you care to read it.
The Kansas City Times, December 8, 1898, Page 5
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