Hastons in the News – 1876-1880

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1876-1880 - 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.

Haston

1876, March 17

Horace and Ernest Haston

Newspaper

The Sparta (TN) Index: Horace and Ernest Haston of River Hill (in southern White County, TN) were visiting in Spring City of Rhea County, TN.

1877, April 25

Byrd Haston

Newspaper

The (Nashville) Tennessean: Byrd Haston, John C. Flanigan, Kendrick Mayner (Maynard), John Lewis, and James Shortley (Shockley?) were taken from Nashville to Van Buren County, TN to serve out their terms in the jail there, for illicit distilling (bootlegging/moonshining).

1878, March 3

Haston vs. Cummings

Newspaper

The (Nashville) Tennessean: The TN Supreme Court confirmed a decision offered by Justice Turney in Haston vs. Cummins. This was the William C. Haston v. William B. Cummings case.  Cummings was the administrator of the Samuel Schockley, dec. et. al. estate.  The case involved a land and title dispute. Trial Transcript

1880, May 15

W.C. (Wm. Carroll, Sr.) Haston

Newspaper

Southern Standard (McMinnville, TN): W.C. Haston (youngest son of David Haston and grandson of Daniel Haston) was elected Chairman of the Democratic Convention in Van Buren County, TN.  The purpose of the convention was to elect delegates to the National convention at Cincinnati, to nominate candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, and also to the Gubernatorial Convention at Nashville, TN.  In the 1880 election, Republican nominee James A. Garfield defeated Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock. Van Buren County and White County (heavily, more than 90%) voted for Hancock.

Hastain

In the area of Missouri, where our Hastain relatives lived in the late 1800s, the newspaper coverage was much better than in other states (TN, TX, CA, AR, OK, et. al.) where Daniel Haston’s descendants lived at that time.  Daniel McComisky Haston, born December 25, 1808, was the 4th child and 2nd son of David and Peggy Roddy Haston, and a grandson of Daniel Haston.  He moved from Tennessee to Missouri in about 1834.  Consequently, members of Daniel McComisky Haston’s family (who had adopted the Hastain spelling of their name) appeared fairly often in newspaper articles.

1876, January 28

P.D. (Pleasant Dawson) Hastain

Newspaper

Columbia (MO) Herald-Statesman: Mr. P.D. Hastain, law student of the University, was called to his home in Warsaw, MO., by telegraph last week on account of the serious illness of his father (Daniel McComisky Haston), who has since died.  Daniel McC. Hastain was the son of David Haston and the grandson of Daniel Haston. Daniel M.C. Hastain did not live long enough to see his son, Pleasant Dawson Hastain, graduate from law school. 

1876, June 15

J.P. (James Preston) Hastain

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat: J.P. Hastain was on the tax list for the Big Creek Township in Henry County, MO.

1876, September 1

“A person named Hastain”

Newspaper

The Palmyra (Marion County, MO) Spectator: Sidney Smith, a student at the (MO) State University in Columbia, MO, was murdered by Wright Christian and a companion named Kenard.  Smith’s throat was slashed by a knife in Christian’s hand.  “They met incidentally for the first time that night, perhaps half an hour previous, and under the [drunken] belief that Sidney was a person named Hastain, who had previously offered him insult.” More  Was Pleasant Dawson Hastain, a student at the same university, the alleged insulter and the intended target?  

1876, December 14

John G. and Woodson A. Hastain

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat: “John G. (Greene) Hastain vs. Woodson A. (Asbury) Hastain, et. al., for specific performance.”  This case was on a list of “Appeal Causes” for the Circuit Court in Henry County, MO.  John G. Hastain was John Greene Hastain who married Martha Austin on May 4, 1862, in Henry County, MO.  This would have been related to the settlement of their father’s (Daniel McC. Hastain’s) estate.  The “Greene” in John’s name, came from his mother’s (Anna N. Greene’s) family.  Anna’s father was Rev. John Greene. Burial

1876, December 28

Thomas J. Hastain

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat: Thos. J. Hastain was on a committee representing the Hall of Plum Grove Grange No. 1,061.  A “grange” was an association of farmers.

1877, April 13

Pleasant Dee (Dawson) Hastain

Newspaper

Salaine County (MO) Weekly Progress: Daniel McComisky Hastain’s son, P.D. Hastain, received the Bachelor of Laws degree from the State University at Columbia, MO.

1877, August 23

Thomas J. Hastain

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat: “Thomas J. Hastain, granger [farmer] of Tebo Township, has been hanging on the ragged edge of circuit court–witness.”

1878, July 4

T.J. Hastain

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat: T.A. (Thomas J. Hastain), a Democrat from Tebo Township in Henry County, MO, was elected as a delegate to a county convention.

1879, June 16

P.D. Hastain

Newspaper

St. Louis (MO) Globe-Democrat: P.D. Hastain of Warsaw, MO, was appointed to be a delegate to the Jefferson City (MO.) meeting where a railroad project was to be discussed.

1879, September 4

Eddie Hastain

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat: Eddie was the son of (J.P.) James Preston Hastain, whose father was Daniel McC. Hastain. In this article, he is mentioned as canvassing the town of Clinton, MO for subscribers to the Illustrated Family Herald, an “excellent paper” with a subscription price of $1 per year.  He, born August 21, 1869, was ten years old at that time.  More  He died in Maricopa County, Arizona July 12, 1943.  He graduated from the University of Missouri with a law degree and practiced law in MO and OK for several years.  He was a Deputy Clerk of the Maricopa Superior Court when he died.  Obituary  

1880, January 8

W.A. Hastain

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat: W.A. (Woodson Asbury) Hastain was on a committee as part of a School Book Convention.  The first matter of business was to decide between Appleton and McGuffey reading books.  The Appleton reader was chosen, 57 votes compared to McGuffey’s 31 votes.  

1880, January 15

P.D. (Pleasant Dawson) Hastain

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat: P.D. Hastain, Esq., a young attorney at Warsaw, MO, married Miss Lena Hill of Warrensburg (Johnson County), MO.  P.D. was the son of Daniel McComiskey Hastain and a brother of T.J. Hastain.  The couple planned to make their home in Warsaw, MO.

1880, March 18

J.P. (James Preston) Hastain

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat:  J.P. Hastain sold his farm in the Big Creek Township of Henry County, MO, and purchased 83 acres of improved prairie and timber 7 or 8 miles east of Appleton City, on the edge of St. Clair County, MO.  His post office would be in Ohio, St. Clair County. He regretted leaving his friends and neighbors, but “hopes to meet them where separations and parting are no more.”

1880, April 15

Hastain (probably J.D. Hastain)

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat:  “Anderson B. Goss, who recently escaped from the Warsaw (MO) jail, will be tried at the May term of the Benton County (MO) circuit court.  Goss is charged with adultery, open and notorious, and abortion. Hastain and Law will defend him.”

1880, June 24

W. A. (Woodson Asbury) Hastain

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat:  This son of Daniel McComisky Hastain received 100 head of choice 3 and 4-year-old steers at Lewis Station.

1880, August 12

Thomas J. Hastain

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat:  Thomas J. Hastain, the son of Daniel M.C. Hastain, signed a petition asking the Henry County, MO officials to put a question on the upcoming election ballot regarding the issue adopting township organization in Henry County.

1880, September 23

P.D. Hastain

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat:  Pleasant Dawson Hastain was on the Republican ticket, running for the office of County Attorney.

1880, September 30

W.A. and Thoms. J. Hastain

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat: W.A. (Woodson Asbury) Hastain and Thomas J. Hastain were appointed to be election judges in their Henry County, MO. townships: W.A. Hastain, Bethlehem Township; Thos. J. Hastain, Tebo Township.  They were sons of Daniel M.C. (McComisky) Hastain. More

1880, November 18

W.C. Hastain

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat: In the State Items section –  Thomas York “attempted to assassinate W.C. Hastain in Stockton [of Cedar County, MO] last week.  His shot passed between Hastain’s legs, when Hastain knocked him down.  York made no secret of his murderous design and told parties what he intended to do.”  According to the 1880 census, W.C. Hastain was 27 years old (born about 1853) and a lawyer in Stockton of Cedar County, MO. According to the 1860 census, he was William C. Hastin, the oldest son of S.D. (Samuel Douthard) Hastin. S.D. was the son of Isaac Haston/Hastin and Grandson of Daniel Haston.  William C. was probably named for his uncle, S.D.’s brother, William Carroll Haston/Hastin, who died in Greene County, MO in about 1845. Family Tree

1880, December 2

P.D. Hastain, Esq.

Newspaper

The Standard Herald (Warrensburg, MO): P.D. Hastain was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Benton County, MO, on the Republican ticket.

1880, December 9

W.A. (Woodson Asbury) Hastain

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat: W.A. Hastain, son of Daniel M.C. Hastain, went to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, for health reasons. The town was famous for its natural springs, believed to have healing properties. 

1880, December 16

J.P. (James Preston) Hastain

Newspaper

Henry County (Clinton, MO) Democrat: Son of Daniel McComiskey and Anna Green Haston/Hastain and Great-Grandson of Daniel Haston.  This newspaper article indicates he purchased 80 acres of prairie land in St. Clair County, MO, seven miles east of Appleton.  More.

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Hastons in the News – 1866-1875

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1866-1875 - Interesting Facts and Stories Previously Unknown

Following the Civil War, there was a rapid increase in the number of newspapers.  And descendants of Daniel Haston continued to migrate westward, in areas where newspapers were published.  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.

1866, January 24

I. (Isaac) B. Haston

Newspaper

St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Mr. I.B. Haston of Glasgow, MO, married Miss S.E. (Susan Emma) Venable of Brunswick, MO.  Isaac B. Haston was the son of Jesse Haston, Daniel’s son.  Find A Grave

1866, June 7

A. (Andrew) V.F. Haston

Newspaper

Springfield Weekly Patriot: Jeremiah Haston’s son, A.V.F. Haston (grandson of Daniel Haston), was a delegate from Dallas County, MO, to the Radical Union Party.  The goal of the convention was to nominate a candidate for the U.S Congress.  The Radical Union Party sought to punish Confederate soldiers and supporters.  

1866, July 8

A.A. (Abi Alburn) Haston

Newspaper

Leavenworth (KS) Times: Jesse Haston’s son, Abi Alburn Haston, published an advertisement – “A lot of good beef steers for particulars inquire at the office of Powers and Neuman.”

1867, December 13

Jennie Haston

Newspaper

The St. Louis Republic: Miss Jennie Hastain married Mr. (Dr.) Dee Reese (both of Warsaw in Benton County, MO).  Jennie was the sister of Fannie Hastain, who married William S. Shirk a year later (December 25, 1868) in the Jennie and Dee Reese home.  They were daughters of Daniel McComesky Hastain, son of David Haston, Daniel Haston’s son.  The wedding apparently occurred on December 28.  Find a Grave

1868, July 23

A.A. (Abi Alburn) Haston

Newspaper

A.A. Haston’s name was on a list of uncalled-for letters at the Topeka, Kansas, Post Office.

1868, December 25

Fanny Hastain

Newspaper

St. Louis Republic: Fanny Hastain, daughter of Daniel McComesky Haston (David Haston’s son), married William S. Shirk, both of Benton County, MO.  They were married at the home of Dee Reese, Esq. in St. Louis, MO. by the Rev. Norman Fox.  Find a Grave

1869, December 04

A.A. (Abi Alburn) Haston

Newspaper

The Daily Commonwealth: A.A. Haston was now a co-owner with Newman in the Newman and Haston company, a grain company, located at Newman Station on the K.P. Railroad in Kansas.  “This little village is growing and business is lively there.”  More

1870, January 6

Isham B. Hastain

Newspaper

The Osceola Herald: Isham B. (Bradley) Hastain (son of David Haston), late of Hickory County, MO, had deceased. This was the final settlement notice for creditors and others interested in his estate.  The probate was to be held in Hermitage of that county on February 10, 1870.  Isham F. Hastain was the executor of the estate.  Other Info

1870, November 5

A. (Andrew) V.F. Haston

Newspaper

Buffalo Reflex: A.V.F. Haston of Jackson Township in Dallas County, MO, son of Jeremiah Haston, was a candidate for County Court Justice.

1870, November 5

John W. (Wesley) Haston, J.P.

Newspaper

Buffalo Reflex: Son of Jeremiah Haston, John W. Haston (Justice of the Peace in Dallas County, MO), posted a notice about a stray sorrel mare.

1871, June 22

Jesse Haston, Jr.

Newspaper

Glasgow Journal: Son of Jesse Haston, the son of Daniel Haston, advertised: “Jesse Haston and Co., Importers and Breeders of Berkshire Hogs, Farm, 1 1/2 miles from Glasgow in Howard County, MO.” 

1871, July 14

Squire Haston

Newspaper

Buffalo Reflex: Squire means he was a Justice of the Peace, so this could have been John W. Haston or his brother, A.V.F. Haston.  Squire Haston arraigned two men accused of stealing horses from James Stever, as the evidence failed to substantiate the charge.  James Stever was probably the son of George Stever, who married his sister, Hester Ann Elvira Haston.

1871, September 22

John W. Haston

Newspaper

Buffalo Reflex: John W. Haston, son of Jeremiah, recently served on a Circuit Court Grand Jury in Dallas County, MO.

1872, March 22

A.V.F. Haston

Newspaper

Buffalo Reflex: Jeremiah Haston’s son, A.V.F., represented Jackson Township on a committee to investigate the interests of Dallas County, MO, in reference to the Laclede and Fort Scott Railroad.  The county and individual investors had invested a lot of money in the railroad and it never was built.  

1872, April 26

A.V.F. Haston

Newspaper

Buffalo Reflex: Jeremiah Haston’s son, A.V.F., was one of two members on the Board of Equalization in Dallas County, MO–a governmental body that ensures property tax assessments are fair and uniform within a specific area.

1872, May 9

Mary Haston

Newspaper

Fayetteville (TN) Observer: Mary Haston sold 535 acres in Van Buren County, TN, to Elijah Gary for $500.

1872, June 21

A.V.F. Haston

Newspaper

Buffalo Reflex: A.V.F. Haston, Esq., son of Jeremiah Haston, was a delegate to the Dallas County, MO Republican party.  He was appointed to a Committee on Resolutions.  Mr. Haston made the motion to add Z.L. Slavens to the committee and that motion was acccepted.  The purpose of the meeting was to reorganize the Republican Party in Dallas County, MO.  U.S. Grant (for President) and Henry Willson (for Vice President) were at the top of the Republican ticket.  On the same page, A.V.F. Haston, now a Justice of the Peace, published an ad concerning a stray horse in his Jackson Township of Dallas County, MO.

1872, June 26

Pleasant D. Hastain

Newspaper

The St. Louis Republic: Pleasant Dawson Hastain, the son of Daniel McComesky Hastain, was a student in the College of Christian Brothers.  He gave the final speech (“declamation”) in the Second Day’s Examination, an end-of-school-year program.  I assume this was the school founded in 1850 near St. Louis, MO.  More 

1872, October 17

Miles Humphrey Hastain

Newspaper

The Osceola (MO.) Herald: The only son of Wm. S. and Fanny Hastain Shirk died at age two, nine months, and 21 days, in Osceola, MO. (from Warsaw, MO Times)

1873, May 30

John W. & A.V.F Haston 

Newspaper

Buffalo Reflex: These brothers, sons of Jeremiah Haston, had contributed to the Dallas County, MO public school fund – John W., $300; A.V.F, $70.

1873, August 25

Mr. Hastain, residence

Newspaper

The St. Louis Republic (from the Benton County, MO Democrat): A card game was being played in the home of Mr. (Daniel McComesky?) Hastain in Benton County, MO. Captain William Hays and Clay Jeans got into a fight, and a shooting occurred. Apparently, no one was seriously injured. Daniel McComesky Hastain was a son of David Haston, Daniel’s son.

1874, January 24

Lucy Haston

Newspaper

Oskaloosa (KS) Sickle: Lucy Haston, probable daughter of A.A. Haston of Newman Station, KS, was on several school reports in this era  an excellent student.

1874, August 29

Hastain Block

Newspaper

A Hastain Block in Sedalia, MO was mentioned.  This was probably the block so-named for Daniel Haston’s grandson (through David Haston), Daniel McComesky Haston/Hastain, who owned a hotel in Sedalia.

1874, October 2

J.C. Hastain

Newspaper

A.W. Park and J.C. Hastain apparently swapped lands west and east of the Petaluma and Santa Rosa road in Sonoma County, California.  J.C. Hastain was probably Joseph Claiborne Haston/Hastain, son of Daniel’s son Joseph.  He move from Missouri to California with his uncle’s (Isaac Haston/Hastin’s) family.

1874, December 5

Mr. Haston, probably A.A. Haston

Newspaper

Oskaloosa (KS) Sickle: Mr. Haston, of Newman Station, “keeps a small grocery store for the express accommodation of farmers.” We saw in a December 4, 1869, newspaper story that Jesse Haston, Sr.’s son, Abi Alburn Haston, was living and doing business in Newman, KS.

1875, October 20

Mr. Haston

Newspaper

Oskaloosa (KS) Sickle: “Mr. [probably Abi Alburn, son of Jesse Haston, Daniel’s son] Haston, the gentlemanly agent of Newman (KS), has torn down a part of the old warehouse and repaired the other part so as to give it a respectful appearance.”

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Hastons in the News –

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200+ Years of Hastons in Newspapers

1800-1865

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Publication Date

Name

Link

1820 - (7x) January 21 - April 22

Jesse Haston, son of Daniel

Newspaper Article

Missouri Intelligencer (1st newspaper printed west of the Mississippi River): In the early months of 1820, there were seven mentions of a Haston having mail in the Post Office of Franklin, Missouri. The name is "James" in the first three issues, but is "Jessee" in the last four. "James" must have been an error, because there was no James Haston there at that time. Beginning in the April 1 issue, Jessee had two letters waiting to be picked up. Franklin was the first county seat of Howard County, MO. The "old" Franklin (founded 1816) was washed away in the Missouri River floods of 1826-27. New Franklin was established NE of the original site. Franklin, MO was the starting point of the Santa Fe (New Mexico) Trail, a vital hub for westward expansion.

1824 - April 21 and May 19

David Haston, son of Daniel

Newspaper Article

The Sparta Review: David's name was on a list of letters in the Sparta, TN post office.

1825 - July 16 & 29

Jesse Haston, son of Daniel

Newspaper Article

Missouri Intelligencer: Jesse had two letters in the Boonville, MO Post Ofice.

1833 - October 16

David Haston, son of Daniel

Newspaper Article

Nashville Republican: By an act of the Tennessee General Assembly on December 14, 1831, it was "enacted..., that David Hastings be appointed commissioner of the turnpike road owned by Hale, leading from White county to Bledsoe, and have the same fees and perform the same duties required by the commissioners appointed in 1829. Thomas Smith was the Tennessee State Senator for White, Overton, Fentress, and Jackson Counties in 1833. 

1847 - June 26

Jesse Haston, son of Daniel

Newspaper Article

Boon's Lick Times: Jesse was on two committees to plan a celebration for the return of Howard County, MO, men who volunteered to fight in the Mexican War. Jesse's son, William Asbury Haston, was one of the returning volunteers. 

1852 - March 11

Jesse Haston, son of Daniel

Newspaper Article

Glasgow Weekly Times: Died--In this (Howard) County on the 9th last, Mrs. Catherine M., consort of Jesse Hasston, aged about ___ years.

1857 - September 10

Nicholas G. Haston, son of Jesse

Newspaper Article

Glasgow Weekly Times: The 30-year-old son of Jesse Haston died at his father's house after a prolonged illness in Glasgow of Howard County, MO.

1865 - November 16

Thomas J. (Jefferson) Haston, son of Jesse

Newspaper Article

The Howard Union: Grandson of Daniel Haston via. Jesse Haston - public sale of five tracts of land in Howard County, MO announced.

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Planning a Hiestand Tour in Canton Zurich, Switzerland

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Visit the Original Homeland of Your Hiestand (Haston) Ancestors

Historical Background for Your Hiestand Tour in Switzerland

This book contains 100+ pages (Chapters 2, 3, and 4) of historical background that will make your Hiestand visit to Switzerland MUCH more meaningful, plus nearly 300 pages of additional information on the early Hiestand family in Rhineland Germany and the Colonial Years in America.

More Information and Access to Ordering

Site 1 - Hiestand Bakery Bistro and Shop in Zürich City

Although it is not a Hiestand historic site, per se, it is a neat place to visit, and the food is wonderful.  Tell them you are an American, with Hiestand roots in Zürich.  It may not get you a discount, but you will make them smile.

Hiestand Bakery and Bistro
Map to the Location

Site 2 - Richterswil Museum (Ortsmuseum Richterswil)

The museum is located in downtown Richterswil, one of the earliest villages where our Hiestands lived.  Contact them ahead of your trip to schedule a visit, since their normal hours are limited.  They have always been very flexible with us and have some Hiestand materials that you will want to see.  

Ortsmuseum Richterswil
Dorfbachstrasse 12
8805 Richterswil
044 786 34 39
info@ortsmuseum-richterswil.ch
Richterswil Museum - Ortsmuseum Richterswil
Map to the Location

Site 3 - Ueli Hiestand's Beichlen and Himmeri Farms

Ueli Hiestand was a prominent citizen near the village of Wädenswil in the mid-1400s.  He owned two large farms, Beichlen and Himmeri. See Chapter 2 of The Heritage, Life, and Legacy of Daniel Haston: Book 1 – The Swiss-German Heritage of Daniel Hiestand for the historical significance of these two villages. 

Ueli Hiestand's Beichlen and Himmeri Farms
Map to Beichlen
Map to Himmeri

Sites 4 and 5 - Fälmis and Haslen Farms

Our Anabaptist Hiestand ancestors (almost certainly) originated from these two farms – Fälmis and Haslen – (approximately 1/2 mile from each other) before they were forced out of Switzerland because of their faith.  They are now suburbs of Samstagern in the municipality of Richterswil within the Horgen District of Canton Zürich.  See Chapter 3 of the The Heritage, Life, and Legacy of Daniel Haston: Book 1 – The Swiss-German Heritage of Daniel Hiestand for the historical significance of these two villages.

Fälmis is still a farm, as you can see in the above aerial photo.

Map to Fälmis

Haslen is now a subdivision, as you can see in the above aerial photo.

Map to Haslen

Site 6 - Village of Hütten and Around Lake Hütten (Hüttnersee to locals)

As early as the 1400s, several Hiestands were living on farms around this small lake.  Also, the village of Hütten overlooking Lake Hütten (Hüttnersee) was a place where Hiestands have lived for centuries.  See Chapter 2 of The Heritage, Life, and Legacy of Daniel Haston: Book 1 – The Swiss-German Heritage of Daniel Hiestand for the historical significance of this area.

Swiss Hiestand Families and Farms in the 1400s
Map to Hütten
Map to Hüttnersee

Site 7 - Schönau

Hiestands were one of the first, if not the first, families to clear and settle on this hillside, the (Hinter) Schönou.  They were there at least as early as 1453.  It is rich with Hiestand history, especially during the Anabaptist years.  The family that currently (2025) lives there is open to members of the Hiestand family visiting there.  Just be polite and let them know who you are and why you are visiting.  Don’t miss the Bert Kampfert house. 

(Hinter) Schönau
Bert Kaempfert Home
Map to (Hinter) Schönou

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Haston – William Lester, Sr.

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1892 – 1923

William Lester Haston, Senior

Rank and Branch of Military

Private 1st Class, U.S. Army

Years of Service

May 24, 1918 – September 25, 1919

Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service

Basic training at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, after induction – less than three months of training.  Embarked for overseas on July 30, 1918.  Arrived on the Western Front in August 1918.  Remained in France until May 1919.

Wartime Theaters of Assignment and Major Battles

Argonne Forest in France.  Argonne Forest Offensive, a major part of the final Allied offensive of World War 1, which led to the end of WW1.  The battle where Sgt. Alvin C. York made military history and for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Awards, Decorations, Badges, etc.

World War 1 Victory Medal

Stories of Interest Involving the Service Member

He was poison-gassed during the war, which contributed to his death near his home in 1923. 

Relationship to the Daniel Haston Family

Daniel Haston > David Haston > Isaac T. Haston > Thomas Cole Haston . William Lester Haston, Sr.

Other Information About the Service Member's Haston or Haston-Related Ancestry

Buried in the Haston Cemetery in Cummingsville, TN – https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32790309/william-lester-haston 

Person who submitted this information and relationship to the honored veteran:

Granddaughter, Margie Haston Roberts Johnson (daughter of Lester Haston, Jr.)

Email address to the person who submitted this information:

naynaymargie65@gmail.com

Learn More About Lester Haston’s WW1 Experiences

Military Service - From Farmer to Soldier in France, in 3 Months
Victim of WW1 Poison Gas Warfare

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Elwood Haston WW2 Rolex

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World War II Rolex Watches

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In a few of the articles I’ve written on the subject of WWII watches I mentioned that Switzerland remained neutral during World War II and that many of the brands we now cherish made watches for both the Allied and Axis forces: namely the British, French, Italians, and Germans. By the time war broke out in 1939, Rolex had already relocated to Switzerland. However, it was one of the few brands—if not the only one—that sold watches exclusively to the Allied forces.

Rolex, therefore, made a few models that found their ways to the battlefields, whether on land or in the air. Unlike other Swiss brands, Rolex did not issue military watches—meaning the brand was not following what we refer to as Government-issued military specifications. Instead, Rolex made watches for the military which it distributed by way of local retailers or sent directly to the military. And, as the story goes, sometimes directly to captured soldiers in German camps.

Different sources say different things about which field watches Rolex made during World War II and how they were distributed.  First, the Rolex Oyster Army. Rolex, of course, used the Oyster case to guarantee that the movement would be protected against water, dust, and dirt. The Oyster Army according to some, better made than many field watches that were officially issued to armed forces.

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Heritage of Daniel Hiestand-Haston Book Review

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Book Review - The Swiss-German Heritage of Daniel Hiestand-Haston

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Confederate Brigadier General Philip Dale Roddy

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Probable Nephew of David and Peggy RODDY Haston

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On January 19, 1805 the Knox County, TN Court: “Ordered that Philip Roddy as orphan now at the age of fourteen years be bound apprentice to John Webb until he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, and agreeably to the said order, Indentures are executed and a counterpart filed in Office.” 

This 14-year-old orphan was probably a (five years younger) brother of Margaret/Peggy Roddy, who married Daniel Haston’s oldest son, David Haston.  John Webb ran a major leather tanning operation in the Knoxville area.

A Phillip Roddy served in the War of 1812, from October 13 – January 1814.  He was in McCrory’s Regiment of the West Tennessee Militia, a unit composed of men from Williamson, Maury, Giles, Overton, Rutherford, and Smith Counties.  Evidence strongly suggests that this was the “orphaned Phillip Roddy,” who would have been about 22 years old when McCrory’s unit was formed.  Phillip was living in the town of Liberty, TN, which is now in DeKalb County but Smith County at that time–about 40 miles west of where David and Peggy Roddy Haston lived.  Phillip was a saddle maker, which would have been consistent with experience as a leather tanner.

If indeed Philip Dale Roddy was the orphaned Phillip of Knox County, he was (most likely) Peggy Roddy Haston’s (David Haston’s wife’s) younger brother. And, if so, General Philip Dale Roddy, Confederate Civil War hero, would have been her nephew. 

General Philip Dale Roddy

Philip Dale Roddy/Roddey’s parents moved from DeKalb County, TN to Moulton, Alabama, where he was born (about 1820) and grew up.  He was a tailor, before being elected as the Sheriff of Moulton, AL.  Later, he got into the steam ship business on the Tennessee River.  

He opposed Alabama’s secession from the United States, until the Federal Army captured Fort Henry on the Tennessee River on February 6, 1862.  Roddy then raised a company of mounted soldiers, “Tishomingo Rangers,” later that year.  Early in his military career, he gained the confidence of General Braxton Bragg and other Confederate generals.  He and General Nathan Bedford Forrest frequently operated together. 

He was quickly elevated to Colonel and later confirmed as a Brigadier General in April 1864.  General Philip Dale Roddey earned the sobriquets “Defender of Northern Alabama” and the “Swamp Fox of the Tennessee Valley.”  He had a good reputation for the humane way he treated his prisoners of war.  His military exploits are well-documented, as well as the scandals that plagued his post-war civilian life.

Post-War Scandals

Sadly, the Civil War hero of northern Alabama abandoned his family after the war and destroyed his good name by extramarital affairs and unscrupulous business deals.  His bigamous marriage to the much younger Carlotta Frances Shotwell and alleged swindling of her wealth, forced him to move to England to evade criminal prosecution.  He died in London in 1897, but his body was returned to Moulton, AL for burial

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Haston History Books – Library Distribution Project

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Some Famous Early Americans Our Hiestands and Hastons Were Associated With – Part 2

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Famous Early Americans Our Hastons Met and Knew, Part 2

General/President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845)

Daniel Haston’s paths may have crossed Andrew Jackson’s multiple times in Upper East, TN, and afterward in Knoxville, TN.  They were contemporaries in Washington County, TN, in the 1780s, 1788 for sure.    Even after Jackson moved to Nashville, in Middle Tennessee, and Daniel’s family moved to Knox County, TN,  Jackson’s visits to Knoxville were frequent, especially after 1796 when Tennessee was a state and Knoxville was its capital.  But, on October 7, 1801, Daniel Haston faced Andrew Jackson in a courtroom in Knoxville.  Daniel was a juror and Jackson was a defendant (and a judge for the same case!) in a court case in the Hamilton District Superior Court.  You should read that story! I don’t know how much personal contact they had then or in some other setting, but their eyes must have met in that courtroom.  Neither of them would have had any idea that Daniel’s son, Isaac Haston, would fight for General Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans–and near to where General Jackson directed his army against the British.  And, during his political years, Jackson passed through White County (Sparta), TN back and forth from his Hermitage home east of Nashville and Washington, DC.

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Tennessee Governor Willie Blount (1768-1835)

You know a lot about Andrew Jackson, but I doubt that you know anything about his Tennessee friend and political ally, Willie Blount, who was governor of Tennessee for three terms, 1809-1815.  He was Tennessee’s governor during the War of 1812, the war that made Andrew Jackson famous.  He was General Jackson’s “boss” during the war.  When the war ended, Willie Blount was at the height of his popularity.  J.G.M., the famous early Tennessee historian, stated: “Willie’s popularity with the masses has rarely been equalled.”  He would  easily have been elected to a fourth term as Tennessee governor in 1815, but constitutional term limits prevented him from seeking another term.
 

Although I don’t have solid proof for my assumption, I believe that Daniel’s son David was a friend of Willie Blount when both were living in Knoxville.  David named his first son, “Willie (Wiley) Blount Haston.”  Bount was nine years older than David, but they would have been young men at the same time in the tiny village of Knoxville, when and where most everybody knew everybody.

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Famous Early Americans Our Hastons Met and Knew, Part 1

John Sevier (1745-1815)

Daniel Haston and other members of the Hiestand family may have met and known John Sevier while they were living in northern Virginia.  Sevier was approximately five years older than Daniel Hiestand/Haston and grew up just over the Massanutten Mountain from the Hiestands.  He is credited with being the founder of New Market, VA.  In pre-Tennessee western NC, he became famous as a successful Indian fighter, a President of the failed state of Franklin, the first Governor of Tennessee, an office he served in four times.  Sevier’s farmstead, Marble Springs, was located south of where the Daniel Haston family lived during their ten-year sojourn in Knox County, TN.  While he was Tennessee’s governor, he rode past their home every time he rode from Knoxville to his farmstead.  According to his journal, he purchased vegetables from Suza Haiston and a Mrs. Haiston.  Whether or not these were the same person or two members of the Daniel Haston family, I do not know.  But they were certainly members of Daniel’s family.

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John Sevier and the Haistons of South Knoxville

William Cocke (1748-1828)

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William Cocke was chosen, in early 1796, as a delegate to the convention that wrote the first Tennessee Constitution.  When the Tennessee government was formed, Cocke was selected to be one of the first two Tennessee senators, along with William Blount. His first term was short, 1796-1797.  He was later elected by the Tennessee Assembly to a Senate seat and served from 1799 to 1805.  Cocke had the distinction of serving the state legislatures of four states: Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi. He was also a major leader in the organization of the would-be State of Franklin, the state’s delegate to the Congress of the Confederation.  His first known contact with the Hiestand/Haston family was when, as an attorney, he defended Abraham Hiestand, Daniel’s brother, in the 1793-1794 Hamilton District Court case, Robert McCombs vs Abraham Heistant.  Unfortunately for Abraham, McCombs won the case.  A year later, he was the prosecuting attorney in the John Mattox vs. John Stone case, that resulted in Mattox’s security, Daniel Haston, having to pay the court costs.

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Abraham Hestand’s Survey and the Tebbs Bend Battle of the Civil War

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In 1799, 100 Acres Were Surveyed for Abraham Hiestand/Hestand

64 Years Later (July 4, 1863) the Battle of Tebbs Bend, KY Was Fought There

Daniel and Abraham Hiestand - Post Virginia

Daniel Hiestand/Haston left Virginia with his older brother, Abraham, in about 1783.  They journeyed to what is now Upper East Tennessee, near Jonesborough in Washington County.  After 20 or so years there, they parted ways.  Daniel moved his family to South Knoxville in Knox County, TN.  Abraham moved to South Central Kentucky.

Abraham claimed 100 acres on Tebbs Bend of the Green River, in what is now the southern tip of Taylor County, KY.  His good friend, John Lemon, settled on the adjacent bend, known for more than 200 years as Lemon’s Bend.  

Something happened shortly after Abraham received his survey–something that changed his mind about completing the purchase.  I suspect that is when his wife, Mary Magdalene Boehm Hiestand, died.  On the back of the survey he assigned the rights of his surveyed property to his son, Henry Hiestand/Hestand.  But, Henry chose not to finalize the deal either.  So, the land never made it into the Hiestand family.  However, it became the site of a very important Civil War battle.

Abraham and Henry both settled about 50 miles southwest of Tebbs Bend, in what became Monroe County, KY. 

The survey drawing below is upside down, which was not uncommon for survey plats in that era.

Abraham Hestand's Tebbs Bend Survey

In South-Central KY, the Hiestand name for Abraham’s family became “Hestand,” but, in the early years, clerks often spelled it “Heaston.”

Site of the Battle of Tebbs Bend

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October 24 2026
Touring the Isaac Hastin Missouri Farm and Homesite
Aerial and Walking View of Isaac Hasting Missouri Farm and Homesite When Daniel Haston’s son, Isaac, left Tennessee in about 1836, he owned no land and was probably very poor.  With a wife and about 9 children, he set out for Missouri–Cass Township of Greene County, where some East Tennessee folks, probable his friends fromContinue
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October 17 2026
Jeremiah Haston Family Land – Dallas County MO
We gathered around the seven graves in the Jeremiah Haston Family Cemetery, a mile or so north of the Charity community in Dallas County, Missouri.  Wayne told us the story of how the cemetery was found, in August 2026, after many decades of being “lost” to anyone’s knowledge.  He told us who the seven Hastons buriedContinue
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September 28 2026
2026 MidAmerica Hastons Gathering – Schedule
Download a Copy of the Detailed Schedule REGISTER Now for the October 9-10, 2026 Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Articles Related to the Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Haston-Hastin-Hastain Gathering INFO Hastons Migration to Missouri 5-Day Pre-Gathering Missouri Research Isaac Haston-Hastin Missouri Pioneer Isaac’s American Dream Came True Family History Presentations in the Gathering 2-for-1 Vacations – Branson andContinue
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September 19 2026
Site of the Isaac Haston/Hastin Home in Missouri
Drawing created by Col. Howard H. Hasting, Sr. Florence Angeline Staley (Mrs. Tom) Greenwade (1914-2000) grew up and spent her entire life in the Willard, Missouri area of Greene County (near Cave Spring[s]).  She had Staley relatives living near the land Isaac Haston settled in the mid-1830s, so she no doubt was familar with theContinue
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September 12 2026
Once Lost Haston Cemetery – Now Found
You will want to read until the end. Beginning soon after the organization of the Dallas County Historical Society in 1966, the society began the task of reading cemeteries and publishing the results in four volumes, which they titled “A Reading of Dallas County, Missouri Cemeteries, 1834-1996.”  The members of that society did an impressiveContinue
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September 5 2026
5 Haston History Presentations
The Five Visualized Presentations to be Given at the All Hastons MidAmerica Gathering REGISTER Now for the October 9-10, 2026 Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Wayne Haston, Haston family historian, will trace the Haston (originally “Hiestand”) family roots back to the 1400s in Zurich, Switzerland, and from there to the Rhineland of Southwest Germany, to Colonial Pennsylvania,Continue
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August 25 2026
Haston Gathering at Ebenezer Historical Society
REGISTER Now for the October 9-10, 2026 Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Articles Related to the Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Haston-Hastin-Hastain Gathering INFO Hastons Migration to Missouri 5-Day Pre-Gathering Missouri Research Isaac Haston-Hastin Missouri Pioneer Isaac’s American Dream Came True Family History Presentations in the Gathering 2-for-1 Vacations – Branson and Ebenezer Gathering Dallas County, Missouri – EarlyContinue
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August 14 2026
Hastons in Texas
If you have Haston roots in Texas, it’s very possible that you are from one of these two clans. Willard Durham (W.D.) Haston (1859-1929) was born on May 10, 1859, in Yell County, Arkansas, after his parents, Willie B. and Mary Durham Haston, left their home on Cane Creek in Van Buren County, Tennessee, inContinue
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August 11 2026
Hastons in Oklahoma and Texas by Jane Haston Ritter
Hattie Jane Young Ritter was born in Marlow, OK, on December 7, 1938. She was named after both of her grandmothers, including Hattie Haston on her maternal side. She grew up in the Marlow area. She met a boy named Arbuary Ritter when she was 6 and would eventually become his wife in 1958. TheyContinue
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August 7 2026
Pioneer Hastons in Howard County MO
REGISTER Now for the October 9-10 Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Articles Related to the Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Haston-Hastin-Hastain Gathering INFO Hastons Migration to Missouri 5-Day Pre-Gathering Missouri Research Isaac Haston-Hastin Missouri Pioneer Isaac’s American Dream Came True Family History Presentations in the Gathering 2-for-1 Vacations – Branson and Ebenezer Gathering Dallas County, Missouri – Early HastonContinue
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July 28 2026
Hastons in Dallas County, MO
REGISTER Now for the October 9-10 Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Articles Related to the Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Haston-Hastin-Hastain Gathering INFO Hastons Migration to Missouri 5-Day Pre-Gathering Missouri Research Isaac Haston-Hastin Missouri Pioneer Isaac’s American Dream Came True Family History Presentations in the Gathering 2-for-1 Vacations – Branson and Ebenezer Gathering Dallas County, Missouri – Early HastonContinue
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July 21 2026
Bronson, MO and the MidWest Haston-Hastin-Hastain Gathering
REGISTER Now for the October 9-10, 2026 Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Articles Related to the Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Haston-Hastin-Hastain Gathering INFO Hastons Migration to Missouri 5-Day Pre-Gathering Missouri Research Isaac Haston-Hastin Missouri Pioneer Isaac’s American Dream Came True Family History Presentations in the Gathering 2-for-1 Vacations – Branson and Ebenezer Gathering Dallas County, Missouri – EarlyContinue
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July 18 2026
October 2026 MidAmerica All Hastons Gathering – Presentations
REGISTER Now for the October 9-10, 2026 Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Articles Related to the Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Haston-Hastin-Hastain Gathering INFO Hastons Migration to Missouri 5-Day Pre-Gathering Missouri Research Isaac Haston-Hastin Missouri Pioneer Isaac’s American Dream Came True Family History Presentations in the Gathering 2-for-1 Vacations – Branson and Ebenezer Gathering Dallas County, Missouri – EarlyContinue
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July 10 2026
The Isaac Haston/Hastin Family in Missouri – Part 2
REGISTER Now for the October 9-10, 2026 Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Haston-Hastin-Hastain Gathering INFO Hastons Migration to Missouri 5-Day Pre-Gathering Missouri Research Isaac Haston-Hastin Missouri Pioneer Isaac’s American Dream Came True Family History Presentations in the Gathering 2-for-1 Vacations – Branson and Ebenezer Gathering Dallas County, Missouri – Early Haston Settlers (Jeremiah) Howard County, Missouri –Continue
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July 4 2026
The Isaac Haston/Hastin Family in Missouri – Part 1
REGISTER Now for the October 9-10, 2026 Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Haston-Hastin-Hastain Gathering INFO Hastons Migration to Missouri 5-Day Pre-Gathering Missouri Research Isaac Haston-Hastin Missouri Pioneer Isaac’s American Dream Came True Family History Presentations in the Gathering 2-for-1 Vacations – Branson and Ebenezer Gathering Dallas County, Missouri – Early Haston Settlers (Jeremiah) Howard County, Missouri –Continue
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June 26 2026
Haston Reunions of the Past and Present
I’ve heard about this Oklahoma Haston reunion from a few different friends.  I don’t know when it began, how long it continued, or what happened to it.  It sounds like it was a wonderful series of events, a mixture of family and faith.  I’d love to know more about it, as well as other similar familyContinue
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June 20 2026
1898 – Hastons-Hastains-Hastins in the News
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 toContinue
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June 11 2026
2026 Book – The Life of Daniel Haston
More Information and to Order *492 Pages *350+ Images *1,108 Endnotes *Extensive Index *Coffee Table Book Cover and Pages If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the Book – Or, See More Information and Preview the Contents
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May 30 2026
Haston Migration to Missouri – 1818-1850
Part 1 – Why Mid-America for a Gathering of Daniel Haston Descendants? Haston – Hastin – Hastain – Hasten – Hasting – Some Hastings (and maybe other H-names) REGISTER Now for the October 9-10 Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Articles Related to the Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Haston-Hastin-Hastain Gathering INFO Hastons Migration to Missouri 5-Day Pre-Gathering Missouri ResearchContinue
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May 16 2026
Haston Family Books on Amazon
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May 10 2026
It is Here – The Life of Daniel Haston Book
Click Through 33 Sample Pages – See the Control Options Below the Flipbook (such as the Toggle Full Screen Option) If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the Book – Or, See More Information and Preview the Contents
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April 25 2026
SW Missouri Research Week
Preparing for the October 9-10, 2026 All Hastons Gathering in Greene County, MO Daniel Haston’s sons, Isaac and Jeremiah, arrived in Southwest Missouri at about the same time, 1836-1837.  Isaac Haston/Hastin settled in Cass Township, north of Springfield in Greene County, Missouri.  Jeremiah settled about 30 miles northeast of Isaac, in the Charity community of DallasContinue
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April 10 2026
Quiz # 2 – Haston Family History Quiz
Quiz #2 One Hour Time Limit – You May Use Any Source You Want to Find an Answer Use a Book – Search the Internet – Ask Someone Around You – Call a Friend Quiz #1 – Early Daniel Haston Family History Quiz #2 – Early Daniel Haston Family History If you appreciated this article,Continue
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April 9 2026
1897 – Hastons-Hastains-Hastins in the News
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 membersContinue
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April 4 2026
Quiz # 1- Basic Daniel Haston Quiz
Quiz #1 – Early Daniel Haston Family History Quiz #2 – Early Daniel Haston Family History One Hour Time Limit – You May Use Any Source You Want to Find an Answer Use a Book – Search the Internet – Ask Someone Around You – Call a Friend If you appreciated this quiz please shareContinue
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March 14 2026
Confederate Guerrilla, David J. Hastin – Post Civil War
Daniel Haston > Isaac Haston/Hastin > John Wesley Hastin > Dave J. Hastin John Wesley Hastin and Haston – Cousin vs Cousin David J. Hastin – Dreaded Confederate Guerrilla David J. Hastin – Finds Peace with God and Man March 1894 – Dave J. Haston – Gloriously Converted No doubt, Dave had lived for yearsContinue
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March 7 2026
Dave Hastin – Ex-Bloody Bushwhacker
Daniel Haston > Isaac Haston/Hastin > John Wesley Hastin > Dave J. Hastin John Wesley Hastin and Haston – Cousin vs Cousin David J. Hastin – Dreaded Confederate Guerrilla David J. Hastin – Finds Peace with God and Man We don’t know much about the war experiences of Isaac’s son, John Wesley Hastin, but weContinue
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February 28 2026
Zoom Meeting – Planning for October 9-10, 2026 FAMILY Gathering in MO
Zoom Meeting, Monday at 7:00 p.m. Central Time – March 9, 2026 Your Invitation Link – Plug This Into Your Web Browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89784337004?pwd=UVtg1k6DXQJDlT7el7jZby8C8FvmWF.1 We will talk about the basic plans we have now – the presentations, field trips, meals, etc.  But we want to hear from you, what can we do to make this aContinue
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February 20 2026
Is Every Haston a Descendant of Daniel Haston
1852 – James Haston, a Case in Point James Haston – History of Reno County, Kansas – Volume 2 (pages 780-782) When I see the HASTON name, I immediately begin to ask myself, “How did this James Haston fit into the descendancy of Daniel Haston, our c. 1750-1826 ancestor, from whom a massive FAMILY ofContinue
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February 14 2026
Lucas Haston – Sparta TN
The Y’s Fitness Director, Nina Weston, has seen Lucas through this journey and could not be prouder. She shared part of Lucas’s story, as he got comfortable teaching the others in Special Olympics, and how the two of them worked hard to get him certified. Read the Full Lucas Haston Story If you appreciated thisContinue
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February 7 2026
Civil War – Haston Cousin Against Haston Cousin
One a Son of Jeremiah Haston, the Other a Son of Isaac Haston — Both, Grandsons of Daniel Haston John Wesley Hastin and Haston – Cousin vs Cousin David J. Hastin – Dreaded Confederate Guerrilla David J. Hastin – Finds Peace with God and Man Sometimes, Haston family genealogists have confused these two men, butContinue
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January 30 2026
Catherine Haston Austin’s Sons
See also: Daughters of Catherine Haston Austin – Granddaughters of Daniel Haston Daniel Haston’s daughter, Catherine, married John Austin in about 1819.  John’s first wife, Rachel, had recently died.  Catherine inherited seven of Rachel’s children, immediately becoming a busy step-mother.    Over the next 23 years, Catherine gave birth to six children of her own–threeContinue
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January 23 2026
Catherine Haston Austin’s Daughters
See also: Sons of Catherine Haston Austin – Grandsons of Daniel Haston Daniel Haston’s daughter, Catherine, married John Austin in about 1819.  John’s first wife, Rachel, had recently died.  Catherine inherited seven of Rachel’s children, immediately becoming a busy step-mother.    Over the next 23 years, Catherine gave birth to six children of her own–threeContinue
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January 17 2026
October 2026 – MidAmerica All Hastons Gathering
REGISTER Now for the October 9-10 Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Articles Related to the Haston-Hastin-Hastain MidAmerica Gathering Haston-Hastin-Hastain Gathering INFO Hastons Migration to Missouri 5-Day Pre-Gathering Missouri Research Isaac Haston-Hastin Missouri Pioneer Isaac’s American Dream Came True Family History Presentations in the Gathering 2-for-1 Vacations – Branson and Ebenezer Gathering Dallas County, Missouri – Early HastonContinue
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January 10 2026
E.C. Haston – WCHS Principal
E.C. Haston – Principal of White County (TN) High School Van Buren County, TN – Born and Grew Up Edwin Cummings Haston was born on November 9, 1913, in Cummingsville, TN (3rd District in Van Buren County, TN).   1920 Census – Cummingsville, TN 1930 Census – Cummingsville, TN Middle Tennessee State Teacher College – Murfreesboro,Continue
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January 2 2026
1896 – Hastons in the News
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.     I focusContinue
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December 26 2025
Who is Buried in the Christina Nave Grave
When he was approximately 23 years old, our ancestor Daniel Haston (originally Hiestand) married Christina Nave on September 28, 1773, in Dunmore/Shenandoah County, VA.  I think we can say with confidence that she was the mother of Daniel’s first four or five children, at least. And we can be sure that for the first few years ofContinue
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December 20 2025
Hastons in Early Van Buren County, TN Court Minutes – 1860-1866
Hastons in Court – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly 1840-1844 1845-1849 1850-54 1855-1859 1860-1866 Year of 1860 Page Name Description 361 Wm. C. Haston Mentioned here as a constable.    Ritchmand (Richmond) Haston State vs. Richmond Haston (small offenses court) – cost or fine of $2.00.  Note:  This was probably Richmond T. Jones, who livedContinue
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December 6 2025
Murder of Sheriff Montgomery G. Haston – 3
The Basic Story Newspaper Nuances Sheriff Mrs. Haston As the story goes, she strapped her husband’s guns on around the waist of her dress and got to work. She meant business! When her term was expired, Imogene moved to Warren County and raised her two daughters, Dorothy and Lenora. Dorothy was about a year oldContinue
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November 22 2025
Murder of Sheriff Montgomery G. Haston – 2
Links will be activated when the stories are posted. The Basic Story Newspaper Nuances Sheriff Mrs. Haston I’ve been taught, and have taught others, that the stories we tell ourselves create emotions, and it is those emotions that sometimes drive us to reactions that we often later regret.  Here is a classic example. Here areContinue
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November 15 2025
Murder of Sheriff Montgomery G. Haston
Links will be activated when the stories are posted. The Basic Story Newspaper Nuances Sheriff Mrs. Haston Who would have thought that this innocent-looking little boy would become the Sheriff of Van Buren County, TN, and be gunned down in such a horrific way? Montgomery Greenville Haston, born June 9, 1898, was the son ofContinue
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November 1 2025
David Montgomery Haston – Trouble Getting His Confederate Pension
65 Years After the War – Confederate Pension Denied Jane Ritter’s Memory of the Family Story About Her Maternal Great-Grandfather, David Montgomery Haston The only thing I remember my Haston mother saying was that he never ate biscuits after the war because of worms or bugs, something was in them. He always ate and enjoyedContinue
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October 25 2025
1895 – Hastons in the News
1895 – Interesting Facts and Stories About Our Earlier Cousins Thanks to the “now” online availability of many 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.     IContinue
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October 18 2025
Scalding Death of Isaac T. Haston Jr.
The Horrible Death of “Shack” (Isaac T. Haston, Jr.) The Chattanooga (TN) Commercial, January 1, 1887 If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the Book – Or, See More Information and Preview the Contents
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October 13 2025
150 Years – Haston Cemetery
150 Years of History in the (Isaac T.) Haston Family Cemetery October 12, 2025 Haston Cemetery Decoration and History Talk Imagine:  For 150 years, descendants of Isaac T. and Elizabeth Sparkman Haston have been visiting this cemetery!  On Sunday, October 12, 2025, a few dozen Haston family members gathered for the annual decoration at theContinue
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October 9 2025
Hastons in Early Van Buren County, TN – Court Minutes – 1855-1859
Hastons in Court – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly 1840-1844 1845-1849 1850-54 1855-1859 1860-1866 Year of 1855 (June – December) Page Name Description 3 Isaac T. HastonAbraham Trogdon, decd. Isaac T. Haston, administrator of Abraham Trogdon’s estate, petitioned to sell Trogdon’s land at the court house on Monday, June 4, 1855. 4 HeirsContinue
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October 9 2025
Hastons in Early Van Buren County, TN Court Minutes – 1850-1854
Hastons in Court – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly 1840-1844 1845-1849 1850-54 1855-1859 1860-1866 Year of 1850 Page Name Description 292 James A. Haston J.P. – county court (January term) 294 James A. Haston J.P. – county court (Tuesday session of January term) 296 W.B. Haston Appointed as judge for the May 1850Continue
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October 4 2025
Mid-America Hastons Gathering
Mid-America All Hastons Gathering – Fall 2026 Exact date and details to be determined with input from interested attendees.  Descendants of Daniel Haston settled in all of the areas within and around the Mid-America circle on the map above.  Many of our “H families” (Haston, Hastain, Hasting, Hastin, Hastings, and probably other spellings) are stillContinue
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September 27 2025
Dwight Haston – 1946-2025
Dwight Haston – A Proud Haston, A Proud American I just learned that Dwight passed away Thursday morning, September 25, 2025. Read Dwight’s Legacy of Service (Air Force) Record I (Wayne Haston) met Dwight in person for the first time in the summer of 2000.  I was just beginning to become interested in Daniel HastonContinue
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September 13 2025
Hastons in Early Van Buren County, TN Court Minutes – 1845-1849
Hastons in Court – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly 1840-1844 1845-1849 1850-54 1855-1859 1860-1866 Year of 1845 Page Name Description 139 David Haston J.P. – county court (January term) 140 Arthur Mitchell Appointed to serve in the April 1845 circuit court, representing the 3rd district. 142 W.B. Haston’s old place Reference to theContinue
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September 5 2025
Hastons in Early Van Buren County, TN Court Minutes – 1840-1844
Hastons in Court – The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly 1840-1844 1845-1849 1850-54 1855-1859 1860-1866 Year of 1840 Page Name Summary 1 Isham B. Haston He was one of the original Justices of the Peace (J.P.) for Van Buren County, TN.  However, his official commission papers were presented in the June session. 2 I.B.Continue
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August 30 2025
Big Fork Cemetery – Repairs and Improvements (August 2025)
Honoring the 389 Local Folks Buried in This 200+ Year Old Graveyard Haston – Cummings – Stipes – Crawley – Shockley – Moore – Madewell – Denney – Whitley – Creely – Huddleston – Others Thanks to Jean Ann Haston Hall and her Crew – Rickie and Angel Branscum, Jared Stafford, and Jacob Byford. PleaseContinue
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August 23 2025
1894 – Hastons in the News
1894 – 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 focusContinue
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August 20 2025
Claire Aufrance – Historical Achievement
NC Appraisal Board Claire has been a member of the Daniel Haston Family Association Core Leadership Team from the beginning of the association. One day, 20+ years ago, I received an email from Claire which said something like this, “I am a descendant of Jeremiah Haston, who was the son of Daniel Haston.” And sheContinue
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August 9 2025
William Haston – Kansas City, MO Gunfight
Jealousy + Alcohol + Guns = Bloodshed William Carl Haston Daniel Haston > Isaac Haston/Hastin > William Carroll Hastin > Oliver Hazard Perry Hastin  > William Carl Haston.   William Carl Haston, the shooter in this incident, was the grandson of William Carroll Haston/Hastin, who died in Cass Township of Greene County, MO, in August 1845Continue
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July 26 2025
1893 – Hastons in the News
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 focusContinue
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July 19 2025
1891-1892 Hastons in the News
1891-1892 – 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.     Continue
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July 12 2025
1886-1890 Hastons in the News
1886-1890 – 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 focusContinue
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July 4 2025
Haston – John Grady
1943 – 2015 Parents: John T. Haston and Josie L Hitchcock Haston John Grady Haston Rank and Branch of Military SSGT (Staff Sergeant, E-6) Marine Corps Years of Service 1961-1971 = 10 years, 7 months, & 4 days Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Basic Training at Parris Island, S.C. Third Recruit Battalion Platoon 323Continue
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June 28 2025
1881-1885 Hastons in the News
1881-1885 – 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.     IContinue
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June 21 2025
Hastons in the News – 1876-1880
1876-1880 – 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.     IContinue
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June 6 2025
Hastons in the News – 1866-1875
1866-1875 – Interesting Facts and Stories Previously Unknown Following the Civil War, there was a rapid increase in the number of newspapers.  And descendants of Daniel Haston continued to migrate westward, in areas where newspapers were published.  Thanks to the “now” online availability of historical newspapers, we can learn interesting facts and stories about someContinue
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May 24 2025
Hastons in the News –
200+ Years of Hastons in Newspapers 1800-1865 Subscription to Newspaper.com required to open the newsletters.  Exception: Genealogybank.com required for the 1833 article If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the Book – Or, See More Information and Preview theContinue
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May 10 2025
Planning a Hiestand Tour in Canton Zurich, Switzerland
Visit the Original Homeland of Your Hiestand (Haston) Ancestors Historical Background for Your Hiestand Tour in Switzerland This book contains 100+ pages (Chapters 2, 3, and 4) of historical background that will make your Hiestand visit to Switzerland MUCH more meaningful, plus nearly 300 pages of additional information on the early Hiestand family in RhinelandContinue
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May 9 2025
Haston – William Lester, Sr.
1892 – 1923 William Lester Haston, Senior Rank and Branch of Military Private 1st Class, U.S. Army Years of Service May 24, 1918 – September 25, 1919 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Basic training at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, after induction – less than three months of training.  Embarked for overseas on July 30,Continue
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May 3 2025
Elwood Haston WW2 Rolex
Elwood Haston’s WW2 Wrist Watch World War II Rolex Watches Composed by Vincent Deschamps In a few of the articles I’ve written on the subject of WWII watches I mentioned that Switzerland remained neutral during World War II and that many of the brands we now cherish made watches for both the Allied and AxisContinue
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April 26 2025
Heritage of Daniel Hiestand-Haston Book Review
Book Review – The Swiss-German Heritage of Daniel Hiestand-Haston Order Copies of the Book – Or, See More Information and Preview the Contents If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the Book – Or, See More Information and PreviewContinue
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April 18 2025
Confederate Brigadier General Philip Dale Roddy
Probable Nephew of David and Peggy RODDY Haston Background On January 19, 1805 the Knox County, TN Court: “Ordered that Philip Roddy as orphan now at the age of fourteen years be bound apprentice to John Webb until he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, and agreeably to the said order, Indentures are executedContinue
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April 12 2025
Haston History Books – Library Distribution Project
Haston History Book to Every Place Daniel Haston Descendants Live or Have Lived Haston History Book to Libraries Project Best option: We will ship the book to you if you will hand-deliver it to the library. But (for our records) let us know the name and address of the library. Complete the Form Below PleaseContinue
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April 4 2025
Some Famous Early Americans Our Hiestands and Hastons Were Associated With – Part 2
Famous Early Americans Our Hastons Met and Knew, Part 2 General/President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) Daniel Haston’s paths may have crossed Andrew Jackson’s multiple times in Upper East, TN, and afterward in Knoxville, TN.  They were contemporaries in Washington County, TN, in the 1780s, 1788 for sure.    Even after Jackson moved to Nashville, in MiddleContinue
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March 29 2025
Some Famous Early Americans Our Hiestands and Hastons Were Associated With
Famous Early Americans Our Hastons Met and Knew, Part 1 John Sevier (1745-1815) Daniel Haston and other members of the Hiestand family may have met and known John Sevier while they were living in northern Virginia.  Sevier was approximately five years older than Daniel Hiestand/Haston and grew up just over the Massanutten Mountain from theContinue
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March 22 2025
Abraham Hestand’s Survey and the Tebbs Bend Battle of the Civil War
In 1799, 100 Acres Were Surveyed for Abraham Hiestand/Hestand 64 Years Later (July 4, 1863) the Battle of Tebbs Bend, KY Was Fought There Daniel and Abraham Hiestand – Post Virginia Daniel Hiestand/Haston left Virginia with his older brother, Abraham, in about 1783.  They journeyed to what is now Upper East Tennessee, near Jonesborough inContinue
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March 15 2025
Our 300th Blog Post
Our 300th Blog Post/Article – Browse All of Them March 22 2025 Abraham Hestand’s Survey and the Tebbs Bend Battle of the Civil WarIn 1799, 100 Acres Were Surveyed for Abraham Hiestand/Hestand 64 Years Later (July 4, 1863) the Battle of Tebbs Bend, KY Was Fought There Daniel and Abraham Hiestand – Post Virginia DanielContinue
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March 8 2025
Cowboy Missionary to Chickasaw Indians – Nathan Lorenza Haston
Cowboy Missionaries to Chickasaw Indians Part 1 – Nathan Lorenza Haston My first cousin three times removed. -Wayne Haston Missionary Brothers Willard Durham Haston’s Link will be activated when his page is published. Nathan Lorenza Haston Willard Durham Haston Nathan Lorenza Haston was born in Van Buren County, TN in 1849.  His parents were WileyContinue
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March 1 2025
Online Flipbook – The Story of the Daniel Haston Family
Use the full-screen icon (last icon on the right, above) to get a larger view.  Then, use the Escape keyboard key to return to this view. Sample – 74 pages from the 484 pages of The Story of the Daniel Haston Family Before you choose a shipping option, be aware that… Local Pickup option is onlyContinue
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February 19 2025
Estelle Haston’s Family History Notebook
210 Pages of Haston Family History – Years of Work, Free to You You will need to be patient in downloading.  This is a big book. Download – Estelle Haston’s Haston Family History Notebook – FREE Tributes to David Rhea Haston and Estelle Haston Family Research Materials Amassed by David and Estelle Through 20+ YearsContinue
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February 15 2025
Basic DNA Seminar – 2024 Haston Family Reunion
Answering Basic Questions About DNA Research https://youtu.be/qDBXbHwvw2I Wayne Haston Interviews Darvin Martin, DNA Expert from Pennsylvania July 2024 – Daniel Haston Family Association Reunion If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the Book – Or, See More Information andContinue
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February 6 2025
06 – James Thomas Haston-Hasting & Clan to Yell County, Arkansas
James Thomas Haston/Hasting Clan to Arkansas Links will be activated when the posts are written and published. Introduction to Yell County, AR and the Tennessee Hastons Who Moved There Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston G.M. “Doc” and Margaret Haston Shepherd Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard Amanda Haston Dale, Widow of William LeonardContinue
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February 1 2025
04 – Civil War Widow – Amanda Haston Dale to Yell County, AR
Another Widowed Haston Woman – to Yell County, AR Links will be activated when the posts are written and published. Introduction to Yell County, AR and the Tennessee Hastons Who Moved There Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston G.M. “Doc” and Margaret Haston Shepherd Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard Amanda Haston Dale, WidowContinue
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January 25 2025
03 – Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard
Widow Malinda, Moved Her Family to Yell County, Arkansasd Links will be activated when the posts are written and published. Introduction to Yell County, AR and the Tennessee Hastons Who Moved There Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston G.M. “Doc” and Margaret Haston Shepherd Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard Amanda Haston Dale, WidowContinue
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January 18 2025
05 – Green Madison “Doc” and Margaret Ann Haston Shepherd
G.M. “Doc” and Margaret Ann Haston Shepherd Links will be activated when the posts are written and published. Introduction to Yell County, AR and the Tennessee Hastons Who Moved There Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston G.M. “Doc” and Margaret Haston Shepherd Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard Amanda Haston Dale, Widow of WilliamContinue
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January 10 2025
Sparta, TN – One Vote Shy of Becoming the State Capital?
Did Sparta, TN Almost Become the Capital of Tennessee? All of us old-timers who grew up in White County, Tennessee, have heard the story about Sparta coming one vote short of becoming the capital of Tennessee.  The story usually goes on to say that the needed vote was “sold” for a drink of whiskey.  Well,Continue
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December 28 2024
Share Your Best Haston-Related Family Story
Every Family Has Stories – Share One of Yours With Us What Kinds of Stories?  Meritorious Military service  Outstanding achievements Unusual events Victims of major crime Historical backgrounds  Humorous happenings Incidents of significant bravery  Mysterious event Unique family lore passed down in your family Genealogical questions that have perplexed your family  Other type of storyContinue
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December 18 2024
Hannah Brooke Haston – University of Tennessee
Hanna Has the Haston Leadership-DNA Hannah Haston, daughter of David and Laura Haston of Dandridge, TN, is a Junior at the University of Tennessee studying Business Management on a Marketing Track with a collateral in Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness. In addition to this, she is pursuing a minor in Political Science with the intention ofContinue
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December 18 2024
Emma Shackleford at Union School – Grandmother of Minnie Pearl
Minnie Pearl’s Grandmother Taught at the (Old) Union School In Southern White County, TN Where Hastons & Related Family Members Attended School The only name we have of those who taught in that old house [original log building used by Union School in Hickory Valley of southern White County, TN] is that of Miss EmmaContinue
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December 14 2024
02 – Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston
First-Known Hastons to Arkansas Links will be activated when the posts are written and published. Introduction to Yell County, AR and the Tennessee Hastons Who Moved There Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston G.M. “Doc” and Margaret Haston Shepherd Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard Amanda Haston Dale, Widow of William Leonard Dale JamesContinue
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December 4 2024
01 – Yell County, Arkansas – Hastons
Yell County, Arkansas – A “Haston Place” Yell County is Arkansas’s 42nd county, formed on December 5, 1840, from portions of Scott and Pope counties. Yell County, Arkansas – Wikipedia Why Yell County, Arkansas? Why did so many descendants of Daniel Haston from the Tennessee Haston Homeland move to Yell County, Arkansas, between 1850 andContinue
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November 30 2024
Deuteronomy 32:7 – We Tend to Waith Until They are Gone
“Consider the Years of Many Generations; Ask…Your Elders” In the Bible, the nation of Israel repeatedly lapsed into immorality and social chaos.  Why?  It was largely because the people lost contact with the past.  They became so focused on the “now” that they neglected to learn about the past.  They failed to ASK their parentsContinue
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November 13 2024
The Haston Penny That Came Home from the Civil War Battle of Perryville, KY
The Wiley B. Haston Penney Image Source: https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-battle-of-perryville-death-on-a-dry-river/ View a 10 Minutes Animated Overview of the Battle of Perryville Email from Hoyte Cook, August 16, 2024. James Alford and Livinia Haston family, highlighting the two Perryville, KY Battle (Civil War) sons, Wiley B. and John Taylor Haston. Article 15      I closed last week while inContinue
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November 9 2024
Mini-Reunion – Let Us Help
We Can Help You Have a Memorable Haston Family Reunion Would you like to have a Haston Family Reunion in your area– a reunion for your branch of the Haston and Haston-related families? Wayne will come and give some presentations on Haston family history.  You will be able to ask your questions about our family’s history.Continue
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November 2 2024
Can You Join the DAR or SAR
How You Can Become a Member of the DAR or SAR You must join as “Daniel Haston – a Patriot,” not as “Daniel Haston – a Veteran.” What’s the difference?  Read on. Sons of the American Revolution Since 1889, the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) has honored our Revolutionary War patriot ancestors by promotingContinue
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October 26 2024
Luther Haston – A Life of Crime
From Cradle to the Prison Graveyard – How He Got There Luther Haston – The Beginning and the End, Part 1 Luther Haston – Life Between the Beginning and End, Part 2 The “Dash” Between Luther Haston’s Birth and Death Dates March 7, 1900 – September 9, 1938 What was in the “DASH” of hisContinue
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October 12 2024
Luther Haston – Brushy Mountain Prisoner – Part 1
What’s a Haston Doing in a Place Like This? In this post, I will tell you the story of the Beginning and End of his earthly life. In the following post, I will tell you the story of the “DASH” between the beginning and the end. Luther Haston – The Beginning and the End, PartContinue
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October 12 2024
Amazon.com – Haston Family History Books
Available on Amazon.com Go to the Haston History Bookstore on Amazon.com If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print
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October 4 2024
Civil War Sharpshooters in the Jesse Haston Family
Civil War Sharpshooters – Jesse, Jr. and Isaac Haston Sons of Jesse Haston, Sr. & Grandsons of Daniel Haston You may have read the story of William A. Haston, who served in the Mexican War.  If so, you will recall that he was a son of Jesse Haston, Daniel’s son.  Well, two of his brothersContinue
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September 27 2024
Video Presentation – Daniel Haston Family Tree
Video Presentation – Daniel Haston’s Family Tree Wayne Haston presents the first-generation Daniel Haston Family Tree, with information on each of the nine known children of Daniel Haston, plus one other very important descendant. The presentation was given in the July 2024 All-Hastons Family Reunion. Download a Presentation Handout for Taking Notes View the VideoContinue
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September 13 2024
2022-2027 Haston Family History Books Project
The Heritage, Life, and Legacy of Daniel Hiestand/Haston The 2022-2027 Hiestand/Haston Family History Books Project The Story That Led to This Project I began researching my Haston family in the fall of 1999. It started as a simple attempt to satisfy my curiosity, but it soon became a hobby, sometimes an obsessive one.  I startedContinue
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September 6 2024
The Big Story of the Hiestand-Haston Family Video Presentation
Video Presentation – Haston History, 600+ Years in 60 Minutes Wayne Haston traces our Hiestand-Haston history from Switzerland, beginning in 1401 when the family name first appeared in an official document. Download the Presentation Handout for Taking Notes View the Presentation – 600+ Years of Hiestand-Haston History in 60 Minutes If you appreciated this presentation,Continue
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August 31 2024
WW2 Belly Gunner – Horace H. “Ace” Haston, Part 4
The Post-WWII Life of Horace “Ace” Haston Part 1 – From High School Into WW2 Part 2 – Role of Belly Turrent Gunner Part 3 – The Critical Battle of Morotai Part 4 – Post-War Life Back in Tennessee Post-War Life of Horace Haston as Told by Daughter, Alice Haston Norton When the war wasContinue
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August 24 2024
Battle of Morotai – Horace H. “Ace” Haston, Part 3
“Ace” Haston Opens Up About His Experiences as a B-24 Belly Gunner Part 1 – From High School Into WW2 Part 2 – Role of Belly Turrent Gunner Part 3 – The Critical Battle of Morotai Part 4 – Post-War Life Back in Tennessee His Story as Told by Daughter, Alice Haston Norton Dad andContinue
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August 11 2024
WW2 Belly Gunner – Horace H. “Ace” Haston, Part 2 – Duplicate – [#41530]
The “Ace” on a WWII Heavy Bomber Crew for 13 Missions Part 1 – From High School Into WW2 Part 2 – Role of Belly Turrent Gunner Part 3 – The Critical Battle of Morotai Part 4 – Post-War Life Back in Tennessee His Story as Told by Daughter, Alice Haston Norton Horace “Ace” Haston,Continue
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August 2 2024
WW2 Belly Gunner – Horace H. “Ace” Haston, Part 1
The “Ace” on a WW II Heavy Bomber Crew for 13 Missions Horace H. Haston:  December 4, 1925 – April 15, 2020 He was a student at Central High School in Chattanooga, TN when the attack on Pearl Harbor happened.  He told me, “Everybody was so patriotic, and were all so mad.”  In 1944 heContinue
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July 4 2024
2024 Reunion – Old Family Photos and Heirlooms
Two Reunion Interest Centers – Old Family Photos & Heirlooms These treasures will be labeled and placed on interest center tables.  We have learned that these old family photos and heirlooms are some of the most attention-getting features of a family reunion.  During some of the main “Mix and Mingle” sessions, you may want toContinue
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June 27 2024
John E. Haston – Bledsoe County, TN Family
John E. Haston Families – Bledsoe County, TN Reconnected to Tennessee Pioneer Daniel Haston This may be (but not for sure) the grave of John E. Haston, in a line with his grandson or great-grandson? Howard T., daughter Dora, and wife Mary E., in the Seals Cemetery on the Cumberland Mountain in Bledsoe County, TN).Continue
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June 15 2024
Our Pre-Daniel Haston European Roots
New Release – Book 1 of a 4-Part Series The Heritage of Daniel Haston – His Swiss Ancestors and the Experiences that Drove His Father to America Book 1 (Heritage) of a 4 part series – The Heritage, Life, and Legacy of Daniel Haston My 2022 book, The Story of the Daniel Haston Family, wasContinue
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May 25 2024
Haston – Edward Earl
In Baumholder, Germany Edward Earl Haston 1932 – 2002 Obituary Grave Rank and Branch of Military Corporal, Army Years of Service 1951 – 1954 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Baumholder, Germany Wartime Theaters of Assignment and Major Battles Korean War Relationship to the Daniel Haston Family Descended through David Haston, Daniel’s son Other InformationContinue
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May 25 2024
Haston – Fred Marion
1915 – 2000 Dr. Fred Marion Haston, Sr. Rank and Branch of Military Army Air Corps – Captain (perhaps Major prior to discharge) We know he was a Captain for sure (can see his Captain’s bars on his picture).  I think he may have been promoted to Major prior to being discharged because I foundContinue
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May 3 2024
Part 3 – Search for the Man Who Killed Revenue Agent Hugh Lowery
Part 3 – In Search of a Bootlegging Cop Killer Part 1 – The Shooting Death Part 2 – The Shooter, Ernest Price Part 3 – The Search for Ernest Price One of Daniel Haston’s G-G-G Granddaughters played a major role in the post-shooting drama. I will tell you some things about what happened toContinue
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April 26 2024
Part 2 – Ernest Price, the Man Who Shot Hugh Lowery
Part 2 – The Man Behind the Trigger on April 23, 2024 Part 1 – The Shooting Death Part 2 – The Shooter, Ernest Price Part 3 – The Search for Ernest Price One of Daniel Haston’s G-G-G Granddaughters played a major role in the post-shooting drama. In Part 3, I will tell you someContinue
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April 19 2024
Part 1 – Shooting Death of Revenue Officer, Hugh Lowery
Part 1 – Deadly Encounter With Bootleggers in White County, TN Part 1 – The Shooting Death Part 2 – The Shooter, Ernest Price Part 3 – The Search for Ernest Price One of Daniel Haston’s G-G-G Granddaughters played a major role in the post-shooting drama. 100 Years Ago – A White County, TN MurderContinue
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April 17 2024
Spencer Town Spring
The Site That Became Spencer, TN Baptismal pool at the town spring in Spencer, TN in about 1915-17. The woman is Inez Woodlee Isom. -Photo provided by Marr Temples Original Name of the Site that Became Spencer, Tennessee On Monday, April 6, 1840, Van Buren County Court met for the first time.  At that time, noContinue
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April 13 2024
4 – Major General Max Haston National Guard Armory
A Special Day Honoring Our Cousin, Max Haston I wish every Haston-related man, woman, boy & girl in the USA could have been present today. It would have made you (and them) proud to be a part of this wonderful family. Boyhood Beginnings ROTC to Major General TN Adjutant General Armory Dedication If you appreciatedContinue
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April 12 2024
3 – David Haston & Family in White County, TN
230-Plus Events in the Life of David Haston, Phase 3 Pre-Marriage Life Early Marriage in Knox County, TN White County, TN Years Van Buren County, TN Years Pre-Marriage Life Early Marriage in Knox County, TN White County, TN Years Van Buren County, TN Years If you appreciated this article, please share it with others whoContinue
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April 12 2024
Joseph Haston Family Timeline
Joseph Haston Family Timeline Another Article of Interest to Descendants of Joseph Haston Some Key Events in the Life and Family of Joseph Haston – Daniel Haston’s 2nd Son The 75+ Events Timeline If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order CopiesContinue
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April 12 2024
1938 Murder of Charles Gordon Haston
Murder by Shotgun Blasts in the Face & the Back Then Beaten in the Head with the Stock of the Shotgun My first cousin once removed whom I never met and never knew existed until 80+ years after he was murdered. The Haston Lineage of Charles Gordon Haston It’s ironic that people who knew GordonContinue
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March 30 2024
3 – Major General Max Haston, TN Adjutant General
40 Years of Service to Our Country & the State of Tennessee And Max Has Made a Significant Contribution to the “Haston” Name “He made a difference and he went out making a difference.” Boyhood Beginnings ROTC to Major General TN Adjutant General Armory Dedication If you want to know more about Max–his leadership philosophyContinue
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March 27 2024
2 – Max Haston, From the ROTC to a Major General
Max’s Development as Military Leader Boyhood Beginnings ROTC to Major General TN Adjutant General Armory Dedication MTSU Forrest Raiders, Military Ball, 1978-79 (Max is front row, far right.) MTSU ROTC Cadets Max Haston and Mark Ferrell,1977-78 Middle TN State University Commissioning Service MTSU Commissioning with Parents and Wife, Anne LT Haston, Platoon Leader, Fort Hood,Continue
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March 14 2024
Major General Max Haston National Guard Armory
Congratulations, Max! Thank You For Your Service. This new National Guard Armory near McMinnville, TN will be dedicated to honor our cousin, Major General (retired) Max Haston. “It takes the sun and the stars to align just right to get an armory.” -A Max Haston “Maxism” From the time the process began, it took moreContinue
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March 8 2024
4 – David Haston and Family in Van Buren County, TN
230-Plus Events in the Life of David Haston, Phase 4 Pre-Marriage Life Early Marriage in Knox County, TN White County, TN Years Van Buren County, TN Years David Haston’s Estate Sale – July 2, 1860, Recorded in Court I.T. Haston admin of David Haston A sale bill of the personal property sold by me asContinue
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March 8 2024
David Haston’s Transfer of Land to Son Wm. Carroll Haston
David Haston – Passing His Land to the Next Generation With Links to Other David Haston Stories David Haston purchased two 50 acre tracts, then inherited another 50 acres from his father, Daniel. Later, Davis acquired two more tracts of land. David Haston Stories David Haston – Timeline of His Life David Haston Marries aContinue
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March 7 2024
David Haston’s Spencer Town Lots
David Haston – First Owner of Spencer, TN Town Lot #44 And Six More David Haston was the first owner of Spencer, TN town lots #44 & 45. He sold Lot #44 to the Church of Christ in 1853. Van Buren County, Tennessee was formed early in 1840. During the September 1841 term of theContinue
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March 6 2024
Major General Terry “Max” Haston – Part 1
The Boyhood Beginnings of an Army Major General Baby Max with parents, Jerry Dean and Bettye Claire Woodlee Haston Boyhood Beginnings ROTC to Major General TN Adjutant General Armory Dedication Ancestral Line Back to Henry Hiestand, Immigrant Ancestor I strongly encourage you to view the obituaries of Max’s parents and be sure to watch theContinue
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March 2 2024
Caney Fork of the Cumberland – Book
A River of Importance to the Early Daniel Haston Family Arthur Weir Crouch, Author TN State Library & Archives (TSLA) Accession #’s 73-88 and Library of Congress # MS 69-1891 Go to the Book Balsam Range performing ‘Caney Fork River‘ in Studio B on September 25, 2015 If you like good blue grass music, IContinue
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February 23 2024
The Haston Homeland
Three Counties in Middle Tennessee – The Haston Homeland People often ask me a question like this, “My Haston great-grandfather came from White (or Warren, or Van Buren) County, TN, are we related?” My immediate response, without asking any questions: “Yes, definitely.” In fact, the odds are very good if you have “Haston” in your ancestry,Continue
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February 17 2024
July 26-27, 2024 All-Hastons Family Reunion
Bringing Together Haston Kinfolk from All Over the USA Some of Daniel Haston’s descendants morphed the name into Hastain, Hastin, Hasting, Hastings, and other variant spellings, but he (Daniel Haston) is our first generation-to-America ancestor. In July 2022 the first-ever Daniel Haston All-USA Family Reunion was held in the “Haston Homeland” (Southern White County, TN). Continue
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January 31 2024
Murder of Grace Haston Rittenour
Stabbed 22 Times With a Screwdriver My “Uncle Arthur” and “Aunt Grace” (Haston) Rittenour Aunt Grace was one of my father’s (Boyd Haston’s) sisters.  Because she and Uncle Arthur lived in Akron, Ohio and our family remained in Tennessee, I never knew them as well as I wanted.  But my memories of her are special–sheContinue
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January 27 2024
EARLY is the Time To Get Children Started in Family History
Help Your Children and Grandchildren Learn to Love Their Family’s History Part 3 – “Five More Tips” will be posted next week.  Stay tuned! Part 1 – Getting Children Interested Part 2 – Five Tips Part 3 – Five More Tips For children, genealogy can be just as incredible a way to find meaning andContinue
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January 12 2024
How to Get Your Children Interested in Family History
Getting Them Started Early to Appreciate Family History Part 3 – “Five More Tips” will be posted next week.  Stay tuned! Part 1 – Getting Children Interested Part 2 – Five Tips Part 3 – Five More Tips How many times have I heard adults who are interested in their family’s history say, “My kidsContinue
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January 6 2024
Hastons – A Family of Early Tennessee Pioneers
The Daniel Haston Family – Pioneer Tennessee Settlers More Than a Decade Before Tennessee Became a State Daniel Haston was truly an American pioneer in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, East Tennessee, but even more so in what became Middle Tennessee–White County in particular. Wayne Haston Daniel Haston and his family were American pioneers, inContinue
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December 30 2023
Duncan – Gary G.
Brothers 1940 – 2023 Gary Gene Duncan Rank and Branch of Military E-3, United States Marine Corps Years of Service 1958 – 1962 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Camp Pendleton, & Barstow CA, Okinawa, Japan Relationship to the Daniel Haston Family Descended through Isaac Haston/Hastings – Son of Daniel Haston Other Information About theContinue
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December 14 2023
1923 Status – Counties of Tennessee
100 Years Ago – Status of Middle Tennessee Counties Politically, Tennessee is divided into three Grand Divisions–East Tennessee, Middle Tennessee, and West Tennessee.  The counties of East Tennessee are Anderston, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Cumberland, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea,Continue
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December 6 2023
3 – David Haston & Family in White County, TN
230-Plus Events in the Life of David Haston, Phase 3 Links will be activated one per week – Van Buren County Years will be activated soon. Pre-Married Life Early Married Life in Knox County, TN White County, TN Years Van Buren County, TN Years If you appreciated this article, please share it with others whoContinue
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December 3 2023
Our Hiestand/Haston Connection to a Musical Superstar
Bert Kaempfert on a Historic Swiss Hiestand Farm If you were listening to popular music in the 1960s-1970s, you may not remember his name, but you will remember his music–Bert Kaempfert.  Mr. Kaempfert was not one of our Hiestand relatives, but at the height of his success and fame, he was living and composing musicContinue
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December 2 2023
Charles Lynn Haston, Sr.
Charles Lynn Haston, Sr. From a White County, TN Farm to a Leader in Tennessee Higher Education From a White County, TN farming family to a Vice President of Middle Tennessee State University and other leadership roles in Tennessee higher education, Lynn Haston has lived a very full and productive life.  Beginning as a seven-year-oldContinue
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November 24 2023
After Whom Was White County, TN Really Named?
Is the Information on this Historical Marker correct? Was John White the First Settler of White County, TN? And Was White County, TN Named to Honor Him? The most common tradition is that the county was named for John White, a Revolutionary War veteran from Virginia and an early settler in White County.  Monroe Seals,Continue
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November 10 2023
The Haston Family Tree – From Roots to Shoots
The Story of the Daniel Haston Family Visualized Telling Our Haston Family Story – From Bottom to Top Our Daniel Haston family story is rather simple.  It can be told in four steps, and clarified with a bit of explanation at each step. First – Our European roots are in Switzerland.  Our original family nameContinue
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October 28 2023
The Centuries-Old Mystery of Daniel Haston’s Mother
Clues to the Identity of Daniel Haston’s Mother A Centuries-Old Mystery The family of Henrich Hiestand has been thoroughly researched for many years, but the identity of his wife has never been conclusively determined.  However, if you dig very deeply into Henrich Hiestand family research you will find that there has been no lack ofContinue
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October 20 2023
Samuel Haston and Mary Lowry – Lost Son of Daniel?
Samuel Haston – A Lost Son of Daniel Haston? Daniel Haston’s grandson, William Carroll Haston, said his grandfather had 13 children.  Whether or not that was accurate, I do not know.  Even if it was accurate, how many of those children lived to become adults–old enough to appear in public records?  There are nine childrenContinue
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October 14 2023
2023 Pacific Northwest Haston Reunion
Our First Daniel Haston Family Association Regional Reunion Portland, Oregon Our first Daniel Haston Family Association-sponsored regional (mini) reunion was held in Portland, Oregon on Friday evening, September 29, and all day Saturday, September 30.  The Friday evening event was very informal, with snacks, coffee, etc.  For nearly four hours, the place was buzzing withContinue
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October 6 2023
Haston-Hiestand Heritage Tour Book
For $10 You Can Virtually Experience Our European Heritage Tour Hiestand-Haston 2023 Heritage Tour to Switzerland and Rhineland Germany Order the Book This is an illustrated journal from the June 14-26, 2023, Heritage Tour led by Lemar and Lois Ann Mast.  Join the group of 29 persons as they walked the streets of their ancestorsContinue
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September 22 2023
Jeremiah Haston’s Son-in-Law Escaped Hanging but …
The Civil War Divided the Haston Family in Missouri Battle of Wilson’s Creek The August 10, 1861 Battle of Wilson’s Creek was the first major Civil War battle west of the Mississippi River.  It was fought just a few miles southwest of Springfield in Greene County, Missouri.  Fortunately for Isaac Haston and most of hisContinue
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September 9 2023
1 – David Haston – What We Know of His Pre-Marriage Life
230-Plus Events in the Life of David Haston, Phase 1 Pre-Marriage Life Early Marriage in Knox County, TN White County, TN Years Van Buren County, TN Years Pre-Marriage Life Early Marriage in Knox County, TN White County, TN Years Van Buren County, TN Years If you appreciated this article, please share it with others whoContinue
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September 9 2023
2 – David Haston – Early Marriage Life
230-Plus Events in the Life of David Haston, Phase 2 Pre-Marriage Life Early Marriage in Knox County, TN White County, TN Years Van Buren County, TN Years Pre-Marriage Life Early Marriage in Knox County, TN White County, TN Years Van Buren County, TN Years If you appreciated this article, please share it with others whoContinue
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September 8 2023
Meeting of Haston Cousins in the Pacific Northwest
Meeting Our Cousins in & from the Pacific Northwest As Well as Others from Around the USA Sharon and Wayne Haston Contact Carol Haston for information and to register: CarolHaston@gmail.com Descendants of Daniel Haston spread all throughout the United States.  Many of them moved into the Pacific Northwest.  As the Family dispersed, unfortunately, branches ofContinue
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September 8 2023
Hiestand Kids Discover Marengo Cave
Daniel Haston’s GG Grand Niece and Nephew Make Amazing Discovery Indiana’s Most Visited Natural Attraction! Marengo Cave text from www.marengocave.com/ Marengo, Indiana The two kids were Hiestands, from the very same family as Daniel Hiestand/Haston–his great-great-grandniece and nephew! For more of the story about Blanche and Orris’s story of the discovery of the cave, seeContinue
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August 25 2023
Maggie Chandler’s Stories
Maggie Chandler’s Stories Two sets of hearings and trials were planned, one set in the juvenile court for Ida’s daughter Thelma and another hearing and trial in the circuit court for Mrs. Ida Haston.  But accusations and defense testimonies were a major part of Thelma’s juvenile case. Maggie Chandler’s Witness Stand Stories This case startedContinue
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August 14 2023
Witnesses Come to the Defense of Mrs. Ida Haston
Witnesses Come to the Defense of Mrs. Ida Haston Two sets of hearings and trials were planned, one set in the juvenile court for Ida’s daughter Thelma and another hearing and trial in the circuit court for Mrs. Ida Haston.  But accusations against Ida and defense testimonies in her favor were a major part ofContinue
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August 14 2023
Verdicts in Thelma and Her Mother’s Cases
Verdicts in Thelma and Mrs. Ida Haston Cases Two sets of hearings and trials were planned, one set in the juvenile court for Ida’s daughter Thelma and another hearing and trial in the circuit court for Mrs. Ida Haston.  But accusations against Ida and defense testimonies in her favor were a major part of Thelma’sContinue
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August 13 2023
Tragic Death of William Carroll Haston, Jr.
Tragedy at the Tennessee State Capitol Building July 17, 1890 A shudder passed through the convention hall last night when the announcement was made that a man had fallen from the second story of the Capitol and killed.  The Chairman of the White County delegation was called for, as the victim was one of hisContinue
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August 11 2023
Ida Haston’s “House of Depravity”?
Mrs. Ida Haston Charged With Prostituting Teenage Girls Who Was Mrs. Ida Haston? Mrs. Ida [Gattis] Haston was the wife of Richmond Irvin Haston, apparently often known by his middle name as Irvin Haston.  Richmond Irvin Haston was born on June 13, 1874 in Tennessee.  According to the 1880 census for District 7 of VanContinue
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August 5 2023
Schedule Your Personal Haston Heritage Tour
A Haston Heritage Tour Based On Your Family Line Back to Daniel Haston Now that we are living back in the Haston Homeland… Wayne and Sharon Haston – Now in White County, Tennessee (near where our Haston roots were firmly established in about 1804) We would love to guide you on a tour of sitesContinue
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July 14 2023
We Are Moving Home
Back to the Soil of Our Haston Family Roots We are now officially homeless people. As I write this, it’s Friday, July 14, 2023.  We closed on selling our house in Pennsylvania today.  And we close on the purchase of a house in White County (Tennessee) on July 31, so temporarily we are homeless people,Continue
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July 7 2023
Devil’s Bridge – Einsiedeln, Canton Schwyz
Devil’s Bridge – Canton Schwyz, Switzerland The world our early Swiss Hiestand lived in was filled with legends of witchcraft and devilish interactions with humans.  Located a few miles from where our Hiestand ancestors lived was a bridge that they surely would have known about–the Devil’s Bridge.  Our June 2023 Hiestand-Haston tour group visited thisContinue
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July 1 2023
Pacific Northwest Daniel Haston Families Reunion
First Ever – Pacific Northwest Reunion of Our Family Meeting at the Wichita Avenue Evangelical Church Friday evening, September 29 (5:00-9:00 p.m.) and Saturday, September 30 (9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.) The Agenda Thursday & Friday – September 28-29 (or earlier) – Optional, come early and visit some of the local tourist sites.  Organize yourContinue
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June 12 2023
A Hidden Yankee Sword Found on a Confederate Haston Farm
The Mystery of the Civil War Yankee Officer’s Sword I wish there was more I could say about this sword, but pretty much all that is known in the Haston family is that at some point after the Civil War, a Federal officer’s story was found in a hollow tree on the farm where ConfederateContinue
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June 12 2023
Your Ancestors Wanted to Be Remembered
Your Ancestors Wanted to Be Remembered “Will I be remembered?” Our daughter, Carissa, passed away on March 22, 2023.  She had suffered for 29-nine years with a paralyzed digestive tract, a medical condition known as gastroparesis.  She was a remarkable girl-young lady-45-year-old woman in the way she fought through pain and multiple surgeries, including aContinue
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May 27 2023
White County, TN Early Tax Lists for Caney For – Cane Creek Districk
Early Land Owners and Occupants – Caney Fork and Cane Creek White County, TN (Later, Van Buren County) 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the Book – Or, See More Information andContinue
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May 25 2023
William Lester Haston, Sr. – Part 2
William Lester Haston, Sr. – Victim of WWI Poison Gas Warfare Part 2 – Post-War Death The Story of a WWI (Haston) Veteran Who Ultimately Gave His Life for Our Country Part 1 – World War 1 Experiences Part 2 – Tragic Post-War Death We were told he was gassed while in the military andContinue
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May 20 2023
Part 2 – The Kin Maynard Murder Trial
Part 2 – The Kin Maynard Murder Trial Part 1 – The Killing of Woodville Haston Part 2 – Kin Maynard, Guilty or Not Guilty? After his initial arrest and preliminary hearing in Van Buren County, Kin Maynard escaped and fled to Texas, where he lived for more than a year before being arrested again.Continue
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May 3 2023
Ground Penetrating Radar Project – Big Fork Historic Cemetery, Inc.
February 2023 Ground Penetrating Radar Project Incorporation of the Cemetery Big Fork Baptist Church One of the first major efforts in a renewed and enhanced plan to restore and preserve the historic Big Fork Cemetery was a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) mapping project (February 2023) to determine how many burials occurred in the cemetery andContinue
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April 25 2023
Big Fork Historic Cemetery – Incorporation
Incorporation of the Big Fork Historic Cemetery Ground Penetrating Radar Mapping Big Fork Baptist Church Along a dead-end road in northern Van Buren County, an area of White County until the 1840 formation of Van Buren County, lies Big Fork Cemetery, a historic burying ground that is out of sight and mostly out of mind,Continue
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March 25 2023
Carissa Renee Haston – Her Story of Suffering and Faith
The Life of Carissa Haston – Her Joys, Sufferings, & Faith Carissa Renee Haston, age 45, of New Cumberland, PA passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, surrounded by her Mom and Dad, two sisters, Faith and Celeste, and Faith’s husband, Ben. She was born on October 28, 1977, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to WayneContinue
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March 18 2023
Jesse Haston Family Court Records
Jesse Haston Family Court Records – Missouri Jesse Haston Family, Part 1 Jesse Haston Family, Part 2 Early Deeds Associated with the Jesse Haston Family – Howard County, MissouriMicrofilm Reel C-2780 – Deeds, Volumes 1 & 2 (1816-1879) Grantee Grantor Book Page Notes Deed Index, Volume 1 (1816-1852) – Microfilm Reel C-2780 Jesse Haston Benj.Continue
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February 25 2023
1816-1818 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area
1816-1818 Tax Book – Cane Creek & Caney Fork Militia District 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 Important Notes: Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD, White Co, TN Deeds. Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text. If you have information to correctContinue
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February 25 2023
1826-1829 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area
1826-1829 Tax Book – Cane Creek & Caney Fork Militia District 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 Important Notes: Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD, White Co, TN Deeds. Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text. If you have information to correctContinue
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February 25 2023
1832-1836 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area
1832-1836 Tax Book – Cane Creek & Caney Fork Militia District 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 Important Notes: Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD, White Co, TN Deeds. Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text. If you have information to correctContinue
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February 25 2023
1821-1825 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area
1821-1825 Tax Book – Cane Creek & Caney Fork Militia District 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 Important Notes: Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD, White Co, TN Deeds. Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text. If you have information to correctContinue
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February 25 2023
1837-1839 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area
1837-1839 Tax Book – Cane Creek & Caney Fork Civil District 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 Important Notes: Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD, White Co, TN Deeds. Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text. If you have information to correctContinue
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February 25 2023
1811-1815 White County, TN Tax Lists – Caney Fork and Cane Creek Area
1811-1815 Tax Book – Cane Creek & Caney Fork Militia District 1811-1815 1816-1818 1821-1825 1826-1829 1832-1836 1837-1839 Important Notes: Page numbers are .pdf page numbers from the CD, White Co, TN Deeds. Transcribed spellings may not be accurate in every case, due to the difficulty of reading the original text. If you have information to correctContinue
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February 25 2023
200th Posted Article on Haston History and Related Topics
200 Posts and Counting – With Many More to Come Browse through the Entire Collection And Many, Many More! What Haston-Related People, Family Lines, or Topics Would You Like to Know More About? If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order CopiesContinue
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February 16 2023
Haston Big Spring – alias Swamp Spring
How BIG is the Haston Big Spring Branch When the Hastons moved (late 1803 or early 1804) to what became White County, TN in 1806, Daniel Haston located his cabin on a hill above the emergence (springhead) of what was then called “the Big Spring Branch.”  It soon became known as the “Haston Big Spring.” Continue
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February 11 2023
If It Is Not Documented
Basic Rule of Recording History = Valid Documentation! The “Beyond Family Lore” Series Three Stages of Haston Research Seven Inaccuracies in Haston Genealogies If It Ain’t Documented, it Ain’t History Wayne’s Rant As a Ph.D. student at the University of Tennessee, I was required to take a collection of courses on how to conduct credibleContinue
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February 9 2023
Hasting – Howard Hillman
1905 – 2003 Howard Hillman Hasting, Sr. 1960 Army Register, Vol. 1, Page 457 Rank and Branch of Military Colonel, U.S. Army Years of Service Graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point in 1928. Separated from the armed service in 1931, he practiced law in Arkansas until he was recalled to duty afterContinue
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February 2 2023
Seven Major Errors in Early Haston Genealogy Documents
Seven Major Errors in Early Haston Genealogical Documents The “Beyond Family Lore” Series Three Stages of Haston Research Seven Inaccuracies in Haston Genealogies If It Ain’t Documented, it Ain’t History There is much to appreciate about Haston family members of earlier generations who sincerely sought to discover and record the history of Daniel Haston’s massiveContinue
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February 1 2023
Part 1 – The Killing of Woodville Haston
Part 1 – The Killing of Woodville Haston Part 1 – The Killing of Woodville Haston Part 2 – Kin Maynard, Guilty or Not Guilty? December 17, 1897 – Woodville Haston Shot and Killed Nashville Banner – December 21, 1897, page 4 The above article says “Maynard’s horse returned without its rider,” but that isContinue
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February 1 2023
Haston – Richard Dale
1924 – 2010 Richard Dale Haston Rank and Branch of Military E-6, Navy Years of Service 1941-1945 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service RTC San Diego, CA – Served aboard the USS Hammondsport AKV-2 Military Schools Attended Anti Aircraft Training Center – San Diego, CA 2nd and 3rd endorsements – June 1944 Wartime Theaters ofContinue
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January 31 2023
Haston – Howard D.
1947 –  Howard D. Haston Rank and Branch of Military Navy, E-5 Years of Service 1965 – 1971 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Machinist Mate “A” School – NTC Great Lakes, Illinois to Naval Nuclear Power School ( Phase I ) at Mare Island, Vallejo, CA to Nuclear Power Training Unit ( Phase IIContinue
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January 31 2023
William Lester Haston – Victim of WWI Gas Warfare
William Lester Haston, Sr. – Victim of WWI Poison Gas Warfare Part 1 – Military Service The Story of a WWI (Haston) Veteran Who Ultimately Gave His Life for Our Country Part 1 – World War 1 Experiences Part 2 – Tragic Post-War Death Not all soldiers who give their lives for our country dieContinue
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January 19 2023
1890 Northern Van Buren County, TN
1890 – Key Features of Interest to Hastons & Many Other Families This map was created about 86 years after Daniel Haston settled on the Big Spring Branch in what became the Cummingsville community.  Daniel’s son, David Haston, died only 30 years prior to the map’s creation.  The natural geographical features are the same asContinue
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January 18 2023
Three Stage of Daniel Haston Family Research
The Evolution of Research on the Daniel Haston Family Three Stages of Haston Research Seven Inaccuracies in Haston Genealogies If It Ain’t Documented, it Ain’t History I don’t know when members of the Daniel Haston FAMILY began to develop an interest in discovering the historical story of Daniel Haston’s life and ancestry.  I can imagineContinue
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January 13 2023
Haston Family Mini-Reunions
Let Us Help You Organize & Promote Your Haston Mini-Reunion As I got older, the reunions became rarer and much smaller in attendance. The older folks who did all of the organizing were passing away, and the younger family members were not interested in keeping these gathering going. By the time I was finishing highContinue
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December 24 2022
Slicker War in Missouri
The Slicker War of Missouri And the Family of Isham Bradley, Friend of the Haston Family “Isham Hobbs was a noted character, and probably the worst desperado ever on the borders.” Isham Hobbs (probably born in White County, TN) was the namesake grandson of Isham Bradley, a very close friend of the Daniel Haston family. Continue
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December 23 2022
Haston FAMILY Highlights of 2022
Looking Back at our 2022 Daniel Haston Family Association Highlights 1. July 22-23 Haston Family Reunion Our first-ever Daniel Haston Family Association all-Hastons reunion was a remarkable success.  About 150 registered from 17 states–all across the USA.  Saturday was an unusually hot and humid day, even for July in Tennessee, but the Fellowship Hall whereContinue
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December 21 2022
Help Finding Your Place in the Daniel Haston Family
Help Tracing Your Haston Family Ancestry If you are a “Haston” or related to a Haston, chances are you are a member of the Daniel Haston FAMILY, that is scattered in all or most all of the United States.  I have to add the “chances are” caveat because there are some American Hastons that descendContinue
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December 3 2022
The Message of the 1706 Hiestand Coat of Arms
The Message Behind the 1706 Hiestand Coat of Arms Augmentation of arms is a term describing an addition to a coat of arms at a later date, after the original coat of arms was created.  Historically, augmentations were issued by a monarch as either a mere mark of favor or a reward or recognition forContinue
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November 29 2022
Frühe Schweizer Täufer Hiestand im deutschen Rheinland
Frühe Schweizer Täufer Hiestand im Deutschen Rheinland Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Schweiz) und Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA) (Einschließlich bedeutender Forschungsdaten von Kent Douglas Hiestand) Serie: Frühe Schweizer Hiestand Hiestand 1401 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Familiennamens Schweizer Familien Hiestand und ihre Höfe im 15. Jahrhundert Ueli Hiestands Höfe Beichlen und Himmeri Hiestand in der Schönau,Continue
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November 26 2022
Swiss Anabaptist Hiestands to the Rhineland and Beyond
Swiss Anabaptist Hiestands to the Rhineland and Beyond Co-authors: Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Switzerland) and Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA)(Including significant research data from Kent Douglas Hiestand) “Early Swiss Hiestands” Series Hiestand – 1401 Origin & Meaning of the Family Name Swiss Hiestand Families and Farms in the 1400s Ueli Hiestand’s Beichlen and Himmeri FarmsContinue
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November 20 2022
400 Years of Swiss Hiestand Comrades in a Richterswil Land Cooperative
Centuries of Swiss Hiestands in a Land Cooperative Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Switzerland) and Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA), Co-Authors (Including significant research data from Kent Douglas Hiestand) “Early Swiss Hiestands” Series Hiestand – 1401 Origin & Meaning of the Family Name Swiss Hiestand Families and Farms in the 1400s Ueli Hiestand’s Beichlen and HimmeriContinue
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November 19 2022
Louise Haston Rice – Jesse Haston Family Historian
Louise Haston Rice – Jesse Haston Family Historian I cannot remember when I did not love history and genealogy. As a young girl of 10 or 12, I started collecting information about my family. Louise Haston Rice Louise loved her family, life on the farm, and entertaining. She was active in the Baptist church inContinue
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November 12 2022
The 1706 Hiestand Coat of Arms
Hiestand Coat of Arms The clenched fists are a clue that this shield was not created by or for an Anabaptist, but by a Swiss Hiestand who had not joined that movement.  However, he may have been sympathetic to and protective of neighbors and relatives who were Anabaptists. Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Switzerland) and Dr. WayneContinue
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November 4 2022
Book Review – The Story of the Daniel Haston Family
Book Review – The Story of the Daniel Haston Family By Joanne Hess Siegrist – Historian, Author, Lancaster County, PA Tour Guide For More Information and to Order the Book If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the BookContinue
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November 3 2022
Timeline of Daniel Haston’s Life
Timeline of Daniel Haston’s Life – c. 1750-1826 The first 30 or so years of Daniel Hiestand’s life were spent in Virginia.  The next (approximately) 20 years were spent in western North Carolina, the “Overmountain” area that became Upper East Tennessee.  He spent about 10 years in Knox County, western part of East Tennessee, andContinue
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October 20 2022
Jahrhunderte Schweizer Hiestands in einer Landgenossenschaft
Jahrhunderte Schweizer Hiestands in einer Landgenossenschaft Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler und Dr. Wayne Haston Serie: Frühe Schweizer Hiestand Die Links werden aktiviert und veröffentlicht am17.9.2022, 1.10.2022, 15.10.2022, 29.10.2022, 12.11.2022, 26.11.2022, 10.12.2022. Hiestand 1401 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Familiennamens Schweizer Familien Hiestand und ihre Höfe im 15. Jahrhundert Ueli Hiestands Höfe Beichlen und Himmeri Hiestand inContinue
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October 19 2022
1840-1866 – Hastons in Van Buren County, TN Court Minutes
1840-1866 – Hastons in Van Buren County, TN County Court Minutes Early Hastons in the County Court – Mostly for Good, But Sometimes for Bad 1,538 Haston References      Search Within This Page     [search-in-place-form in_current_page=”1″] April 1840 – May 1855 Van Buren County, TN County Court Minutes (From TSLA – Van Buren County, TNContinue
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October 18 2022
Help Support the Daniel Haston Family Association
Donations to the Daniel Haston Family Association Making a Donation Contact us if you have trouble making a donation: Info@DanielHaston.blog [give_form id=”28579″] Click on the “Donate Now” button. Choose a donation amount. Choose to, or not to, “Make this donation every month.” Click on the “Continue” button. Fill-in the “Who’s giving today” information. Choose to,Continue
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October 18 2022
Schönau – A Swiss “Nest of Anabaptists” Including Hiestands
Hidden Away in a Tiny Nook of Canton Zürich, Switzerland Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Switzerland) and Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA), Co-Authors (Including significant research data from Kent Douglas Hiestand) “Early Swiss Hiestands” Series Hiestand – 1401 Origin & Meaning of the Family Name Swiss Hiestand Families and Farms in the 1400s Ueli Hiestand’s BeichlenContinue
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October 16 2022
Van Buren County, TN Circuit Court Minutes
1840-1872 – Hastons Van Buren County, TN – Early Circuit Court Minutes Early Hastons in the Circuit Court – Mostly for Good, But Sometimes for Bad 850 Haston References      Search Within This Page     [search-in-place-form in_current_page=”1″] Volume A – August 1840 – January 1850 Year of 1840 Year of 1841 Year of 1842Continue
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October 6 2022
Isham S. Haston Homeplace
“The Homeplace” The Isham S. Haston Family By Andrew LaRowe I am just old enough to have had the opportunity to know someone that was born on a farm in Tennessee in 1881. Della Myrtle Haston was my great-grandmother. She came to Winston Salem, North Carolina to live with her daughter, Arabelle, and they livedContinue
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October 4 2022
Haston – Robert (“Bob”) Weldon
1923 – 2001 Robert “Bob” Weldon Haston Rank and Branch of Military Major in the U.S. Army Air Corps (and the Air Force, after it was created in 1947) Years of Service 1941 – 1957 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Aviation Cadet Training, Twin Engine Flying School, B-17 Transition in Sebring, Florida Wartime TheatersContinue
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October 1 2022
Wappen Hiestand
Wappen Hiestand Die geballten Fäuste sind ein Hinweis darauf, dass dieses Wappen nicht von einem oder für einen Täufer geschaffen wurde, sondern von einem Schweizer Hiestand, der sich dieser Bewegung nicht angeschlossen hatte. Er könnte jedoch mit Nachbarn und Verwandten, die Täufer waren, sympathisiert und sie beschützt haben. Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Schweiz) und Dr.Continue
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September 27 2022
Sch̦nau РGerman version
Versteckt in einer winzigen Ecke des Kantons Zürich, Schweiz Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Schweiz) und Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA) (Einschließlich bedeutender Forschungsdaten von Kent Douglas Hiestand) Serie: Frühe Schweizer Hiestand Die Links werden aktiviert und veröffentlicht am17.9.2022, 1.10.2022, 15.10.2022, 29.10.2022, 12.11.2022, 26.11.2022, 10.12.2022. Hiestand 1401 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Familiennamens Schweizer Familien Hiestand undContinue
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September 25 2022
Dr. Fred Dexter Haston
Dr. Fred Dexter Haston, M.D. How many men or women are prominent enough to have a 700-word article about them in a history book of the state they lived in for 20 years or so?  One Great-Great Grandson of Daniel Haston did!  Several years ago, even before I began researching my Haston family, I happenedContinue
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September 23 2022
Haston – James Phillip
1921 – 2021 James Phillip Haston All Registration for Draft Rank and Branch of Military First Class Boatswain Mate, Navy Years of Service 1942-1945 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Trained at a destroyer base in San Diego, CA; Deployed to the South Pacific – “He was a driver for high-ranking naval officers, including FleetContinue
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September 22 2022
Ueli Hiestand, Prominenter Bauer im 15. Jahrhundert
Ueli Hiestand, Prominenter Bauer im 15. Jahrhundert Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Schweiz) und Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA) (Einschließlich bedeutender Forschungsdaten von Kent Douglas Hiestand) Serie: Frühe Schweizer Hiestand Die Links werden aktiviert und veröffentlicht am17.9.2022, 1.10.2022, 15.10.2022, 29.10.2022, 12.11.2022, 26.11.2022, 10.12.2022. Hiestand 1401 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Familiennamens Schweizer Familien Hiestand und ihre HöfeContinue
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September 21 2022
Ueli Hiestand, Prominent Swiss Farmer in the 15th Century
Ueli Hiestand, Prominent Swiss Farmer in the 15th Century Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Switzerland) and Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA), Co-Authors (Including significant research data from Kent Douglas Hiestand) “Early Swiss Hiestands” Series Hiestand – 1401 Origin & Meaning of the Family Name Swiss Hiestand Families and Farms in the 1400s Ueli Hiestand’s Beichlen andContinue
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September 19 2022
The Hiestand Name – Its Origin and Meaning
The Hiestand Family Name – It’s Origin, Meaning, and Pronunciation Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Switzerland) and Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA), Co-Authors (Including significant research data from Kent Douglas Hiestand) “Early Swiss Hiestands” Series Hiestand – 1401 Origin & Meaning of the Family Name Swiss Hiestand Families and Farms in the 1400s Ueli Hiestand’s BeichlenContinue
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September 18 2022
Der Familienname Hiestand
Der Familienname Hiestand – Herkunft, Bedeutung und Aussprache Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Schweiz) und Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA) (Einschließlich bedeutender Forschungsdaten von Kent Douglas Hiestand) Serie: Frühe Schweizer Hiestand Die Links werden aktiviert und veröffentlicht am17.9.2022, 1.10.2022, 15.10.2022, 29.10.2022, 12.11.2022, 26.11.2022, 10.12.2022. Hiestand 1401 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Familiennamens Schweizer Familien Hiestand und ihreContinue
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September 17 2022
 Unsere Schweizer Hiestand- Vorfahren im 15. Jahrhundert
Unsere Schweizer Hiestand-Vorfahren im 15. Jahrhundert Co-Autoren: Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Schweiz) und Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA) (Einschließlich bedeutender Forschungsdaten von Kent Douglas Hiestand) Serie: Frühe Schweizer Hiestand Die Links werden aktiviert und veröffentlicht am17.9.2022, 1.10.2022, 15.10.2022, 29.10.2022, 12.11.2022, 26.11.2022, 10.12.2022. Hiestand 1401 Herkunft und Bedeutung des Familiennamens Schweizer Familien Hiestand und ihre Höfe imContinue
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September 16 2022
Swiss Hiestands in the 1400s
Our Swiss Hiestand Ancestors in the 1400s Dr. Peter Ziegler (Zürich, Switzerland) and Dr. Wayne Haston (Pennsylvania, USA), Co-Authors (Including significant research data from Kent Douglas Hiestand) “Early Swiss Hiestands” Series Hiestand – 1401 Origin & Meaning of the Family Name Swiss Hiestand Families and Farms in the 1400s Ueli Hiestand’s Beichlen and Himmeri FarmsContinue
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September 8 2022
First Cousin – Or, First Cousin Once-Removed
Cousins or First Cousins-Once Removed What’s the Difference? A cousin at any distance or level in your family tree is truly your “cousin.”  One of the things I’ve enjoyed most about working with Haston family research is getting to know so many cousins.  And even though I may never have met him or her inContinue
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August 19 2022
A Forbes Legend – Stephen Mathai-Davis (Descendant of Daniel Haston)
Stephen Mathai-Davis – “A Forbes Legend” Descendant of Daniel Haston through His Son, Jeremiah Haston On Friday afternoon, July 22, 2022, just shortly before our Daniel Haston Family Reunion officially began, Claire Aufrance received a phone call telling her that her beloved cousin, Stephen Mathai-Davis, had passed away suddenly and completely unexpectedly.  Claire and herContinue
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August 9 2022
Timeline of Our Blog Articles
Timeline of Our Blog Articles Some of the main topics included in the blog focus on the history of the Daniel Haston family, honoring earlier Haston family researchers and other notable Hastons, announcing events of significance to members of the Daniel Haston Family and related families, and miscellaneous topics. July 17 2022 LaRowe – AndrewContinue
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August 8 2022
Zoom – Wayne’s Haston Reunion Presentation
Are You Interested in a Two-Part Series of Zoom Presentations in Which I Would Give the Haston History Presentation I Gave in the Recent Haston Reunion? Please Share This Page with Others who Might be Interested in the Presentation. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Print Order Copies of the Book – Or, See More Information andContinue
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August 6 2022
6 – Theories about the Shotgun Death of Vollie Belle Haston
Theories about the Shotgun Death of Vollie Belle Haston Co-Authors: Becky Hitchcock Harris and Wayne Haston I have learned that there is a lot of information “out there” (be it factual or inaccurate lore) about Vollie Belle Haston’s life and tragic death.  I’d love to hear anything you have heard or know about Vollie Belle’sContinue
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August 5 2022
5. Vollie Belle Haston – The Murder Trials
Vollie Belle Haston – The Murder Trials Co-Authors: Becky Hitchcock Harris and Wayne Haston I have learned that there is a lot of information “out there” (be it factual or inaccurate lore) about Vollie Belle Haston’s life and tragic death.  I’d love to hear anything you have heard or know about Vollie Belle’s life orContinue
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August 5 2022
4 – Vollie Belle Haston – Her Death by a 12 Gauge Shotgun
Vollie Belle Haston Raymond – Mysterious Death by a 12 Gauge Pump Shotgun Co-Authors: Becky Hitchcock Harris and Wayne Haston I have learned that there is a lot of information “out there” (be it factual or inaccurate lore) about Vollie Belle Haston’s life and tragic death.  I’d love to hear anything you have heard orContinue
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August 5 2022
3 – Vollie Belle Haston – Marriage to Clarke Raymond
Vollie Belle Haston’s Marriage to Clarke Raymond Co-Authors: Becky Hitchcock Harris and Wayne Haston I have learned that there is a lot of information “out there” (be it factual or inaccurate lore) about Vollie Belle Haston’s life and tragic death.  I’d love to hear anything you have heard or know about Vollie Belle’s life orContinue
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August 5 2022
2 – Vollie Belle’s Marriage to and Divorce from James Hurd Cruise
Vollie Belle’s Marriage to and Divorce from James Hurd Cruise Co-Authors: Becky Hitchcock Harris and Wayne Haston I have learned that there is a lot of information “out there” (be it factual or inaccurate lore) about Vollie Belle Haston’s life and tragic death.  I’d love to hear anything you have heard or know about VollieContinue
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August 4 2022
1 – Vollie Belle Haston – Her Early Years
Vollie Belle Haston – Her Early Years, From Birth to Marriage Co-Authors: Becky Hitchcock Harris and Wayne Haston I have learned that there is a lot of information “out there” (be it factual or inaccurate lore) about Vollie Belle Haston’s life and tragic death.  I’d love to hear anything you have heard or know aboutContinue
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August 3 2022
The Daniel Haston Short Story
The Daniel Haston Short Story Daniel Haston’s family lived “south of the Holston [now Tennessee] river opposite Knoxville, TN shortly after the town was established and when Tennessee became a state in 1796. Daniel Haston moved from Knox County, Tennessee to the area of middle Tennessee that became southern White County, a year or two priorContinue
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July 22 2022
The Story of the Daniel Haston Family – Book
Scroll Down to Order a Copy or Copies of the Book In this book, I tell a story—a historically true story about our Haston family roots in Europe, beginning near the end of the Middle Ages.  The story will continue as I describe some of the dreadful experiences they were forced to endure in EuropeContinue
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July 21 2022
Donate The Story of Daniel Haston Book to a Library
Help Make the Book Available to Others for Reading & Research Purchase Copies of the Book – The Story of the Daniel Haston Family
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July 19 2022
Legends and Stories of White County, TN
Legends and Stories of White County, TN By Miss Coral Williams In 2002, I contacted Miss Byllee Burgess, the niece of Coral Williams, and received her approval to rescue her aunt’s 1930 thesis from total obscurity in a Vanderbilt library.  Access the Entire Document Abstract by Miss Williams The purpose of this study is toContinue
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July 17 2022
LaRowe – Andrew Willis
1954 -  Senior Airman Andrew Willis LaRowe Rank and Branch of Military Senior Airman, Air Force Years of Service 1974-1978 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Lackland AFB, Malmstrom AFB Relationship to the Daniel Haston Family Descends through David Haston, Daniel’s son Add Yourself or Your Haston-Related Relative to the Legacy of Service Honor GalleryContinue
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July 16 2022
Historic Event – First All-Hastons Gathering in 200+ Years
Perhaps THE Historic Haston FAMILY Event of Two Centuries+ More Information and Register Saturday Lunch and Supper-Leftovers Saturday Afternoon Historic Haston Sites Tour Fellowship Hall Entrance – Hickory Valley Baptist Church 5865 Hickory Valley Road, Sparta, TN 38583 If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook TwitterContinue
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July 11 2022
Davis – Wallace M.
1919 – 2006 Group Commander Wallace M. Davis Rank and Branch of Military Group Commander, Navy Years of Service 1943-1971 Obituary Wallace M. Davis obituary Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Saipan, Tinian, Okinawa, Tarawa Military Schools Attended U.S. Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School at Northwestern University The Northwestern University Archives, with the help of Northwestern’sContinue
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July 11 2022
Elwood C. Haston
Sergeant Elwood C. Haston – Veteran of WWII in Europe Soldier from the “Greatest Generation” On this day, July 11, 2022, Sergeant Elwood C. Haston would have been 100 years old.  Today, and in future days when you read this article, we hope you will say “Thank you, for your service!” in your heart forContinue
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July 8 2022
Chris Haston – NBC Photographer
Chris Haston – Our Reunion Portrait Photographer Brief Bio of Chris Haston Source: https://www.marathi.tv/anchor/chris-haston/ Chris Haston was born Christopher Haston on June 27, 1962, in Harbor City, CA, where he was also raised.  When he was nine years old, his stepfather gave him a camera and he has been hooked on the art of photographyContinue
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July 8 2022
Davis – William M.
1949 -  Lieutenant Colonel William M. Davis Rank and Branch of Military Lieutenant Colonel, Army Years of Service 1972-1998 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Wiesbaden, Germany; Frankfurt, Germany; Iraq; The Pentagon Military Schools Attended Basic training at at Fort Jackson, South Carolina Wartime Theaters of Assignment and Major Battles WilliamContinue
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July 8 2022
Haston – Max
1957 –  Major General Max Haston Rank and Branch of Military Major General, Army Years of Service 1979-2019 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Ft Benning, GA; Ft Riley, KS; Ft Knox, KY; Ft Hood, TX, Multiple Locations in Germany, Ft Bliss, TX; Ft Leavenworth, KS, Ft Irwin, CA, FT Polk, LA, Ft Stewart, GA,Continue
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July 2 2022
Photos and Background Info on 12 Haston Historic Sites in Tennessee
Photos & Background Info on 12 Historic Haston Sites in TN Even if you aren’t able to participate in the Saturday, July 23, 2022 tour, you will enjoy reading about (and seeing photos of) these 12 historic sites that are so important to the Daniel Haston Family. Download the 11 Page Document – Photos &Continue
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June 25 2022
Haston Block Building – Spencer, TN
Haston Block House – Built 1908 in Spencer, TN By Landon Medley and Wayne HastonLandon and I were working together on this article when he passed away in 2021. -Wayne Haston The “Cyclone” In Spencer, TN that (Literally) Cleared the Way for the Haston Block Following a (3:00 a.m.) November 18, 1906 cyclone [tornado?] thatContinue
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June 19 2022
1902 Sparta Expositor Supplement (60 pages)
1902 Sparta (TN) Expositor Supplement (60 pages) White County and Sparta, TN history and “What the town and county were like” 120 years ago. Be patient when downloading – it’s a LARGE document (668 KB). Download the Document If you appreciated this article, please share it with others who might also enjoy it. Facebook TwitterContinue
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June 10 2022
Montgomery Greenville Haston Farm
Montgomery Greenville Haston Farm The Core of M.G. Haston’s 1858 Farm – Today a Tennessee Century Farm On November 3, 1858, Montgomery G. Haston (grandson of David Haston, Great Grandson of Daniel) bought four tracts of land (1,163 acres more or less) from Nathan Durham for $900.[i]  The land was located around the current crossroadsContinue
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June 4 2022
Three D.L. Hastons – 1848, 1852, & 1856
Three (+1) D.L. Hastons – Contemporaries in Van Buren Co, TN What were their parents thinking? David La-van’-der Haston You will see this “L” name spelled “Levander” & “Lavender” and etc., but I’m fairly confident it is was Lavander for all three men. In 1848, a baby born in the Haston Big Spring area ofContinue
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June 3 2022
Haston – Dwight E.
Birth 1946 – Rank and Name of Veteran’s Service Rank and Branch of Military E-8 Air Force 1966-1978 Switched from Air Force to Department of the Army Civilian ( DAC)Retired GS15 Years of Service 1966-1978 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Amarillo, Texas Wartime Theaters of Assignment and Major Battles Army War College / FirstContinue
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May 29 2022
Duncan – Robert O.
Robert Owen Duncan’s Service Born 1957 Rank and Branch of Military E-7 in the United States Air Force Years of Service 1975-2000 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Lackland, Chanute, Shaw, Kadena, Hill, Nellis Kunsan, Eielson, Ellsworth AFB’s Relationship to the Daniel Haston Family Descendant of Daniel’s son, Isaac Haston/Hastings (Isaac, Hartwell, Lucy Hastings, DorothyContinue
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May 29 2022
Haston – Horace H.
1925-2020 Sergeant Horace H. “Ace” Haston’s Service Rank and Branch of Military Sergeant and a Crew Chief in the United States Army Air Corps Years of Service 1943-1946 Locations of Training, Deployment, and Service Training at Mountain Home, Idaho Army Air Field, combat Crew Training Station (heavy); Aerial Gunner, Clark Field in the Philippines. WartimeContinue
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May 28 2022
Major Bob Haston – Near-Death Post-War Ejection from a Cockpit
Major Bob Haston – Near-Death Post-War Ejection On an Airfield Tarmac in Lincoln, Nebraska Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft III POW Camp Near Deadly Postwar Ejection Early Post-War Life January of 1946 after their December 22, 1945 Marriage Robert Weldon Haston met andContinue
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May 21 2022
Major Bob Haston – Stalag Luft III Prisoner of War
Major Bob Haston – Prisoner of War in Stalag Luft III Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft III POW Camp Near Deadly Postwar Ejection German POW Camp Stalag Luft III North Compound of German POW Camp – Stalag Luft III Stalag Luft III wasContinue
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May 13 2022
Major Bob Haston – Disastrous Mission #17
Major Bob Haston – The Disaster of Mission #17 Shot Down, Severely Burned, 5 Crewmen Captured, 5 Killed Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft III POW Camp Near Deadly Postwar Ejection Lt. Bob Haston’s Crew (Bob is 3rd from the left end) – ProbablyContinue
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May 12 2022
Major Bob Haston – The Distinguished Flying Cross
Major Bob Haston – The “Distinguished Flying Cross” Experience Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft III POW Camp Near Deadly Postwar Ejection What Did it Mean to “Catch Flak” in an Aerial Assault? German 88mm Flak Anti-Aircraft Gun The versatile 88mm cannon was Germany’sContinue
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May 10 2022
Major Bob Haston – The Silver Dollar Story
Major Bob Haston, WW II Hero – The Silver Dollar Story Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft III POW Camp Near Deadly Postwar Ejection When the war started, he wanted to sign up immediately but his mother thought he was too young. She toldContinue
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May 8 2022
Major Robert Weldon Haston, His WWII Stories
Stories of a World War II Haston Hero – His Haston Family Roots Lieutenant (later Major) Robert “Bob” Weldon Haston The following links will be activated, as his stories are posted throughout the “Memorial Month” of May. Daniel Haston Family Roots Enlistment & the Silver Dollar Distinguished Flying Cross Mission #17 Tragedy Stalag Luft IIIContinue
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May 7 2022
Tour Stop # 3 – Daniel Haston Homesite
Daniel Haston Homesite – c. 1804 & On The Daniel Haston Farm Remained in the Haston Family for More than 150 Years 35°48’04.85″ N 85°26’38.00″ W The Site of the Daniel Haston Cabin-Home The current house is probably the location of the original Daniel Haston cabin-home The Haston Big Spring Branch The Haston Big SpringContinue
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April 27 2022
Reunion – Charles Beason & Myrtle Wallace Haston Family
Charles Thomas & Elliot Selina Morgan Haston – Family Reunion The Hickory Valley Hastons Sunday – July 24, 2022 The day following the Daniel Haston Family Reunion Why the Picture of this Little Fire Department? You are probably asking yourself Due to the potential of Tennessee July HEAT, we have decided to move inside anContinue
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April 25 2022
Isaac T. Haston, Sr. Family
Isaac T. (Sr.) & Elizabeth Sparkman Haston Family Isaac T. and Elizabeth Sparkman Haston Family Line Some of the Children of Isaac T. and Elizabeth Sparkman Haston Read About the Horrendus Death of Isaac T. Haston, Jr. Isaac T. Haston’s 1853/1854 Grant #11561 from TN for 215 Acres Isaac T. Haston’s survey says he purchasedContinue
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April 25 2022
(I.T.) Haston Cemetery – Cummingsville, TN
Isaac T. & Elizabeth Sparkman Haston Family Cemetery Cummingsville of Van Buren County, Tennessee History of the Haston Cemetery Isaac T. Haston was the next-to-the-youngest son of David and Peggy Roddy Haston.  Although he was a grandson of Daniel Haston, Isaac T. was born (March 28, 1827) about a year after his grandfather died soContinue
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April 16 2022
Proud of My Country Roots – Wayne Haston
“I’m Proud of My Country Roots” Wayne Haston About 1951 – Left to right: My Dad (Boyd Haston), sister Marilyn, me (Wayne), cousin Mickey McWilliams, and of course – the mule. In the photo above, you are looking west toward the “Mitchell [or Dodson] Bridge” and Fraizer’s Chapel Methodist Church in a Caney Fork RiverContinue
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April 9 2022
Ten Interest Centers – Daniel Haston Family Reunion
Lots to Share and Learn at the Daniel Haston FAMILY Reunion July 22-23, 2022 in White County, TN Since this page was first published, we have added three more Interest Centers: The Burritt College Museum in Spencer, TN – Bonnie Adcock, the Director of the museum will be present Saturday morning at our reunion.  ManyContinue
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March 22 2022
Tour Stop #2 – Big Fork Cemetery
Big Fork Cemetery One of the Oldest Church Cemeteries in or Near White Co, TN – 200+ Years Like so many old cemeteries, for years the Big Fork Cemetery was covered with broken tombstones, fallen trees, waist-high grass, shoulder-high bushes, active groundhog dens, and God-only-knows how many copperheads.  After conducting an on-site study of theContinue
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March 18 2022
Big Fork Baptist Church – Early White County, TN
Big Fork Baptist Church The Earliest Baptist Church in White County, TN The Big Fork Baptist Church was hidden from local historians for many years.  Most people who visit the Big Fork Cemetery in what is now Cummingsville, TN have no idea that there was a church there in the early 1800s.  Only a fewContinue
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March 7 2022
Old Union Cemetery – White County, TN
Old Union Cemetery – 200+ Years of Burial One of the Oldest Church Cemeteries in White County & Surrounding Region Cemetery Decoration – Sunday, August 20, 2023 Beginning with Potluck Lunch The Old Union Cemetery is one of the oldest church cemeteries in White County, TN.  No one knows for sure when the first burialContinue
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March 5 2022
Tent Graves: A Middle TN Phenomenon
Comb (or Tent) Graves = “Born” in White County, TN? Visitors who are not familiar with White County, Van Buren County and some of their neighboring counties are often surprised when they pass an old cemetery and see a scene such as the one above.  I grew up seeing lots of these kinds of gravesContinue
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February 19 2022
Joe Diffie – Descendant of Our Daniel Haston
Joe Diffie – Grand Ole Opry Descendant of Daniel Haston Yes, his great-great-grandfather was my great grandfather David Montgomery Haston. His great grandfather was Jack Haston a nephew of my granddaddy. His grandmother and my mother were first cousins. I did know his grandmother. She helped me when I was doing our Haston tree. WeContinue
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February 12 2022
Tour Stop #1 – Old Union Church
Old Union Cumberland Presbyterian Church Founded 1805? – Organized Officially 1811 Some sources say the Union Presbyterian Church was founded in 1805.  We do know that Spence Mitchell, an early settler in southern White County, TN, deeded a plot of land for what was called the Union Meeting House on August 24, 1811.  The churchContinue
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January 29 2022
33 Key Sites & Experiences – 2023 Hiestand-Haston European Heritage Tour
Thirty-Three Key Sites & Experiences On the June 14-27 2023 European Hiestand/Haston Heritage Tour Contact Renee Cue for more information or answers to your questions: renee@reneecue.com Contact Renee Cue for more information or answers to your questions: renee@reneecue.com More Information about the June 14-27, 2023 Hiestand-Haston European Heritage Tour Share this with Hastons or relatedContinue
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January 22 2022
Be Careful What You Hang on Your Tree
Be Careful What You Hang on Your Family Tree It May Haunt Your Family Forever! When I began researching my family history, I was totally at the mercy of other people who had researched the history of the Daniel Haston family before me.  In most cases, their research records turned out to be extremely helpful. Continue
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January 7 2022
Next Stage – Feature More of YOUR Family’s Stories
2022 (and beyond) – Featuring More of YOUR Families’ Stories We will continue to try to post a variety of stories related to our Daniel Haston family–more history, etc.  But this year we want to begin to hear more of your stories.  All branches of the Haston Family have stories that are worth sharing withContinue
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January 3 2022
Marlin Shelton Haston
Marlin Shelton Haston, 1928-2022 Marlin Haston, 93, passed away on January 1, 2022. He was born September 5, 1928, Spencer (Van Buren County) of the late R.C. Haston Sr. and Etta (Smith) Haston. He is survived by his son, David (Laura) Haston of Dandridge; daughter, Jean Ann Hall of Hartsville, and daughter-in-law Brenda Haston ofContinue
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December 25 2021
52 – Other Daughters of Daniel Haston?
52 – Daughter of Daniel Haston? One Yes, One Maybe, One No I am confident that Daniel Haston had two or three daughters (and/or maybe a son) that we have never been able to identify.  But there is one for-sure daughter who has emerged out of more recent research.  There’s another who may or mayContinue
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December 18 2021
51 – Daniel Haston, Jr. Married into the Famous KY “Skaggs” Longhunters Family
51 – Daniel Haston, Jr. Married into the Famous KY Longhunters Skaggs Family Did you know that descendants of Daniel Haston, through his son Daniel, Jr., are related by marriage to two famous members of the Kentucky Skaggs family – Charles Skaggs (1760s Longhunter) and Ricky Skaggs (a country music Hall of Fame member). InContinue
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December 11 2021
50 – Jeremiah Haston – Another Son of Daniel Goes to Missouri
50 – Jeremiah Haston, from Tennessee, to Illinois, to Dallas County, Missouri The three youngest sons of Daniel Haston settled in Missouri.  Jesse and Jeremiah remained there for the rest of their lives, but Isaac moved on to California after about 20 years in the “Show Me” state.   Dallas County, Missouri When a new countyContinue
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December 4 2021
49 – Jeremiah Haston – A “Lost Son” of Daniel Haston Found by DNA
49 – Jeremiah Haston – Lost Son of Daniel Haston Found by DNA Sometimes you may see his name as Jeremiah MC Haston, but there is no existing evidence that I have found to prove that Daniel’s son Jeremiah had a middle  “MC” name, but his youngest son was definitely Jeremiah MC “Mac” Haston. DNAContinue
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November 20 2021
47 – Jesse Haston – A Missouri Pioneer with His Three Wives and 21 Children!
47 – Jesse Haston, Missouri Pioneer With 3 Wives & 21 Children Part 1 – Until the Civil War Of Daniel Haston’s sons, Jesse was the most unique in several ways.  He was the first son to move west of the Mississippi River.  He was a slave owner.  He became a wealthy man, by localContinue
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November 16 2021
48 – Jesse Haston – His Family’s Civil War Years and Following
48 – Jesse Haston’s Family in the Civil War Years and After Some Selected Highlights Some of Daniel Haston’s grandsons and great grandsons joined the Union Army.  Others, especially those who remained in Tennessee, chose to suit up in grey.  None of the Tennessee Hastons I know of were slave owners.  They were probably defendingContinue
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November 13 2021
46 – Isaac Haston – Across the Plains in an Oxen-Drawn Wagon – Isaac’s California Years
46 – Isaac Haston – Across the Plains in an Oxen-Drawn Wagon The California Years Approximately 2,000 miles – Cave Spring, Missouri to Santa Rosa, California on the Oregon-California Trail At age 62, most men today are looking forward to retiring, drawing social security, playing golf or fishing, and enjoying their grandkids.  I’m not sureContinue
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November 12 2021
33 – The Rhine River Cruise
33 – The Beautiful and Relaxing Cruise Up the Rhine River On Monday, June 26, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Heritage Tour will enjoy a relaxing cruise up a portion of the beautiful Middle Rhine River and see many of the same sights that Henrich Hiestand saw in 1727 when he was on his journey to America. Continue
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November 11 2021
32 – Worms, Germany – Where Martin Luther Defended His Faith Before Emperor Charles V
32 – Worms, Germany – Where Martin Luther Was Tried On the afternoon of (Saturday) June 22, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Heritage Tour group will arrive in the city of Worms (pronounced “Vermz”), Germany – the place where Martin Luther stood before a formal deliberative assembly (“diet”) of leaders from the Holy Roman Empire, led byContinue
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November 10 2021
31 – Mennonite Church in Ibersheim – Where Our Ancestors Worshipped
31 – Mennonite Church in the Village of Ibersheim, Germany Our Hiestands’ Church Home 350 Years Ago On Sunday, June 25, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston European Heritage Tour group will worship here, where our ancestors worshiped.  Pastor Andreas Kohrn has invited us to join their congregation for the service and to enjoy their annual summer “BBQContinue
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November 10 2021
30 – Our Ancestors’ Little German Village of Refuge – Ibersheim
30 – Our Ancestors’ Little German Village of Refuge – Ibersheim On Sunday, June 25, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Heritage Tour group will visit this very special place.  We have been invited to join the village’s Mennonite Church for their Sunday morning service, be their special guests for an after-church “Grillfest” (BBQ), then take a walkingContinue
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November 6 2021
45 – Isaac and Agnes Simpson Haston – Missouri Years
45 – Isaac and Agnes Simpson Haston – Missouri Years Isaac Haston lived the Great American Dream.  He left Tennessee landless and broke, moved to Missouri and became a prosperous landowner in just a few years.  He deserved it – he fought bravely for our country at the Battle of New Orleans.   At least fourContinue
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October 30 2021
44 – Isaac and Agnes Simpson Haston – Tennessee Years
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
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October 27 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
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October 26 2021
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
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October 23 2021
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
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October 16 2021
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
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October 15 2021
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
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October 14 2021
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
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October 8 2021
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
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October 6 2021
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
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October 2 2021
40 – Herbert Clinton Haston – Grandson of Montgomery Greenville Haston
Herbert Clinton Haston, Grandson of Montgomery G. Haston From Notebook of Mrs. Dave Rhea (Estelle) 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, manyContinue
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September 29 2021
24 – The City of Bern, Switzerland and the Famous Clock Tower
24 – The World Famous Zytglogge (Clock Tower) in Bern On Friday, June 23, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Heritage tour group will watch the famous clock tower turn to a new hour. Built in the early 13th century as a gate tower for the city’s western fortifications, Zytglogge has served over the years as a guardContinue
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September 22 2021
39 – Montgomery G. Haston – His Civic Service and Civil War Experience
39 – M. G. Haston – His Civic Service and Civil War Experience Montgomery Greenville Haston is one of my most respected early Haston heroes!  I want to tell you why. Montgomery Greenville (M.G. or “Gum”) Haston lived a relatively short life even for his era, only about 45 (or 46) years.  When he wasContinue
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September 19 2021
23 – Jakob Markt – We’ll Stop and Shop Where the Swiss Shop
23 – Jakob Markt – We’ll Stop & Shop Where Locals Shop One of the favorite shopping places for locals and tourists is the Jacob Markt.  Here is the best place to buy Swiss lace curtains, Swiss-style clothes, and delicious Swiss chocolate bars.  While the women shop (maybe some of us men too!) others canContinue
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September 19 2021
27 – Swiss Alphorns and Yodeling
27 – Swiss Alpine Music: Alphorns and Yodeling Two of the most famous features of historic Swiss culture are the Alphorns and yodeling.  Our June 2023 Hiestand-Haston Heritage tour group will enjoy a bit of both types of Alpine Music. The Swiss Alphorns Enjoy this brief video example of Swiss Alphorn music. https://youtu.be/K_qp26NHyTg With theContinue
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September 11 2021
38 – Mystery of the Father of Montgomery Greenville Haston
38 – Mystery of the Father of Montgomery Greenville Haston Based on the evidence cited previously, I think we can confidently assume Polly Haston was the mother of M.G. Haston, the child who was born out of wedlock on October 16, 1823, or 1824.  But who was the birth-father of M.G. Haston? Due to theContinue
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September 11 2021
37 – Mystery of the Mother of Montgomery Greenville Haston
37 – Mystery of the Mother of Montgomery Greenville Haston As far as we can tell, the parents of Montgomery Greenville Haston–and how he fit into the Daniel Haston family–were unknown for well over 100 years!  Even the most diligent Daniel Haston family researchers were stumped! Montgomery Greenville [not Greenfield, as some have asserted] (M.G.Continue
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September 4 2021
36 – David Haston – A Founding Leader in Van Buren County, TN
36 – David Haston – A Founding Leader of Van Buren County, TN David Haston spent much of his time in the final 20 years of his life helping to establish Van Buren County. Haston Family – Early Influences in Van Buren County, TN Several of Daniel Haston’s children and grandchildren had already left TennesseeContinue
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August 29 2021
22 – Oldest Mennonite Church in the World – Langnau, Switzerland
22 – World’s Oldest Mennonite Church – Langnau, Switzerland On Thursday, June 22, 2023, members of the Hiestand-Haston Heritage Tour group will see the oldest continuously active Mennonite Church in the world. Langnau has a history of Anabaptism going all the way back to March 1525. Today, Langnau has the oldest Mennonite church in theContinue
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August 28 2021
35 – David Haston, Popular Civic Leader in Early White County, TN
35 – David Haston – White County, Tennessee Pioneer, Part 2 David Haston, Esq. (Justice of the Peace) How did simple farmers and businessmen – many of whom had very little formal education – understand Tennessee (and county) laws enough to serve as county court judges?  They were guided by a book like the oneContinue
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August 26 2021
21 – The Swiss Cowbells Factory
21 – The Swiss Cowbells Factory On Thursday, June 27, 2023 our Hiestand-Haston Historic Tour group will stop at the famous Swiss Cowbells Factory. Did you know…? Bells are protection, happiness, and a sign of peace. This is because in times of war the Swiss bells were taken from the churches and from the pastureContinue
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August 25 2021
19 – Piz Gloria 360° Rotating Restaurant 9,744′ Altitude
19 – Breakfast in the Rotating Restaurant at 9,744′ in the Alps On the morning of June 22, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Heritage Tour group will eat breakfast in the Piz Gloria revolving restaurant in the village of Murren on top of the Schilthorne summit. BEVERAGESCoffee / Tea, cold and warm milk (lactose-free and soy milkContinue
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August 20 2021
34 – David Haston (Daniel’s Son) in White County, TN
34 – David Haston, White County, Tennessee Pioneer, Part 1 Isaac T. Haston Family Home – Grandson of Daniel Via. David The “David Haston” Bible Record Any family with an existing copy of a family Bible record from the early 1800s is fortunate, especially if it is as complete and apparently accurate as the “DavidContinue
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August 13 2021
20 – World Famous Kambly Cookie Factory
20 – World-Famous Kambly Swiss Cookie Factory On June 22, 2023, the Hiestand-Haston Tour group will stop at this world-famous cookie factory and sample (FREE!) dozens of cookies.  But I can pretty much assure you that you will buy some too!  We will also eat lunch there. Oscar Kambly started his company in 1910 withContinue
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August 12 2021
18 – Cable Car to the Car-less Village of Mürren in the Swiss Alps
18 – Cable Car Ride to & Evening in the Alps Village of Mürren On June 22, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston Heritage Tour group will take a scenic cable car ride up to the mountain village of Mürren.And we will spend the night there! Mürren is a traditional Walser (inhabitants in the Alps) mountain village inContinue
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August 8 2021
33 – Daniel Haston’s Final Years
33 – Daniel Haston’s Final Years Daniel Haston lived his final years on his 150 acres farm in what we now know as the Cummingsville community of northern Van Buren County–southern White County until 1840.  There are a few things that we KNOW about his final few years there and a few more things weContinue
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August 5 2021
32 – Daniel Haston – Petitioner to Create White County, TN
32 – Daniel Haston, A Founding Petitioner for White County, TN The first record we have of Daniel Haston in (what became) White County, as well as some of his family members and friends, is the petition to create White County on July 22, 1806.[i]  Four of the 155 names on the petition were Isam Bradley,Continue
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July 31 2021
31 – Daniel Haston and the White County, TN “Big Spring” Settlers
31 – Daniel Haston & Other White County, TN Big Spring Settlers The area south of the Caney Fork River near the mouth of Cane Creek was a prominent settlement in the early 1800s.  It was part of White County, Tennessee prior to its inclusion into newly formed Van Buren County in 1840.  The abundance ofContinue
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July 28 2021
17 – Ballenberg Open-Air Museum
17 – Ballenberg Open-Air Museum On Wednesday, July 21, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston heritage tour group will visit the Ballenberg Open-Air Museum. https://youtu.be/d1COwvzKYlM Ballenberg is an open-air museum in Switzerland that displays traditional buildings and architecture from all over the country. Located near Brienz in the municipality of Hofstetten bei Brienz, Canton of Bern, Ballenberg hasContinue
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July 28 2021
16 – Lucerne and the Wooden Chapel Bridge
16 – Wooden Chapel Bridge in Lucerne, Switzerland And Shopping in this Beautiful City! In the afternoon of June 20, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston heritage tour group will visit the Swiss city of Lucerne.  Not only will we see and stroll across this historic bridge, but there will also be time for shopping in Lucerne. The Kapellbrücke (literally,Continue
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July 22 2021
– June 14-27, 2023 – Hiestand/Haston European Heritage Tour – Terms and Conditions
2023 Hiestand-Haston Europe Tour Price and Other Details June 14-27, 2023 – Switzerland and Rhineland Germany Download a Printable Copy of the Itinerary and Form More Information about the June 14-27, 2023 Hiestand-Haston European Heritage Tour Share this with Hastons or related family members who might be interested in the June 14-27, 2023 Hiestand-Haston EuropeanContinue
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July 21 2021
30 – Daniel Haston Family Moves Across the Cumberland Plateau
30 – Our Hastons Moved West of the Cumberland Mountain Through the Tellico Treaties of October 25 and 27, 1805, Cherokee chiefs ceded to the United States a large area of Middle Tennessee.  On April 24, 1806, the October 1805 treaties were officially proclaimed by the President of the United States.  Much of Middle Tennessee,Continue
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July 21 2021
14 – Were Our Ancient Swiss Hiestands Spiritist-Pagans?
14 – Were our Ancient Swiss Hiestands Spiritist-Pagans? Although I can’t say for sure, it is probable, that our Medieval ancestors were pagans who lived in a high-mountain area of what is now the northern edge of Canton Zug, Switzerland.  Our June 2023 Hiestand-Haston tour group will visit this area. The (Swiss) hills were aliveContinue
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July 18 2021
July 22-23, 2022 Daniel Haston Family Heritage Days
Gathering for All Haston Families – July 22-23, 2022 The First ALL Daniel Haston Family Get-Together in 200+ Years! The Schedule Important:  Keep in mind that we will be on Central Time, so adjust your watches & thinking. Friday Evening, July 22, 2022 (6:00-8:30 pm CENTRAL Time) Fun & informal get-acquainted activities, with “potluck desserts,”Continue
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July 18 2021
15 – The “Black Madonna” in the Einsiedeln Monastery
15 – Einsiedeln Abbey, Home of the Swiss “Black Madonna” Tuesday, June 20, 2023, our Hiestand-Haston tour group will visit the largest church in Switzerland–the famous Einsiedeln Abbey. 150,000 to 200,000 Roman Catholic pilgrims visit each year Black Madonna of Einsiedeln The abbey is dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, the title being derivedContinue
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July 17 2021
July 26, 2024 – Tour of Daniel Haston Family Historic Sites
2024 Daniel Haston Family Historic Sites Tour Friday Morning, Load the Bus at 9:00 a.m., July 26, 2024 At Hickory Valley Baptist Church We will be touring in three 40-passenger air-conditioned and handicap accessible buses, with on-board PA systems. Download Print Version To see the highlighted route on a printed copy, print in color orContinue
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July 17 2021
Some Lodging Options and Recreation Sites
Some Lodging Options and Recreational Sites For the July 22-23, 2022 Heritage of Daniel Haston Days Week Lodging and Recreation Reservations for lodging at these recreational sites tend to fill up EARLY, plan well ahead if possible. Fall Creek Falls State Park Fall Creek Falls State Park is one of Tennessee’s largest and most visitedContinue
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July 17 2021
29 – Resolving the “McComisky Mystery” in the Daniel Haston Family
29 – Resolving the “McComisky Mystery” in the Haston Family A common piece of erroneous family lore has circulated among Daniel Haston family members for many years–the assumption that Daniel’s son, David, was named “David McComisky Haston.”  You don’t have to look at many Haston family trees on Ancestry.com or other genealogy internet sites toContinue
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July 13 2021
13 – Village of Hirzel, Home of Two Famous People
13 – Village of Hirzel, Switzerland – Home of Two Famous People Our June 2023 Hiestand-Haston tour group will visit the little mountain village of Hirzel, Switzerland on Monday, June 19. The village of Hirzel, just a few miles on the mountainside southwest of Richterswil is famous for its beauty, as well as the homesContinue
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July 10 2021
28 – David and Peggy Haston on Grassy Creek in Knox County, TN
28 – David Haston – Distinguishes Himself as a Young Adult Adjacent to a 2020 $45 Million Development Project At age 25, David Haston became the owner of 111 acres in Knox County, TN.  Apparently, owning land was not something his father (Daniel) achieved until his mid-50s.  In 2020, a $45 million project was developedContinue
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July 7 2021
12 – The Richterswil Museum (Canton Zurich, Switzerland)
The Richterswil Museum (Ortsmuseum Richterswil) The Richterswil local museum deepens the understanding of regional history and promotes cultural life in the community. The main points of their work are: Management and expansion of the historical collection that is housed in the Haus zum Bären. The organization of exhibitions showing part of the local history. TheContinue
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July 4 2021
27 – David Haston Marries 14-Year-Old Girl
27 – David Haston Married 14 Year Old “Peggy” Roddy Yeah, I just created the title for the dramatic effect, but it was true. On May 5, 1800 (one day short of David Haston’s 23rd birthday) he was issued a marriage bond to marry Margaret “Peggy” Roddy in Knox County, Tennessee. Perhaps his bride was his 23rd birthday giftContinue
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July 1 2021
Haston Family History Overview
The Daniel Haston Family: A Historical Overview The Story of the Daniel Hiestand/Haston Family From the Mountains of Switzerland to the Rhineland of Germany to all across America The Story of Daniel Haston’s SWISS Ancestors, His Life, and All of His Known Children in 50+ Segments If you appreciated this article, please share it withContinue
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June 16 2021
11 – Boat Cruise Around Lake Zürich
11 – Boat Cruise Around Lake Zürich On Sunday afternoon, June 18, 2023 we enjoy a delightful cruise around Lake Zürich, seeing the towns along the shores and the Alps in the distance.   https://youtu.be/oA3vPJ_9s1U More Information about the June 14-27, 2023 Hiestand-Haston European Heritage Tour Share this with Hastons or related family members who mightContinue
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June 16 2021
26 – Daniel Haston’s Many Experiences in the Knox County, TN Courtroom
26 – Daniel Haston’s Many Experiences in the Courtroom While Living in Knox County, TN When Daniel was a young man back in Shenandoah County, VA, he was conspicuously absent from court appearances of any kind, although his brothers were there often as witnesses, involved in court cases, or even sometimes as attorneys. Daniel, asContinue
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June 16 2021
10 – The Richterswil Wilderness Trust
10 – The Wilderness Trust in Richterswil That the Hiestands Have Been Members of for Many Centuries On Sunday morning, June 18, 2023 we will worship – like our Anabaptist ancestors worshiped – in a Swiss forest on the hillside behind the town or Richterswil.  They met in secret there because they could be imprisonedContinue
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June 15 2021
25 – Another Haston Boy in Trouble – Joseph and the Broken-Down Fence
25 – Another of Daniel Haston’s Boys in Trouble Joseph and the Broken-Down Fence Let’s start with a couple of definitions, for those of you who may not know what “Timothy” is or a “close,” because this story is all about a “timothy close,” some hogs, and a son who was just following his father’sContinue
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June 15 2021
09 – The Old Wädenswil Castle in Richterswil, Canton Zurich of Switzerland
9 – The 13th-16th Century Wädenswil Castle Above Richterswil Alt-Wädenswil Castle, the residence of the barons von Wädenswil, was inaugurated in the 13th century. The castle had to be demolished in 1557 according to a decision of the Diet, as Schwyz felt threatened by the expansion of the city-state of Zurich.  Our Hiestand Ancestors WereContinue
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June 12 2021
24 – Daniel’s Son David Haston Cut Tails Off a Neighbor’s Cows
24 – David Haston Cut Tails Off a Neighbor’s Horned Cows Some of us Haston boys have been known for mischief.  Just ask people who knew us while we were growing up.  For example, out of a class of 212, the principal’s daughter I were voted “Most Mischievous” in my senior year of high school. Continue
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June 8 2021
08 – The Amazing Richterswil Fountain
08 – The Amazing Richterswil Jet Fountain Weather permitting and etc., we will watch the world famous Richterswil Jet Fountain “spout” on Sunday, June 25, 2023. The Richterswil FONTÄNE, with its height of 101 meters (331 feet), takes eighth place among the top ten, but it is the highest fountain in the world that isContinue
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June 8 2021
Understanding Your DNA Results – Darvin Martin Zoom Meeting
Understanding Your DNA Results Darvin Martin in Our June 7, 2021 Zoom Meeting https://youtu.be/gplW6ERb2gg Darvin Martin – an expert in Swiss-German Mennonite genetic (DNA) genealogy.  Darvin presents a basic understanding of DNA as it relates to family research.  But there is lots of time for questions and answers. If you appreciated this article, please shareContinue
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June 5 2021
23 – Daniel Haston Family – South of Holston River, Opposite Knoxville, TN
23 – Daniel Haston Family, South of the “Holston” River Opposite Knoxville, TN Daniel and family lived in the Knoxville, TN area for about 10 years. There is a lot of information available about his family during that time, so Chapter 14 in the BIG book I’m working on contains 70+ pages. I’ll extract someContinue
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May 29 2021
22- Two of Daniel Haston’s Siblings in South Central KY
Two of Daniel Haston’s Siblings in South Central, KY The Mill Creek Meeting House Near Tompkinsville, KY. Built in 1804. Abraham Hiestand’s (Hestand’s) Path Ends in South Central KY John Mulkey and his brother Philip Mulkey, sons of Rev. Jonathan Mulkey, were members of the Big Pigeon Baptist Church near what is now Newport, TennesseeContinue
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May 22 2021
21 – Daniel Haston Votes in Favor of the State of Franklin
21 – Daniel Haston Voted in Favor of the State of Franklin So, our Daniel was a “Franklinite” The yellow county – Washington County – is where Abraham Hiestand lived for a few years.  Although there is no (to my knowledge) evidence for Daniel Haston’s specific whereabouts in the county, apparently he also lived thereContinue
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May 18 2021
07 – Richterswil – Our Swiss “Hometown”
07 – Richterswil, the “Village” of Our Swiss Hiestands Although our Hiestand ancestors lived in other villages around Lake Zürich, we can probably think of Richterswil as our Swiss hometown.  For that reason, we will be spending four nights in Richterswil, where – in our free times – we can walk the streets that ourContinue
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May 18 2021
05 – Zürich – Walking Tour of the City
05 – Zürich – A Walking Tour of the City On the afternoon of Saturday, June 17, 2023, we will tour the city of Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland.  It’s one of the most important financial centers in the world.  Situated on the north shore of Lake Zurich and spanning the Limmat River, itContinue
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May 15 2021
20 – Abraham and Daniel Hiestand in the “Overmountain” Wilderness of NC
20 – Abraham and Daniel in the “Overmountain” of NC For approximately 10 to 15 years, Henry Hiestand’s “boys”–Daniel and his older brother Abraham–lived in the “Overmountain” region of Western North Carolina.  Well, that’s not totally accurate because that area became part of the 16th state of the USA, Tennessee (1796), while they were livingContinue
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May 11 2021
06 – Limmat River – Where Felix Manz Was Martyred
06 – The Drowning Martyrdom of Anabaptist, Felix Manz On Saturday June 17, 2023 we will visit the site on the Limmat River in Zurich City where one of the first Anabaptist leaders, Felix Manz, was executed by drowning solely because of his Anabaptist faith. The people of Zurich crowded along both sides of theContinue
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May 8 2021
19 – The Hiestand Brothers – Abraham and Daniel – Settle in Western North Carolina
19 – Abraham and Daniel Hiestand Settle in the “Carolinas” Headed for “the Carolinas” When the earliest post-Revolution settlers left their homes in places like Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia and said, “We’re going to the Carolinas,” that did not necessarily mean they were going to the area enclosed in the current boundaries of North andContinue
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May 2 2021
04 – The Anabaptist Cave – Täuferhöhle, Where Anabaptists Worshipped in Secret
04 – Täuferhöhle (Anabaptist Cave) – Secret Place for Worship – Saturday, June 17, 2023, we will walk up the hill to see where Swiss Brethren (Anabaptists/Mennonites) met to worship in secret. – The German word Täufer = “Baptist” in English, not Baptist as a denomination but Baptist as “one who baptizes.”  In Switzerland, beginning inContinue
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May 1 2021
18 – The Mysterious Daniel MG Hastings “Mortality List” Card
18 – The Mysterious Daniel MG. Hastings Mortality List Card The “1830 Revolutionary War Mortality Listing” Card In the early 1970s, Dwight Haston discovered the little card that you see pictured above.  He found it in a research library in Arkansas.  At that time, there was several members of the Daniel Haston family who wereContinue
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April 30 2021
Submit Name and USPS Address for Occasional Snail-Mailings
Building a USPS (Snail Mail) List for Occasional Mailings Related to the History and Heritage of Daniel Haston & Haston Family Events If your current surname (or the surname of a friend or relative who is related to the pioneer Daniel Haston family) is not spelled “Haston” or “Hastain” (example, you go by a marriedContinue
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April 28 2021
DNA – Explained by Scientist and Genealogist Darvin Martin
DNA – An Introduction by Darvin Martin, Scientist & Genealogist View the June 7, 2021 Zoom Session with the Daniel Haston Family Association View Another Video: Darvin Martin Teaching the Basics of DNA Summary of the Q&A in the Video What are the main tests you can take to learn information about your background? ThereContinue
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April 24 2021
17b – Thomas Archer – the Eccentric Man from Guilford County, NC Who Ended Up with Warrant #2344
Thomas Archer – an Eccentric Man from Guilford County, NC Who Ended Up With 640 Acres from Military Bounty Land Warrant #2344 This is #3 in a sequence of 3 articles.  You should read the first two articles before reading this one. 1. “Daniel Haston” Rev War Land Grant 2. The “Guilford County Four” &Continue
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April 24 2021
17a – The “Guilford County Four” and Rev War Land Grant Proceedings at Fairfield Plantation
17a – The “Guilford County Four” And the Epicenter of 1785 Land Fraud – James Glasgow’s “Fairfield” Plantation This is #2 in a sequence of 3 articles.  You should read the first article before reading this one. 1. “Daniel Haston” Rev War Land Grant 3. Thomas Archer – the Man Who Ended Up with theContinue
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April 24 2021
17 – The “Daniel Haston” Revolutionary War Land Grant
The “Daniel Haston” Rev War Land Grant Legal or Fraudulent? 640 acres in Houston County, TN (west of Nashville) were granted to Thomas Archer, based on Revolutionary War Land Grant #2344.  The right to the land was originally issued to a “Daniel Haston.”  But was the name Daniel Haston just used by NC Secretary ofContinue
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April 21 2021
03 – Hiestand Bakery in Zurich, Switzerland
03 – Hiestand Bakery Bistro and Shop in Zurich, Switzerland View the Menu Options Alfred (Fredy) Hiestand comes from Hiestand family, which is the honorable bakery brand in Europe. He brought advanced production machinery and equipment, technology, management team and his product concept. In the year 1967, Alfred Hiestand established his first bakery in aContinue
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April 20 2021
02 – Rhine Falls, Near Schaffhausen, in Northern Switzerland
02 – Rhine Falls at Schaffhausen, Switzerland https://youtu.be/IWVG_ctdGWY The Rhine Falls in Switzerland  is the most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.  You will see, not only the Rhine Falls in Switzerland, but the awesome landscape and villages that surround the Rhine River. The Rhine River Falls is on a stretch of the Rhine RiverContinue
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April 20 2021
01 – Black Forest of Germany
01 – The Black Forest of Southwest Germany – First Evening Stop on Our Hiestand-Haston Family Heritage Tour to Switzerland and the Rhineland of Germany – The Black Forest is Known for its Awesome Beauty Our first evening will be spent in the Black Forest, along our way from Frankfort Germany to Zurich, Switzerland.  The BlackContinue
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April 17 2021
Clarence E. Haston, Jr.
“Bud” (Clarence E.) Haston, Jr. Awarded the Gold Star Honor In WWII – An Honor Nobody Wants to Win – Thanks to Chuck Haston of McMinnville, TN for sharing this information with us.  Chuck’s father (Judge Charles D. Haston) is Bud Haston’s kid brother. “Bud” Haston (Clarence Eugene Haston, Jr.) grew up in McMinnville ofContinue
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April 17 2021
16 – Daniel Haston and the DAR and SAR
16 – Can I Get Into the DAR or SAR through Daniel Haston? The centennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1876 renewed a fervor to honor our country’s Revolutionary War patriots. In the year of that centennial, the Society of Cincinnati (Ohio) launched The Sons of the Revolution and a groupContinue
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April 10 2021
15 – Henry Hiestand’s Estate Settled and the Family Splits
15 – Henry Hiestand’s Estate Settled and the Family Parts Ways Daniel’s Mother & Father Die in 1777 and 1779 Peter Hiessandt, Sr.’s, (older brother of Daniel) Bible record was written in the old German script, but transcribed later by descendants.  Peter recorded some very helpful information about his mother and father: Year 1777 theContinue
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April 9 2021
00 – June 14-27, 2023 Hiestand-Haston Tour to Switzerland and Germany
Hiestand-Haston Family Heritage Tour June 14-27, 2023 – Switzerland & Rhineland of Germany Photo above: The “village” of Richterswil in Canton Zürich, Switzerland – where our Hiestand-Haston ancestors lived centuries ago. Download the Questions and Answers Document A Tour with Double-Value Scenic Value The “scenic value” of this tour alone will be worth the priceContinue
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April 6 2021
Ruth Haston Norwood
Ruth Haston Norwood May 15, 1929 – April 3, 2021 A Daniel Haston History Hall of Famer Daniel was my gggg grandfather. David my ggg, Isaac [Isaac T.] my gg, Wm Carroll (not David’s son) my g grandfather, Wm Isaac my grandfather. Ruth Haston Norwood (January 19, 2001) When I (Wayne Haston) began researching theContinue
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April 3 2021
14 – Daniel & Christina Nave Haston – Newlyweds in Fort Valley
14 – Daniel and Christina Nave Hiestand/Haston Newlyweds in Fort Valley, VA Daniel and Christina lived on Passage Creek for the first ten years or so of their marriage.  Their little kids (three whose names are unknown, but David and Joseph Haston for sure) would have played in this creek at or near this veryContinue
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March 27 2021
13 – Daniel Hiestand Married Christina Nave
13 – Our Daniel Hiestand Married Christina Nave In Shenandoah County, Virginia View Larger Version of this Image I think we can safely say it’s fact that our Daniel Hiestand/Haston married Christina Nave on September 28, 1773, or at least was issued a marriage bond on that date.  But two questions remain unanswered: Who wasContinue
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March 20 2021
12 – Hiestand Land in “The Fort” – Powell’s Fort Valley, VA
12 – Hiestand Land in “The Fort” – Fort Valley, Virginia Seven Bends of North Shenandoah River, near Woodstock, VA with Fort Valley in the Massanutten Mountain behind (east of) the river. Photo Above – Looking Southeast Foreground = Seven bends of North Fork Shenandoah River (near Woodstock, VA) on the west side of MassanuttenContinue
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March 16 2021
William A. Haston – Mexican War Hero
One of the Most Heroic Units in the Mexican War I have no photo of him.  I have no details of his specific activities during his year of service in the Mexican War.  He was only a private.  He was only a volunteer, not a member of the Regular Army.  He only served 12 months.  ButContinue
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March 13 2021
11 – The Henry Hiestand Family in Virginia
11 – The Henry Hiestand Family in Virginia When Henry Hiestand and his wife (name unknown) moved their family to Virginia, they probably already had four or five children who had been born back in Lancaster County, PA–Barbara (c. 1734), Jacob (c. 1736), Peter (c. 1738), and maybe Abraham (c. 1840).  Ann was born OctoberContinue
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March 6 2021
10 – Indian Troubles in the Shenandoah Valley, VA
10 – Indian Attacks Around Our Hiestands in Pennsylvania and Virginia Memorial for Rev. John Roads – Mennonist & wife and six children massacred here by Indians, August 1764 As a kid, cowboys and Indians was just a fun game we played.  And the battles between Indians and American pioneers was just something we enjoyedContinue
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March 4 2021
Surname Spellings in Daniel Haston Family
One Family – Many H-Surname Spellings Colonel Howard H. Hasting, Sr. – a 1950s–early 1980s Haston family researcher – opened his research report on the family of Daniel Haston with this question: What is the name of this family?  He then proceeded to reference several different ways our H-surname has been spelled in official records.  IContinue
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February 27 2021
09 – Our Ancestor Moves to the Shenandoah Valley, VA
Hiestands Move to the Shenandoah Valley in Northern Virginia From a “Hiestand field” on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River Our Daniel Hiestand/Haston was probably born a quarter mile or less down river from this spot. He grew up here and no doubt learned to swim and fish in this river–the South Fork ofContinue
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February 20 2021
08 – Henry Hiestand Settles on Penn Family Land
08 – Henry Hiestand Settled on Land Acquired from William Penn’s Sons Outline of the 226 acre tract Henry Hiestand settled on and had surveyed in Lancaster County, PA. And who were Henry Hiestands parents? Exactly where did he live in Lancaster County, PA? Why did he owe so much money to Caspar Wistar?  WhoContinue
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February 13 2021
07 – Our Hiestands Begin Life in America
07 – Henry Hiestand – His Earliest Years in America William Penn’s first visit to his American colony in 1682 paved the way for our Henrich Hiestand to settle there 45 years later. Image Source: https://owlcation.com/ For Americans, an “immigrant ancestor” is an ancestor who emigrated from some other country, to come to and settleContinue
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February 11 2021
Caney Fork of the Cumberland
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February 7 2021
06 – The Journey from Ibersheim to America
06 – The Journey from Ibersheim to America Source: http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/ In early 1727, Henrich Hiestand probably boarded a barge in Worms, much like the one above, saying a “forever” goodbye to his Ibersheim family. Of the Mennonites who emigrated from the Rhine lands, “only a small proportion—roughly 10 percent—journeyed overseas.  The vast majority relocated inContinue
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February 1 2021
05a – Our Hiestands (Heystandts) – Refugees on the North Sea
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January 31 2021
05 – Where Henrich Hiestand Was Born – Ibersheim, Germany
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January 24 2021
04 – Swiss Anabaptists Flee to the Germany
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January 20 2021
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January 14 2021
03 – Our Mennonite Roots
03 – What Do You Know About Our Mennonite Roots? Image from Christianity.com Rev. Samuel Hiestand’s parents, grandparents, and several generations before were all Mennonites. “Samuel Hiestand” – Wikipedia This Samuel Hiestand was our Daniel Haston’s nephew, son of Daniel’s oldest brother Jacob. Huldrych (Ulrich) Zwingli You know about Martin Luther and the Protestant ReformationContinue
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January 10 2021
02 – Hastons Rooted in Switzerland
02 – Our Haston Roots are in Switzerland For many years, even the most diligent researchers in the extended Daniel Haston family would hit the so-called genealogical “brick wall” with appearances of Daniel in western North Carolina, prior to the formation of the state of Tennessee.  They could establish their family connections back to Daniel,Continue
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January 3 2021
01 – In Search of Our European Roots
01 – In Search of Our European Roots It looks like a hopeless task to trace back the family of Daniel, but let’s keep stumbling in the dark until we find something. Col. Howard H. Hasting, Sr. (1979) The desire of Daniel Haston’s descendants to know our European ethnicity did not begin with the genealogicalContinue
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December 27 2020
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Colonel Howard H. Hasting, Sr.
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Cowboy Missionary to Chickasaw Indians – Nathan Lorenza Haston

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Cowboy Missionaries to Chickasaw Indians

Part 1 - Nathan Lorenza Haston

My first cousin three times removed. -Wayne Haston

Missionary Brothers

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Nathan Lorenza Haston
Willard Durham Haston

Nathan Lorenza Haston was born in Van Buren County, TN in 1849.  His parents were Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston.  Nathan Lorenza was a Great Grandson Daniel Haston.  His father, Wiley B., was 20 years old when Daniel died so Nathan Lorenza would have heard many stories about the early Haston family.   
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When Nathan Lorenza was about 10 years old, his parents moved the family to Arkansas.  Apparently, they stopped in Yell County, AR for a while, where his younger brother, Willard Durham Haston, was born.  They moved to the western edge of the state, Sebastian County, AR, where their father died, leaving wife Mary with several children, six of whom were under the age of 15.

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Mary must have felt overwhelmed–now a widow with a bunch of children, living about 600 miles away from her Durham family and many friends back in Tennessee!  By the time of the 1870 census, almost ten years after the death of her husband, Mary was living back in Van Buren County, TN, with her kids.  We don’t know how long she was in Arkansas after her husband died, but I’m guessing it wasn’t long before she left Arkansas for home in Tennessee.

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But some of the kids, Nathan Lorenza, David S., and Willard Durham Haston, had not forgotten their father’s dream of living west of the Mississippi River, Arkansas specifically.  At the time of the 1880 census, N.L. and his Arkansas-born wife, Mary Theodosia (George), were living in Yell County, AR, with Nathan Lorenza’a brothers D.S. (age 23) and Wm. D. (age 20) in their household.

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Unfortunately, there are no (known to me) records of when Nathan Lorenza became a Freewill Baptist preacher.  But when the Freewill Baptists launched missionary work among the native American nations in the Oklahoma Territory (see below), Nathan Lorenza and brother Willard Durham Haston joined the Freewill Baptist missionary venture among the Chickasaw and other Indian nations of the Oklahoma Territory in approximately 1890.  Perhaps they were influenced by the ministry of J.M. Roberts and R.J. townsend, who were Freewill Baptists ministering in Arkansas until about 1884.  

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Nathan Lorenza’s missionary work was cut short by his death in 1897.  But his missionary brother, Willard Durham Haston, continued in ministry among the Chickasaw Indians in Johnston County, OK until about 1905 (or early 1906) when he moved to Cottle County, Texas.  More about Elder W.D. Haston in another article.

Burial in the Ego-Coleman Cemetery (Oklahoma)

Nathan Lorenza Haston’s Family Background

Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston Family

Missionary Ministry in Oklahoma Indian Territory

The late territorial and early statehood years also saw the beginnings of Freewill Baptist work in Oklahoma.

Baptists - The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture
G. W. Million's notes on "Free Will Baptists in the State of Oklahoma" held in envelope E-12 of the Free Will Baptist Historical Collection

Nathan Lorenza and Mary Theodosia George HASTON Family

80 Acres in Yell County, AR - 1881
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The 31 Chapters in the Book

Section One – Our Haston Family Roots in Europe

Chapter 1 – The Pre-DNA Search for Our Family Roots

Chapter 2 – Switzerland, Our Deepest European Roots

Chapter 3 – Anabaptists in Switzerland

Chapter 4 – Anabaptists Flee to Eastern France and the Rhineland of Germany

Chapter 5 – Ibersheim in the Palatinate of Germany

Chapter 6 – Emigration to America

Section Two – Henrich Hiestand in America

Chapter 7 – Henrich Hiestand in Pennsylvania

Chapter 8 – Henrich Hiestand in Virginia

Section Three – Daniel and Abraham Hiestand

Chapter 9 – Daniel Haston in Virginia

Chapter 10 – Daniel Haston, a Revolutionary War Veteran?

Chapter 11 – Daniel Haston’s Early North Carolina Connections

Chapter 12 – Hiestand Families in Upper East Tennessee

Chapter 13 – Hiestand Families in Early Kentucky

Section Four – Daniel Haston Family in Tennessee

Chapter 14 – Daniel Haston Family in Knox County, Tennessee

Chapter 15 – David Haston’s Young Family

Chapter 16 – Daniel Haston’s Family in White County, Tennessee

Section Five – Children of Daniel Haston

Chapter 17 – David Haston in White County, Tennessee

Chapter 18 – David Haston in Van Buren County, Tennessee

Chapter 19 – Grandson, Montgomery Greenville Haston 

Chapter 20 – Joseph Haston

Chapter 21 – Jacob and Lucinda Haston Mitchell

Chapter 22 – John and Catherine Haston Austin

Chapter 23 – Isaac Haston in Tennessee

Chapter 24 – Isaac Haston in Missouri

Chapter 25 – Isaac Haston in California

Chapter 26 – Jesse Haston

Chapter 27 – Jeremiah Haston

Chapter 28 – Daniel Haston, Jr.

Chapter 29 – James and Elizabeth Haston Roddy

Chapter 30 – Mary/Polly and Peggy Hastings?

Addendum 

Chapter 31 – Big Fork Baptist Church and Cemetery 

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Estelle Haston’s Family History Notebook

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Basic DNA Seminar – 2024 Haston Family Reunion

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July 2024 – Daniel Haston Family Association Reunion

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06 – James Thomas Haston-Hasting & Clan to Yell County, Arkansas

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James Thomas Haston/Hasting Clan to Arkansas

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Introduction to Yell County, AR and the Tennessee Hastons Who Moved There
Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston
G.M. "Doc" and Margaret Haston Shepherd
Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard
Amanda Haston Dale, Widow of William Leonard Dale
James Thomas Haston (Hasting) and a Group of Relatives
Willard Durham Haston and Lorenzo Haston, Brothers

The following story of this branch of the Daniel Haston family was assembled and written by Colonel Howard Hillman Haston, Sr., a member of this family and a West Point graduate.

Colonel Howard Hillman Hasting, Sr. - Author of the Information Above

Murry's Cavalry - Tennessee (Confederate) 4th Cavalry Regiment

James (Thomas) Haston joined Company A of the Tennessee (Confederate) 4th Cavalry Regiment, along with seven of his Haston relatives and some others from Van Buren County, TN.  The company was organized on June 14, 1862 in Chattanooga, TN.

I have no reason to believe that James Thomas Haston was at Fort Sumter in South Carolina on April 13, 1861, when the fort was fired on.

Murray’s Cavalry Regiment [also called 4th Regiment] was organized in August, 1862, using Spiller’s Tennessee Cavalry Battalion as its nucleus. The unit was attached to Wharton’s Brigade and fought at Perryville and Murfreesborough. On January 23, 1863, it disbanded. 

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Tennessee 4th Cavalry Regiment (Murray's) by John C. Rigdon

Where did James Thomas Haston get the idea that the Haston name should be Hasting?

I don’t know, but he should have discussed this with his Uncle David or Grandfather Joseph, who knew the truth about the family name.  They were consistently spelling it “Haston” before and when they settled in White County, TN.

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04 – Civil War Widow – Amanda Haston Dale to Yell County, AR

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Another Widowed Haston Woman - to Yell County, AR

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Introduction to Yell County, AR and the Tennessee Hastons Who Moved There
Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston
G.M. "Doc" and Margaret Haston Shepherd
Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard
Amanda Haston Dale, Widow of William Leonard Dale
James Thomas Haston (Hasting) and a Group of Relatives
Willard Durham Haston and Lorenzo Haston, Brothers
Download the Dale Family Book - Lots of Info About Yell County, Arkansas Families

Be Aware: Some incorrect information in the Dale Family Book – Amanda was not a granddaughter of David and Peggy Haston.  She was a daughter of Joseph and Sarah Creely Haston.

Amanda Creely Haston was the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Creely Haston and the granddaughter of Daniel Haston.  She was born in about 1831, probably just a few months after her father died.  In 1850, she lived with her mother in the 3rd district of Van Buren County, TN.

She married William Leonard Dale on March 13, 1858, in White County, TN.  William Leonard Dale (Sr.) was the son of John H. and Margaret Dale. 

John H. Dale, Amanda’s father-in-law, ran a grist mill on Cane Creek near Amanda’s and other Hastons’ homes. He also ran a public ferry on the Caney Fork River, where Cane Creek emptied into the river.  No doubt all of the Hastons in that area, Amanda’s widowed mother (Sarah), and David Haston family members, were regular customers on the ferry and probably at the grist mill.  John H. Dale was killed by lightning on August 2, 1847.  His wife, William Leonard Dale’s mother, died in 1852. 


Three of their children, younger siblings of William Leonard Dale, were “bound out” to be raised and apprenticed after the death of their mother in 1852–Thomas Rufus Dale, age 11; Dicey Dale, age 9; Wesley Martin Dale, age 6.

On January 4, 1862, at Sparta, TN, William L. Dale enlisted for 12 months in the 1st Tennessee Infantry Battalion of the Confederate Army, led by Major Stephen H. Colms.  He was a private in Captain William M. Simpson’s Company E, along with other men from White County, TN.  He joined along with his nephew, William Henderson Haston (grandson of Joseph Haston through Isaac and Emily King Haston).  

William L. Dale's Civil War Experiences

William L. Dale’s participation in the Civil War got off to a bad start, five weeks after he enlisted the Confederates surrendered Fort Donelson, near Nashville, TN, and his company was captured.  The loss resulted in most of Kentucky and much of Tennessee falling under Union control.  The battalion was exchanged at Vicksburg September 10, 1862 and reorganized at the Camp for Exchanged Prisoners at Jackson, Mississippi, on September 20, 1862.

Fort Donelson Battle - February 11-16, 1862

William Dale’s unit fought in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou (Mississippi), December 26–29, 1862.  The Confederates gained a victory in this opening engagement of the Vicksburg Campaign, an encouraging stop in the Union’s attempt to gain control of the Mississippi River.

On May 12, 1863, Amanda Haston Dales’ husband, was engaged at the Battle of Raymond (Mississippi), another attempt to repulse the Union’s advance of Vicksburg, Mississippi.  The Confederates disengaged and fell back in the face of superior Union numbers.

Port Hudson is located about 20 miles northwest of Baton Rouge, LA.   The May 22–July 9, 1863 battle-siege at Port Hudson was the final engagement in the Union campaign to recapture the Mississippi River in the Civil War.  While Union General Grant was besieging Vicksburg upriver, Union General Banks was ordered to capture Port Hudson, a Confederate stronghold downriver.  When the Union assault on Port Hudson failed, his massive army settled into a 48-day siege, the longest in US military history to that point. When Vicksburg fell, the Confederates surrendered at Port Hudson.

The Siege of Port Hudson (Louisiana) on the Mississippi - May 22--July 9, 1863

Poor supply lines, starvation, and disease were to remain the constant problems of the Port Hudson position, and overwhelm efforts to improve conditions for the soldiers of the garrison. Louisiana Private Robert D. Patrick wrote: “…never since I have been in the army have I fared so badly and in truth I have been almost starved.” -Wikipedia

“By July, the siege grew desperate for the Confederates for lack of food, and many soldiers resorted to eating mules and rats.”

750 Rebel soldiers were killed or wounded; 250 died of disease, and 6,340 surrendered.  Many of those who surrendered signed the US oath of allegiance and joined the Union Army rather than be incarcerated in a prison camp.  William Leonard Dale was one of those who joined the Union Army.

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February 1864 - On Furlough Back Home in White County, TN

-Ellen Dale Sandlin (Ola, Yell County, Arkansas)

Amanda Haston Dale

Another Haston Widow Leads Her Family to Yell County, Arkansas

At the time of the 1870 census, Amanda (“Dail”) and her three children were living in District 2 (Hickory Valley) of White County, TN–John H. (11), Sarah M. (9), and William L. (6).

Amanda Haston Dale (born 1831) was a younger sister of Malinda Haston Howard (born in 1819 or earlier).  They were both widows – single moms – left to raise their children.  

According to the family report of Howard H. Hasting (below) I have always thought that Malinda Haston Howard and Amanda traveled together with their families to Yell County, Arkansas together.  However, Amanda’s family appears in the 1870 White County, TN census and Malinda’s family does not.  

However, Malinda supposedly lived in Madison County, TN a short while in the 1870s before moving on to Yell County, Arkansas.  Maybe Amanda caught up with her older sister Malinda in Madison County, TN, and perhaps they journeyed together from there to Yell County.

Source: Colonel Howard H. Hasting, Sr.

William L. and Amanda’s oldest son, John Henry Dale, who “disappeared while living in Boone County, Arkansas,” moved to Cook County, IL, where he worked as a railroad fireman.  He died there on March 3, 1928 and is buried in the Ebenezer Lutheran Cemetery in Oak Forest, IL.   

Family records indicate that Amanda Dale died in 1876, a few years after settling in Yell County, Arkansas.  I have not discovered where she died and was buried.

Cemeteries of Yell County, Arkansas, Vol. II - 2003 (Yell County Historical and Genealogical Society)
William Leonard Dale, Jr. and Olive Viola Strait Dale

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03 – Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard

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Widow Malinda, Moved Her Family to Yell County, Arkansasd

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Introduction to Yell County, AR and the Tennessee Hastons Who Moved There
Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston
G.M. "Doc" and Margaret Haston Shepherd
Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard
Amanda Haston Dale, Widow of William Leonard Dale
James Thomas Haston (Hasting) and a Group of Relatives
Willard Durham Haston and Lorenzo Haston, Brothers

Malinda Haston (Maragriet Malinda Alzina Haston, as per some sources) was born on December 5, 1815 (some sources say 1819) in what was still White County, TN at that time–later Van Buren County.  Colonel Howard Hillman Hasting summarized her life story in the seven lines you see below.

From Col. Howard H. Hasting Family Report

Malinda Haston married William P. Howard in then-White County, TN on September 5, 1839, with John Gillentine, Esquire, officiating their marriage.

But, Was William Howard Killed by Bushwhackers?

Here’s the Official Mortality Record

1860 Mortality List - Van Buren County, TN

I choose to believe the official mortality report that he died of Flux.  His brother-in-law, William Leonard Dale (husband of Malinda’s sister, Amanda) was killed by bushwhackers in 1864, so I assume the Haston family facts have been confused.  You will learn the William Leonard Dale story in the article to follow this one.  See the button link above.

Bloody Flux

Dysentery, also known as “camp fever” or “the bloody flux,” was endemic throughout the colonial period and it raged right up through the Civil War.  Symptoms of the disease include bloody or mucusy diarrhea, stomach cramps, pain, nausea, vomiting, and fever. Not only was dysentery a bacterial infection, but toxins can also be secreted by another type of Shigella bacteria, which damages blood vessels in the gut, kidneys, and lungs. This can produce hemorrhaging, bloody diarrhea, kidney failure, or even pulmonary edema. 
 

Since the bloody flux was so common, people had no idea of the causes and it raged right up through the Civil War. Now we know it is caused by the Shigella bacteria and spreads rapidly in unsanitary conditions where food and water are contaminated by human waste. Crowded ships and soldier camps, poor personal hygiene, and lack of hand-washing conspired to create ideal breeding grounds for Shigella. This made dysentery a recurring, debilitating, and often fatal disease.  Source

According to the 1850 census, William (age 30) and Malinda (age 31) were living in District 3 of Van Buren County, TN, with five children: Eliza J., age 9; Isaac M., age 7; Martha C., age 5; Joseph H., age 3; and James A., age 7 months.  They were living next to John and Arenetta Haston.  Malinda’s husband, William Howard, was a blacksmith, as was his father, Isaac Howard, according to the 1870 census.  

At the time of the June 1, 1860 census, Melinda (age 43) was the head of the Howard household, no doubt grieving the recent death of her husband.  All nine children were still living at home, and six of them were in school that year!  Imagine a single mom with six children in school and two under school age–ages 2 and 4.  Malinda and her 18-year-old daughter, Jane, were seamstresses.  

I have not found an 1870 census record for Malinda in Van Buren County or elsewhere.  She may have been on her way to Arkansas, but that’s just a “maybe.”

If you research this family, you will see references to William and Malinda Howard, who were on the 1870 census in Jefferson County, TN.  This is a DIFFERENT family of Howards.  The names of the children do not match the Malinda Haston Howard family and William Howard of Van Buren County, TN had been dead more than 10 years by the time of the July 8, 1870 Jefferson County, TN William Howard.

Source: Page 25 of unpublished document (book) on John Dale family - downloadable from link above.

Malinda Howard appeared on the June 30, 1880 census in Magazine Township of Yell County, Arkansas.  Sons William M. (age 26) and Thomas F. (age 19) were living with her.  

From Ellen Dale Sandlin's Book on the Dale Family - Ellen was a Daughter of William Leonard Dale, JR

Joseph H. Howard - Son of William and Malinda

Sheriff of Yell County, Arkansas

Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Yell County, Arkansas (1891), page 157.

Inconsistencies with Other Records

  • Date of birth, January 31, 1849 does not match the 1850 census record that says he was three years old.
  • “His father was a gunsmith by trade” = possible, but Van Buren census records say he was a blacksmith.
  • Dates of his father’s birth and marriage of his parents do not match other records.
  • “Here the father died” – if “here” means Yell County, Arkansas, this is definitely wrong.  William Howard died in Tennessee.

After what must have been a tough life, Malinda died on January 23, 1892.  She was buried in the Shepherd Cemetery.  Omega Road, Alpha, Yell County, Arkansas 72833, United States; Coordinates: 35.12860, -93.26440

Shepherd Cemetery, Yell County, Arkansas
Shepherd Cemetery

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Wiley B. and Mary Durham Haston
G.M. "Doc" and Margaret Haston Shepherd
Malinda Haston Howard, Widow of William Howard
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