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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...