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...

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...

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,1977-78Middle TN State University Commissioning ServiceMTSU Commissioning with Parents and Wife, AnneLT Haston, Platoon Leader, Fort...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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, 2015If you like good...

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"...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...