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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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,...

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 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...

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...