Hardin Moseley HAIRSTON

HAIRSTON.org ID#156, b. 25 November 1849, d. 8 September 1931
Father*Dr. Peter Constantine HAIRSTON1,2,3 b. 9 Jun 1823, d. 7 May 1889
Mother*Wortley Virginia MOSELEY4 b. 25 Oct 1831, d. 11 Feb 1902
Birth*Hardin Moseley HAIRSTON was born on 25 November 1849 in Mississippi. Hairston Bible, Bethel Church and 1900 census indicate November 1849 and cemetery marker 1847.3,2,5,6

 
He was the son of Dr. Peter Constantine HAIRSTON and Wortley Virginia MOSELEY.1,2,3,4 
Census 1850Hardin Moseley HAIRSTON appeared on the 1850 census of Dr. Peter Constantine HAIRSTON on 26 September 1850 in Lowndes, Mississippi; Peter Hairston 27 physician, Wortley V. 19, Harden M. 10/12.7
Census 1860Hardin Moseley HAIRSTON appeared on the 1860 census of Dr. Peter Constantine HAIRSTON on 20 July 1860 in Lowndes, Mississippi; P.C. hairston 37, W.V. 28, Hardin 10, Sallie 8, Mary 6, John 4, Nannie 5/12, George 2.8
Census 1870Hardin Moseley HAIRSTON appeared on the 1870 census of Dr. Peter Constantine HAIRSTON on 16 June 1870 in Lowndes, Mississippi.1
Marriage*Hardin Moseley HAIRSTON married Marietta Margaret "Manie" ERVIN, daughter of Edwin Alexander ERVIN and Virginia Pou JENNINGS, on 18 January 1871; By Rev. Joseph Hardiwick.2,9 
Census 1880*Hardin Moseley HAIRSTON appeared on the census of 1880 in Lowndes, Mississippi, H.M. Harston 30, M.E. 29, Edwin E 8, V.M. 5, P.C. 5/12.10
WillIn Wortley Virginia MOSELEY's will dated 20 March 1896 in "written signed & published at the family residence Magowah", Lowndes, Mississippi, Hardin Moseley HAIRSTON was named as an heir; Lowndes County Will Book 2, page 372-378. FSL #5835940 image 222.11
Photo*Hardin Mosely Hairston with his daughter Wortley Virginia Chandler and her son William Stuart and on his left, his mother Wortley Virginia Moseley Hairston, about 1900.

 
Census 1900*He appeared on the census of 22 June 1900 in Lowndes, Mississippi, Harden M 50, Peter C.19, Lowndes A 17., Maragret 4.6
Census 1910*He appeared on the census of 15 April 1910 in Lowndes, Mississippi, Hairston, Hardin M. 60 widowed. Hardin M. Hairston is the enumerator of this document.12
Census 1930He appeared on the 1930 census of Gaius WHITFIELD III in 1930 in Middlesborough, Bell, Kentucky.13
Death*Hardin Moseley HAIRSTON died on 8 September 1931 in Bell, Kentucky.5,14, at age 81. Cemetery marker indicates 1930 and is incorrect. Death Certificate -->
Burial*He was buried in Jennings Cemetery, Lowndes, Mississippi; Cemetery marker incorrectly indicates 1847 as birth date.5

 

Family

Marietta Margaret "Manie" ERVIN b. 7 Dec 1850, d. 21 Aug 1888
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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S1870] 1870 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  2. [S55] Harden Hairston Family Bible, 1750-1908. The Holy Bible containing The Old & New Testaments: Translated Out of the Original Tongues,.....J. Holbrook's Sterotype Copy., Eighth Edition, Brattleborough, (Vt.), 1817, Library of Virginia - http://www.lva.virginia.gov
  3. [S1] Bethel Presbyterian Church Records, Lowndes County, Mississippi.
  4. [S158] Montague, George William, History and Genealogy of the Montague Family of America, Press of J.E. Williams, Amherst, Mass, 1886.
  5. [S18] Jennings Cemetery, Lowndes County, Mississippi.
  6. [S1900] 1900 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  7. [S1850] 1850 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  8. [S1860] 1860 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  9. [S87] Bible - G.W. Hairston III; G.W. Hairston, III.
  10. [S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  11. [S96] Lowndes County Mississippi Will Book.
  12. [S1910] 1910 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  13. [S1930] 1930 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  14. [S51] Death Certificate.
Last Edited25 Jun 2024