Sallie "Sally" Staples HAIRSTON

HAIRSTON.org ID#157, b. 15 September 1851, d. 21 June 1904
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*Sallie "Sally" Staples HAIRSTON was born on 15 September 1851 in Mississippi. Bethel Church records indicate 16 September 1851- Hairston Bible 15 September 1851 - cemetery marker 15 September 1852.3,5,2,6

 
She was the daughter of Dr. Peter Constantine HAIRSTON and Wortley Virginia MOSELEY.1,2,3,4 
Census 1860Sallie "Sally" Staples 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 2.7
Census 1870Sallie "Sally" Staples HAIRSTON appeared on the 1870 census of Dr. Peter Constantine HAIRSTON on 16 June 1870 in Lowndes, Mississippi.1
Marriage*Sallie "Sally" Staples HAIRSTON married Dabney Lipscomb ERVIN, son of William Ethelbert ERVIN Jr. and Sarah McGee KENNEDY, on 15 October 1873 in Crawford, Lowndes, Mississippi.6,2 
Census 1880Sallie "Sally" Staples HAIRSTON appeared on the 1880 census of Dabney Lipscomb ERVIN on 22 June 1880 in Lowndes, Mississippi.8

 
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(left to right) - Peter's daughter Sally Staples, Dr. Peter C. Hairston, Peter's daughter Pattie Allen, family friend Miss Moina Evans, Peter's wife Wortley Virginia Moseley Hairston, Miss Emily Elizabeth Ervin (sister of Virginia Antionette Ervin, second wife of Peter's son George William Hairston). 
WillIn Wortley Virginia MOSELEY's will dated 20 March 1896 in "written signed & published at the family residence Magowah", Lowndes, Mississippi, Sallie "Sally" Staples HAIRSTON was named as an heir; Lowndes County Will Book 2, page 372-378. FSL #5835940 image 222.9
Census 1900She appeared on the 1900 census of Dabney Lipscomb ERVIN on 11 June 1900 in Lowndes, Mississippi; Dabney L 50, Sallie S 48 (6 of 8 children still living), Wortley V 23, Holly E 21, Sam H 17, Sallie S 16, James E 13, Annie B 9.6

 
Death*Sallie "Sally" Staples HAIRSTON died on 21 June 1904 at age 52.6 
Burial*She was buried in Hairston Cemetery, Lowndes, Mississippi.5

 

Family

Dabney Lipscomb ERVIN b. 17 Feb 1850, d. 4 Feb 1923
Children
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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. [S17] Hairston Cemetery, Lowndes County, Mississippi, Information and photographs gathered from personal visits.
  6. [S1900] 1900 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  7. [S1860] 1860 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  8. [S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  9. [S96] Lowndes County Mississippi Will Book.
Last Edited1 Aug 2023