Brown Constantine HAIRSTON

HAIRSTON.org ID#172, b. 12 September 1907, d. 2 October 1984
Father*George William HAIRSTON1 b. 5 Oct 1857, d. 2 Dec 1941
Mother*Ela May Ledbetter THARP b. 27 Oct 1872, d. 30 Aug 1962
Marriage*Brown Constantine HAIRSTON married Betty Jean RODGERS, daughter of Mabel M. (surname unknown). 
Birth*Brown Constantine HAIRSTON was born on 12 September 1907 in Mississippi.2,3,4

 
He was the son of George William HAIRSTON and Ela May Ledbetter THARP.1 
Census 1910Brown Constantine HAIRSTON appeared on the 1910 census of George William HAIRSTON on 15 April 1910 in Crawford, Lowndes, Mississippi.5
Photo*Brown C. and brother Nicholas E. Hairston.

 
Photo*George W. Hairston(center) with son Brown and friend Will Hinkle about 1920 on trip to Hot Springs Arkansas.

 
Census 1920Brown Constantine HAIRSTON appeared on the 1920 census of George William HAIRSTON on 7 February 1920 in Crawford, Lowndes, Mississippi.6
Census 1930Brown Constantine HAIRSTON appeared on the 1930 census of George William HAIRSTON on 29 April 1930 in Crawford, Lowndes, Mississippi; George W 72, Ela M 56, Brown W 22, John P 17.7
Marriage*Brown Constantine HAIRSTON married Cecile Hume TERRY, daughter of Henry C. TERRY and Jane Louise PARK, on 4 November 1934 in Lowndes, Mississippi.8
Occupation*Brown Constantine HAIRSTON was an attorney.9 
Census 1940*He was Head of Household in the 1940 Federal Census on 3 April 1940 in Crawford, Lowndes, Mississippi. Brown C 32, Cecile I 26, Terry 4, Brown 1, Mildred Dawdle 28 (boarder).3

Military*21 March 1942, enlisted in U.S. Navy. Assigned to the U.S.S. Revenge, a WWII Auk-class Minesweeper.10

 
WillHe was mentioned in the will of Ela May Ledbetter THARP on 2 April 1944 in Lowndes, Mississippi.
Census 1950Brown Constantine HAIRSTON appeared on the 1950 census of Mabel M. (surname unknown) on 1 April 1950 in Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi.11 
Marriage*Brown Constantine HAIRSTON married Mary SEMENICK on 29 December 1961 in Methodist Church, Norfolk, Virginia.12 
Military28 February 1967, released from U.S. Navy.10 
Death*Brown Constantine HAIRSTON died on 2 October 1984 in Hillsborough, Florida, at age 77.2,4,10,13 

Family 1

Cecile Hume TERRY b. 9 Sep 1913, d. 21 Apr 1986

Family 2

Betty Jean RODGERS b. a 1928

Family 3

Mary SEMENICK b. a 1909
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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S253] Bible of Nicholas E. Hairston Family, 1825 (Boston, New York, Philadelphia: American Family Bible Publishing Company, N. E. Hairston, Jr., Mississippi.
  2. [S93] Social Security Death Index.
  3. [S1940] 1940 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  4. [S3117] Letter Carolyn Hairston Henderson to Robert Hairston, September 1986, Personal Collection - printed book.
  5. [S1910] 1910 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  6. [S1920] 1920 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  7. [S1930] 1930 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  8. [S62] Marriage Records - Lowndes County, Mississippi.
  9. [S3042] Rowland, Dunbar, Courts, Judges, and Lawyers of Mississippy, 1798-1935, Hederman Bros., Jackson, Miss. 1935.
  10. [S3119] Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs., Ancestry.com.
  11. [S1950] 1950 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  12. [S3118] Virginia, Marriages, 1936-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia., Ancestry.com.
  13. [S31] Florida Death Index 1877-1998, Ancestry.com.
Last Edited23 Jun 2024