Granville HAIRSTON1

HAIRSTON.org ID#8178, b. 26 February 1914, d. 15 January 1959
Father*James L. HAIRSTON1 b. Apr 1874, d. 1932
Mother*Carrie YOUNG1 b. Apr 1880, d. 1944
Birth*Granville HAIRSTON was born on 26 February 1914 in Smithville, Monroe, Mississippi.1,2 
He was the son of James L. HAIRSTON and Carrie YOUNG.1 
Census 1920Granville HAIRSTON appeared on the 1920 census of James L. HAIRSTON on 9 January 1920 in Hampton, Itawamba, Mississippi.1

 
Marriage*1941
Miss Jeanette Rutland Weds Sergeant Hairston
By George Solesbee
BAY PINES -- Miss Jeanette Rutland, member of the nurses staff here, who went on a 10-day vacation May 4, returned yesterday for duty as Mrs. Granville Hairston. She was married to Sergeant Hairston of MacDill field, May 4, at Starke. The ceremony was officiated by the Rev. A. E. Lightfoot of Starke.
Mrs. Hairston's home is at Orangeburg, S. C. Sergeant Hairston's home is at Armory, Miss. They will both remain at their respective posts at present. They spent their honeymoon at Starke."
Tamps Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida) 16 May 1941, Fri Page 17.
Newspapers.com.3,4 
Death*Granville HAIRSTON died on 15 January 1959 in Cook, Illinois, at age 44.2 

Family

Maggie Jeanette RUTLAND b. a 1911, d. 28 Jan 1986

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S1920] 1920 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  2. [S3581] Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MC-9VZ3 : 17 March 2018), Granville Hairston, 15 Jan 1959; citing Proviso, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm ., Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  3. [S257] Obituary attached to this record.
  4. [S3580] Florida, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006., unknown repository.
Last Edited21 Jul 2021