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    1. Mary Austin & Jeremiah T. Haley NC>TN>AL>AR
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    3. >Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:40:50 -0700 >From: "Monica Buzbee" <monica@buzbee.net> >To: <Austin-L@rootsweb.com> > >I am not a list ember so please reply to my personal e-mail >(Monica@Buzbee.net) if you have connections to this family. > >This post is related to my previous post re: Hugh Austin & Julia Haley. > >Julia Haley's brother, Rev. Jeremiah T. Haley also married into an Austin >family. > >Jeremiah T. Haley, b. 05 Oct 1812 in Rockingham Co., NC, was the son of >Charles Haley and Mary Polly Walker. Jeremiah moved with his family to >Lincoln Co., TN ca. 1830. Jeremiah married Mary Austin in 1834, probably in >Lincoln Co., TN. Mary Austin died in 1876 in Poinsett Co., AR > >In 1840, Jeremiah and Mary Austin Haley were in Lincoln Co., TN: >Lincoln Co., TN Federal Census, 1840 (P. 89) >Line #10 J.T. Hailey (00001/100001) >(John Austin at Line #8) > >In 1850, he was living in Limestone Co., AL: >1850 Federal Census, Limestone Co., AL, Dist. 4, P. 11 >J.T. Haley, 35, VA >Mary, 43, TN >Matilda, 11, TN >Elizabeth J., 10, TN >Mack, 8, TN >Rachael, 6, TN >Mary F., 4, TN >Julia Ann, 2, TN > >By 1856, Jeremiah Haley and Mary Austin Haley had migrated to Arkansas. >They were enumerated in 1860: > >1860 Federal Census, Poinsett Co., AR, P. 45 >Jeremiah Haley, 47, NC >Mary Haley, 53, TN >Elizabeth, 19, TN >Mcaley, 18, TN >Rachel, 16, TN >Mary, 14, TN >July, 12, AL > >1870 Federal Census, Poinsett Co., AR, Scott Twp., Harrisburg P.O., P. >13/271 >HH# 288/293 >Jerry T. Halley, 58, Farmer, $5,000/$4,000, TN >Mary, 53, Keeps House, TN (think this should be 63--may have >mistranscribed?) > >Much information regarding Jeremiah T. Haley, his siblings and parents comes >from an article in Goodspeed's History of N.E. Arkansas, Poinsett Co. Here >is an excerpt: > >"Rev. J. T. Haly was born in Rockingham, eleven miles east of Danville, N. >C., on the 5th of October, 1812, and was reared and educated in Middle >Tennessee. He began life for himself at about the age of twenty-two years, >and in 1834 was united in marriage to Miss Mary Austin, a native of North >Carolina and of Irish descent. By this union he became the father of these >children: Matilda, wife of Joseph Hall, died in Poinsett County, Ark., in >1879; Betty, wife of Thomas Hawkins, both of whom died in this county; >Mollie, wife of Alex. Steward, a farmer, and lives in Poinsett County, Ark.; >Rachel, wife of Stephen Haly, lives in Oregon; Julia, wife of John Howard, >also lives in Oregon; Pinckney, died at the age of three [p.593] years, and >McHaly, who joined the army at the age of eighteen years and was killed at >the battle of Atlanta, Ga., in 1864. The mother of these children died in >Poinsett County, Ark., in 1876, and was a worthy and consistent member of >the Methodist Episcopal Church." > >After Mary Austin's death, Jeremiah T. Haley married 2nd to Mrs. Martha >Wiley. > >Questions: Who were Mary Austin's parents? Is there a relationship between >Hugh Austin who married Julia Haley and Mary Austin who married Jeremiah T. >Haley? > >Thanks, >Monica Wilbanks Buzbee

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