William Bradford Haney

Male1 April 1832–4 April 1903

Brief Life History of William Bradford

When William Bradford Haney was born on 1 April 1832, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Robert T Haney Jr, was 39 and his mother, Nancy Ann Webb, was 42. He married Martha Jane Simpson on 10 October 1853, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Alabama, United States in 1870 and Walker, Alabama, United States in 1880. He died on 4 April 1903, in Millsap, Parker, Texas, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Millsap, Parker, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Bradford Haney
1832–1903
Martha Jane Simpson
1833–1889
Marriage: 10 October 1853
Newton Bolivar Haney MD
1854–1930
Montgrilia Lodusca Haney
1856–1939
John Jones Haney
1858–1916
James R. Haney
1860–1929
William Simpson Haney
1862–1951
Mary E. "Minnie" Haney
1866–1952
Robert Lee Haney
1869–1934
Armstad Grace Haney
1870–1952
John Wesley Haney
1872–1969
Bedford Forest Haney
1873–1948

Sources (16)

  • William Haney, "United States Census, 1900"
  • William B Haney in entry for Minnie Haney Guthrie, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"
  • William B Haney, "United States Census, 1860"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 October 1853Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
  • Children (10)

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    World Events (8)

    1835 · The Hermitage is Built

    Age 3

    The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

    1836 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 4

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    1862 · Battle of Shiloh

    Age 30

    The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish or Irish: perhaps a variant of Irish Heaney .

    Americanized form of Norwegian Hanøy, a habitational name from any of the four farmsteads so named, from Old Norse hathna ‘young nanny-goat’ or hani ‘cock’ (probably indicating a crag or mountain resembling a cock's comb in shape) + øy ‘island’.

    Americanized form of any of several like-sounding Jewish surnames.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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