George Washington Hayhurst

Brief Life History of George Washington

When George Washington Hayhurst was born on 25 April 1861, in Joetown, Marion, Virginia, United States, his father, Andrew Hayhurst, was 35 and his mother, Sabra Belle Higginbotham, was 41. He married Clarinda Starkey on 22 February 1885, in Wetzel, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Wetzel, West Virginia, United States in 1920 and Grant District, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States in 1930. He died on 28 November 1938, in Folsom, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Hess Cemetery #1, Marion, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Hayhurst
1861–1938
Clarinda Starkey
1865–1918
Marriage: 22 February 1885
Mary B. Laneden Hayhurst
1885–
Sabra Belle Hayhurst
1886–1963
William Wesley Hayhurst
1889–1961
James Warner Hayhurst
1893–1957
Ina Blanche Hayhurst
1896–1987
Andrew Jacob Hayhurst
1898–1969
Henry Everett Hayhurst
1901–1982

Sources (25)

  • George W Hayhurst, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Geo W Hayhurst, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • George Washington Hayhurst, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"

World Events (8)

1862 · The Battle of Fredericksburg

The Battle of Fredericksburg involved 200,000 troops with General Ambrose Burnside of the army of the Potomac against General Lee’s Army of the North.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): topographic name for a dweller ‘(by the) high wood or grove’, from Middle English heigh, high(e) + hirst(e).

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

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