Interesting Hayter Relatives

 

Relatives with a direct line to Tennie Hayter

  
 

Abraham Hayter I

Born in Winterbouren, Wiltshire, England, This is just north of Salisbury, about 5 miles from Stonehenge.

  
 

Abraham M. Hayter (1735 - 1815)

Abraham was the Captain of Piney Creek Hundred Militia during the Revolutionary War. He was also Constable of Piney Creek Hundred, PA.

  
 

Dessie Hayter

Dessie was presented the Carnegie Bronze Medal for Bravery after saving her five-year old niece (Jonell Harman) from a train. Dessie lost her leg in the accident.
obituary | article about Carnegie Bronze Medal

  
 

James Allen Harman

Following his death, James Allen Harman was recognized by the Missouri state legislature.

 
 

Nacogdoches, Texas

  
 

Sam Hayter

This is an early pioneer of Nacogdoches, Texas. His former house is located next to Stephen F. Austin State University, is listed on the map of important houses built in Nacogdoches by architect Diedrich Ruff, and is currently a restaurant.

  
 

Arlington, Texas

  
 

Andrew Shannon Hayter

Reverend Andrew Shannon Hayter was born in Tennessee. He moved to Nacogdoches, Texas and then on to Arlington. He founded a Cumberland Presbyterian Church and named the city of Arlington after the home of Robert E. Lee (Arlington, Virginia).

 
 

Decatur, Texas

  
 

John Price Hayter (1862-1926)

Early pioneer of the city of Decatur, Texas. He served as mayor of Decatur and a member of the Texas State Senate.

  
 

Oregon

  
 

James Hutton Hayter (1793-1856)

James Hutton Hayter was an early pioneer in New Franklin, Howard County, Missouri. This is located about twenty miles west of Columbia, Missouri. He was the father of Washington Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson Hayter. Most of the family passed away during a cholera epidemic.

Washington Lafayette Hayter (1825-1909)

Washington Lafayette Hayter was born in Howard County, Missouri, went to work in the California gold mines in 1849, fought in the Yakima Indian Wars, and was an early settler of Polk County, Oregon.

Thomas Jefferson Hayter (1830-1918)

Thomas J. Hayter was a pioneer of Polk County, Oregon and fought Indians as a member of the Oregon Cavalry.