Things Move Along at the Haynes Place After Reconstruction
Perhaps during a period of relative tranquility (except for Robert’s sudden death in 1878), things at the Haynes place seem to have moved along, taking us to the 1880 U.S. census, the largest ever for the Haynes place. Previously, I had just included a link to each of the census summaries, but this one is so interesting that I thought it would make more sense to just go ahead and try to explain it.
The “House” column contains both a house counter and a household counter, indicating that there were six different households living in six separate houses. In a later court case, Haynes family matriarch Celia Ann stated that before the Civil War, she had owned a large, fine home, but that after the boys came home from the war, she had them tear down her house and build each of them a home using the reclaimed materials.
1880 FEDERAL CENSUS SUMMARY, JACKSON COUNTY, TEXAS
House Last Name First Name Age Related Marital Status BirthState
94/102 Haynes Celia Ann 59 head widow Louisiana
Haynes Amos 42 son married
Haynes Thomas S. 10 g-son single Texas
Haynes Mary Julia 13 g-dau single Texas
95/103 Cole John 50 head married Virginia
Cole John Jr. 22 son single Virginia
96/104 Haynes Julia 23 head widow
Haynes M. Cecilia 1 dau single Texas
97/105 Haynes Julia E. 43 head married Louisiana
Haynes Rosalia 11 dau single Texas
Haynes Blanche 8 dau single Texas
Haynes Richard D. 4 son single Texas
98/106 Haynes Arthur 36 head married Louisiana
Haynes Celia L. 23 wife married Texas
Haynes Frederick G. 2 son single Texas
99/107 Haynes Christopher 42 head married Kentucky
Haynes Anna L. 41 wife married Louisiana
Haynes Robert S. 13 son single Texas
Haynes Amos C. 9 son single Texas
Haynes Addie Maria 3 dau single Texas
This is an interesting and complicated census to understand. Where were all of those houses located? No one knows, but Christopher’s family would have been living on their own land at the lower end of the Haynes place, and the eventual divorce petition of Julia E. in 1983 stated that she lived a quarter mile from Amos, who was living with his mother. Robert’s widow, Julia, stated that she lived in a house with her young daughter on 640 acres that Robert had been given.
In the very first household, we find Amos (my great-grandfather) living with his mother, Celia; along with his daughter Mary Julia from his deceased first wife; and his nephew, Thomas S., son of his brother, Arthur. Amos’s current wife, Julia E., is living in a different house with their three children, including Richard Daniel Haynes (my grandfather).
John Cole and his son were listed as “Black” in the “Race” column (omitted here); so they probably were household servants or field hands. The names of blacks (slaves) were not included in the 1850 or 1860 censuses, so there is no other census data about the Cole’s history. Their house was listed after Celia’s house, so it is likely they were servants rather than field hands.
Celia’s youngest son, Robert, is still not listed. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with that – he could be anywhere. However, Carolyn discovered later that Robert had been shot and killed accidentally at Texana in 1878, and that the Julia Haynes living in house 96 was his young widow. He left what must have been a practically newborn daughter, Mary Celia, since he was killed in 1878 and she was 1 year old in 1880.
If you listened to her story (and it’s probably true), Julia E., wife of Amos, would tell you that things were sort of bleak at house 97, where she was living with her three children, about a quarter mile away from Celia’s house, while Amos was “living it up” over there at the big house with his mother and their servants, while she had three kids to raise with no help at all, and even had to gather her own firewood. But at least Amos didn’t have them living thirty miles away anymore, over in Lavaca, where he had them living for three years. (All of this emotion eventually would be included as part of the divorce petition of Julia E. in 1883.)
Otherwise, things were moving along pretty well. Arthur and his wife, Laura Celia Stem (family name not proven yet) had a two-year-old son, and their twelve-year-old son, Thomas S., was living with his grandmother.
Christopher’s family continued to grow, and they all lived over a mile away from his mother on the 640 acres that she had given him in 1875.
Perhaps during a period of relative tranquility (except for Robert’s sudden death in 1878), things at the Haynes place seem to have moved along, taking us to the 1880 U.S. census, the largest ever for the Haynes place. Previously, I had just included a link to each of the census summaries, but this one is so interesting that I thought it would make more sense to just go ahead and try to explain it.
The “House” column contains both a house counter and a household counter, indicating that there were six different households living in six separate houses. In a later court case, Haynes family matriarch Celia Ann stated that before the Civil War, she had owned a large, fine home, but that after the boys came home from the war, she had them tear down her house and build each of them a home using the reclaimed materials.
1880 FEDERAL CENSUS SUMMARY, JACKSON COUNTY, TEXAS
House Last Name First Name Age Related Marital Status BirthState
94/102 Haynes Celia Ann 59 head widow Louisiana
Haynes Amos 42 son married
Haynes Thomas S. 10 g-son single Texas
Haynes Mary Julia 13 g-dau single Texas
95/103 Cole John 50 head married Virginia
Cole John Jr. 22 son single Virginia
96/104 Haynes Julia 23 head widow
Haynes M. Cecilia 1 dau single Texas
97/105 Haynes Julia E. 43 head married Louisiana
Haynes Rosalia 11 dau single Texas
Haynes Blanche 8 dau single Texas
Haynes Richard D. 4 son single Texas
98/106 Haynes Arthur 36 head married Louisiana
Haynes Celia L. 23 wife married Texas
Haynes Frederick G. 2 son single Texas
99/107 Haynes Christopher 42 head married Kentucky
Haynes Anna L. 41 wife married Louisiana
Haynes Robert S. 13 son single Texas
Haynes Amos C. 9 son single Texas
Haynes Addie Maria 3 dau single Texas
This is an interesting and complicated census to understand. Where were all of those houses located? No one knows, but Christopher’s family would have been living on their own land at the lower end of the Haynes place, and the eventual divorce petition of Julia E. in 1983 stated that she lived a quarter mile from Amos, who was living with his mother. Robert’s widow, Julia, stated that she lived in a house with her young daughter on 640 acres that Robert had been given.
In the very first household, we find Amos (my great-grandfather) living with his mother, Celia; along with his daughter Mary Julia from his deceased first wife; and his nephew, Thomas S., son of his brother, Arthur. Amos’s current wife, Julia E., is living in a different house with their three children, including Richard Daniel Haynes (my grandfather).
John Cole and his son were listed as “Black” in the “Race” column (omitted here); so they probably were household servants or field hands. The names of blacks (slaves) were not included in the 1850 or 1860 censuses, so there is no other census data about the Cole’s history. Their house was listed after Celia’s house, so it is likely they were servants rather than field hands.
Celia’s youngest son, Robert, is still not listed. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with that – he could be anywhere. However, Carolyn discovered later that Robert had been shot and killed accidentally at Texana in 1878, and that the Julia Haynes living in house 96 was his young widow. He left what must have been a practically newborn daughter, Mary Celia, since he was killed in 1878 and she was 1 year old in 1880.
If you listened to her story (and it’s probably true), Julia E., wife of Amos, would tell you that things were sort of bleak at house 97, where she was living with her three children, about a quarter mile away from Celia’s house, while Amos was “living it up” over there at the big house with his mother and their servants, while she had three kids to raise with no help at all, and even had to gather her own firewood. But at least Amos didn’t have them living thirty miles away anymore, over in Lavaca, where he had them living for three years. (All of this emotion eventually would be included as part of the divorce petition of Julia E. in 1883.)
Otherwise, things were moving along pretty well. Arthur and his wife, Laura Celia Stem (family name not proven yet) had a two-year-old son, and their twelve-year-old son, Thomas S., was living with his grandmother.
Christopher’s family continued to grow, and they all lived over a mile away from his mother on the 640 acres that she had given him in 1875.