Description: The family of Bennie Gray Halsted & Alpha Arvilla Ohlhausen : sharecrop farmers of Taylor County, Texas, ranchers of Kerr County, Texas, Sheriff of Armstrong County, Texas : their ancestors and descendants : four-hundred & thirty-two years of Halsted history : five hundred & eighty years of Ohlhausen historyby Benjamin Donald Halsted [2003] Windmill City Publishers (Merkel, Texas), 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches tall purple faux leather hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to front cover and spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps, index, 336 pp. Slight soiling and rubbing to covers, with very slight bumping to lower tips and fore edges. Very slight soiling to fore page edges. Author's address label and ISBN label (0974972533) to title page. Signed and inscribed by the author, Benjamin D. Halsted (1931-2018), on the front pastedown. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce genealogy. Looks at the ancestry of, and traces the known descendants of, Bennie Gray Halsted (1907-1970), son of Robert Gray Hallsted and Mary Christian Head, born in Sweetwater, Texas, who married Alpha Arvilla Ohlhausen (1907-1985), daughter of James Henry Ohlhausen and Allie Perthine Wright, in 1925 in Hylton, Texas. They had six children. In addition to numerous entries for Halsted / Halstead and Ohlhausen, other surnames which receive extensive coverage (among many others) include: BlakleyCunninghamHeadHughesJonesKressiererLanhamMartinMcIntoshMillsMitchellPriceReedRobidouxSmithWheelerWileyWilsonWrightContents: Halsted coat of armsOhlhausen coat of armsForewordIntroductionHalsted and OhlhausenNames and originsThe family of Abraham Halsted and Susan [Sarah] Whitley, Clothier, our ancestor in EnglandThe family of Jonas Halsted and [probably] Sara Susan Butterfield, farmer, our immigrant ancestorThe family of Timothy Halsted Senior and Hannah Williams, farmer of Long Island, New YorkThe family of Timothy Halsted Junior and Abigail Carmen, Founder of the New Jersey HalstedsCaleb Halsted Senior and jean Pearsall, Father/Grandfather of Revolutionary War heroesCaleb Halsted Junior and Rebecca Ogden, progenitor of renowned New Jersey HalstedsThe family of Johnathan Halsted and Isabella Neil, factor at Ft. Wilkinson and Hawkins in GeorgiaThe family of Benjamin Hawkins Halsted and [probably] Elizabeth W. Hodges, farmer/carpenter. Moved Georgia to Alabama and then to TexasThe family of Benjamin Robert [Bob] Halsted and Cinderella Clements Atkins Halsted, Civil War fighter and Texas farmerThe family of Robert Gray Halsted and Mary [Mollie] Christian Head, Texas farmer and business manThe family of Bennie Gray Halsted and Alpha Arvilla Ohlhausen, Texas farmer, carpenter/builder, sheriffThe family of Helen Mozelle Halsted and Jack Thuran Lanham, housewife, dental assistant, college financeThe family of Robert Henry [Bob] Halsted and Lorraine Blanche Robidoux, musician fought in Korea, lived in Amarillo, TexasThe family of Benjamin Donald [Don] Halsted and Albertine 'Waggi' Kressierer, cowboy, Air Force officer, business manThe family of Billy Merle [Bill] Halsted and Geraldine [Gerry] Erskine, musician, navy in Korea, bottling business manThe family of Dorman Dale Halsted, died at birth in Kerr County TexasLooking to the future, things yet to be doneAcknowledgments and thanksBack of book picturesReferencesHalsteds back to 1100Possible ancestors or kinsmen of Abraham HalstedOhlhausens back to 1423Of names, places, list of photographs and maps
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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Family, Genealogy
Format: Hardcover
Country: USA
Subjects: Art & Culture
Publication Year: 2003
Subject: Reference
Language: English
Publisher: Windmill City Publishers
City: Merkel, Texas