Friday's Photo: The Hairston Home in Seymour, Texas - Is it Still Standing?

This second photo identified the home as 
"Res. Phil Hairstone  Seymour"

Phillip A. Hairston, my great-grandfather, was born in Hinds County, Mississippi in 1852. After the Civil War, his family moved to Falls County, Texas where Phillip married my great-grandmother, Lodema "Dink" Walker Criswell. My grandmother, Myrtie Hairston, was their only child to survive past infancy. 

In 1883, the family moved to Erath County, Texas where Myrtie met and married my grandfather, Redic E. Bryan. 

Phillip, Myrtie, and Lodema - about 1890 in Erath County

In 1905, Myrtie, Redic, their two daughters, and Myrtie's parents, Phillip and Lodema, moved to Baylor County, Texas where they settled in the Levelview Community. Although Myrtie and Redic moved frequently, Phillip and Lodema remained in Levelview until about late 1916 or early 1917 when Phillip and Lodema moved into a new home in Seymour. 

Phillip spent less than a year in the home as the day he and Lodema moved into the house, the doctor had to be summoned. Phillip had kidney cancer. He died on 9 November 1917. The following pictures and the house photos are thought to have been taken at the Hairston residence on the day of Phillip's funeral. 

For more about Phillip Hairston and a photo of the home in Levelview, go to 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #7 Phillip A. Hairston.

UPDATE: There was much in this small article about the Hairston
home. So from this photo of the Banner article, I know the Hairston home was on the west side of town. My grandparents Redic and Myrtie Bryan inherited the house but did not live in it. They traded the Hairston house for the J. M. Bailes place in 1921, also on the west side of town, and owned by Mr. D. B. Hamilton (previously owned by W. H. Nichols Jr). Mr. Hamilton and his family moved into the Hairston home. My grandparents, who lived on River Road in 1920, moved into the J. M. Bailes home. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ausley must have been renting the Hairston home from my grandparents and they moved to the house my grandparents had just vacated (maybe the one on River Road).

Daughters of Myrtie Hairston and Redic E. Bryan - Marie, Willa Mae, and DeRay
A first cousin, Monte Hammett, is the tall man with the hat. 

Hairston "Buster "Albritton Bryan, son of 
Myrtie Hairston and Redic E. Bryan is thought
to be about 11 years old in this photo. 

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Diana

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Sources

    Diana Bryan Quinn "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #7 Phillip A. Hairston" blog entry, 18 February 2014, Moments in Time: A Genealogy Blog (https://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-7-phillip.html : accessed 10 February 2022).

    Hairston family photo, photograph, ca. 1890; scanned images held by D. B. Quinn, original image found in the privately held photo collection of Jacqueline D. Skinner, Colorado, 2000.

    Hairston funeral photos, photographs, ca. 1917; scanned images held by D. B. Quinn, original images found in the privately held photo collection of Carla Noah Stutsman, Texas, 2014.