Individual Details

An article about Jesse Franklin Hadyen which is in Johson's Series of Makers Of America, Vol. 3, p. 282, edited by Leonard Wilson, c. 1917, states that Arena was the daughter of Thomas Miller and Nancy Griswold. After Arena married, her parents moved to Petersburg, Indiana.

1860 Census. Northern Division, Davidson Co NC Hh 922
Arena "Haten", age 43, b. NC
Burges, age 24, carpenter
James, age 23, farm labor
Jessie, age 21, clerking
Charles, age 20, farm labor
Albert, age 13
Ellen, age 13
The Slave Schedule shows Arena with three slaves, a male 51, a female 44, and a 7 year old girl - probably her allotment from her husband's estate. Burgess was listed with six slaves. James had one slave, an 18-year-old mulatto girl. Jesse with a 10-year-old mulatto girl.

1870 Census. Boone Twp, Davidson Co, NC Hh 119
Irena Haden, age 54
Charles, 27, farmer
Albert, 23, miller
Elizabeth Miller, 75, Mulatto, cook

LDS #1888288 Loose Paper Estate Files - Davidson Co
Arena Haden 1872 p.654
[Aurena Haden, widow of Franklin W. Haden]

12 Nov 1872 B. F. Haden signed statement that Arena Haden died without a Will
Entitled as heirs & distributes of Arena Haden:
B. F. Haden, C. A. Haden, Albert L.[Lindsay] Haden - Davidson Co.
Jesse T. Haden, Ellen F. Harris

Bond signed by B. F. Haden, Calvin G. Harris & W D. Meacham

5 Dec 1872 Inventory & List of Sale of personal property of Arena Haden sold by her Administrator B. F. Haden
Purchasers included: Abram Haden, Chas. Haden [bought rifle gun], I. B. Fitzgerald made a lot of purchases. Lindsey Haden - spinning wheel, C. G. Harris - bought violin & dulcimer, gold watch, etc.
Accounts on A. L. Haden, Col. Martin Pinkston, Julie Fitzgerald & others - all marked “very bad”
Sworn to 10th ___ 1873 B. F. Haden

Final Settlement: To be divided among 5 heirs each got 54.07
C. G. Harris, wife Ellen F. Harris, Jesse T. Haden [Retained], Chas. A. Haden, Lindsay Haden, B. F. Haden [retained]
21 Jun 1875
[Son James was deceased and left no heirs.]

Birth	6 Jun 1816
Marriage	9 Jun 1835	Rowan County, North Carolina - Franklin W. Haden
Death	5 Nov 1872	Davidson County, North Carolina

Spouse	Franklin W. Haden (1811 - 1856)
Child	Burgess F. Haden (1836 - 1906)
Child	James Hamilton Haden (1837 - 1868)
Child	Jesse Thomas Haden (1839 - 1892)
Child	Charles A. Haden (1840 - 1897)
Child	Ellen F. Haden (1848 - )
Child	Albert Lindsey Haden (1848 - 1892)