Individual Details
Haston Twomey
(MARCH 4, 1824 - JUNE 14, 1899)
Events
| Birth | MARCH 4, 1824 | Monroe Co., TN |  | ||
| Marriage | JUNE 22, 1845 | Rusk Co., TX - Emily Tippett |  | | |
| Miscellaneous | From 1850 to 1899 | Mason, Carthage, TX | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1874 | Minister, Panola Co., TX | | | |
| Death | JUNE 14, 1899 | Woods, Panola Co., TX | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 03/__/1840 | Land Grant, Shelby Co., TX | | |
Families
| Spouse | Emily Tippett ( - ) |
| Father | William Barrack Twomey Sr. (1793 - 1854) |
| Mother | Nancy Ann Wayman (1793 - ) |
| Sibling | Evan E. Twomey (1817 - ) |
| Sibling | Ellender Twomey (1819 - 1883) |
| Sibling | Terresa B. Twomey (1832 - 1890) |
| Sibling | William Barrack Twomey Jr. (1835 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth A. Twomey (1835 - ) |
Notes
Marriage
Place of the wedding is from the Panola Co., TX website at Rootsweb.com. from a posted biography containing a "Resolution of Respects" for Haston Twomey which was copied from the "Minute Books of the Royal Arch Masons" by Mrs. Leila B. LaGrone about 1984.Miscellaneous
He first became a Mason in the Carthage Lodge #78. He later received advanced degrees as a Mason is various communities including Master of Volcano Lodge #54 in California. He became High Priest of the Order of High Priesthood in 1896. He was a member of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Texas at the time of his death.A copy of the "Resolution of Respect" from the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Texas is posted at the Panola Co., TX Rootsweb.com website and contains the information concerning his service as a Mason.
Miscellaneous
He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1842 and was licensed as a Minister of that church in 1874.This information is found at the Panola Co., TX Rootsweb.com website.
Death
He is buried in the Woods Cemetery at Carthage, TX.Miscellaneous
Huston Twomy was given a class 3 land grant for 320 acres in Shelby Co., TX on 3-1840. This was patented on 11-20-1848 in Panola Co., TX.Endnotes
1. Julia Ann Melbern Robinson, Williamson Research of Julia Ann Melbern Robinson, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence (08/2004).
2. RootsWeb, Url: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com.
3. Julia Ann Melbern Robinson, Williamson Research of Julia Ann Melbern Robinson, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence (08/2004).
4. RootsWeb, Url: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com.
5. RootsWeb, Url: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com.
6. RootsWeb, Url: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com.
7. Julia Ann Melbern Robinson, Williamson Research of Julia Ann Melbern Robinson, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence (08/2004).
8. RootsWeb, Url: www.rootsweb.ancestry.com.
9. Compiler: Gifford White, 1840 Citizens of Texas Land Grants, vol. 1 (Ingmire Publications, St. Louis, MO 63136, 1983).