The Family of Bennie Gray Halsted and Alpha Arvilla Ohlhausen ... Their Ancestors and Descendants - 432 Years of Halsted History; 580 Years of Ohlhausen History

Windmill City Publishers, 2003-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. [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. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~S~ [3.5P] 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: Blakley, Cunningham, Head, Hughes, Jones, Kressierer, Lanham, Martin, McIntosh, Mills, Mitchell, Price, Reed, Robidoux, Smith, Wheeler, Wiley, Wilson, Wright. Contents: Halsted coat of arms; Ohlhausen coat of arms; Foreward; Introduction; Halsted and Ohlhausen; Names and origins; The family of Abraham Halsted and Susan [Sarah] Whitley, Clothier, our ancestor in England; The family of Jonas Halsted and [probably] Sara Susan Butterfield, farmer, our immigrant ancestor; The family of Timothy Halsted Senior and Hannah Williams, farmer of Long Island, New York; The family of Timothy Halsted Junior and Abigail Carmen, Founder of the New Jersey Halsteds; Caleb Halsted Senior and jean Pearsall, Father/Grandfather of Revolutionary War heroes; Caleb Halsted Junior and Rebecca Ogden, progenitor of renowned New Jersey Halsteds; The family of Johnathan Halsted and Isabella Neil, factor at Ft. Wilkinson and Hawkins in Georgia; The family of Benjammin Hawkins Halsted and [probably] Elizabeth W. Hodges, farmer/carpenter. Moved Georgia to Alabama and then to Texas; The family of Benjamin Robert [Bob] Halsted and Cinderella Clements Atkins Halsted, Civil War fighter and Texas farmer; The family of Robert Gray Halsted and Mary [Mollie] Christian Head, Texas farmer and business man; The family of Bennie Gray Halsted and Alpha Arvilla Ohlhausen, Texas farmer, carpenter/builder, sheriff; The family of Helen Mozelle Halsted and Jack Thuran Lanham, housewife, dental assistant, college finance --The family of Robert Henry [Bob] Halsted and Lorraine Blanche Robidoux, musician fought in Korea, lived in Amarillo, Texas; The family of Benjamin Donald [Don] Halsted and Albertine 'Waggi' Kressierer, cowboy, Air Force officer, business man; The family of Billy Merle [Bill] Halsted and Geraldine [Gerry] Erskine, musician, navy in Korea, bottling business man; The family of Dorman Dale Halsted, died at birth in Kerr County Texas; Looking to the future, things yet to be done; Acknowledgments and thanks; Back of book pictures; References; Halsteds back to 1100; Possible ancestors or kinsmen of Abraham Halsted; Ohlhausens back to 1423; Of names, places, list of photographs and maps.