Thenny Geraldine Haynie

b. 20 December 1824, d. 1 February 1892
  • Thenny Geraldine Haynie was born on 20 December 1824 in Tennessee or possibly, but not likely, Alabama.
  • Dialthea Cook Perry appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1840 in Perry County, Alabama. Other (counted but unnamed) members of the household apparently included Thenny Geraldine Haynie, Thomas Jefferson Haynie, Mary Caroline Haynie, Albert E. Haynie and Uriah H. Haynie.
  • She married Gustavus R. A. Whiting, son of (?) Whiting and Unknown (?), circa 1847.
  • Gustavus R. A. Whiting and Thenny Geraldine Haynie appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Grimes County, Texas, and also in the household 17-year-old John Damm, whose immigrant German parents had died, leaving five children, each of whom was taken into a different home in Grimes County. It is possible that T. A. Hanes, Mrs. Harrison and Mrs. Washington were sisters, posssibly Whitings.. Other members of the household included Mary D. Whiting and Cecilia H. Whiting.
  • Gustavus R. A. Whiting and Thenny Geraldine Haynie appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas, living next to Thenny's brother Uriah Haynie.. Other members of the household included Mary D. Whiting and Cecilia H. Whiting.
  • Gustavus R. A. Whiting and Thenny Geraldine Haynie appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary D. Whiting and Cecilia H. Whiting. Also in the household was domestic servant Sarah Taylor.
  • Thenny Geraldine Haynie became a widow at the 6 March 1874 death of her husband Gustavus R. A. Whiting.
  • Mary Caroline Haynie appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas, Also in the household was ward Eliza Mitchell, age 16, born in Texas, parents born in Tennessee.. Other members of the household included Thenny Geraldine Haynie.
  • Thenny Geraldine Haynie died on 1 February 1892 at age 67.
  • She was interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Anderson, Grimes County, Texas.
  • Early Haynie family burials in Grimes County were at the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Anderson, now within a small fenced area.
  • Last Edited: 9 Feb 2012

Family: Gustavus R. A. Whiting b. circa 1819, d. 6 March 1874