Information from the U.S. 1850 Census-Randolph County Occupation: farmer Lists John as Imbecile; perhaps a stroke or accident.
1825 Illinois Census: Plumb Creek, Randolph County Includes: David Cathcart-1 John Dickey-6 Alexander Dickey-6 James Strahan-6 William Morris-9 John Haire-4 William Boyd-13
1830 US Census: Randolph County, Illinois: John Haire, head: under 5: 2 males, 1 female 30-39: 1 male 20-29: 1 female under 10 slave: 1 female
1840 Randolph County, Illinois; Census John Hair, head under 5: 1m, 1 female 5-9: 1 male, 2 female 10-14: 1 male, 1female 20-29: 3 males 30-39: 1 male, 1 female 50-59: 1 male Persons of learned professional engineers = 1 free white under 20=7 free white 20-49 = 5 Total free white = 13 0 slaves
1850 US Census. Randolph County, IL Township 4 S R 5 W John 60, Margaret 43 John B. 20, Margaret 18, Martha16, David 14, Nancy 12, Elizabeth 10 and Sarah Ann 3. John's birthplace was Ireland about 1790.
1860 US Census: Randolph County, IL Margaret C. Haire 52, David Hair 22, Martha Hair 24, Elizabeth Hair 18, Sarah E. Hair 13, Charles J. Hair 10; Henry Jackson 14. Gone from household since 1850 Census: John dead, John B. Margaret, Nancy and Sarah Ann. Added Charles Jackson 14-probably farm hand.
Buried Old Bethel Cemetery, Eden, Randolph Co, IL Photo of tombstone (non-digital) Hair: John 1791-1851 Margaret 1807-1874
Findagrave Birth: Oct. 24, 1791 Death: Feb. 9, 1851 Burial: Old Bethel Cemetery, Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois, USA “John was born in Ulster, Ireland, in County Antrim in the Parish of Drumall, on the lands of Ballancragy, which lay on the edge of Laugh Naugh. He came to American as a young man about 1813. Born, Oct. 24, 1791. He landed at Charlestown, South Carolina. He soon married Miss Martha Patterson, and they migrated to Randolph County, Illinois. After a short time his wife died and he married again, August 23, 1823 [sic], to Margaret Cathcart Strachan [Strahan] who was born Oct. 7, 1807, on the Strachan [Strahan farm home three miles north of Sparta [Randolph Co., Il]. . . . John Hayr settled on a large farm northeast of Sparta, where [their] . . . children were born” (S.C. Edmiston, The Genealogy of a Branch of the Edmiston Family, p. 47. I believe the place is known as Haire or Hayer Hill). Quoted in Randolph County IL GenWeb
"Together Margaret Cathcart and John had fifteen children, some who died young and one died as unnamed infant: Martha, Isaac Newton, Mary Ann (died young, mar. Robert Dinsmore); John Blair (mar. Melinda Temple); Margaret Jane (mar. James Edgar); Martha Patterson; Martha; Debra? (mar. Frederick Hart); David (mar. Robenia McCloskey); Nancy Ann McGuire (mar. Robert Wylie); Elizabeth; unnamed infant b. 20 Jan 1844; Sarah Ellen or Sarah Ann (mar. James Wallace Edgar); Charles J.; and Charlotte Isabella, and, yes, there are three Marthas." Strahan or Strachan Cemetery: Randolph County ILGenWeb [1]
John Hair Probate Record Box 46 p. 60~ 1853; Randolph County Courthouse, Chester, Randolph, IL. originals. John B. Hair & Bryce Crawford administrators. March 24 and 25, 1851. Margaret Haire, widow. People who purchased inventory at sale: Samuel Burns, Wm Wylie, John B. Hair, John Strahan, Samuel L. Boyd, Thomas Smith, Arthur Haire, Jane Haire, James Smith.
Only 2 heirs listed: John B. Hair and Margaret Hair, widow. (Photocopy of land taxes.)
Created by: Lucy Higgins Record added: May 21, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 19470036 buried Old Bethel Cemetery, Sparta, IL- w/ Margaret
w/John
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