Haynes Waddell

(1826-1875)

At a Glance

Haynes Waddell was the son of John Burgwin Waddell and Sarah “Sallie” Nash whose parents Francis Nash and Sarah Moore were among the most distinguished families of North Carolina. Francis Nash served first under Governor Tryon and then under Gen. George Washington; he was killed at the battle of Germantown in 1777. The Moore family owned Orton Plantation and were founders of plantations near Brunswick in New Hanover County, and Alfred Moore owned Moorefields in Orange County. Mrs. Engstrom reports that Col. Waddell was a spendthrift who caused his family to live a bleak and narrow existence. The 1860 Census shows the family living in Russell County, Alabama owning real estate valued at $5,000 and personal estate valued at $5,000.

Story

He was born in either Bladen or Brunswick County, NC.

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Haynes Waddell was born on February 4, 1826. He died on September 19, 1875, and was buried in Opelika.

Occupations

• Colonel.
• Lawyer.

Relatives

• Parents: John Waddell [1] and Sallie Nash [1].
• Spouse: Mary Hooper Fleming (1807-1891), married on January 5, 1826 [1].
  Children:
  
  • four sons, De Berniere Waddell (1838-1924) [1], James Fleming Waddell (1826-1892), Francis Nash Waddell (1828-1856) and George Hooper Waddell (1883-1865).
  • five daughters, Charlotte Isabella Waddell (1840-1903)  [1], Catherine Shaw Waddell (1829-1854), Elizabeth Fleming Waddell (b. 1831), Sally Nash Waddell (1836-1855) and William Thurston Waddell (1844-1861).
• Maternal grandparent: Francis Nash.
• Others: Caroline Mallett Hooper (granddaughter, b. 1870), Charles Mallett Hooper (grandson, 1866-1890), Charlotte Isabella Hooper (granddaughter, 1863-1926), Elizabeth Fleming Hooper (granddaughter, 1860-1884), Emma Thurston Hooper (granddaughter, 1861-1899), George Beatty Hooper (grandson, 1875-1956) and Juliet De Berniere Hooper (granddaughter, 1874-1903).

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).