Hailey, Thomas Jefferson  Family

Photo & data submitted by Dr. Tommy Ike Hailey

Photo of THOMAS JEFFERSON HAILEY FAMILY, CA. 1900; LaSalle, Louisiana


THOMAS JEFFERSON HAILEY FAMILY, CA. 1900
(Note: Everyone pictured in this photograph except for Lillie Bradford Deville is buried in the Hailey Cemetery in La Salle Parish. Miss Lillie is buried in the Belah Cemetery)

Adults seated in the front row are (L-R):
Thomas Jefferson Hailey, b. July 13, 1847, d. August 9, 1908, son of George
Hailey and Judith Heard Hailey.

Demaris Collins Hailey, b. October 12, 1855,
d. December 26, 1925, daughter of John Wesley Collins and Martha Rowena
Foster Collins.

Benjamin Van Bradford, b. March 28, 1871, d. June 5, 1952,
son of David Fielding Bradford and Mary Watson Hudnall Morgan Bradford. Ben
married three Hailey sisters (one at a time, of course). First, he married
Caroline (sp.?), b. December 1, 1873, d. February 19, 1895; second, he
married Orlean (Lena) Hailey Breithaupt; third, he married Clara Hailey
Graham.

Children (L-R):
Willie B. Bradford, b. Jan, 25, 1895, d. October 28,
1929, son of Benjamin Van Bradford and Caroline (sp.?) Hailey.

Jefferson Emile Breithaupt, b. August 25, 1894, d. December 9, 1953, son of Emile
Breithaupt and Orlean (Lena) Hailey Breithaupt.

Lillie Bradford Deville, b.February 2, 1899, d. August 6, 1997, daughter of Benjamin Van Bradford and
Orlean (Lena) Hailey Breithaupt Bradford, wife of Lonnie E. Deville.

Back row, standing, five children of Thomas Jefferson Hailey and Demaris Collins
Hailey. They are, L-R:
George Barton Hailey, b. March 9, 1881, d. December
3, 1904 of a gunshot wound.

Ike Wesley Hailey, b. October 17, 1878, d. March 15, 1938. Ike later married Nancy (Nannie) Belle Bradford, Benjamin Van
Bradford's sister.

William Jefferson Hailey, b. 1871, d. 1941. Jeff later
married Alma Graham.

Clara Hailey, b. March 17, 1884, d. January 25, 1970.
Clara was married first to Walter E. Graham. After Walter and her sister
Orlean had died, Clara and Benjamin Van Bradford were married.

Orlean (Lena) Hailey Breithaupt Bradford, b. April 23, 1876, d. February 2, 1913. Orlean
was married first to Emile Breithaupt. After Emile died, she married
Benjamin Van Bradford.