HAYNIE, SAMUEL G. (1806–1877). Samuel G. Haynie, physician and mayor of Austin, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on April 23, 1806. He went as a youth to Alabama and from there moved to Independence, Washington County, Texas, in 1837. In 1839 he settled in Austin, where he practiced medicine. He represented Travis County in the Republic of Texas Fifth Congress, 1840–42, and in the Second Legislature, 1847. He was appointed postmaster of Austin in 1849 and served as mayor in 1850 and 1851. In 1852 he established a large mercantile firm in his name in Austin. Haynie married Hannah Marie Evans on February 7, 1841. They had six children. Haynie was an Odd Fellow and Mason. He practiced medicine until his death, on May 20, 1877.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Austin Daily Democratic Statesman, May 22, 1877. Pat Ireland Nixon, The Medical Story of Early Texas, 1528–1853 (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Lupe Memorial Fund, 1946). Texas House of Representatives, Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832–1845 (Austin: Book Exchange, 1941).
Dr Samuel G. Haynie
Birth: Apr. 23, 1806
Knoxville
Knox County
Tennessee, USA
Death: May 20, 1877
Austin
Travis County
Texas, USA
HAYNIE, SAMUEL G. (1806-1877)~ Samuel G. Haynie, physician and mayor of Austin was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on April 23, 1806. As a youth he traveled to Alabama and from there moved to Independence, Washington County, Texas, in 1837. In 1839, he setled in Austin, where he practiced medicine. He represented Travis County in the Republic of Texas Fifth Congress, 1840-42, and in the Second Legislature, 1847. He was appointed postmaster of Austin in 1849, and served as mayor in 1850 and 1851. In 1852, he established a large mercantile firm in his name in Austin. Haynie married Hannah Marie Evans on February 7, 1841. They had six children. Haynie was an Odd Fellow and Mason. He practiced medicine until his death, on May 20, 1877.
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Source:
www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/HH/fhabp.html
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Contributor note: Samuel Haynie's marker reads as "Father Haynie April 23, 1806-May 20, 1877" It does not state his full name.
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Contributed by: Stephanie Sorensen, Historian, Texas State Cemetery Research Staff, Austin, Texas. I welcome corrections and additions.
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Thank you Kristi for your added information! Haynie's son-in-law was John Caldwell; Caldwell County's namesake. His bio can be found on Find A Grave. They are buried in the same cemetery.
Burial:
Oakwood Cemetery
Austin
Travis County
Texas, USA
Created by: TX Historian
Record added: Jun 08, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 14541210
Dr Samuel G. Haynie
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