Hastings, Katharine Bagg, 1877-1955.

Writer and genealogist Katharine Bagg (Mrs. John Russel) Hastings was born in California on October 30, 1877 to Mrs. and Mrs. Stanley Chipman Bagg.

Living in Tombstone, Arizona in 1891, she began a (short-lived) nature publication for children titled Bug-Hunter. She married newspaperman John Russel Hastings in 1904 at Christ Church, Catskill-on-Hudson, New York. Hastings' publications include "William James of Albany, N. Y. (1771-1832) and His Descendants" [1924] and at least one article on the Barber family for "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record", probably published in 1931. She died in Santa Barbara, California on June 2, 1955.

From the description of Barber family research files, 1920-1934. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 317399998

Writer and Genealogy researcher Katharine Bagg (Mrs. John Russel) Hastings was born in California on October 30, 1877 to Mrs. and Mrs. Stanley Chipman Bagg. Living in Tombstone, Arizona in 1891, she began a (short-lived) nature publication for children titled Bug-Hunter . She married newspaperman John Russel Hastings in 1904 at Christ Church, Catskill-on-Hudson, New York.

Hastings’ publications include William James of Albany, N. Y. (1771-1832) and His Descendants [1924] and at least one article on the Barber family for The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, probably published in 1931. She died in Santa Barbara, California on June 2, 1955.

From the guide to the Barber family research files, 1920-1934, (The New York Public Library. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy.)