Christena "Teney" Elizabeth Haynes was born to Matilda "Tilda" McCorkle and Joseph Truston Haynes of Meigs County, Tennessee. Her father enlisted with the Confederacy at the onset of the Civil War in 1861. The war ended in 1865.

According to state history, the 1870s were difficult years for the residents of Meigs County. A national depression was deeply felt in this agrarian community and many people left during this period.

At the age of nineteen, Christena married John Casel Hayes, April 11, 1878, in Tennessee. They remained in Meigs country for approximately four years before moving to Arkansas.

Christena died in 1933, at the age of 73. She is buried next to her husband, John Casel Hayes, and her father, Joseph Truston Haynes, in Barling Cemetery, in Sebastian County, Arkansas.

At the time of her death, she resided at 1622 South 16th Street in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The cause of death was noted as "organic heart trouble."

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1860 Census - District 3, Meigs County, TN
Post Office, Goodfield

Truston Haynes 34 - saddler
Matilda Haynes 28
Lucinda Haynes 6
C I Haynes 4
Tenn E Haynes 1

1880 Census - Meigs County, TN

John C. Hayes 20 - farmer
Tenie E. Hayes 20
Ellen M. Hayes 1
Charles C. Hayes 1m

Christena and her husband, John, eventually moved to Arkansas in the mid-1880s. Six children were born from their marriage: Nancy Ellen, Charles Casel, Joseph Luke Lee, Mary Ida Elizabeth, Maggie Belle, and Lillie R. Hayes.

1900 Census - Mount Sandels, Sebastian, AR

John C Hayes 42
Christena Hayes 41
Charlie Hayes 20
Lee Hayes 18
Ida Hayes 16
Maggie Hayes 14
Marion Norton 24 (boarder)

1910 Census - Mount Sandels, Sebastian, AR

Tenia Hayes 52
Charles C Hayes 30
Ellen White 31
Maggie Hayes 24
Agatha White 12
Opall White 8
Loraine White 5

1920 - Central, Sebastian Co., AR

John C Hayes 61
Cristena Hayes 61

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