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They have two children, GEORGE W. and RACHEL, and reside near Appanoos, Hancock county, Ill.
JACOB H., born August 18, 1836, in Sangamon county, married in Hancock county, Feb. 19, 1860, to Elizabeth Riman, who was born May 16, 1836. They have five children, EDWARD M., HENRI- ETTA, LYDIA F., ALVIN P. and ZENA MAY, and reside near Appanoos, Hancock county, Ill.
Jacob Earnest died Sept. 29, 1842, and Mrs. Rebecca Earnest died March S, 1858, both in Hancock county, Ill.
EARNEST, THOMAS, was born June 3, 1792, in South Carolina. His parents moved, when he was a boy, to Simpson county, Ky. In the Autumn of IS19 he came to Sangamon county and joined his brother Jacob, who had previ- ously arrived with his family. Thomas Earnest commenced improvements sonth of Spring creek, eight miles west of Springfield, and entered land when it came into market. He was married Oct. 15, 1822, to Alletta Lanterman. They had twelve children in Sangamon county, two of whom died young.
SOPHIA G., born Aug. 24, 1823, was married Nov. 12, 1846, to Simon P. Rick- ard. See his name.
JOHN W., born Sept. 2, 1824, was married April 21, 1853, to Julia J. Wool- ley, of Green county, Ill. They have three children living, LEORA S., WIL- LIAM W., and CHARLES S., and re- side in Macoupin county, near Greenfield, Green county. Ill.
PETER L., born Nov. 6, 1825, was married in Sangamon county, in 1849, to Elizabeth A. Thompson. They had ten children, five of whom are living, THOMAS H., WILLIAM H., MARY A., FRANK P., and JOSIAH T. P. L. Earnest is operating in the silver mines of San Juan, southwestern Colorado. His son, Thomas H., is now-1875-there at- tending to business. The family reside at Ottawa, Kansas. Peter L. Earnest is Postmaster in Ottawa.
SOPHRONIA, born Dec. 5, 1826, was married May 20, 1846, to Dr. Benjamin S. Robinson. See his name.
ALLETTA A., born March 5, 182S, married William Y. Kirk. They had one child, and Mr. Kirk died. His widow married Robert Watson of St. Louis.
They had one child, and reside near Mill- ville, Ray county, Mo.
WILLIAM, born Nov. 21, 1829, in Sangamon county, enlisted Aug., 1862, for three years in Co. A, 106 Ill. Inf., and died of disease, July 17, 1863, near Vicks- burg, Miss.
HENRIETTA M., born Jan. 10, 1831, married Henry W. Rickard. See his name.
JAMES L., born Oct. 18, 1832, in Sangamon county, died, March 5, IS48, away from home, in Calhoun county, Illinois.
ELIZ. E. born Feb. 27, 1836, resides at the family homestead with her brother Thomas H.
THOMAS H., born April 24, 1837, was married Nov. 15, 1863, to Hannah H. Lyman. They had two children, CAR- OLINE B. and WILLIAM J., and Mrs. E. died May 19, 1872. T. H. Earnest re- sides eight miles west of Springfield, on the farm where his father settled in 1819.
Thomas Earnest died, Nov. 6, 1848, suddenly, while away from home, in Cal- houn county. Mrs. Alletta Earnest died July 31, IS71, at the house of her daughter, Mrs. H. W. Rickard, caused by being thrown from a wagon.
EACHUS, ROBERT, was born Dec. 24, 1794, in Chester county, Pa., came to Springfield in the fall of 1840, and went on a farm he had purchased in what is now Curran township. The next spring he was joined by his sister Charlotte and his niece, Mary McPherson, who was born Oct. 25, IS19, in Chester county, Pa., and married in Sangamon county to James Short. See his name. Charlotte Eachus died Feb. 1, 1865, and Robert Eachus died Oct. 2, 1872, in Loami township.
EADES, WILLIAM, a native of Kentucky, married there, moved to Missouri, and from there to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the summer of 1825, in what is now Auburn township. His son-
STROTHER, married in Sangamon county to Martha A Dodds, See the Dodds family sketch.
EARLY, DR. JACOB M., was born Feb. 22, 1806, in Virginia, came to Springfield, Ill., about 1831, was married near Springfield, to Catharine Rickard. Dr. Early was a practicing physician, and a local preacher in the M. E. church. In
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consequence of some political difficulty, he was shot and killed, March 11, IS38, in Springfield, by a merchant, Henry B. Truitt, who was son-in-law of William L. May, at that time member of Congress for this district. The difficulty was about appointments to office, all the parties in- terested being democrats. Dr. Early left two sons. His widow married Mr. Miles, and lives in Petersburg, Ill. See history of the Rickard family.
EASLEY, DANIEL, was born Oct. 18, 1773, in Stokes county, N. C. In 1791 he went to South Carolina, and in 1801 to Caldwell county, Ky. He was there married in 1S05 to Mrs. Margaret Ritchie. They had five children in Ken- tueky, and came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the spring of 1830 in what is now Ball township. Of his children-
WINNIFRED, married Eddin Lewis. See his name.
JAMES B., born in Caldwell county, Ky., married Oct. 22, 1840, in Sangamon county, to Margaret Dodds. They had five children. Their son ROBERT HENRY married Fannie Easley, a distant relative, and resides in the southeast corner of Ball township. James B. Easley was a Justice of the Peace for many years. He died, and his widow married Warham Easley, and resides in Missouri.
BENJAMIN H., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county three times. He died, leaving a widow, who afterward married and died. His son WILEY mar- ried Sarah J. Phelps, a native of Kentucky. They had four children, MARTHA P., WIL- LIAM A., JAMES B. and FLORA A. Wiley Easley died, and his widow and children reside on the farm settled by their great- grandfather Easley in IS30. It is in Ball township.
SALLY, married Willis Shellhouse. See his name.
DANIEL W., born in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county at 12 years old.
Mrs. Margaret Easley died in Sanga- mon county.
Daniel Easley died at Auburn, Sanga- mon county, Feb. 13, 1874. If the date of his birth is correct, as given to the writer by the old gentleman himself about fifteen months before his death, he was 100 years, 3 months and 25 days old.
His recollection of events was quite dis- tinct. He related incidents connected with
the ascension of the first steamboat on the Ohio river, which he witnessed; also of the war of 1812. He united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church when he was eighty years of age.
EASTMAN, THOMAS, born Dec. S, 1771, in Kingston, New Hamp- shire, was married in 1792, in Augusta, Me., to Sarah Cummings. They had nine children born in Maine. Mr. East- man was captain of a cavalry company in the war of IS12, and was posted between the Kennebec and Penobscot rivers to carry dispatches back and forth. Maine being a district of Massachusetts, he repre- sented that district in the Legislature of Massachusetts four or five times. When Maine became a State, he was elected one of its Senators. He was also a Judge of the Court of Sessions, in Waldo county, where he lived. Mrs. Sarah Eastman died Sept. 3, 1827, and Thomas Eastman was married Oct., 1828, in Boston, Mass., to Susan Frothingham, a native of that city. They had one child in Maine, and moved to Auburn, Ill., in 1836. Of his children only six came to Sangamon county, namely :
DAVID, born Oct. 20, 1794, was mar- ried Jan. 1, 1817, in Maine, to Salinda Wood, a native of Winthrop, in the same State. They had four children, and came to Auburn, Sangamon county, Ill , in 1836 or 7, Of their children, AUGUSTA, born in Maine, went from Sangamon county to California, and died there. LOUISA H., married Owen Maynard, and lives in Baltimore, Md. CHARLES H., died in Springfield, Ill., in 1849. GEORGE L., born May 5, 1833, in Maine, brought up in Sangamon county, went to California in 1852, and returned to Springfield in 1870, where he now lives. David Eastman died in 1844, at Anburn, and Mrs. Salinda Eastman died April 25, 1871, in Springfield.
ASA, born Sept. 12, 1802, in Winthrop, Maine, came in 1831 to Waverly, Morgan county, Ill., and laid out the town of Auburn, in Sangamon county, in 1835. He was married Sept. 21, 1837, in Waverly, to Susan E. Tanner, who was born Sept., 1820, in Warren county, Conn. They moved to Auburn in the fall of 1840, and to Springfield in the fall of 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman had two children, ALLEN T., born Dec., 1839, in Waverly,
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died May, 1847, in Springfield. ANNIE S., born June 12, 1842, in Springfield, was married June, 1867, to James M. Johnson, a native of St. Louis. They have three living children, ALICE E., MARY SUSAN, and HERSCHEL ALLEN, and reside in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Susan Eastman died March, 1843, and Asa Eastman re- sides in Springfield, where he has been for many years largely identified with its business. He began as a partner with James L. Lamb in a flouring mill, and in 1865 he built the only grain elevator in the city, at a cost of about $75,000, and still owns it. He was the originator and one of the principal stockholders in the Leland Hotel, and was President of the Board of Directors when it was building.
ANN H., born Oct. 17, 1805, in Maine, lives with her brother Asa.
HANNAH M., born Aug. 29, 1813, in Maine, was married in Springfield, Ill., March 11, 1869, to Judge William Brown, of Jacksonville. He died April 25, 1871, in Jacksonville. His widow now resides with her brother Asa, in Springfield.
SAMUEL FRANK, the only child of Thomas Eastman by his second mar- riage, was born Oct. 12, 1830, in Palermo, Waldo county, Me., and came to Auburn, Ill., with his parents in 1836. Returned east and learned the trade of a machinist, at Manchester, N. H. He was married Oct. 5, 1853, at New Haven, Conn., to Mary A. Brown, who was born Oct. 1, 1831, in Bridgewater, Conn. They came in 1856 to Springfield, and have four children, HENRY F., FREDERICK A., CHARLES E., and S. FRANK, Jun., and reside in Springfield. Mr. S. F. Eastman is the proprietor of a machine shop, corner of Washington and Tenth streets, Springfield, 111.
ECKEL, JOHN C., was born Nov. 27, 1793, in Baltimore, Md., went to Jefferson county, Tenn., was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was married in his native county, Nov. 19, 1819, to Mary Geiger, who was born June 11, 1797. They moved to Sangamon county, Ill., ar- riving June, 1821, in what is now Cooper township. They had seven children in Sangamon county.
SUSANNAH, born in 1824, married John North. See his name.
CHARLES E., married Martha Ridgeway.
WILLIAM H., married Jane E. Slater.
GEORGE, died in his sixteenth year. FOIIN C., Jun., born May 13, 1831, was married to Arminda Tead.
MARIA L., born Jan. 3, 1836, married Henry Colley. They had six children, and she died.
MARY, born May 4, 1838, was married Nov. 4, 1858, in Sangamon county, to Lafayette Wilmot, and moved to Kansas in 1859. In 1866 they moved to Oregon. Mr. W. was wounded nineteen times in fighting with Indians on the route. He is brother to Miles H. Wilmot, of Illiopolis.
Mrs. Mary Eckel died July 1, 1845, and John C. Eckel was married to Mrs. Joan- nah Dickson, whose maiden name was Bird. They had two living children.
EDGAR and GANE, twins, were born June 30, 1846. Edgar was married Jan. 13, 1868, to Elizabeth Parkes. They have two children, WILLIAM H. and MARY J., and live in Cooper township near Clarksville. JANE resides with her mother.
John C. Eckel died May 29, 1857, in Sangamon county, and his widow resides in Cooper township, two and one-half miles southwest of Mechanicsburg.
EBEY .- The origin of the family in America was with George Ebey, a native of Holland, who came to this country probably about 1750. On landing in Philadelphia he was sold for money to pay for his passage across the ocean. He was taken to Lancaster county, Pa., and after serving out his time, married and raised a family. He was a soldier in the Revolu- tion, under Gen. Anthony Wayne, and was one of a number of soldiers called a " forlorn hope," at the storming of Stony Point. The assault was successful, but George Ebey was among the slain. His son-
GEORGE EBEY, married in Huntington county to Mary Ellabarger. They moved to Franklin county, O., in Dec. 1805. They had nine living children, and Mrs. Mary Ebey died March 15, 1815, in Ohio. Of their children-
MAR Y, married in Ohio to A. Hutch- inson, and never came farther west.
ELIZABETH, born about 1792 in Pennsylvania, married in Franklin county, O., to Wm. Sells, and remained there.
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JACOB, born in 1794 in Pennsylvania, married in Ohio to Sally Blue, and come in 1831 to what is now Cotton Hill town- ship, Sangamon county; in :840 moved to Adair county, Mo .; and in 1850 to Whit- by's Island, Puget Sound, where Jacob Ebey and wife died a few years ago. Their son, ISAAC N., had gone there before his parents, and laid out the town of Port Townsend. He was killed by In- dians, leaving a widow in Port Townsend. His sister, MARY Ebey, is now [1874] a widow Bozarth, and lives at Port Town- send.
HENRY, born in 1797 in Pennsyl- vania, came to Sangamon county in 1828. He died in 1858, leaving a widow and son in Fulton county.
BARBARA, born in Pennsylvania June 25, 1Soo, married in Franklin county, Ohio, to Rev. William Royal. See his name. He died, leaving a family at Salem, Oregon.
SUSAN, born Jan. 28, 1803, in Penn- sylvania, married in Ohio to Daniel Hutchinson, and died, leaving three .
children.
JOHN N., born Sept. 10, 1805, in Huntington county, Pa., raised in Frank- lin county, Ohio, and came to Sangamon county Nov. 15, 1825, in what is now Woodside township. He was married May 28, 1826, to Mary Brunk, sister to George Brunk. They have ten living children, LEONIDAS C .. MARIA J., GEORGE W., JOHN V., ELIZA- BETH E., HARRIET E., WILLIAM H., was killed at the battle of Belmont, Mo., Nov. 7, 1861. BARBARA A., ANGELINE B., and CHARLES B. Nearly all the living children are married. Mrs. Rebecca Ebey died June 2, 1873, and John N. Ebey resides at Whitehall, Greene county, Ill.
GEORGE, born Jan., 1811, in Ohio, came to Sangamon county in 1828, mar- ried in Ohio, in 1832, to Matilda Kirkpat- rick. They had three sons in the Union army; one of them was killed in battle at Pittsburg Landing. George Ebey resides at Winchester, Scott county, III.
ROS.INNA, born Jan. 28, 1813, in Ohio, came in 1828 to Sangamon county, and married David Beam. See his name.
George Ebey, Sen., came to Sangamon county in 1828, and died in 1848, at Win- chester, Scott county, Ill.
EDWARDS, NINIAN W., born April 15, 1809, near Frankfort, Ky. His father, Hon. Ninian Edwards, was at the time Chief Justice of the Court of Ap- peals of Kentucky, and the same month in which this son was born Chief Justice Edwards was appointed Governor of Illi- nois Territory and moved with his family in June following to its capital, Kaskaskia. At the proper age Ninian W. was sent to Transylvania University, and graduated in the law department of that institution in IS33. Previous to his graduation he was married Feb. 16, 1832, in Lexington, Ky., to Elizabeth P. Todd, who was born Nov., 1813. Her father was Robert S. Todd, of Kentucky. Sec sketch of the Todd fam- ily. Mr. Edwards commenced the prac- tice of law in 1832. In 1834 he was ap- pointed by Gov. Jno. Reynolds, Attorney General of Illinois, the appointment being confirmed by the Legislature of 1834-5. The law requiring the Attorney General to reside at the capital, and Mr. Edwards not liking Vandalia as a place of residence, he resigned the office and moved to Spring- field in 1835. They have four living children, namelv-
YULIA COOK, born April 29, 1837, in Springfield, was married June 6, 1855, to Edward L. Baker, who was born June 3, 1829, in Kaskaskia, the ancient capital of Illinois. His father, Hon. David J. Baker, was a native of the State of New York, and came to Illinois in the year ISIS. He became one of the prominent lawyers of the young State. E. L. Baker was educated at Shurtleff College, Upper Alton, and graduated in 1847. He read law with his father two years, after which he attended Harvard law school and was admitted to the bar in Springfield in 1855. He became part owner and editor of the Illinois State Fournal, and in 1869 was appointed U. S. Assessor, remaining in that office until it was abolished. He was appointed Dec. 8, 1873, U. S. Consul to Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic, South America. Edward L. Baker and wife have three children, EDWARD L., Jun., JULIA E and WILLIS E., all born in Springfield. Edward L., Jun., is in Springfield. The two youngest are now [1876] with their parents in Buenos Ayres, South America.
ALBERT S., born Dec. 16, 1839, in Springfield, was married there June 3,
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1863, to Josephine E Remann, who was born April 28, 1842, in Vandalia, Ill. They have four children, GEORGIE, MARY E., NINIAN W. and ANNIE R. A. S. Edwards was in the commissary depart- ment during the rebellion. He and his family reside in Springfield, Ill.
ELIZABETH E., born Jan. 7, 1843, in Springfield, was married May 11, 1863, to Eugene C. Clover, son of Rev. Dr. Clover, at one time Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, Springfield, IlI. E. C. Clover was killed at the battle of Wichita, leaving a widow and two sons, LEWIS P. and LEGH K. Mrs. Clover and her two children reside with her parents in Springfield, Ill.
CHARLES, born July 6, 1846, in Springfield, was attending Yale College in the early part of the rebellion, and left there in the latter part of 1863 to fill a position in the commissary department of the U. S. army. After the war he was an instructor in Bryant & Stratton's commer- cial college in Springfield for a short time. Charles Edwards was married in Spring- field Feb. IS, IS68, to Mary Hickox, daughter of Hon. Virgil Hickox. They have one child, FLORENCE, and reside in Springfield, Ill. Charles Edwards has been for ten years and is now connected with the Illinois State Fournal.
Hon. Ninian W. Edwards was elected in 1836 one of the representatives of San- gamon county in the State Legislature. He was one of the seven representatives and two senators from Sangamon county who really secured the removal of the State capital from Vandalia to Springfield. See the article "Long Nine" From IS36 to IS52 Mr. Edwards was in the State Legislature, either in the House or Senate. During that time he was a mem- ber of the convention that framned the State constitution of IS4S. In 1854 he was ap- pointed by the Governor, attorney before the board of commissioners to investigate the claims of canal contractors against the State, amounting to over $1,500,000. This was in the years 1852, '3 and '4. In 1854 Mr. Edwards was appointed by Gov. Mat- teson Superintendent of Public Instruction for the State of Illinois, and was afterward retained in office by the State Legislature until 1857. In the year 18- he drafted the law in regard to free schools, which was the first adopted in the State. He
was appointed by President Lincoln U. S. Commissary in 1862.
Hon. N. W. Edwards has found time, aside from his multifarious official duties, to devote to literary pursuits. His history of Illinois, including the life and times of Gov. Edwards, written on the invitation of the Illinois State Historical Society, is in many respects a work of rare excellence, and is regarded as a standard on the sub- jeets of which it treats.
EDWARDS, BENJAMINS., came to Sangamon county later than his brother, Hon. Ninian W. He has filled many official positions with ability. He stands pre-eminent in his profession, and is a member of the law firm of Stuart, Edwards & Brown, Springfield Ill.
EDWARDS, ELCEY, born in Adair county, Ky., and came to Sangamon county with his brother J. Jordan, in 1837 or S, married in Sangamon county to Emily Riggs. They had nine children.
GAMES ., born Sept. 10, IS40, mar- ried Lucinda Burton, have three living children, IDA MAY, BENJAMIN L., and EMMA, and reside five and one-half miles southwest of Loami.
ARCHIY L., born Nov. 13, 1842, en- listed April, 1861, in Co. G, 7th Ill. Inf., on the first call for 75,000 men, served three months, and eulisted in Sept., 1861, for three years, in Co. B, toth Ill. Cav., re-enlisted as a veteran Jan., 1864, and was honorably discharged Feb. 6, 1866. Ile resides with his brother, James A.
ALENANDER H., married Sarah Conner, have two children, and reside in Audrain county, Mo.
MARTHA MI., married John Adwell, who served as a Union soldier. They have five children, and reside in Ball town- ship.
YINE, married John Hilderman, have one child, and reside in Ball township.
ALFRED, ROBERT, AMAND.I and BETSY, reside with their parents, in Ball township.
EDWARDS, JAMES JOR- DAN, was born April 2, ISIS, in Adair county, Ky., was taken by his father, Henry Edwards, in 1825, to the vicinity of Jacksonville, Ill. In 1837 or 'S he came to Sangamon county, and about the same time his brothers, Elcey and William, and their sister, America J., came. J. Jordan Edwards was married in Sangamon coun-
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ty to Virginia Jarrett. They had five children-
GAMES, born about 1843, enlisted in 1862, in Co. B, 10th Ill. Cav., for three years, and died near Rolla, Mo., March S, 1 863.
MARY, born Feb. 17, 1845, married Nov. 21, 1861, to William L. Drury, who was born Sept. IS, 1836. They had five children, MARY E. died at seven, and JAMES M. at three years of age. JOHN WV., LAURA and CHARLES live with their parents, near Loami.
SARAH, born June 20, 1847, married Dec. 7, 1864, to Firman Price, who was born Sept. 1, 1839, in Monmouth county, N. J. He enlisted Aug. 14, 1861, at Springfield, for three years, in Co. A, 3d Ill. Cav., served more than full term, and was honorably discharged, Sept. 5, 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Price have four children, EDGAR N., MINNIE M., JOSEPH J. and FIRMAN L., and live in Loami township.
SIBYL married Martin Greer, have two children, and live in Missouri.
VIRGINIA married Blaney Pitts, had one child, and mother and child died.
Mrs. Virginia Edwards died April 5, 1852, and Mr. Edwards was married Oct. 1853, to Juliette Burton. They had six children-
HARRIET E., married Sept. 26, 1872, to James L. Mitchell, who was born March 17, 1850, in Morgan county. They live in Loami township.
EUNICE E., OSCAR F., STA- LEY, CHARLES and OLLIE, live with their parents, three and a half miles southwest of Loami.
EDWARDS, WILLIAM, born Aug. 27, 1822, in Adair county, Ky., came to Sangamon county in 1837 or S, with his brothers, J. Jordon & Elcey. He was married Oct. 18, 1840, to Mary Bur- ton. They had ten children; five died under three years.
WILLIAM D., born July 9, 1844, in Sangamon county, enlisted Nov. 25, 1861, in Co. B, 10th Ill. Cav., for three years, served full term and was honorably dis- charged, married Sarah Masters, have two living children, and reside in Montgomery county.
GAMES .1., died in 1863, aged eighteen.
HENRY N., ANDREW W., and MAGGIE, reside with their parents near Loami.
EDWARDS, AMERICA J., sister to J. Jordan, Elcey and William, was born in Morgan county, came to San- gamon county with her brothers, married Michael Morris, had four children, and he died near Knoxville, Iowa. She moved to Texas with her children.
EATON, JOHN, was born in 1791, in Bradford, Merrimack county, New Hampshire, and was married there. in IS13 to Mary Cook, who was born at the same place in 1793. Mr. Eaton came to Springfield in June, 1838. The family came in 1840, and in IS41 moved to Peters- burg, returning to Springfield in 1843. Of their children-
HIRAM G., born in 1814, in New Hampshire, came with the family to Springfield, married in 1850, at Fairfield, Iowa, and died about 1860, leaving a wid- ow and three children, PAGE, BELLE and ALBERT, in Kansas.
MARY f., born in 1816, in Bradford, N. H., married in Springfield, Ill., to Francis Clinton, a native of Burlington, Vermont. They had two children in Springfield, LAURA married Maj. E. S. Johnson. See his name. MARY married Carl O. Wederkinch, and died April 10, 1875, in Colorado. Francis Clinton and wife both died in Springfield.
THOMAS S., born about ISIS, in New Hampshire, came to Petersburg, Ill., in 1842, and died there in 1843.
PAGE, born Oct. 25, 1821, at Brad- ford, N. H., married May 25, 1852, in Springfield, Ill., to Margaret A. Lee, who was born August 12, 1832, in Delaware. They had six children, two of whom died under eight years. LELIA lives with her parents. KATE D., born June 8, IS55, married April 20, 1875, to Walter E. Powell, have one child, EMMA M., and live in Springfield. GRACE D. and WIL- LIE C. live with their parents in Spring- field.
BENJAMIN C. married in New Hampshire, and remained there.
LOVENLA, born in 1825, at Bradford, N. H .. married in Springfield to Thomas Lee, and died.
YOHN B., born Dec. 15, 1827, in Brad- ford, N. H., married in Sangamon county June 16, 1853, to Mary P. Jones, a native
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of Tennessee. They had ten children. SUSIE died young. MARY J., married Thomas Lee. See his name with the Conant family. WILLIAM W., AN- TIONETTE and ANTHONY-twins- CHARLEY, JESSIE, MAY, GRIF- FITH and DAISY; the eight latter live with their parents. J. B. Eaton lived in Springfield from 1839 to 1854, when he moved to Christian county, and came back to Springfield in 1866. He is now farming and grain dealing at Edinburg, but resides in Springfield.
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