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1860 Census-District South of Rocky Creek-Iredell, North Carolina
- John Eads-age 35-Farmer (John Jr.)
- Jane Eads-age 35-Wife
- Matilda Eads-age 15
- Martha Eads-age 13
- Newton Eads-age 7
- William C. Eads-age 4
- Noah W. Eads-age 2
- Mary Eads-age 66-Female-Widow (Mary Polly Massey-Eads)
- Franklin Eads-age 23-Farmer
- Alfred Eads-age 20-Farmer
This record shows that Alfred Eads served in the 1st Company A- in the Thirty-Fourth Infantry, Confederate Side. It shows his date of Enlistment to be:1 April 1864. He served for a period of three years at what looks like Camp Vance. From May-June 1864 his record shows him to be Missing in Action as listed on page 3 of his File. July-August 1864, shows him to be in absences as in arrest.Page 5 of his Muster Roll states that he has been absent without leave since 23 May 1864. Said page was dated Sept-Oct. 1864.
Prisoner of War Roll-Point Lookout Maryland:
This document shows him arriving in Port Royal, VA. 30 May, 1864. He was captured at Hanover Junction, May 23rd, 1864, exchanged 18 Sept. 1864.
Point Lookout, MD-Register No. 1, Pg. 144
The next Military Document that I have for Alfred Eads is:Roll of Prisoners of War-Page 7:
Paroled at Point Lookout, MD and transferred to Aikens Landing, Virginia 18 Sept. 1864, for exchange There is a notation at the bottom of this page of his record that reads:
"Recieved, Varina, Va,Sept.22, `64, from Jno E Mulford,Major and Asst. Agent for Exchange, ten hundred and eighty (1080) Confederate paroled prisoners of war on within rolls, including 64 officers,6 surgeons and chaplains, and 3 citizens. -W.H Hatch Asst agent of Exchange [Taken from Roll No.150, Fort Delaware,Del.]
Appears on Register of Medical Directors Office, Richmond, VA
It states:Winder Hospital to 1 October, 1864. Statesville, North Carolina is listed under the Remarks Section.
Appears on a list of passports furnished to furloughed and transferred men in General Hospital Camp Winder at Richmond, VA for the week ending 1 October, 1864:
Date 28 September, 1864, Statesville, NC.
Page 10- Register of Medical Directors Office, Richmond, VA This page of his file states that he was admitted to the hospital on 23 September, 1864. His Disease is listed as Scorbutus. What is Scorbutus? It appears to be some form of Scurvy. You will find information at the link and it talks about how common it was for the men who served in the Civil War.
Page 11- Register of C. S.A Hospital in Richmond, VA:
This record shows again that his diagnosis was Scorbutus and he was admitted 23 Sept. 1864 but this one goes on to state that he was given a 60 day furghlough on 4 Oct. 1864.
Page 12- Appears on Register of Receiving and Wayside Hospital-or General Hospital No. 9, Richmond, Virginia.
Admitted 22 Sept. 1864-Disposition: Winder (Name of the Hospital)
He served a total of 3 years in the service which would be the years 1864-1867
1870 Census-Mill Springs, Wayne, Missouri
- Alfred Eads-age 30-NC
- Julius Eads-age 8-NC-1862
- Jaine Eads-age 6- NC-1864
- James Eads-age 2-TN-1868
"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M4F4-V2D : accessed 16 Mar 2013), Alfred Eades, Missouri, United States; citing p. 21, family 141, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 552324.
1880 Census-Mill Spring-Wayne, Missouri
During this Census Alfred was living with his second wife Letitia McDaniel Eads in Mill Spring, Wayne, Missouri. Letitia was the sister of my Grandmother Amanda America Clementine McDaniel Eads and Alfred was the brother of my Grandfather William Franklin Eads, thus he was my Grand Uncle.
- Alfred Eads
- Letitia Eads
- Julus S. Eads-15 (child from 1st Marriage-Joel Sylvester Eads)
- Mary J. Eads-12 (child from 1st Marriage-Mary Jane)
- Jas. F Eads-10 (child from 1st Marriage James F (Franklin?) Eads
- John A Eads-8
- Gilbert A.Eads-6
- Sarah Eads-4 (Sarah Ellen Eads m. Ford)
- William F. Eads-3
- Rufus Eads-1
- Polley Eads-78 (Alfred`s Mother Mary Polly Massey Eads)
- Bill Helems (Helms) born 1858 in Indiana, Father born in KY Relationship not stated???
In order to try and track down the name of Alfred`s first wife I am going to do some digging on his children with her, whom I will list my findings below once I have came up with anything concrete. Stay tuned!
UPDATE NOTE: Special Thanks for the Photo used in this post goes to Charles Garrett who took the time to photograph the stone and create the memorial on Find A Grave website. Charles has generously given me permission to use the photograph on this blog and also transferred the memorial he created to me to manage. It appears as though the tombstone is new and so I am wondering which family member bought the stone and had it set? Charles tells me that there is also a second memorial created for Alfred in another Cemetery. I am doing some digging to find out which memorial should be the correct one. Will update when I know more.
Charles was also able to track down a Death Certificate for Alfred`s son listed on the census as:Julius S. His actual name was: Joseph Sylvester Eades. Now that I have that information I may be able to track down the name of these three children`s Mother. The name listed on the Death Certificate is to me illegible. It appears to be: "Matusha McDaniels" now I have to wonder if this is a misspelling for "Lutisha McDaniels" or perhaps it one of her sisters? She has a sister named: Mary McDaniels which I have been unable to track down this far. At any rate this bears some further research so I am going to open a post on Joseph Sylvester (Julus S. Eades) and continue this post there.
3/17/2013- It appears that Alfred`s daughter Sarah was named: Sarah Ellen Eads and she married a Ford. Alfred & Letitia also had a son named Noah.
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