The McDaniel`s, The Berryman`s & The Dishman`s

As you may be aware, if you have been following my blog for any length of time, I have been on the quest to find the parents of my paternal third great grandfather one Allen McDANIEL.

In order to locate him I have been using a combination of my genetic geneaology (DNA) and an old fashioned paper trail to lead me to them.

There are some commonalities within a few things that I did want to share here with you this evening. I am hoping some seasoned researcher out there will see this and can help me put the pieces together.

As I have spoke in times past, I look at each piece of my family history as pieces to a jigsaw puzzle. So here in this post I will be sharing a few of those pieces with you.

Some time ago I was introduced to some cousins via the Gedmatch website. Shortly thereafter I joined their group on Facebook (which regrettably I had to leave for a time due to the birth of our grandson and family issues taking up the biggest part of my time).  We all noted that we seemed to have a common tie to a gentleman named: Benjamin BERRYMAN.

Back then I could not make heads nor tails of that information as I had never heard the name before in all of my years of research.  Fast forward to this week and I will tell you some things that I have recently uncovered within the course of my research.

1. I found a Benjamin BERRYMAN living next to who I suspect is my 4th Great Grandfather one Allin McDANIEL in Rowan County, North Carolina.
2.One of said Benjamin BERRYMAN`s sons married a DISHMAN.
3.The DISHMAN family married into my EADS/EADES Family
4. The McDANIEL married into my EADS/EADES Family.
5.One of my cousins has who he believes to be his Great Grandfather (forgot how many generations back) named Joseph STEGALD who married one Sarah Luna McDANIEL. I do not know just how but I would be willing to bet that said Sarah is kin to my McDANIEL family.

Benjamin BERRYMAN Sr was born 7 December, 1699 in Westmoreland County, Virginia.  He married one, Elizabeth NEWTON.
It appears their son: James BERRYMAN married one Sarah DISHMAN.  There is a DISHMAN family website that lists some information for James BERRYMAN and wife Sarah DISHMAN.
That website is located HERE. There are lots of marriages between the DISHMAN, McDANIEL and BERRYMAN families.

My question is: Just how does this BERRYMAN family connect to me? Who were my fourth great grandparents?

I hope that I can begin to unravel these mysteries and more soon! Stay tuned!

Elijah MANNESS & Mary EADS

Last night I was excited to learn that I have a few new DNA matches and one of them listed the EADS surname. This was something I had been patiently waiting for. I contacted the person and she shared some names with me. Two of which are her great grandparents Elijah MANNESS and Mary EADS. Little is known of this couple from the information that she gave me so I have set out to see if I can track them down and see how they tie into my line. Apparently this line of the EADS family was in Henderson, Tennessee and it looks like that is where Mary was born around 1823.

I have done some preliminary research into this line and it appears as though there are numerous connections between the EADS and the MANESS families. I do not have the names of Elijah MANNESS or Mary EADS parents, I do have a list of their childrens names which I pulled from Ancestry and they bear further research on my part before I am willing to share them here. If anyone has any connections to this family, I would appreciate hearing from you. In the meantime I will be seeing what I can find on them and will post an update here as soon as I find anything remotely credible! Happy Hunting!

52 Ancestors: # 2- My Grand Aunt: Fern HARTLINE-CLARK

Today's story is about my Paternal Grandmothers sister, my grand Aunt. Her name was Fern HARTLINE by birth. In the photo to the left Aunt Fern is the lady on the right, the gentleman behind her is her husband Albert "Curly" CLARK.  To the left of them is my father Floyd "Junior" EADS and my Mother Margaret. The man next to my mother is my grand uncle Jimmy HARTLINE, Aunt Ferns older brother and also my grandmothers brother.  The two men on the far left are my Paternal Grandfather Columbus EADS and my Uncle Lloyd Gene "Teddy" EADS, my fathers brother.

Aunt Fern and Dad were pals. I remember my father telling stories of the two of them walking to school together. My father was full of mischief and was always doing or saying something silly. He related one story about a time they were on their way to school together and Aunt Fern stopped dead in her tracks and looked at him and said: "Hey Junior! You smell something?" of course Dad being the clown that he was, there was not a shy bone in his body he very vehemently stated: "Yeah! I messed in my pants!". I thought he would die laughing as he related that story to my mother and I one Sunday afternoon. Of course, my mother being one to become easily embarrassed just blushed and chuckled and said :"Oh Junior!".

Fern HARTLINE was born 6 May, 1931 to John Newman "Lack" HARTLINE and Alice Mae JOHNSON. She was the youngest of seven children born to John and Alice. She grew up in Liberty Township, which was about halfway between Dexter and Bernie, Missouri.

Aunt Fern and I share a Wedding Anniversary Date. She was married on 22 October, 1949 (exactly 38 years before my husband and I would wed on that date). She married Albert "Curly" CLARK. They were married in Arkansas, most likely Piggott in Clay County. Their place of residence was listed as Malden, Dunklin, Missouri.

Ancestry.com. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data:

"Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2011. "Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957," database, FamilySearch; from Arkansas Courts of Common Pleas and County Clerks. Digital images of originals housed at various county courthouses in the State of Arkansas. Marriage records.

After their marriage Aunt Fern & Uncle Curly lived in Malden and St. Louis for a little while, in 1958 they moved to Dexter, Stoddard, Missouri. Aunt Fern worked at the Hickory House Restaurant for a while and also the Dexter Memorial Hospital. She and Uncle Curly were of the Assembly of God faith and attended church in Essex, Stoddard, Missouri. 

Aunt Fern & Uncle Curly had two children born to their union, a Daughter named Judy Ann CLARK (AUBUCHON) and a son Albert "Larry" CLARK.

I remember visiting with Aunt Fern and Uncle Curly a few times as a child. I never knew my Paternal Grandmother, her sister, Bertha as she died before I was born, but I did get to know Aunt Fern.

                                  (c) Obituary as appeared in The Southeast Missourian on
                                       23 May, 1997

This post is part of the 52 Ancestors: 52 Weeks Challenge at No Story too Small

A Genealogy of the Eads Family

Today I wanted to share with you something that I found that I feel will be of interest to others who are researching the EADS family. I stumbled upon an Ebook created by one Donald LeRoy Eads M.D.

You can find his book HERE. The image to the left is of one Richard EEDES and was obtained under the Wikipedia Commons License for Public Domain.

I have yet to read through all of Dr. Eads book but I do look forward to getting into it as time permits. It appears he has put a lot of thought and hard work into it, which is something I can appreciate. I did take a quick peek at it and noticed some surnames that are coming up as cousin matches in my DNA results. I am hoping that this material will help me to narrow down those folks since I am most sure they come from my Paternal side of the family. Check out his book and be sure to thank him for his hard work and for sharing with us!

New EADS Info Added!

I wanted to post an update and let my readers know that I have added a new page on this blog. It is called Wayne County Missouri Roots. You will find the link at the top. What I have added on that page is my direct paternal line. My EADS family settled in Wayne County, Missouri after having came here from Iredell and Davie County, North Carolina along with some members of the McDANIEL family. I will be adding more content in the days to come as I have some other EADS and MCDANIEL ancestors to add to the page. For the most part it currently contains my Direct line from my Paternal Grandfather and his siblings all the way up to my 2nd Great Grandparents.

In spite of all my efforts I am still seeing some incorrect information floating around concerning Consadie EADES. I know I have been beating a dead horse here (no disrespect intended) but it is imperative that this erroneous information get corrected. I have updated Consadie`s page with some actual documentations verses just my word.

NOTE: If you came here due to a surname tag you will find the surname you are searching for on the Wayne County page of this website. Click the tab across the top task bar.

EADES & VEST Connections

In this post I am going to look at the connections between the EADS family and the VEST family.

I am looking precisley at my 4th Great Grandfather: Ezekiel EADES. Ezekiel was born about 1774 in Rowan County, North Carolina. On 12 January, 1799 in Rowan County, he married my Great x 4 Grandmother, Mary Polly BARROT. I am unsure who Grandmother Polly`s parents were, at this time.

Grandfather Ezekiel and Grandmother Polly had several children. On the 1820 Census there are 10 members total counted as living in the household. I personally can only account for the names of four of their children. This census lists the following household members:

• 2 Males under 10 (??? & ???)
• 1 Male 10-15 (Gilpen)
• 1 Male 16-18 (John Sr)
• 2 Males 16-25 (only count one of these males, see below) (Issac Ransom)
• 1 Male 45 and over (Ezekiel)
• 2 Females under 10 (Sarah Jane & ??? )
• 1 Female 10-15 (???)
• 1 Female 26-44 (Polly)

These older census records can sometimes be confusing because it appears as though they count members of the family twice. For example, the column that looks at Males 16-18 and another one that looks at Males 16-25. A male from 16-18 could be counted twice and entered in both columns. 

So, in this case we see that we have 2 males listed as being 16-25 and only 1 listed in the 16-18 bracket, therefore we should not count this as being 3 men, but rather 2, as the second one was likely counted twice. 

So, with that in mind we should look at this family as having the parents and 7 children.as the total count would really only be 9 since we have eliminated one male in the above age brackets. 

I notice during this research that there are two sons listed by the name John EADS. My Great x 3 Grandfather was John EADS. So one of these is him. One is listed as having the birth year of 1796 and the other with a birth year of 1815. I did not include the one with the 1796 birth year in the census above. I need to do some further research and see if one of these John gentleman can be eliminated.  I will update in another post once I am sure about this.

There is another marriage record for a Ezekiel EADS and Hannah VEST. I find this Ezekiel and wife Hannah on the 1850 Census and they are neighbors to one Harvey, Melissa, Polly and William VEST. I have to wonder if perhaps these were Hannah`s family. 

There is so much I do not know about my Grandfather Ezekiel EADS. I have thought perhaps Polly could be a second wife for him. I am going to be researching him in more detail in the next few days. This is not the only EADS & VEST Connection. My 3rd Great Grandfather`s brother and Ezekiels Son Gilpen EADS married a Martha Patsey VEST.  At this point in time I am unsure who Patsey`s parents were also and how they fit in.

If anyone else is researching these lines and has anything to add to this by all means leave me a message. Until next time....

John Jack EADS

This post is about my 2nd Great Grand Uncle known as John Jack EADS. He was the son of John EADS Sr and Mary Polly MASSEY, my 3rd Great Grandparents.

To the best of my knowledge John was born about 1829 in Wilkes County, North Carolina. He first married Louisa Jane LACKEY. I am just beginning to research this line so at present there are quite a few holes within this particular part of my tree. I am going to add them to my research project page. It appears that after Aunt Louisa died, Uncle Jack married for a second time. This time he married a woman that is surrounded by mystery to me. He name was Mary Manley COLLINS. I suspect the middle name of MANLEY will more than likely turn out to be a birth surname. But we shall see. Her first husband was Squire Henderson COLLINS, upon his death and several children later she married my Uncle Jack EADS and they had some children together. 

If anyone is researching this line I would love to hear from you, perhaps you can help me to fill in some holes in this section of my tree. 

Just from what little research that I have done it appears that Mary may have had some Melungeon roots. I know that is quite a mouthful. I have some interesting information that I plan on sharing in a future post about the Melungeon people. So be sure and stay tuned! 

Update on Consadie EADES Part 2

To read Part 1 go HERE

This post is a continuation of my prior post updating some new information on Consadie EADES-MCDANIEL that I wanted to share with my readers.

When we left off I was speaking about Ms. Wilson, in her article having stated that Albert MCDANIEL was the son of George and Merkie MCDANIEL and how I have not proven that statement to be true.

I did some thinking and granted this only a hypothetical statement and I do not have anything to back it up. I am only listing it here to see what others might think about it. Ms. Wilson was adamant about the fathers name being George and the mother being Merkie. We have ruled out George Washington MCDANIEL and America COPE. So lets assume that perhaps Allen MCDANIEL and Rebecca BART were actually named: George Allen MCDANIEL and America Rebecca BART? Bear with me for a minute. Naming traditions a lot of the times hold to the fact that parents name their first born after themselves and or grandparents. So, we can see that Allen and Rebecca`s first son was named: George and their daughter (My great x 2 Grandmother) was named: Amanda "America" Clementine McDANIEL. Perhaps they named their children after themselves? Its not far fetched, but is only my thinking. I intend to do some research to see if I can turn up any records that might point to this. Let me first say, I know one of the golden rules in Geneaology is to never assume anything. So, please let it be known this is ONLY an assumption on my part and I cannot prove it with facts, as of yet. So, take it for what its worth. If that is not the case then I have no clue where she got those names for Albert`s parents as my information proves that his parents were Allen MCDANIEL and Rebecca BART.

I want to share with you a census record from the year 1870. One should always pay close attention to the neighbors living nearby when you do research on any family. Often they are extended family members living in the family farm or nearby.

Lets take a look at each of the households represented on this census. I will number them and label their members below.

• Household # 41  Gilpen EADES
• Wife-Patsey (VEST) EADES
• Dolphus DISHMAN (Grandson)
• Rurass DISHMAN (Grandson)
• Household #42 Alfred DANIELS
• Emeline DANIELS (Wife)
• Rebecca DANIELS age 7 months
• Household #43 Lewis DANIELS
• Rainey (EADES) DANIELS wife
• Gilpen (age 2)
• Household # 44 Beccie DANIELS (Rebecca BART-MCDANIEL-Allen`s Wife, Alberts Mother)
• Margaret DANIELS-age 18 (Rebecca & Allen`s Daughter)
• Household #45 Albert DANIELS
• Fannie (EADES) DANIELS (this is Consadie)
• Patsey-Daughter-age 7 months.
• Household #46 Thelbert DISHMON
• Nancy-Wife
• Boyden DISHMON-Son-age 2
• Laura EADES-age 12-relationship not listed
• Household # 47 Ellis DAVIS (Not Visible in Screen Shot above but on actual census)
• Viney DAVIS (Melvina Vina EADES)
• Elizabeth
• Emeline
• James
• Israel
• Household #48 Amos WILLIAMS
• Judy
• Amost
• Hillis
• Joseph

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: New Hope, Iredell, North Carolina; Roll: M593_1144; Page: 135B; Image: 278; Family History Library Film: 552643.

I think that the 1870 census clearly shows us how these folks are related one to another. This looks to be the land or farm owned by Gilpen EADES as Ms. Speece was referencing in her article. (See Post 1). Lets explore those relationships.

1. Alfred MCDANIEL in household # 42 are the daughter and son in law of Gilpen and Patsey. Emeline is Jennie Jane EADES.
2. Lewis MCDANIEL in household #43 is the son of Allen MCDANIEL and Rebecca BART, his wife Rainey is the daughter of Gilpen and Patsey EADES.
3. Beccie DANIELS listed in household #44 is Rebecca BART, wife of Allen MCDANIEL and mother of Alfred, Lewis, Albert MCDANIEL.These boys married daughters of Gilpen and Patsey.
4. Household #45 is Albert and Consadie (Albert is living next door to his mother Rebecca and his father in law Gilpen EADES)
5. Household # 46 is Thelbert DISHMON. (Thomas Athlelbert DISHMON and his wife Nancy, Nancy is the daughter of Gilpen EADES)
6. Household # 47- Melvina Lavina EADES daughter of Gilpen & Patsey she married Alexander Ellis DAVIS.

I am not sure at this time where the WILLIAMS family fits in but know they tie in somehow. Please note that Melvina and Alexander DAVIS had a daughter and they named her: America Merila (Merky) DAVIS. So in that case we can see that the name America was shortened to Merky.

Note: I am not certain that the above Alfred MCDANIEL is the son of Rebecca and Allen MCDANIEL. I have to do some more research to see where he fits in at. 

Stay tuned for more updates. I think I have conclusivley proved time and again that Consadie EADES married Albert Allen MCDANIEL and that Albert Allen MCDANIEL was the son of Allen MCDANIEL and Rebecca BART. What more does anyone need to see this fact? The records speak for themselves.

Update on Consadie EADES MCDANIEL

Part One (See Part 2 for the continuation of this post after reading this one)

Today I have been doing some more research on the MCDANIEL and EADES families. Namely Consadie and Allen MCDANIEL.

The Iredell County Genealogical Society was kind enough to send me a copy of the article written on the  McDANIEL family contributed by Hazel Speece WILSON (See my prior posts for more on said article).

After having read through the article I decided to do some more research. I know there has been some confusion in the past as to the actual name for Consadie. I have seen it spelled in a variety of ways. I have put together a table with the spellings from each of the census years along with the spelling on her death certificate.



As you can see she has often been referred to as Fanny, Cansada, Cansady, Kansadie and even Soda! I have also seen the name MCDANIEL being written in a variety of ways. Take a look at the spelling on the 1930 census, they spelled it DANTIS.  I have seen DANIELS, DANIEL, MCDANIEL, MCDANIELS. MCDONNELL, MCDONALD......etc.

This week during my Genealogical studies we were learning about how we need to pay close attention to names and their derivatives.  Surnames often change through the years as well.

In the article that I got in today`s mail , Ms. Wilson stated that Consadie married Albert McDANIEL who was the son of George and Merkie MCDANIEL. That has puzzled me for some time because I clearly find him living in the house with Allen and Rebecca MCDANIEL and is listed as their son. So, given that bit of information I decided to go back into my files and see what I could find.

The only logical person that made since name wise was Allen`s brother, George Washington MCDANIEL and his wife America Loutisha COPE PARKS. Now it is obvious that there is no way that Allen could have been the son of his brother George and his wife America. But I kept wondering where Ms. Wilson could have gotten the name "Merkie" from? The only thing that made since was a derivative of America aka Merica or Merkie?? So, I decided to see if I could find anyone else in the area named George MCDANIEL with a wife named Merkie.

There is a second George Washington MCDANIELS and he married one Susannah "Susan" WILLIAMS. This George was the son of John Allen MCDANIEL and Rachael STEWART.  This George had a son named Albert Spencer MCDANIEL but he married one  Ida Jane SUMMERS. This Albert was born in 1867 in Davie County, North Carolina. In 1900 he was living with his wife Ida and there children so this rules this Albert MCDANIEL out, he could not be two places at once so there is no way he could have been Consadie`s husband.

The third George McDANIELS that I found was a son of  Lewis MCDANIELS and Rainey A. T. EADES, remember that Rainey was the sister to Consadie.  Lewis was the son of Allen MCDANIEL and Rebecca BART. This George was born in 1874. He married one Mary Jane RUPARD. Mary was the daughter of Caleb Phillip RUPARD and Lellice L CASEY. To my knowledge they did not have a son named Albert.

To Save space and give you a chance to take a break, I am going to continue this in Part 2 in the next post.

John & Ezekiel EADES of North Carolina

Today's post is going to be dealing with my 3rd Great Grandfather John EADES and his parents as well as his son, who by the way is also named John.

Apparently there are several men with the name John EADES from North Carolina as well as there are several men with the name Ezekiel EADES.

It took me a bit to figure out how each of these men directly fit into my line. I still have some work to do on each of them but this entry is going to be the basis for my next research project.

Note: Information posted in this entry is in the beginning stages of my research and some or all of it may change in the future as I uncover new details and sources to back them up. Information gleaned from this particular post should be used only as "clues" and back them up with your own in-depth research. 

For years I have been told that my 3rd great grandfathers name was: John EADES/EADS who married a woman named Louisa Jane LACKEY. I think that at this point in time I can safely conclude that that is an erroneous bit of information.

John EADES who married Louisa Jane LACKEY is instead my 2nd Great, Grand Uncle. It appears as though his name may have been: John Jack EADES and his first wife was Louisa Jane LACKEY and his second wife: Mary Manly COLLINS. Mary was previously married to one Henderson COLLINS and to my knowledge nobody currently knows Mary`s maiden name. Some have suggested Manly, however it has not been proven that I am aware of.

This John EADES was a brother to my 2nd Great Grandfather William Franklin "Frank" EADES Sr and they both are the sons of one John EADES Sr. who married Mary Polly MASSEY. It appears that John Sr. may be the son of one Ezekiel EADES and his wife Mary Polly BARRETT.

Now, I have uncovered the fact that there at least three and maybe four men with the name Ezekiel EADES residing in North Carolina around the same time. It is going to be my mission to sort these men and see if they may be somehow related or connected one to another.

To the best of my knowledge at this point in time my 4th Great Grandfather Ezekiel EADES was born in Rowan County in the year 1774. He married my 4th Great Grandmother Mary Polly BARRET on 12 January, 1799 in Rowan County, North Carolina.

North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8Z3-HL9 : accessed 09 Apr 2013), Ezekiel Eeds and Polly Barrot, 12 Jan 1799.

The marriage date and their suggested years of birth are currently all the information I have on this elusive couple. Ezekiel was born abt. 1774 and I do not have a birth date for Polly. However, some have suggested she died in 1886 after having lived in Rowan NC all her life. I do however have a Civil War file on one Ezekiel EADES that I have yet to filter through and cannot say for certain that it applies to him, it may belong to another man with the same name. I will be going through that this evening and seeing if it doe tie into him. If so, I will post an update on the research projects page of this website.

If anyone has any sourced information on this couple I would appreciate hearing from you! In the meantime I can say that I have been researching the history of Rowan County and will be adding said information from my findings to this website soon. The map above came from Wikipedia and is a part of the Wikipedia Commons File (Public Domain).

I have found EADES relation in the following North Carolina counties during the 1700-late 1800 periods:

• Wilkes County
• Alexander County
• Iredell County
• Rowan County
• Catawaba County
• Davie County

The above list is in no particular order, I just listed them in the order that I remembered them from my research. It also should not be considered an all inclusive listing. From what I can gather these counties surrounded one another and may have in fact been a part of one another at some point in time due to boundary changes.

I have located members of the LACKEY family prominently residing in Alexander County, North Carolina specifically. I have also located members of the BARRETT family as well. I am unsure who the parents of my Great Grandmother Mary Polly BARRETT is at this point in time.

That is about all that I have for this update. As my research progresses I will be sure to update this site. So stay tuned!

4-9-13:8:38 p.m CST Update: I just found the following record which I am looking into

	the North Carolina Wills B. page 163
Excerpt:	1809 August. BARRETT, THOMAS, Nancy (wife), Polly, Fanny and Aples.

I copied and pasted the above content from Ancestry website. As soon as I have time I am going to see if maybe this is my Polly`s family? Stay tuned!

Sarah Ellen Eads Hicks Ford

Sarah Ellen Eads was the daughter of Alfred Eads and Letitia Eads nee McDaniel. She married a Ford in Wayne County, Missouri.

The Death Certificate for Sarah gives us the following information:

• Alfred Eads, father born in North Carolina.
• Date of Death 17 February, 1911
• Cause of Death: Measles which she had had for 21 days
• Place listed as: Black River Twp. Wayne, Missouri
• Buried at Green Hill Cemetery, Wayne, Missouri 
• Informant was Jim Ford (Sarah`s Husband)

 We find the couple listed on the 1910 Census in Saint Francois, Wayne, Missouri:

    James Ford     M     35y     Missouri
    Ellen Ford     F     35y     Missouri
    Claud Ford     M     10y     Missouri
    George Ford     M     7y     Missouri
    Gladys Ford     F     1y     Missouri
    Ed Hicks     M     16y     Missouri
    Willie Hicks     M     14y     Missouri
    Mary Hicks     F     12y     Missouri
    Benjamin Hicks     M     9y     Missouri
    Ella Hicks     F     6y     Missouri
"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLMZ-48N : accessed 17 Mar 2013), James Ford, Saint Francois, Wayne, Missouri; citing sheet 4B, family 66, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374840.

I am unsure who the Hicks children are that are living with James and Sarah unless perhaps Sara was married to a Hicks Prior to this marriage and those are her children from the prior marriage?

I might make mention there is a 1900 Census for Mill Spring Twp., Wayne, Missouri that lists the following:

• James Ford-age 24-MO
• Jennie Ford-age 20-MO
• Claude Ford-age 1-MO

United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3D2-G1F : accessed 17 Mar 2013), James Ford, 1900

Looking at the above census we now can conclude that Jim must have had a wife prior to Sarah and her name was Jennie, thus she is the mother of Claude.

I did a little more digging and turned up the following information for this family:

It seems Jim`s full name is: James Henry Ford and he was the son of  Albert C. Ford & Nancy A. Clemons. Jim`s first wife was named:Nancy J. "Jennie" Macum or Macow. James and Nancy were married: 25 September, 1898 in Wayne County, Missouri.

James & Nancy had the following children together:

• James Claude Ford b.1898
• William George Ford b.1903

 James then married Ellen Hicks which must have been Sarah Ellen Eads and she had previously married a man named Hicks and as I had previously stated the Hicks children are from her first marriage. So then it would appear that Sarah and James had the following children born of their marriage together:

• Gladys Ford b.1909

Sarah Ellen Eads first married Isacc Franklin Hicks from Kentucky. They were married 21 December 1892 in Wayne County, Missouri. After Issac`s death, Sarah then married James Henry Ford.

*NOTE: I thought that this would be something of a good nature to note for Ford family researchers. I have turned up several death certificates for Ford men that stated their cause of death to be: "Acute Myocardial Infarction with Coronary Occlusion".  That basically means:Complete Obstruction of an Artery of the Heart.  Given the fact that his may be familial it might be good to get some Genetic Testing done. I can recommend 23andme as far as their DNA testing, they test for a wide range of genetic diseases. Its always good when doing genealogy to have this test done so that future generations can see what health risks they have. I have had mine tested and waiting on the results and hubby will be getting his tested soon as well.

Moving on I have located a death certificate for James Claud Ford son of James and Jennie Ford nee Macum.

• Born 7 October 1899
• Died 6 Aug 1958
• Parents Jame Ford & Jennie Macum
• Wifes name: Grace Anthony Ford
•  Cause of Death: Hypostatic Pneumonia, Apoplexy, Hypertension contributing factor: Inordinate Obesity.
•  He died at Poplar Bluff Hospital, Poplar Bluff, Mo and laid to rest in Sparkman, Cemetery.

More to come soon! 

James Henry Ford (c) Claud "Sonny" Miller

                             James Henry Ford, father of James Claud Ford and William George Ford,   Grandfather of Dorothy Lorene Ford Miller and Floyd and Glen Ford. Husband to Nancy "Jennie" Macom, then Sarah Ellen Eads, his third wife`s name was Lilly.  Photograph donated by Claud "Sonny" Miller. Please click the link under the photo to visit Claud`s Find a Grave page and see the memorials that he has created for members of the Ford family and other allied families.
 

Two Gilbert Eads in Wayne County, MO?

Gilbert A. Eads was the son of Alfred Eads and Letitia Eads nee McDaniel. It appears in the course of my research that there may have been two Gilbert Eads living in Wayne County, Missouri and some researchers have gotten them mixed up. Again, I cannot stress this enough, it is very important to never base your research on "hearsay" and research something yourself.

The second Gilbert Eads I have found was named: Gilbert Elbert Eads. I have located a death certificate for this Gilbert and it has the following information:

• Gilbert Elbert Eads lived at Route #1, Piedmont, Missouri
• Wifes name: Martha Eads
• Born 1 March, 1871
• 69 yrs, 10 mos, 17 days of age at time of death
• Lists his fathers name as: Gilbert Elbert Eads (Should be Alfred Eads)
• Mothers name listed as Unknown
• Informant: Asa Eads of Piedmont (Nephew to Gilbert)
• Died 17 January, 1941
• Cause of Death: Carcinomatosis of Peritoneal Cavity,Lite of primary cause unknown, diagnosis made at Desloge Hospital, St. Louis, Mo. Contributed by: Terminal Pneumonia
• Buried at New Liberty Cemetery in Wayne County, Missouri.

I have found a Civil War pension record for one Gilbert A. Eads aka Albertson Gilbert. I am unsure if this is the same Gilbert that is the focus of this post (Son of Alfred & Letitia) It is worth making mention of this finding though at this point until I have ruled it out.  The record is dated 5 April, 1892. Company G 16, Wis. Inf. I assume that to be Wisconsin?

United States, Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4P8-53B : accessed 17 Mar 2013), Gilbert A. Ead, 1892.

 There is a story circulating online that one Gilbert Eads was shot to death over a girlfriend. I think that we have proved it could not have been Gilbert Elbert Eads at this point. Although people are purporting it to have been none other than Gilbert Elbert Eads!

Now, to make matters worse, I have found the following in a 2009 Ancestry Tree File by Priscilla Brewen Wade:

Ms. Wade shows Gilbert Elbert Eads to have been the son of our Alfred Eads and Letitia McDaniel and that he married one: Martha Eads who was the daughter of James Newton Eads and Martha Jane Eads nee Allen. James Newton was the son of my Great, Great, Great Grandfather John Eads and his wife Louisa Jane Eads nee Lackey.

She states a marraige date for the couple as:7 December, 1892 in Wayne County, Missouri. Ms. Wade has the following children listed for the couple:

•   James N. Eads
•   Arthur Lee Eads
•   Ollie E Eads
•   Roy E. Eads
•   Bessie R. Eads
•   Ray Eads
•   Robert Eads
•   Dollie J. Eads

 If the information she has it true then we must conclude the following information concerning Gilbert Elbert Eads:

1. The  Death Certificate for Gilbert Elbert Eads to have incorrectly listed his Fathers Name. 
2. The Census that lists the son of Alfred Eads and Letitia McDaniel to have been wrong when it listed their child as being one: Gilbert A. Eads.
3. The story floating around online that Gilbert was shot to be incorrect as well! 
4. The Gilbert Albertson Eads whose Civil War Pension record I found to not have anything to do with this family at all, at this point in time. It could be someone else entirely. 

Gilbert Eads is listed on the 1940 Census for Wayne, Missouri, St. Francois Twp. He is living with his wife Martha which backs up Ms. Wades claim that they were a couple.

• Gill E. Eads age 66, born Missouri
• Martha J. Eads, age 63, born Missouri

  "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K7WR-K4H : accessed 17 Mar 2013), Gill E Eads, St. Francois Township, Wayne, Wayne, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 112-12, sheet 6A, family 113, NARA digital publication T627, roll 2163. 

More to come soon! 
    

Joel Sylvester (Julus S.) Eades

According to information contained within his Death Certificate:Joel Sylvester Eades aka Julus S. Eades was born 25 January, 1860 in North Carolina (most likely Iredell County). He was the son of Alfred Eades and his first wife, who at this time appears to have been named: Mathusha McDaniels. See my note at the bottom of the listing for Alfred Eades for more information on my current theory as to who his mother really is. The death certificate goes on to state his date of death as: 25 July, 1944. His wife`s name is listed as: Ellen Eades.

Now, lets create a timeline for Joel and note that these are in no particular order.

I decided to begin with the 1920 Census which is the first one I came across that listed Joel. At the time this census was taken Joel was 62 years old and his year of birth is listed as 1858 in North Carolina. He is listed as being widowed. He is living in the household of one William Aldrich and wife Cora.

• William Aldrich-age 36-born Missouri
• Cora Aldrich-20-born Missouri
• Juel S. Eads-age 62-born North Carolina

 United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M88D-MT6 : accessed 17 Mar 2013), Juel S Eads in household of William Aldrich, , Wayne, Missouri; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet 2B, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820963.

1940 Census-St. Francois Twp., Wayne County, Missouri

Head	Parker A Eaton	M	38	Missouri
Wife	Hazel Eaton	F	32	Missouri
Daughter	Rose M Eaton	F	14	Missouri
Daughter	Bonnie R Eaton	F	13	Missouri
Son	Lonnie A Eaton	M	10	Missouri
Daughter	Amy A Eaton	F	6	Missouri
Daughter	Darlis Eaton	F	3	Missouri
Lodger	Julius S Eads	M	78	North Carolina

United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K7WR-G98 : accessed 17 Mar 2013), Julius S Eads in household of Parker A Eaton, St. Francois Township, Wayne, Wayne, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 112-12, sheet 7B, family 148, NARA digital publication T627, roll 2163.

1880 Census;Mill Springs, Wayne, Missouri

Self	A. Eades	M	45	North Carolina, United States
Wife	Loutisia Eades	F	37	North Carolina, United States
Son	Julus S. Eades	M	15	North Carolina, United States
Daughter	Mary J. Eades	F	12	North Carolina, United States
Son	Jas. F. Eades	M	10	North Carolina, United States
Son	John A. Eades	M	8	Missouri, United States
Son	Gilbert A. Eades	M	6	Missouri, United States
Daughter	Sarah Eades	F	4	Missouri, United States
Son	William F. Eades	M	3	Missouri, United States
Son	Ruffus Eades	M	1	Missouri, United States
Mother	Polley Eades	F	78	North Carolina, United States
Other	Bill Hellems	M	22	Indiana, United States

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6NJ-N9J : accessed 17 Mar 2013), Julus S. Eades in entry for A. Eades, 1880.

 1900 Census:St Francois Twp. Wayne, Mo

Head	Lutitia Eads	F	50	North Carolina
Son	Julius S Eads	M	38	North Carolina
Son	William Eads	M	23	Missouri
Son	Noah Eads	M	19	Missouri

United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3DL-DMG : accessed 17 Mar 2013), Julius S Eads in entry for Lutitia Eads, 1900

1910 Census:St. Francois, Wayne, Missouri

• Juel Eads-age 40-Widowed
• Noah Eads-age 27 (Juel`s brother)
• Annie Eads-age 15 (Noah`s wife)   

I was able to track down a Death Certificate for Joel`s wife, it appears as though he often went by the nickname:Jule Eads. Here is the info gleaned from his wifes death certificate:

Ella Ellen Eads
Age 39
Born: 4 March 1867 somewhere in Missouri
She was 77 yrs, 7 mos, 24 days of age at the time of her death.
She was a Housewife
Her Parents names were not listed and unknown.
The informant was listed as: John Waller
She is listed as being Widowed
She died 28 October, 1944 in Piedmont, Wayne, Missouri
Cause of Death: Pneumonia, Influenza, Aortic Stenosis
Buried at: Mill Creek MillSpring Cemetery 

More Information Coming Soon!!

   Ok, so it appears as though the above Ellen must have been a second wife for Joel. As he states in earlier census records that he is a Widower and given the fact he never appears in any census I have found with a wife, I have come to the conconclusion that he must have married a second time after the latest census record I have in 1940. He died in July of 1944 and then this wife Ellen passed away in October of that same year so they could not have been married long.

Eli Wyatt Eads

Eli Wyatt Eads was born 10 March 1862 in Davie County, North Carolina. He was the son of William Franklin Eads and Amanda America Clementine Eads nee McDaniel. He married one Mary Alice Allen. Mary was born 11 December, 1867 somewhere in Tennessee and she died 17 January, 1924 in Parma, New Madrid, Missouri she was buried at Stevens Cemetery in Parma, New Madrid, Missouri.

The 1900 Census for St. Francois Twp. Wayne, Missouri enumerated on June 12-13,1900 shows the family listed as follows:

• Eli Wyatt Eads-age 37
• Mary A. Eads.age 32-born December, 1867
• Benjamen Franklin Eads-age 13-born Nov. 1886
• Henry H. Eads-age 11-born Jan. 1889
• Lucy M. Eads-age 9-born Jan.1891
• Eli M. Eads-age 7-born March 1893
• Frances B. Eads-age 4-Born Sept 1895
• Louis Eads-age 2-Feb 1897

Mary and Eli had been married 14 years when this census was taken. It also states that Mary is the mother of 6 living children.

The 1910 Census For St. Francois Wayne County lists Eli and his wife Mary and the following children:

• Lucy age 19
• Eli age 17
• Belle age 14 (Frances Belle)
• Edward-age 10 (Louis?)
• Jane-age 8
• Joseph-age 6
• Bessie-age 2

 By 1910 we add three more children to the family so now we show a total of them having had: 9 Children.

By the 30 of March,1920 Census the family has left Wayne County and moved to Parma, Como Township, New Madrid County, Missouri. This Census shows Eli and wife Mary and the following members of the household:

• Joseph A.-Son-Age 15
• Meacie B. (Bessie)-Daughter-age 11 yrs,7 mos
• Nellie Q.-age 6 yrs, 3 mos
• Eli M. age 2yrs-2 mos
• Lilly Mae-Daughter-in-Law-age 25
• Jennie N.-age 1-Granddaughter

Living right next to them in the next household was their son Louis E. age 22 and Daughter-in-law, Linda, age 22.

 By 1930, Eli`s wife Mary had passed away and he was now living with their oldest son and his wife in Scott Twp., Poinsett, Arkansas. The members of that household were as follows:

• Benjamen Franklin Eads-age 43
• Zella Eads nee Sheets-age 37
• Eli W.-Father-age 67
• Lottie A. Sheets-age 24-Sis-in-Law
• Rosie M. Edwards-age 5-Niece (I assume this is Lottie`s Daughter)

Eli is listed as having been Married 21 years but listed as Widowed. We know from Mary Alice death certificate that she passed away in 1924.

1935- Residence inferred from 1940 Census as Rural, Dunklin County, Missouri.

1940 Census-Duck Creek Twp.,Stoddard, Missouri Census enumerated on 5 April, 1940

• Mac Eads (Eli Mac) age 46 Head of Household
• Lillie-age 45
• Edward-age 18
• Willie-age 16
• Charlie-age 14
• Ruby-age 12
• Robert-age 10
• Roy-age 8
• Ray-age 6
• Richard-age 4
• E.W Eads-Father-age 78

 Eli Wyatt Eads passed away 1 April, 1942 in Duck Creek, Stoddard County, Missouri. He was laid to rest in New Prospect Cemetery in Silva, Wayne, Missouri

Darthula Dalue Eads nee Smith

Dorthula Dalue Eads nee Smith was born 25 August, 1873. She was the daughter of one Charles Franklin and Lucinda Smith. Lucinda`s maiden name is unknown to me at this time. Dorthula is said to have been born near Lodi, Missouri.

On 29 February, 1896 in Wayne County, Missouri, Dorthula married one William Franklin Eads Jr, son of William Franklin Eads Sr and Amanda America Clementine Eads nee McDaniel.

Dorthula and William had six children: Frank, Buck,Mollie Camaline, Columbus Franklin, James Arnold and Ruth.  Their daughter Mollie married a Pearl Marion Tipton son of Richard "O" Dick Tipton and Mary Lavina Eliza Leach. Their daughter Ruth married a Nicholson.

Granny as she was lovingly called is said to have had beautiful red hair. I am guessing that must be where some of my reddish high lights came from!

Darthula passed away 13 November 1963 in or near Greenville, Wayne County, Missouri. She was laid to rest at the New Prospect Cemetery in Silva, Wayne County, Missouri.

Ezekiel Eads Sr

Ezekiel Eads/Eades Sr is the main person that I have been able to trace my lineage to thus far. He was born Circa 1773 in Rowan County, North Carolina. I am not real certain of his exact place of birth as of yet. So please do not use that date as concrete until I am able to verify it some how. 

There is a marriage record between Ezekiel Eades and Polly Barret/Barrot for 12 January 1799 in Rowan, North Carolina.

1860 Census for The Upper Division, Wilkes County, North Carolina we find:

• Ezekiel Eades age 86
• Hannah Eades age 50

  United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD63-NJ2 : accessed 12 Mar 2013), Hannah Eades, , Wilkes, North Carolina; citing p. 53, family 393; NARA microfilm publication M653, FHL microfilm 803918.

The above record states that Ezekiel and Hannah both were born in North Carolina. I assume this Hannah to be one Hannah Vest of whom I have also located a marriage record between her and Ezekiel Eades they were married abt 1854. Apparently researchers believe that Ezekiel first married Polly and they had children and then when she died he married the widow Vest and she also had children from a prior marriage as well.

Now to confuse things even more another researcher states she has found the following record concerning Ezekiel and his marriage to Polly:
 -Ezekiel Eades m. Polly Barrett on Jan. 12, 1829 Lexington, Davidson Co., NC--this taken from online Family Search International Genealogical Index Batch #5007487, Sheet 22. Also noted in NC Birth, Marriage, Death Records, no further info. known at this time. (2006,CarolBall12)

I am going to list here a reply that I also made on the message above back in 2009:

 Ok, I know these posts are a few years old but I am also doing research on my EADS family and have been for years. I would like to make some corrections as I see it to these confusing posts here. lol First off let me say that my Great, Great, Grandfather was William Franklin EADS who married Amanda America Clementine MCDANIEL-EADS. In the Goodspeeds History of Southeast Missouri, Great, Grandfather William stated his parents were John EADS and Mary Polly MASSEY. There is some confusion online as to which John EADS, I have often seen posts referring to him being the son of John EADS and Louisa Jane LACKEY. That isnt true. The John EADS JR that married Louisa Jane LACKEY was the brother of William Franklin EADS and they both are the son of John EADS SR. I can prove it with the 1860 Census for Iredell County, North Carolina South of Iredell Creek:

Listed in this household are:

John Eads -age 35-born abt 1825 North Carolina
Jane Eads-age 35-born abt 1825 in North Carolina
Matilda b-1845 in NC
Martha-1847 in NC
Newton-Age 7
William C- Age 4
Noah W-Age 2
Mary-Age 66-Abt 1794 in NC
Franklin Age 23
Alfred Age 20

Great Grandfather William F EADS was often referred to as "Franklin" or "Frank" and his wife has often been referred to "Annie" or "Manda". Also, there seems to be some confusion as to whether Ezekiel EADS and Mary Polly BARRETT EADS had a daughter named Angeline and if you read the above posts you will get what I am referring too. I believe this to be an error, because if you note in the census info I listed above, there is a Mary EADS age 66 living in the household of John and Jane, this is their mother Mary Polly MASSEY-EADS and the two boys Franklin and Alfred are Marys Sons and Brother to John. Ok, the other census that people online are referring to regarding the father of John EADS SR as being Ezekiel EADS and Mary Polly BARRETT and having the daughter named Angeline, I do find a 1850 Census for Iredell North Carolina with a Man named Ezekiel EADS born abt 1825 and a wife named Mary also born abt 1825 along with a daughter named Angeline who was age 3 at the time the Census was taken. If you think about it there is no way this Ezekiel EADS could be the parents of John EADS who is the father of William F. John JR and Alfred, as he was born in 1825. Im thinking this Ezekiel was the brother to William F. John JR and Alfred EADS. Which leaves us back to square one, if there is an Ezekiel EADS who in fact is the father of John EADS SR, I have yet to find any documentation for him. That is why it is very important to pay very close attention to all these dates when we are doing research and find a supporting document to back it up. Can anyone else shed any light on this family and if in fact John`s father was Ezekiel EADS

Ok, it seems back then that my thinking was whether or not in fact Ezekiel Eades was the father of John Eades or not. Lets just say the jury is still out. I am doing some more research and just consider this post research notes if nothing else. I have done so much research on my husbands family over the past couple of years that I pretty much had lain aside my Eads research. I am devoting some time between college classes to get everything put together and documented. I would enjoy hearing from other researchers out there who may have something to add to this exploration!