Roots: My Hunsaker Genealogy

Hartmann Hunsaker birth unknown. He married Anna Stirtz (b. ? d. ?). He died unknown.

1. John Hunsaker b. 22 MAY 1728 d. JUL 1815 m. Magdalena Bieri

John Hunsaker was born 22 MAY 1728 in Switzerland. He married Magdalena Bieri (b. 1731/32 d. 1796)  on 15 MAY 1750 in Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He died July 1815 in Jonesboro, Union County, Illinois.

1. Abraham Hunsaker b. 25 APR 1763 d. 13 NOV 1841 m. Mary Jane Snider

Abraham Hunsaker was born 25 APR 1763 in Manheim Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Jane Snider (b. 1766 d. 1843) about 1784 in Union County, Illinois. He died 13 NOV 1841 in Jonesboro, Union County, Illinois. *

1. John Hunsaker b. 14 SEP 1793 d. 5 NOV 1851 m. Sophia Gunther Craig

John Hunsaker was born 14 SEP 1793 in Union, Illinois. He married Sophia Gunther Craig (b. ? d. ?) on 8 JAN 1837 in Illinois. He died 5 NOV 1851.

Samuel Thorp Hunsaker, Sr. was born 3 JUN 1814 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He married Susan Mills (b. 1827 d. 18 FEB 1864). He died 3 JAN 1867 in Anna, Union County, Illinois. He is buried on private property in Anna.

1. John Manley Hunsaker b. 25 AUG 1851 d. 3 DEC 1901 m. Louisa Gardener Badgley
2. Andrew Jackson Hunsaker b. 1855 d. 1909
3. Mary Jane Hunsaker b. 1856 d. 1920 m. Roberts
4. Jefferson Hunsaker b. 1862 d. 1934
5. Willis J. Hunsaker b. 1867 d. 1884

John Manley Hunsaker was born 25 AUG 1851 in Anna, Union County, Illinois. He married Louisa Gardener Badgley (b. 20 NOV 1860 d. 14 MAR 1923) on 27 OCT 1877 in Monroe County, Illinois. He died 3 DEC 1901 in Olden, Howell County, Missouri. He is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden, Dunklin County, Missouri.

1. Myrtle Louis Hunsaker b. 30 DEC 1878 d. 5 NOV 1959 m. Hamilton
2. Joseph Carl Hunsaker b. 1880 d. 1949
3. Nellie E. Hunsaker b. 1882 d. 1968 m. Goodman m. Littlepage
4. Florence Hunsaker b. 1888 d. 1966 m. Knight
5. John Edward Hunsaker b. 1891 d. 1974
6. Lucy Nessie Hunsaker b. 1893 d. 1968 m. David Crockett Bare
7. Nora Hunsaker b. 1898 d. 1979 m. Bennett
8. Adaline Hunsaker b. 1899 d. 1993 m. Robinson

Lucy Nessie Hunsaker was born 12 JUL 1893 in Bartlett, Shannon County, Missouri. She married David Crockett Bare (b. 9 SEP 1890 d. 12 MAY 1978) on 21 FEB 1913 in Malden, Dunklin County, Missouri. She died 18 SEP 1968 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. She is buried in Mountain Home Cemetery.

1. Goldie Mae Bare b. 18 JUL 1914 d. 4 AUG 1986 m. Richard Lester Stricklin
2. Mildred Louise Bare b. around 1914 m. Booth
3. Herbert Clifford Bare b. 21 NOV 1923
4. Richard Arnold Bare 1935
5. Betty Elizabeth Bare b. ? m. Jones
6. Mary Lee Bare b. ? m. Presser
7. Harold Bare b. ?
8. John David "JD" Bare b. ?

Goldie Mae Bare was born 18 JUL 1914 in Parma, Campbell County, Missouri. She married Richard Lester Stricklin (b. 27 SEP 1910 d. 22 JUL 1982) on 30 JUL 1932. She died 4 AUG 1986 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.

1. Joan Jocyline Stricklin b. 6 SEP 1934 d. 8 MAR 2013 m. Robert Stephenson
2. Living Female Stricklin b. 7 SEP 1936 m. Living Male Elzinga
3. Living Female Stricklin b. 28 FEB 1939 m. William Walz
4. Donald Eugene Stricklin b. 12 AUG 1940 d. 15 SEP 1943
5. Carol Lynn Stricklin b. 16 AUG 1944 d. 7 SEP 1993 m. Roger Johnson
6. Living Female Stricklin b. 7 DEC 1952 m. Living Male Noel

Living Female Stricklin was born 7 DEC 1952 Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. She married Living Male Noel on 20 MAR 1971 in Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. *

1. Living Male Noel b. 8 JAN 1972
2. Living Female Noel b. 24 NOV 1973 m. Living Male Norman



 *Information for this family comes from a typewritten page labeled "Hunsaker Genealogy 1969" , written by John E. Hunsaker, in possession of Hunsaker Family Organization. Also from family group records.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106025710

Roots: My Bare Genealogy Germany/ Switzerland/ Virginia/ Tennessee/ Indiana/ Illinois/ Arkansas/ Michigan

Jagely Jacob Bar was born in 1683. He married Fronica Good. He died in 1740.

1. Jacob "Whiskey" Bar b. 1724 d. 1783 m. Anna Barbara Miller

Jacob "Whiskey Bar was born in 1724. He married Anna Barbara Miller (b. 1726 d. 1791). He died in 1783.

1. Anna Barbara Bar b. 1742
2. Catherine Bar b. 1750 m. Shurley
3. Christina Bar b. 1750 m. Marrow
4. Elizabeth Bar b. 1750 m. Koogler
5. Jacob Bare b. 1755 d. 1831 m. Barbara Schelman Miller
6. Henry Bar b. 1756
7. Adam Bar b. 1756
8. Elizabeth Bar b. 1756
9. Mary Polly Bar b. 1757 m. Hamsberger
10. Andrew T. Bar b. 1759
11. Elizabeth Bar b. 1767
12. Christina Bar b. 1769
13. Anna Barbara Bar b. 1771 m. Argenbright
14. John Bar b. 1774
15. Mary Bar b. 1777

Jacob Bare was born in 1755 in Rockingham County, Virginia. He married Barbara Schelman Miller. He died in 1831 in Clark County, Indiana.

1. Owen Christian Bare b. 4 DEC 1782 d. 5 JUN 1865 m. Catherine Polly Pearce
2. Mary Polly Bare b. 1783 m. Hatton
3. Henry Bare b. 1788
4. Jacob Bare b. 7 APR 1790
5. John Bare b. 1791
6. David Bare b. 1791

Owen Christian Bare was born 4 DEC 1782 in either Roanoke, Virginia, or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He married Catherine Polly Pearce (b. AUG 1790 d. 30 OCT 1864). He died 5 JUN 1865 in Jefferson County, Illinois.

1. Harriet Bare b. 1808 m. Taggart
2. William Jacob Bare b. 14 APR 1809 d. unknown m. Elizabeth Williams
3. Barbara Bare b. 29 JAN 1811
4. Mary Ann Bare b. 10 DEC 1812 m. Gascons
5. Henry Harrison Bare b. 1 JAN 1816
6. Owen C. Bare b. 1 JUN 1817
7. John Pierce Bare b. 6 SEP 1820
8. David Bare b. 6 SEP 1822
9. Elizabeth Bare b. 2 APR 1824
10. Peter Reinhart Bare b. 25 OCT 1825
11. Catherine Harriet Bare b. 6 JUN 1828
12. Dave Bare b. 6 SEP 1829
13. Cerilda Leah Bare b. 4 FEB 1831
14. Joshua Bare b. 1833
15. Elias Bare b. 16 JUN 1834
16. Henry Bare b. 1843
17. Owen Bare b. 1847

William Jacob Bare was born 14 APR 1809 in Tennessee. He married Nancy Copple (b. 1795 d. 1836 or 1837) in December 1830 in Washington County, Indiana. The date of his death is unknown.

1. Betsy Ann Bare b. after 1832
2. Joshua Bare b. 13 DEC 1833
3. Nancy Bare b. 1835 m. Brown

William Jacob Bare married Elizabeth Williams (b. 1830) on 19 JAN 1850 in Jefferson County, Illinois.

4. Mary A. Bare b. 1851
5. John B. Bare b. 1855 d. unknown m. Dicey Elizabeth Harris
6. Anderson Bare b. 1856

John B. Bare was born in 1855 in Jefferson County, Illinois. He married Dicey Elizabeth Harris (b. 11 FEB 1856 d. 10 OCT 1928) in 1877 in Piggott, Arkansas. The date of his death is unknown.

1. Adaline Bare b. MAR 1878 m. Hardin
2. Erin Bare b. 1879
3. Lewis Bare b. NOV 1883
4. Ollin "Ollie" Bare b. JAN 1888
5. David Crockett Bare b. 9 SEP 1890 d. 12 MAY 1978 m. Lucy "Nessie" Hunsaker

David Crockett Bare was born 9 SEP 1890 in St. Francis, Piggott County, Arkansas. He married Lucy "Nessie" Hunsaker (b. 12 JUL 1893 d. 18 SEP 1968) on 21 FEB 1913 in Malden, Dunklin County, Missouri. He died 12 MAY 1978 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. He is buried in Mountain Home Cemetery.

1. Goldie Mae Bare b. 18 JUL 1914 d. 4 AUG 1986 m. Richard Lester Stricklin
2. Mildred Louise Bare b. around 1914 m. Booth
3. Herbert Clifford Bare b. 21 NOV 1923
4. Richard Arnold Bare 1935
5. Betty Elizabeth Bare b. ? m. Jones
6. Mary Lee Bare b. ? m. Presser
7. Harold Bare b. ?
8. John David "JD" Bare b. ?

Goldie Mae Bare was born 18 JUL 1914 in Parma, Campbell County, Missouri. She married Richard Lester Stricklin (b. 27 SEP 1910 d. 22 JUL 1982) on 30 JUL 1932 in Risco, Missouri. She died 4 AUG 1986 in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. She is buried in Riverview Cemetery.

1. Joan Jocyline Stricklin b. 6 SEP 1934 d. 8 MAR 2013 m. Robert Stephenson
2. Living Female Stricklin b. 7 SEP 1936 m. Living Male Elzinga
3. Living Female Stricklin b. 28 FEB 1939 m. William Walz
4. Donald Eugene Stricklin b. 12 AUG 1940 d. 15 SEP 1943
5. Carol Lynn Stricklin b. 16 AUG 1944 d. 7 SEP 1993 m. Roger Johnson
6. Living Female Stricklin b. 7 DEC 1952 m. Living Male Noel

Living Female Stricklin was born 7 DEC 1952 Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. She married Living Male Noel on 20 MAR 1971 in Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. *

1. Living Male Noel b. 8 JAN 1972
2. Living Female Noel b. 24 NOV 1973 m. Living Male Norman

Roots: My Stricklin Genealogy South Carolina/ Tennessee/ Alabama/ Missouri/ Michigan

Samuel Clayton Stricklin was born after 1760 in South Carolina. He died in January 1840. ***

1. William Riley Stricklin b. 25 AUG 1802 d. 8 FEB 1885 m. Mary M. Cook

William Riley Stricklin was born 25 AUG 1802 in South Carolina. He married Mary M. Cook (b. 4 MAY 1804 in North Carolina d. 20 JAN 1892) in 1825. He died 8 FEB 1885 in Cold Springs, Cullman County, Alabama. He is buried at Addington Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery.

1. James M. Stricklin b. 1824
2. William Henry Stricklin b. 7 JAN 1826
3. Elisha B. Stricklin b. AUG 1830
4. Ruth Stricklin b. 1833
5. Thomas L. Stricklin b. AUG 1835

Elisha B. Stricklin was born August 1830. He married Sarah Martin (b. 13 SEP 1834 in Georgia d. 18 MAY 1807 in Alabama). He died ?.

1. Nancy Stricklin b. 1855
2. Mary Jane Stricklin b. 1857
3. Martha M. Stricklin b. 1859
4. Sarah Stricklin b. 1860
5. William Riley Stricklin b. JAN 1865
6. Julia Ann Stricklin b. 1866
7. Henry M. Stricklin b. 6 FEB 1868
8. John D. Stricklin b. 1871
9. Cynthia Edna Stricklin b. 26 APR 1871
10. Benjamin F. Stricklin b. DEC 1875

William Riley Stricklin was born January 1865 in Alabama. He married Lucy A. Burrow (b. JAN 1866) in Carroll, Georgia. He died ?

1. Samuel Newt Stricklin b. 1 AUG 1884 d. ? m. Dovis Taylor
2. John Wesley Stricklin b. 6 JUN 1887 d. 28 JUN 1969 m. Annie Elizabeth Eady
3. Richard F. Stricklin b. SEP 1894 d. ? m. Ardie Taylor

John Wesley Stricklin was born June 1887 where. He married Annie Elizabeth Eady on 4 SEP 1908 in Cullman County, Alabama.* He died on 28 JUN 1969 in Blackwell, Oklahoma.* Buried (need name of cemetery) *

1. Richard Lester Stricklin b. 27 SEP 1910 d. 22 JUL 1982 m. Goldie Mae Bare
2. James Sylvester Stricklin b. 16 NOV 1911 d. 1968 m. Mabel Choat
3. Chester Camillus Stricklin b. 15 SEP 1913 d. 15 JUL 1931
4. Van Stricklin b. 3 OCT 1915 d. 3 MAR 1993 m. Ruth Irene McCoin
5. Wheeler Grimmet (James) Stricklin b. 5 MAY 1918 d. 22 MAR 1999 m. Nadean Hudgens
6. Whalon Wesley Stricklin b. 8 JAN 1920 d. ? m. Daisy Ary

Richard Lester Stricklin was born 27 SEP 1910 in Cullman, Alabama. He married Goldie Mae Bare on 30 JUL 1932 in Risco, Missouri. He died 22 JUL 1982 Kalamazoo County, Michigan*. Buried in Riverview Cemetery*.

1. Joan Jocyline Stricklin b. 6 SEP 1934 d. 8 MAR 2013 m. Robert Stephenson
2. Living Female Stricklin b. 7 SEP 1936 m. Living Male Elzinga
3. Living Female Stricklin b. 28 FEB 1939 m. William Walz
4. Donald Eugene Stricklin b. 12 AUG 1940 d. 15 SEP 1943
5. Carol Lynn Stricklin b. 16 AUG 1944 d. 7 SEP 1993 m. Roger Johnson
6. Living Female Stricklin b. 7 DEC 1952 m. Living Male Noel

Living Female Stricklin was born 7 DEC 1952 Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. She married Living Male Noel on 20 MAR 1971 in Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. *

1. Living Male Noel b. 8 JAN 1972
2. Living Female Noel b. 24 NOV 1973 m. Living Male Norman

*** I found this information at this site:
http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Stricklin-62 but I've not found it anywhere else and have yet to verify it.

Roots: My Eady Genealogy Ireland/ Georgia/ Alabama

Anything marked with an * means that I have hard proof to back up the information. Everything else is hearsay.

John Eady, Sr. was born in 1750 in Ireland. He married Margaret Barfield (b. 1750 d. 1845) in 1809 in Wilkinson County, Georgia. He died in 1845 in Georgia. John's Grave
Per his tombstone, he was a veteran of the Revolutionary War.

1. Henry Eady b. 18 OCT 1786 d. 4 DEC 1847 m. Elizabeth Gay
2. Margaret Eady b. 1791
3. Susannah Eady b. 1801
4. John Eady, Jr. b. 1811
5. Elizabeth Eady b. 1832

Henry Eady was born on 18 OCT 1786 in Wilkinson County, Georgia. He married Elizabeth Gay (b. 28 JAN 1790 d. 7 SEP 1878 Grave) on 24 DEC 1807 in Wilkinson County, Georgia. He died on 4 DEC 1847 in Wilkinson County, Georgia.

1. Peggy Davis Eady b. 1799
2. Margaret Eady b. 1809
3. John Eady b. 1809
4. Temperance Eady b. 1813 d. 1841
5. Mary Eady b. 1815
6. Martha Eady b. 1817
7. Elizabeth Eady b. 1822
8. Allen H. Eady b. 1823 d. 10 APR 1865 m. Edny H. West Allen Eady's Grave
9. Harriett Eady b. 1825
10. Henry H. Eady b. 1826 d. ? m. Nancy Anne Caldwell

Henry H. Eady was born 1826 in Wilkinson County, Georgia. He married Nancy Anne Caldwell (b. 11 AUG 1828 d. 10 FEB 1875 Nancy's Grave) on 4 FEB 1850 in Fayette County, Georgia.*

1. Hiram Hamilton Eady b. 5 NOV 1850 d. 26 APR 1915 m. Sara Isbell Kinney
5. Martha Ann Eady m. M. T. Hulsy
6. Orrie Eady
7. Robert Eady
8. Frank Eady
9. Edward Eady


Hiram Hamilton Eady was born 5 NOV 1850 Villa Rica, Carroll County, Georgia. Married Sara Isbell Kinney (b. ABT 1856 d. ?) on 26 MAY 1873* in Carroll County, Georgia. Died 26 APR 1915 Crane Hill, Cullman County, Alabama. Buried in Bethany Baptist Cemetery. Hiram's grave

1. Isaac Henry Eady b. 11 MAY 1875 d. 16 SEP 1957 m. Ezel Perdue Isaac & Ezell's Grave
2. Robert Hamilton Eady b. 24 NOV 1877 d. FEB 1965 m. Rena Chandler Robert Eady's Grave
3. Iler Eady b. 22 NOV 1879 d. 11 AUG 1962 m. Jeff Moseley
4. Lula Katherine Eady b. 31 AUG 1881 d. (missing date) m. Andy Chandler
5. Annie Elizabeth Eady b. 22 MAY 1883 d. 16 NOV 1963 m. John Wesley Stricklin Annie's Grave
6. Obera Eady b. 4 SEP 1886 d. (missing date) m. Adam Campbell
7. Vassie Eady b. 9 AUG 1889 d. 17 FEB 1974 m. Arm Campbell Vassie's Grave

Annie Elizabeth Eady Born 22 MAY 1883 Cullman, Alabama. Married John Wesley Stricklin 4 SEP 1908 in Cullman County, Alabama.* Died 16 NOV 1963 Blackwell, Oklahoma.* Buried (need name of cemetery) *

1. Richard Lester Stricklin b. 27 SEP 1910 d. 22 JUL 1982 m. Goldie Mae Bare
2. James Sylvester Stricklin b. 16 NOV 1911 d. 1968 m. Mabel Choat
3. Chester Camillus Stricklin b. 15 SEP 1913 d. 15 JUL 1931
4. Van Stricklin b. 3 OCT 1915 d. 3 MAR 1993 m. Ruth Irene McCoin
5. Wheeler Grimmet (James) Stricklin b. 5 MAY 1918 d. 22 MAR 1999 m. Nadean LNU
6. Whalon Wesley Stricklin b. 8 JAN 1920 m. Daisy Ary

Richard Lester Stricklin Born 27 SEP 1910 in Cullman, Alabama. Married Goldie Mae Bare on 30 JUL 1932 in Risco, Missouri. He died 22 JUL 1982 Kalamazoo County, Michigan*. Buried in Riverview Cemetery*.

1. Joan Jocyline Stricklin b. 6 SEP 1934 d. 8 MAR 2013 m. Robert Stephenson
2. Living Female Stricklin b. 7 SEP 1936 m. Living Male Elzinga
3. Living Female Stricklin b. 28 FEB 1939 m. William Walz
4. Donald Eugene Stricklin b. 12 AUG 1940 d. 15 SEP 1943
5. Carol Lynn Stricklin b. 16 AUG 1944 d. 7 SEP 1993 m. Roger Johnson
6. Living Female Stricklin b. 7 DEC 1952 m. Living Male Noel

Living Female Stricklin was born 7 DEC 1952 Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. She married Living Male Noel on 20 MAR 1971 in Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. *

1. Living Male Noel b. 8 JAN 1972
2. Living Female Noel b. 24 NOV 1973 m. Living Male Norman

My "Conclusion" for Hiram Hamilton Eady

I use "conclusion" between apostraphes because I cannot really conclude anything without hard evidence. For some reason while searching for Hiram's parents I always come up with Henry H. Eady and Nancy Caldwell. I cannot PROVE they are really his parents, or that the Hiram Hamilton that lived with them is my great-great grandfather. I may never be able to prove it.

However, lacking any other evidence, like a census record, for now I will go along with the assumption this information is correct. It may be that another researcher has found the evidence and I just don't have it yet.

This is an example of what I usually find when searching family trees for Hiram:

Going forward I will use this information to trace Hiram's ancestry. I HATE that I can't prove it, but I guess as long as I make it clear I don't have evidence then a future researcher can take this at face value.

The Search for Hiram in the 1860, 1870 & 1910 Censuses

I am unable to locate Hiram Hamilton Eady in the 1860, 1870, and 1910 censuses.

The 1860 census would have been the first that he would have appeared in.
In 1870 he would have been around 20 years old. I know from a marriage license that he married in 1873 and was living in Carroll County, Georgia at that time.
I located him in the 1880 census, living in Carroll.
The 1890 census does not exist because of a fire in the 20th century.
I located Hiram in the 1900 census, living in Cullman, Alabama.
I cannot find him in the 1910 census, which would have been the last one before his death in 1915.

I've been trying for some time now to locate Hiram Eady in the 1860 census. He would have been around 10 years old. I figure the 1860 census would solve exactly who his parents were!

This blog entry is so that I can keep track of all my research. It becomes really confusing.

I'm sort of working backward with the belief that the family trees listing Henry H. Eady and Nancy Caldwell being Hiram's parents are correct.

Here is a fact I discovered:

Henry & Nancy were married in 1850 in Fayette County, Georgia. This information was obtained from their marriage license.

I believe they were married in February and Hiram was born in November the same year. I don't believe births were recorded in a special way like they are today so I'm not expecting to find a certificate. The 1860 census should show Hiram listed in the household.

Clues

 

1. According to a family tree listed here: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/i/l/Odell-Williams-GA/BOOK-0001/0003-0006.html Henry Eady married Elizabeth Gay in 1807 in Wilkerson County, Georgia. Henry & Elizabeth would be the parents of Henry H. Eady. 12/2/14 NOTE: there is no 'Wilkerson' county in Georgia, only Wilkinson.
2. Downloaded a map of the counties in Georgia. I noticed that Fayette County is close to Carroll. I'm going to search surrounding counties to see if I can find the Eady's in the census.
3. 12/2/14: Just occurred to me that Eady may be misspelled as 'Edy.' Will double check all of the census records for this spelling.

Research Notes

• 12/2/14 continued searching through Fayette County's 1860 census. There are a total of 127 handwritten pages to look through. The handwriting is atrocious and the ink seems to have faded considerably with time. The census is located here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jmg12/Census/1860%20Fayette%20GA/

There are NO Eady's in Fayette County for the 1860 census. I feel the information available online was pretty complete.

• 12/2/14 Checking surrounding counties for census records. Coweta County doesn't seem to have an 1860 census available online. Fulton County doesn't have an 1860 census. Douglas County no census. Paulding County has no Eady's in the census. Cobb County, none. Polk County, no Eady's. Haralson County, no Eady's. Heard County, no Hiram. Bartow County (this isn't a surrounding county but it's rumored that Sara Kinney Eady is buried there. Nothing in Bartow. Carroll County, no Eady's.
• 12/2/14 Checked the Wilkinson County 1860 census but there are no Eady's listed. Because Hiram moved to Alabama later in life, I checked the census records for Blount County (now Cullman) but didn't find anything.
• 12/2/14 Checking for alternate spellings of Eady (Edy, Eadie, Edie) and also doing a general search for 'Hiram' in all of the counties I checked earlier. Checked these counties: Carroll, Paulding, Polk, Haralson,
• 12/4/14 Did a search for the entire US census of 1860 for "Hiram Eady," with no satisfactory results. Weird!!! Possible he appears on a census for a county that is not yet available online. Unlikely he was from another country at that time. It seems like there would have been a story passed down that "grandpa was from England" or something.

Two family stories related to Hiram Hamilton Eady

Hiram Hamilton Eady

born 1850 Carroll, Georgia died 1915 Cullman, Alabama

 



Two stories have passed down through my branch of Hiram's family. I'm assuming these stories were told to my grandfather, Richard L. Stricklin, by his mother, Annie E. Eady Stricklin.

The first story is about why Hiram and his children moved from Carroll County, Georgia, to Cullman, Alabama. Hiram's first wife, and the mother of his children, Sara Kinney Eady, passed away. Hiram remarried a woman named Mary Kelly. According to the story Mary Kelly was really mean to Hiram's children. One day while Mary was out visiting relatives Hiram packed up his belongings and his children in a wagon and left for Alabama.

I do know that Hiram and kids are living in Cullman by the 1900 census.

The second story is how Hiram, as a child, remembered seeing his house burning and mattresses being thrown out of the second floor windows into the trees- with feathers flying everywhere.

According to Richard Stricklin's eldest daughter, Joan, he would sometimes talk about a family plantation but my Aunt Jo didn't know if he was joking or not.

I researched the Stricklin family and could not find any records of a plantation although I did find a platte book for my Stricklin ancestors.

Hiram would have been about 12 years old at the start of the Civil War. I recently discovered through reading the history of Carroll County, Georgia, that General Sherman and his troops were staying at a train depot there while he planned his infamous March to the Sea. My guess is Hiram remembered seeing his house being burned to the ground. Now I do not know if the house was a plantation or a simple family home. To date I'm unable to verify who his parents were although many family trees list Henry H. Eady and Nancy Caldwell.

If Henry and Nancy are his parents then I may have more proof that there was a plantation involved.

I cannot find Hiram in the 1860 and 1870 censuses in Carroll County, Georgia.

The earliest record I have for him is a marriage license in Carroll County to S. E. Kinney in 1873.

 

My relation to Hiram is...

 

(Me) James Allan Noel, son of

Linda Kay Stricklin, daughter of

Richard Lester Stricklin, son of

Annie Elizabeth Eady, daughter of

Hiram Hamilton Eady

 

Hiram is my great, great grandfather.