VAN BUREN COUNTY ARKANSAS
BIOGRAPHIES
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James
B. Morrow
From Biographical article appearing in Goodspeed's "History
of Conway Co."
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in reference to the biography below.
James B. Morrow, Among the farmers of Union Township few are
deserving of more respect than the subject of this brief sketch, who was
born in Butler County, Missouri, in 1839, and the eldest of a family of
two sons and three daughters born to Jesse V. and Lucinda (Brannum)
Morrow. Mr. Morrow as a native of one of the Carolinas, and was born
in 1814, but went, when a boy, with his parents to Tennessee, and in about
1833 to Butler County, Missouri, where Mr. and Mrs. Morrow both died within
a few hours of each other, when James B. was but a boy. John M. Morrow
the grandfather of James B. was a son of John Morrow who immigrated
from Ireland to America prior to the war for independence. James Brannum,
the maternal grandfather of our subject, was an early settler of Butler
County, Missouri, where he died, a prominent farmer, merchant, and miller.
When the subject of this sketch was about eight years of age his parents
removed from Butler County, Missouri to Van Buren County, Ark., and about
four years after they removed to Conway County, where Mrs. Morrow died
about 1853. Mr. Morrow married again and continued to reside in Conway
County till about 1873 when he removed to Douglas County, Missouri where
he died in 1879. He was a lifelong farmer, and was Justice of the Peace
some years in Conway County, and many years a worthy member of the Missionary
Baptist Church. James B. Morrow grew to manhood on a farm in the pioneer
days of Arkansas when schools were almost unknown there, hence his educational
advantages were of the most meagre kind. He was married in Conway County
in 1857, to Miss Mary Brewer a daughter of William and Cora L. Brewer,
who removed from Tennessee to Conway County about the year 1848. Here Mr.
Brewer died in 1857. Mrs. Brewer is still living. Mrs. Morrow was born
in Tennessee, and died in Conway County, Ark. in 1880, being the mother
of five children, of whom three sons are living. Mr. Morrow married his
present wife in 1881. She was formerly Susan J. Dickens, who removed
from Tennessee to what is now Faulkner County, where Mrs. Dickens died
about 1863. Mr. Dickens died in Boone County about 1875. Mrs. Morrow is
a native of Gibson Co., West Tennessee, and is the mother of four choldren,
of whom three sons are living. With the exception of one year (1868) in
Douglas County, Missouri, Mr. Morrow has lived in Conway County since his
boyhood. In 1873 he settled in the woods, six miles northwest of Springfield,
where he now resides, owning a farm of 120 acres, about seventy acres of
which is under cultivation.
Dr.
William F. Morrow
From Biographical article appearing in Goodspeed's "History
of Conway Co."
Dr. William F. Morrow one of the rising physicians of Conway
Conway, resides at Solgohachie. He was born in Van Buren Co., this state,
December 26, 1854. His parents were George W. and Sarah (Jones)
Morrow who were both natives of Tennessee. In this family there were
eight other children besides our subject and of these, four are living
at the present time. George W. Morrow was a farmer by occupation,
and at a very early day emigrated to Arkansas, and settled in Van Buren
County, where he resided until his death. During his lifetime, he was a
man who lent ready assistance to all measures which promised to improve
the community of his home. He was a Royal Arch Mason, and both he and his
worthy wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He departed
this life in 1861, and was followed by his wife to her eternal home in
1864. Our subject, thus early in life thrown on his own resources, secured
most of his literary education at Springfield, Conway County. He studied
medicine at Little Rock, and in May, 1889, commenced the practice of his
profession at Solgohachie. He was married on December 10, 1876, to Miss
Olivia Carroll, who also claims Arkansas as her native State. To this
union have been born five children: Georgie A., Arby M.,
Orber F. (decesaed), Willie A., and one who died in infancy.
In connection with the practice of his profession, our subject is an extersive
farmer, owning over 300 acres of good land, with 100 acres under cultivation.
He is also an active, enterprising citizen, and is always identified with
those enterprises which promise to promote the county"s good. He and
his excellent wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
THE
EARLY CHARLES EADS (EADES) OF KENTUCKY
written by Charles G. Eads
(Written in March of 1974)
(Appeared in The Eads Family in America Newsletter
July, 1990)
Charles G. Eads
* Genealogist for the Eads Family in
America *
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c/o Eads Family in America
2209 E Carriage Lane #39
Salt Lake City UT 84117
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Phone (801) 272-6514
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E-Mail
Charles at:
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THE EARLY CHARLES EADS (EADES) OF KENTUCKY
There were two EADS (EADES) from Virginia who moved to
Kentucky by way of North Carolina, both of whom married wives by the name
of SARAH and both of who served in the Revolutionary War.
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CHARLES EADES OF LOGAN CO., KY
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CHARLES EADES was born in Amherst County, Virginia 10 March
1755. He was the son of THOMAS EADES of Amherst Co., VA. His father
was still living in 1791 as there is a deed in the Amherst Co. deed records
which indicates that THOMAS EADES sold land to his son, BARTLETT
EADES in 1791. This BARTLETT EADES also appears in the Shaker
records of South Union, Logan Co., KY. as being the brother of CHARLES
EADES. CHARLES EADES enlisted as a soldier in 1775. He served
four and one half years in the Revolutionary War. On one occasion while
returning home he visited his brother, ABRAHAM EADES, in Henry County,
VA. CHARLES EADES was listed in the 1779 personal property tax lists
of Campbell County, VA. He last served in the war as a Captain of a company
of soldiers in Amherst Co., Virginia. CHARLES also had a brother,
WILLIAM EADES, who was killed in the battle of Blue Licks in Kentucky
19 August 1782. JANE EADES is the only sister of CHARLES
that is known at the time of this writing (March 1974). She is mentioned
as the daughter of THOMAS EADES in a deed in Amherst Co., VA. Possibly
another sister could be JINNETT EADES who married 17 June 1795 to
DAVID HOWE in Madison County, Kentucky. CHARLES moved to
the state of North Carolina and was listed in the 1785 State Census of
Halifax County. He was age 21 to age 60 and 3 white females all ages. CHARLES
EADES was in the 1790 census of Halifax County, N.C. In Deed Book 17
page 253 of the deed records of Halifax Co., N.C. CHARLES states
he is of Halifax County and that he was of Albemarle Co., VA., before he
moved to Halifax. In this deed he gives the power of attorney to REUBIN
GUTHRIE to take care of a parcel of land in Kentucky containing 2,000
acres, and also another tract containing 4,245 acres. CHARLES EADES
can be found in the tax lists of Madison County, KY as early as 1795. (this
is the earliest that I have found him to be living in Kentucky).
He was in Madison County, Kentucky in 1795, 1796, and 1797. The tax
lists give supporting evidence that WILLIAM EADES and CHARLES
EADES were related in that it mentions the land for which CHARLES
was taxed, the acreage, the watercourse, in whose name the land was entered,
and in whose name it was surveyed. In two instances CHARLES EADES
was taxed on land that was entered in the name of WILLIAM EADES.
According to a Filson Society publication concerning the land grants
of Kentucky the heirs of WILLIAM EADES were granted land in 1782
and 1784 on Doctors Fork and Chaplins Fork which at that time was Lincoln
Co., KY.
In 1795 CHARLES EADES was taxed on the same piece of land on
Chaplain Creek but in 1795 it was located in Mercer Co., KY. which was
formed from Lincoln Co. in 1795. ABRANAM EADES, the brother of CHARLES
EADES was also an heir. According to the records of Wythe County, Virginia
book 1 page 352 ABRAHAM EADES conveys unto CHARLES EADES all
his right, title, claim and interest to all the real and personal estate
of Wm. EADES deceased and mentions that he, ABRAHAM, is a
lawful heir in Kentucky or elsewhere. It was dated 20 January 1796. CHARLES
EADES moved from Madison Co., Kentucky to Logan Co., KY. where he appears
in the tax lists in 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804. He then shows
up in the tax lists of Warren County or Logan Co. in 1810. He was a convert
to Shakerism about 1807 and lived a communal life in South Union, Logan
County, Kentucky until the time of his death in July 28, 1833. He was buried
in the South Union Grave Yard in Logan Co., KY. Just before his death he
had applied for a pension for his service in the Revolution. In his will
dated 23 July 1833 CHARLES wills that the benefits of the pension
go to his friend ELI McLEAN. CHARLES was married to SARAH
BOWLER 3 Aug 1782 in Amherst County, Virginia. At the time of their
marriage he was a bachelor, she was a spinster. They had two daughters,
AMELIA and PATSEY. PATSEY was born 15 Aug 1789. There
were probably other children who died in infancy. SARAH BOWLER EADES
was born 27 Mar. 1757 and died 27 Mar 1814. PATSEY EADES married
SAMUEL WHYTE. AMELIA also married a WHYTE.
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CHARLES EADS OF WAYNE CO., KY
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CHARLES EADS was born 14 July 1760 in St George Parish, Montgomery
County, Maryland. His parents were ROBERT EADS and MARY (
? ). He enlisted as a soldier in the Revolutionary War from Montgomery
County. He was in the 3rd Company, Class 1. He was in the battle of Portsmouth
and in service a large portion of the Revolutionary War according to a
statement made by his wife, SARAH in 1846. The ROBERT EADS
Eads family moved to Bedford County, Virginia about 1781-2. CHARLES,
his son, first appears in the tax lists of Bedford Co. in 1785. In 1786
he married SARAH PIBORN in Bedford Co. I have a photocopy of the
certificate and bond that SARAH sent in when she applied for a pension.
The copy was dated 11 April 1845. ROBERT MITCHELL was the clerk
of the Bedford County Court at the time. It says the following:
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Sir: I do certify that I am willing you should
issue license for the intermarriage of my
daughter SARA PIBORN with CHARLES
EADES.
Given under my hand this 2nd day of May 1786.
Test: THOMAS EADES
ROBERT EADES
Signed JACOB PIBORN
**
You will notice that THOMAS and ROBERT EADES were testators.
In 1788 ROBERT EADES Jr., EDWARD EADES, ROBERT EADES Sr.,
WILLIAM EADES, JOHN EADES, THOMAS EADES, and CHARLES
EADES were all listed on the tax lists of Bedford County Virginia.
CHARLES EADES last appears on the tax lists of Bedford County in
1789. He then moves to North Carolina where he is listed in the 1790 Census
of Morgan District, Burke County. In the 1800 Census of North Carolina
he appears in Buncombe County. In 1804 he is back in Bedford County, Virginia
probably for the settlement of his father's estate. He appears in the 1810
Census of Wayne County, Kentucky and again in the 1820 Census of Wayne
County, Kentucky. He died the 3rd of May 1823 in Wayne County, Kentucky.
He had the following children:
1. GABRIEL EADES born 10 Feb 1787 in Bedford Co. married LEAH
GARNER 27 Oct. 1808, in Wayne Co., KY.
2. NANCY EADES born 9 Feb 1789 in Bedford Co. married ROBERT
C. EADES 10 Dec 1815 in Wayne Co., KY. ROBERT C. EADES is the
son of WILLIAM EADES who later settled in Green Co., KY. WILLIAM
EADES is the brother of CHARLES EADES. In other words, NANCY
EADES and ROBERT C. EADES were first cousins.
3. MARY (POLLY) EADES born 4 Feb 1790 in North
Carolina married JOSEPH HURT, 27 Feb 1817 in Wayne Co., KY.
4. RACHEL EADES born 31 Aug 1792 in North Carolina married DAVID
BECKMAN 23 Jan 1812, in Wayne Co., KY
5. JACOB EADES born 30 Oct 1796 in North Carolina married ADAH
NORMAN, married 27 Mar 1817 in Wayne Co., KY.
6. RUTH EADES born 11 Mar 1799 in North Carolina married JACK
DANCY. They moved to Texas. She died 13 June 1878.
ROBERT and MARY EADES (EADS), the parents of CHARLES
EADES had a number of children. They are listed below:
1. REBECCA EADES born 18 Feb 1756 Prince George Parish, Montgomery
Co., Maryland married 24 Aug 1779 KING ENGLISH. They were married
in Montgomery County, Maryland (There is a deed in Bedford County, Virginia
which mentions that REBECCA is the daughter of ROBERT EADES
and that she received land that was part of the estate of ROBERT EADES).
KING ENGLISH and his wife, REBECCA EADES remained in Montgomery
County Maryland.
2. MATHEW LODGE EADES 28 ( ? ) 1758 born in Prince George Parish,
Montgomery County, Maryland probably died young.
3. EDWARD JONES EADES born 15 Sept 1759 in Prince George Parish,
Montgomery County, Maryland married MARY (MOLLY) ( ? ).
He qualified as one of the administrators of his father's estate in Bedford
Co. He later moved to Lincoln Co. Kentucky.
4. CHARLES EADES born 14 July 1760 in Prince George Parish Montgomery
Co. MD. Married SARAH PIBORN 4 May 1786 in Bedford Co., Virginia.
5. ROBERT EADES born 7 Aug 1762 in Prince George Parish, Montgomery
Co., MD. Married ELIZABETH GAITHER 4 Feb 1799 in Bullitt County,
Kentucky. He was listed in the tax lists of Bourbon Co., Kentucky in 1787.
The deeds of Bedford Co., VA book 11 Page 1123 indicate clearly that ROBERT
EADS of Bullitt Co. KY is the son of ROBERT EADES deceased of
Bedford Co., VA. ROBERT EADES later moved to Henderson Co., Kentucky
where he died and left a will dated 5 July 1822 and probated 28 October
1822.
6. WILLIAM EADES born 7 Aug 1762 in Prince George Parish, Montgomery
Co., MD. married REBECCA ( ? ). He appears in the tax lists
of Bedford Co., VA. from 1783 to 1793. He shows up in the tax lists of
Bourbon Co., Kentucky 1796 to 1802. He is then listed in the tax lists
of Green Co., Kentucky from 1803 to 1819. He died about 1819 in Green County,
Kentucky. In one of the deeds recorded in Bedford County, Virginia deed
book 11 page 1123 ROBERT EADES, son of ROBERT EADES deceased,
gives power of attorney to WILLIAM EADES of Green Co., Kentucky.
(You will notice that ROBERT and WILLIAM are twins). WILLIAM
EADES had a son, THOMAS EADES who married NANCY EADES
his first cousin in Lincoln County, Kentucky. NANCY EADES is the
daughter of EDWARD EADES.
7. THOMAS EADES born 25 Dec 1764 in Prince George Parish, Montgomery
County, Maryland married PRISCILLA WEST 11 Aug 1787 in Botetourt
County, Virginia. He shows up in the tax lists of Bourbon Co., Kentucky
in 1789. He was the first postmaster in Bourbon Co. In deed book 17 page
179 and 228 of the deeds of Bedford Co., VA. THOMAS EADES of Bourbon
Co., Kentucky gives power of attorney to THOMAS PREAS concerning
a tract of land he received as an heir to the estate of ROBERT EADES
deceased. THOMAS EADES died in Nicholas County, Kentucky, intestate.
The deeds of Nicholas County name all of his children, a total of eleven.
(Note: Nos. 8, 9 and 10 are not in order of birth)
8. ELIZABETH EADES married MACKLIN TISON (TYSON)
the bond was dated 3 Dec 1792 in Bedford County, Virginia. They were in
Bourbon Co., Kentucky in 1805. According to the deeds of Bedford Co., VA
ELIZABETH EADES TISON of Bourbon Co., Kentucky sold land
to WILLIAM WHITTEN of Bedford Co., VA. which was her part of the
ROBERT EADES estate.
9. JOSEPH EADES married ELIZABETH HUDDLESTON the bond
was dated 19 Dec 1796 in Bedford Co., Virginia. He then married FRANCIS
(FANNY) GALLOWAY 1804 in Bedford Co., VA. They moved to Henderson
County, Kentucky. JOSEPH qualified as one of the administrators of his
father's estate in Bedford County, VA. In the deeds of Wayne County, Kentucky
deed book 8, page 43 CHARLES EADES of Wayne County, Kentucky gives
power of attorney to JOSEPH EADES, his brother, concerning a tract
of land that CHARLES owned in Bedford Co., VA. JOSEPH EADES
died in Henderson County, Kentucky and left a will dated 19 Nov 1836 and
probated in December 1836.
10. JOHN EADES married SARAH WEST 26 Feb 1790 in Botetourt
County, Virginia. He appears in 1791 in Bourbon Co., Kentucky. His name
appears on the tax lists of Bourbon Co. until 1803. In deed book 11, page
528 of the deeds of Bedford Co., Virginia JOHN EADS and SARAH,
his wife, of Bourbon Co., KY. sell land to his brother, JOSEPH EADS
of Bedford Co., Virginia. I have lost track of JOHN EADES after
1802.
SOME EADS/EADES/EDDS LINKS
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JACOB
ALLEN EADES
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by Donnie and Wilda
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in reference to the below biography.
Jacob Allen Eades was born January 1828 in Savanna, Hardin Co.,
Tenn. His parents were Gabriel and Leah (Garner) Eades. Gabriel Eades
was born Feb. 10, 1787 in Bedford Co., Va. He married Leah Garner,
Oct. 27, 1808, in Wayne County, Ky. Gabriel was one of the first pioneers
to settle Hardin Co., Tenn. In 1823 he applied and was granted the right
to keep a tavern or an ordinary as it was sometimes called. Gabriel also
owned considerable land there. The first apprenticeship bond granted in
Hardin County was given to Gabriel Eades in 1821 where he paid $200 to
insure that Elijah Eldridge learned the blacksmith's trade. There
were no towns in Hardin County in 1820. The land was described as a tree
covered and wolf infested wilderness and the men were described as rough
and ready frontiersman.
About 1848 the Eades family sold everything and moved to Arkansas.
Gabriel and Leah Eades moved to Searcy County living there for a short
time before moving on to Conway County. Jacob Eades and his sister and
brother-in-law, Albert and Maria (Eades) Parks, moved to Van Buren
County. According to the Centennial History of Arkansas "Jacob Eades
moved to Arkansas overland with Oxen". The 1850 census shows them
living in Red River twp. Van Buren County, Ar. Living in the Independence
township in 1850 was the family of Jarrett and Cynthia (Jeffery) Brickey.
Their beautiful daughter Mary would eventually meet and become the wife
of Jacob Eades.
Children of Jacob and Mary (Brickey) Eades were: Robert Jackson
Eades (1856-1935) married Nancy Francis Crowel, Robert is buried
in Crowel Cemetery and Nancy is buried in Utah; Piety C. Eades (1858-1914)
married John Jordan, a civil war veteran, and they are buried in
Halbrook Cemetery in Conway County; Catherine Louisa Eades (1861-1900)
married James Drake; Samuel Eades (1862-1882) buried in Brickey
Cemetery; Cynthia Elizabeth Eades (1866-1932) married William
Thompson and is buried in an unmarked grave in the Halbrook Cemetery;
James B. Eades (1869-1950) married Susie McCuin and he is
buried in Halbrook Cemetery in Conway County; John Henry Eades (1870-1928)
married Eliza Jane Whitfield and they are buried in Foster Cemetery;
William Meredith Eades (1872-1966) married Dora A. Shipley
and they are buried in the Halbrook Cemetery in Conway County.
Mary (Brickey) Eades was described by one of her grandchildren as having
long black hair. She was experienced with ways to use herbs and roots for
medicinal purposes. She died in 1898 and was buried in the Brickey Cemetery
with her young son and her parents. Jacob was described as a kind and gentle
man. He died August 5, 1918 and was buried beside his wife.
BRICKEY
FAMILY
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Jarrett Brickey was born 1797 in Kentucky. The name of his parents
have not been proven as of yet. Around 1820 he married Cynthia (Syntha)
Jeffery born about 1801 in Kentucky. She was said to be a full blooded
Cherokee Indian. Jarrett Brickey was named in a land deed of John Cammack
of Lawrence County July 3, 1818 and he was allowed $2.70 in Circuit Court
January 17, 1822 in same county. Jarrett was listed on the tax list census
from 1829-34 in Lawrence County, Ark. In 1837-39 he was on the tax list
in Van Buren County. The Strawberry Congregation of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church was organized in 1823 and Jarrett and Cynthia Brickey were charter
members. It was the first Presbyterian Church organized in Sharp County,
Ark. Sharp County was created from Lawrence County in 1868. Jarrett was
a blacksmith by trade and made flintlock guns to sell. On the 28th day
of September 1861 he was named Administrator of his son-in-laws, Gabriel
Eades, estate. According to family tradition Jarret was killed by a
fallen tree, in 1863, and is buried in the Brickey Cemetery. Cynthia lived
to a great age and she was described as a spry and active lady up until
her death. As a small child she remembered living in the New Madrid area
when the great earthquake hit. She said that trees fell and the earth craked
open. It is said that Cynthia loved to be 105 years old, dying in 1905.
But according to her son-in-law, John Green Flory, she died in 1897
living longer than all of her sons and almost all of her daughters. She
is also buried in the Brickey cemetery with her husband Jarrett. The known
children of Jarrett and Cynthia are: Piety Brickey born about 1826
and died 13 April 1908. Piety married Gabriel Eades, a brother to
Jacob Eades, and after Gabriel's death she married Green Emerson.
They are buried in the Brickey cemetery; Jessie C. Brickey was born about
1828 and married Elizabeth Dover about 1858. Jesse served in the Confederate
Army and was captured at Longview, Ashley County, Arkansas and was imprisoned
at Rock Island, Illinois where he died on May 30, 1864; Mary (Polly)
A. Brickey born about 1831 in Arkansas and died August of 1898. She
married Jacob Allen Eades about 1855 in Van Buren County. They are
both buried in the Brickey Cemetery. Their son, Robert Jackson Eades, belonged
to the Latter Day Saints Church and was a source for the death dates of
his parents; Andrew Jackson Brickey born about 1835 and died 1851;
Nathaniel Green Brickey born 1837 and died 1867. He married Ann
Dover, sister to Elizabeth Dover, about 1860. Nathaniel also
served in the Confederate Army; Samuel Brickey, born about 1839
and died 1862, was also a Confederate soldier; Louisa Catherine Brickey
born March 1841 and died 19 October 1914 in Juab County, Utah. She was
married three times. Her husbands were Barnett Brown, Thomas
Jeff Maxwell and John Green Flory. John Green Flory was a member
of the Latter Day Saints Church and was the source for many of the death
dates for the Brickey family; Minerva Brickey born 1845 and died
1884. She married Milton Frank Chandler on the 5th of July 1866
in Van Buren County, Arkansas and is buried in the Brickey cemetery.
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