John Eaker1,2,3

M, ID# 17256, (abt 1807 - )
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Descendants of Linah and Rebeccah (Davis) Mims
     John Eaker was born about 1807 in Kentucky.4,5,6 He married Harriet (surname unknown).7 He married second Rebecca E. Mims, daughter of Linah Mims and Rebeccah Davis, about 1857.8,9,10
     John and Harriet (surname unknown) appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Graves Co., Kentucky, enumerated 7 Aug 1850, reporting real estate valued at $30,000. Their children F., T., I., E., A., Lynn and Martha were listed as living with them, as was a young man who was apprently a hired hand, A. Gardner. There were also 10 slaves reported.1,11
     John and Rebecca E. Mims appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Mayfield, Graves Co., Kentucky, enumerated 29 Sep 1860, reporting real estate valued at $32,700 and presonal estate of $1,800. His children by a prior marriage, Lynn and Martha, and her son by a prior marriage, David Mitchell, were listed as living with them, as are three young men who were apprently boarders: A. I. Payor, a merchant; James B. Fletcher, a carpenter; and Joel Cochran, a clerk. There were 14 slaves reported in the household, plus one belonging to Payor.2,12
     He and Rebecca appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Mayfield, Graves Co., Kentucky, enumerated 7 Sep 1870, reporting real estate valued at $20,000 and personal estate of $12,000. Their children Lulie, Linah and John were listed as living with them.3 He and Rebecca appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Mayfield, Graves Co., Kentucky, enumerated 17 Jun 1880. Their children Lulie, Linah and John were listed as living with them.13
     John was a farmer before the war, then became a manufacturer of woolen goods.14,15,16
     John served as a representative in the Kentucky state legislature in the period around 1880.17

Children of John Eaker and Harriet (surname unknown)

  • M. Eaker18 b. abt 1827
  • F. Eaker18 b. abt 1833
  • T. B. Eaker18 b. abt 1835
  • I. N. Eaker18 b. abt 1837
  • E. Y. Eaker18 b. abt 1838
  • A. M. Eaker18 b. abt 1841
  • Lynn B. Eaker18,19 b. abt 1843
  • Martha I. Eaker18,19 b. abt 1846

Children of John Eaker and Rebecca E. Mims

  • Lulie L. Eaker19,20,13 b. abt 1859
  • Linah Eaker20,13 b. abt 1862
  • John Eaker20,13 b. abt 1864

Citations

  1. [S1490] John Eaker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky.
  2. [S1489] John Eaker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky.
  3. [S1493] John Eaker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky.
  4. [S1490] John Eaker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows age 44 and state.
  5. [S1489] John Eaker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows age 53 and state.
  6. [S1493] John Eaker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows age 64 and state.
  7. [S1490] John Eaker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  8. [S1489] John Eaker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife, date estimated based on the presence of Lulu, age 1, with the next oldest child at age 14 pre-dating her marriage to D. D. Mitchell.
  9. [S1493] John Eaker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  10. [S1494] John Eaker household, 1880 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows married.
  11. [S1491] J. Eaker, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  12. [S1492] John Eaker, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  13. [S1494] John Eaker household, 1880 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky.
  14. [S1490] John Eaker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as farmer.
  15. [S1489] John Eaker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as farmer.
  16. [S1493] John Eaker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as manufacturer of woolen goods.
  17. [S1494] John Eaker household, 1880 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as representitive in legislature.
  18. [S1490] John Eaker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  19. [S1489] John Eaker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  20. [S1493] John Eaker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.

 

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