John Eaker1,2,3,4

Family Chart
ID# 17256, (abt 1807 - 1885)

Key Events:

Birth: about 1807, Trigg Co., Kentucky5,6,7
Marriage: Harriet [surname unknown] (about 1805 - )8
Marriage: 8 Mar 1859, Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky, Rebecca E. Mims (about 1829 - 27 Apr 1892)9,10,11
Death: 14 Apr 1885, West Mayfield, Kentucky12
ChartsDescendants of Linah and Rebeccah (Davis) Mims

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Narrative:

     John Eaker was born about 1807 in Trigg Co., Kentucky.5,6,7
     John moved to Graves Co. about 1823.13
     John married first Harriet [surname unknown].8
     John and Harriet appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Graves Co., Kentucky, enumerated 7 Aug 1850, reporting real estate valued at $30,000. Eight of their children 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.1,14
     John married second Rebecca E. Mims, daughter of Linah Mims and Rebeccah Davis, on 8 Mar 1859 in Eddyville, Lyon Co., Kentucky.9,10,11
     John and Rebecca appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Mayfield, Graves Co., Kentucky, enumerated 29 Sep 1860, reporting real estate valued at $32,700 and personal estate of $1,800. Their daughter Lulye, his children by a prior marriage, Lynn and Martha, and her son by her prior marriage, David D. Mitchell, were listed as living with them, as are three young men who were apparently 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.2,15
     John was a farmer before the war, then became a manufacturer of woolen goods. He was identified with various business interests and accumulated a very comfortable fortune, which was slost in later years by "bad investments and misplaced confidence."16,17,18,19
     John 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 Lulye, Linah and John were listed as living with them.3
     John served five terms in the Kentucky state house, and one in the state senate 1880.20,21
     John and Rebecca appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Mayfield, Graves Co., Kentucky, enumerated 17 Jun 1880. Their children Lulye, Linah and John were listed as living with them.22
     John died on 14 Apr 1885, at his home, West Mayfield, Kentucky.12

Children:
     Children with Harriet [surname unknown]

John and Harriet had four other children whose identies are unknown.26
  • M. Eaker23 (abt 1827 - )
  • F. Eaker23 (abt 1833 - )
  • Thomas B. Eaker23 (27 Apr 1834 - 28 Jun 1898)
  • I. N. Eaker23 (abt 1837 - )
  • Edward Y. Eaker23,24 (abt 1838 - 4 Jan 1877)
  • A. M. Eaker23 (abt 1841 - )
  • Lynn B. Eaker23,25 (abt 1843 - )
  • Martha I. Eaker23,25 (abt 1846 - )

Children:
     Children with Rebecca E. Mims

John and Rebecca had two other children whose identies are unknown.30

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. [S14075] John Eaker obituary, The Paducah Sun.
  5. [S1490] John Eaker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows age 44 and state.
  6. [S1489] John Eaker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows age 53 and state.
  7. [S14075] John Eaker obituary, The Paducah Sun, shows in 79th year at death 14 Apr 1885, county, and state.
  8. [S1490] John Eaker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  9. [S2704] "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," FamilySearch.org, record for John Eaker and Miss Rebecca E Mitchell, citing FHL#1760251, shows date and county, and records for John Eaker and Rebecca E Mitchell, citing FHL#321364, shows date, town, and county.
  10. [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.
  11. [S1494] John Eaker household, 1880 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows married.
  12. [S14075] John Eaker obituary, The Paducah Sun, shows date, at residence, and city.
  13. [S14075] John Eaker obituary, The Paducah Sun, shows moved to this county at age 16.
  14. [S1491] J. Eaker, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  15. [S1492] John Eaker, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  16. [S1490] John Eaker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as farmer.
  17. [S1489] John Eaker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as farmer.
  18. [S1493] John Eaker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as manufacturer of woolen goods.
  19. [S14075] John Eaker obituary, The Paducah Sun, shows accumulated and last a comfortable fortune.
  20. [S14075] John Eaker obituary, The Paducah Sun, shows terms in house and senate.
  21. [S1494] John Eaker household, 1880 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows occupation as representitive in legislature.
  22. [S1494] John Eaker household, 1880 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky.
  23. [S1490] John Eaker household, 1850 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  24. [S1289] Register of Deaths, Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1877, Hickman Co., Edward Y. Eaker.
  25. [S1489] John Eaker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  26. [S14075] John Eaker obituary, The Paducah Sun, shows he had twelve children with his first wife.
  27. [S1493] John Eaker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  28. [S14067] Mrs. Lula Jones obituary, Mayfield Weekly Monitor.
  29. [S7694] John Eaker, Certificate and Record of Death.
  30. [S14075] John Eaker obituary, The Paducah Sun, shows he had five children with his second wife.