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JOEL CALVIN EATON
Joel was born in 1797 and died in 1827. He was married to Elizabeth Hart. They had at least 6 children, Alfred, John C., Nancy, Joel, Samual Hart and George. Sometime after they had moved to Nacogdoches County, Texas, Joel died. After Joel died, Elizabeth remarried to a man named Heath and they had two daughters named Sarah and Elizabeth. (George W. Melton, also of Nacogdoches County, married Sarah Heath in 1849 and she died shortly afterward. Then he married her sister Elizabeth Heath in 1850.)JOHN C. EATON
John was born circa 1819 in Tennessee. On September 18, 1842 John married Cincinnatta "Cynthia" Caroline Melton, the sister of George W. and Jeptha Melton in Nacogdoches County (Later Rusk County). Cynthia and John had five sons Joel, George, James C., Thomas, and John "Johnny" C..After Richard Sparks will was probated, John received Richard's blacksmith tools for payment of grandpa's survey work and became a blacksmith. Later in the census he was called a grain merchant. After John died in September of 1852, Caroline married Richard Magee on. May 17, 1854.
JOEL EATON
Joel was born in 1842 in Rusk County, Texas. He married Ida (?) and they had 1 known child, Laura. In 1850 he was living in Smith County. By 1871 he had moved to Collin County, Texas.GEORGE EATON
George was born in 1844 in Rusk County, Texas. He married Lucinda V. Jeffries on May 18,1865 and they had at least two children, Frank and Wesley. By 1871 he had moved to Benton, ArkansasJAMES C. EATON
James was born in 1846 in Rusk County, Texas. In 1855 he moved to Rains County with his mother and stepfather Richard Magee. By 1870 he had moved to Smith County, Texas and was living there with his brother Joel.THOMAS EATON
Thomas was born in 1850 in Rusk County, Texas. In 1855 he moved to Rains County with his mother and stepfather Richard Magee. In 1871 he was still living in Rains CountyJOHN "JOHNNY" C. EATON
John was born in 1852 in Rusk County, Texas. In 1855 he moved to Rains County with his mother and stepfather Richard Magee. In 1872 he married Armenda "Mandy" E. Melton1. They had 9 children including, Florence E., G. Carl, F. Walter, Lillie, Quille, Wesley, Harvey, and Cal. In 1900 they were still living in Rains County, Texas.
NANCY EATON
Nancy was born in 1820SAMUEL HART EATON
Samuel was born in 1823.GEORGE EATON
George was born in 1825 in Tennessee. He married Tempe Ann Cooper on January 6, 1848. His wife (2nd.?) in the 1870 census was Louisa. She was born in 1828 in Virginia. He had at least 7 children including Tempe, Jeff L., George2, Ida, William A., Eva, and Thomas. With them in 1870 was 25 years old James Eaton.ALFRED EATON
Alfred was born in 1826. He married Jane Cooper on December 12, 1850.Return To Top
Richard Sr., the son of John and Bethany Scott Magee, was born on April 30, 1804 in the Natchez Territory of Mississippi. In 1823 he married Rachel Smith in Rankin County, Mississippi. She was born on June 29, 1804, the daughter of John and Catharine Smith
Richard arrived in Texas in December of 1840 where he was given a class 4 land grant of 640 acres in Rusk County of the Nacogdoches County.
Rachel died about the end on 1849 or early 1850. Richard married a second time in Rusk county on May 17, 1854 to Cynthia Caroline (Melton) Eaton. Cynthia was the widow of grain/grocery merchant, John C. Eaton
Richard and Rachel had 5 children, born in Mississippi, William Lenord, Eli Edwin, Telitha Ann, Saliana Ann, and Jason Germain and 2 born at Henderson in Rusk County, Texas, John LaFayette and Texan Seymore. Richard and Cynthia had 4 children, Richard Jr., Elisha, Nehimiah and Rachael C..
Richard was a County Commissioner for Rusk County in 1845, 46,47,48,49,51, and 1855. His name was one of the three on the papers for the creation the town of Henderson. Rusk County was formed from part of Nacogdoches County in 1844. Richard also owned and operated a water mill powered cotton gin on his Rusk Co. plantation. He was also part owner and the Captain of the paddle wheel steamboat "General Rusk" on the Sabine River.
On May 17, 1854 Cynthia married the widower Richard Magee Sr. in Henderson, Rusk County, Texas. He was a steamboat captain, planter, county commissioner and cotton gin owner. Richard already had 6 children, Eli Edwin, Telitha A., Salina A., Jason, John, and Texan Seymore, by his first wife Rachel Smith. Richard and Cynthia had four children, Richard Jr., Elisha, Nehimiah, and Rachael.
After Richard died on October 15, 1869 she continued to farm for a while then moved in with her youngest daughter, Rachael. Shortly after that she moved to Indian Territory where she died in 1882 and is buried near Venita, Oklahoma.
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