Rufus R Eads

Rufus R Eads

Male 1834 - 1908  (74 years)

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  • Name Rufus R Eads 
    Born 17 Aug 1834  Cole, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 28 Dec 1908  Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I2067  Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2014 

    Father Moses Eads,   b. 1797, Franklin, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef May 1869, Polk, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 72 years) 
    Mother Nancy Walker,   b. Abt 1800, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef May 1869, Polk, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Married 6 Jan 1818  Boone, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7
    Family ID F720  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Aug 1834 - Cole, Missouri, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 28 Dec 1908 - Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
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    Rufus R. Eads
    Rufus R. Eads

  • Notes 
    • 1834 BIRTH: Rufus R Eads born 17 Aug 1834, never md.
      ORD: AFN:269Q-GT Phillip Blackburn: ord dates,no temple.

      1850 CENSUS: Polk Co, OR,19 Oct, Dw 179/179: Rufus R Edes 16/MO, son of Moses & Nancy Edes

      1856-1859 HIST: Index to OR Statesman Newspaper pg 1013: Rufus R Eades killed JH Grigsby Portland 12 Feb 1856 3:1; convicted of manslaughter 5 Aug 1856,2:6; Finished 3yr term pen. WC Eades, his bro, tried to kill Rufus 28 Jun 1859,2:5

      1870 CENSUS: OR,Washington Co-Forest Grove PO, flim 0552787 pg26, Dw 211/193:
      EADES, Rufus 33/MO laborer living with James Carlisles & family

      1880 CENSUS: OR, Polk Co-Douglas Prec, 11-12 June, pg12, Dw 104/105:
      EADS, Rufus R 45/MO (SC,NC) railway worker
      (FamSrch.org: Douglas Co-Jackson Prec - which is it?)

      1908 DEATH: Aug 1997 letter from Kathy McCord to Pam Wagner: Rufus R Eads died 28 Dec 1908 Salem OR-St Insane Asylum,frm dth cert. Dd of apoplexy-age 74yrs

      NOTES: "Pioneer Hist V1"-N Lincoln County Dec 1986-interview with Hattie Church Gnos, grgrdau of Richmond C Burton & Mary Ann Eads by Mildred Salazar of museum in Lincoln City OR: Rufus, Mary Ann's cousin, owned land out on the point of Three Rox OR, nr Mary Ann, but sold for $25 & left.

  • Sources 
    1. [S217] CENSUS: Oregon,Polk Co: U.S. Federal, Pg 120.
      "Dw 179/179: Rufus R, son of Moses & Nancy Edes."
      Date: 19 October 1850

    2. [S202] Family Rcds: McCORD, Kathy.
      "Rufus R Eads born 17 Aug 1834 [no place shown], never md,"
      Aug 1997 letter from Kathy McCord to Pam Wagner

    3. [S202] Family Rcds: McCORD, Kathy.
      "Rufus R Eads died 28 Dec 1908 Salem OR in the St Insane Asylum. Death Certificiate: Died of apoplexy-age 74yrs old"
      Aug 1997 letter from Kathy McCord to Pam Wagner

    4. [S145] Oregon,Polk Co: Donation Land Claim.
      "Moses Eads md Nancy Walker 6 Jan 1918, Boone Co Missouri"
      Certif #3598, Claim #39

      Date: October 1854

    5. [S193] IGI-International Genealogical Index, #7205518, page 75.
      "Moses Eads married Nancy Walker 9 Jan 1818, Howard Co MO" SS: 7 Oct 1972 OG

    6. [S198] Family Rcds: BLACKBURN, Phillip.
      "Moses Eads md Nancy Walker 9 Jan 1817 Howard Co MO"
      Ancestral File: #269P-C6

    7. [S199] Missouri,Howard Co: Marriage Rcds, Vital Rcds CD Series 9.
      "Moses Eads md Nancy Walker 9 Jan 1821 in Howard Co MO"