William Redmond Eads

Male 1841 - 1916  (75 years)


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  • Name William Redmond Eads 
    Born 2 Jun 1841  Cole, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Died 3 Jul 1916  Fox, Grant, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Buried 4 Jul 1916  Fox, Grant, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Person ID I2078  Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2014 

    Father Solomon Eads,   b. 15 Oct 1799, Franklin, Georgia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1862, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Susannah Collet,   b. 1 Nov 1809, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1861, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 1 Jan 1824  Cole, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
    Family ID F721  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Currilla Shortridge,   b. 20 Jul 1851, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1944, Alameda, Alameda, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 7 Mar 1869  Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 19, 20, 21, 22
    Children 
     1. George Eads,   b. Abt 1870, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1880  (Age ~ 9 years)
     2. Alma C Eads,   b. Abt 1876, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F730  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Jun 1841 - Cole, Missouri, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 7 Mar 1869 - Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 3 Jul 1916 - Fox, Grant, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 4 Jul 1916 - Fox, Grant, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 1841 BIRTH: MO,Cole Co: William Redmond [or man] Eads born June 2, 1841

      1844 HIST: Pioneer index cds, OR Hist Soc Library, Portland OR Mar 2002: "Wm R Eads to OR 1844, located Sheridan.

      1850 CENSUS: OR Terr, Polk Co,19 Oct, Dw190/190: Wm Edes 9/MO, son of Solomon & Susannah Edes

      1869 MARRIAGE: OR,Yamhill Co-Sheridan: William R Eads of Grant Co, md to Currilla Shortridge 7 Mar 1869, church in Sheridan OR, children: 1 son died at an early age [2 yrs re Connie] & 1 daughtrer, Alma... Wm & his wife were divorced and he never md again"

      1870 CENSUS: OR, Grant Co-Baker pg 11 Dw #64-64:
      EADES, Wm J 28/MO miner; EA(E) Eades 18/KY; John 23/OR

      c1871 HIST: Hist of Eads Family by Rev Geo R Eads, 1945, pg 4: "My father... 15 yrs of age when he followed his brothers, Abraham... and William to the gold mines in Eastern Oregon... William Redmond Eads spent his early life in mining country of eastern OR."

      1880 CENSUS:OR, Yamhill Co-Sheridan pg 19,June, Dw #1:
      EADS, Wm R 38/... butcher; Crilla A 28/... ; Almer C-m 4/

      c1887 HIST: Note in Mary Mark's file, Eads doc #4: "Wm... & Crulla... their dau Alma came to live with my mother and father, when I was about 8 yrs old [abt 1887]..."

      c1890-1900 HIST: Note in Mary Mark's file, Eads doc #4: Wm's dau, Alma "...then she went to live with mother's brother, Abraham Eads and his wife. When she was about 18 she went to keep house for her father for several yrs, then back to her mother's in Oakland. We never knew their address or mother's name and never saw Alma again."

      1900 CENSUS: OR, Union-LaGrande City pg47 film 1241352, 9 June Dw 110/111:
      EADS, William R June 1841-58/MO (MO,TN) widow, day laborer, living with
      brother Ennis & fam.

      1910 HIST: Nov 2002 email from Connie Clapier to Pam Wagner: "William Eads was a sheep camp tender; widower

      1916 DEATH,BURIAL: OR,Grant Co-Fox: William Redmond Eads died July 3rd, 1916, at the home of Rev George R Eads of heart trouble; buried St Andrews Cemetery, Canyon City, Grant, Oregon [St Andrews for Mary Eads Burton also?-ck out].


      ACTION - CK OUT - Wm Redmond Eads:
      1. AFN:2JXJ-TK, who and what said?

  • Sources 
    1. [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
      "William Redmond [or Redman] Eads born June 2, 1841 in Missouri"
      Fam rcds collected by Mary Gray Marks,gdau of Solomon & Susannah, papers in poss of Pam Hallmark Wagner in "Eads Box, doc #1-3,6,84

    2. [S216] Oregon: State Death Certificate, #17.
      "William Redmond Eads born 2 Jul 1843, Fox, Grant Co, OR"
      No informant shown

      Date: July 1916

    3. [S211] Oregon,Multnomah Co-Portland: Pioneer Index cards.
      "Wm R Eads born Cole Co MO 1841"

    4. [S236] California: Death Rcds, Eads - Shortridge View 1/1 of 1.
      "Leighton, Corilla A... Shortridge. X-wife of William Redmon Eads bn 2 June 1841," no place shown
      Mar 2003 email from Carol Tallman to Pam Wagner

      Date: 1940 or 1997

    5. [S173] Family Rcds: CLAPIER, Connie, page 16.
      "William Redmond Eads was born June 02, 1843 in Cole County, Missouri"
      Nov 2002 email from Connie to Pam Wagner

    6. [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
      "William R [or Redman] Eads died July 3 [or 13] 1916," no place shown
      Family information given to Mary Marks, Eads doc #4-5,84

    7. [S211] Oregon,Multnomah Co-Portland: Pioneer Index cards.
      "Wm R Eads ...died Fox OR 3 Jul 1916."

    8. [S168] History of the Eads Family, Page 4.
      "William Redmond Eads... died at our home in Fox, Oregon, of heart trouble, on July 3, 1916"
      Date: 1945

    9. [S236] California: Death Rcds, Eads - Shortridge View 1/1 of 1.
      "Leighton, Corilla A... Shortridge. X-wife of William Redmon Eads... dd 3 July 1916," no place shown.
      Mar 2003 email from Carol Tallman to Pam Wagner

      Date: 1940 or 1997

    10. [S173] Family Rcds: CLAPIER, Connie, page 16.
      "William Redmond Eads died July 03, 1916 in Fox, Grant, Oregon."
      Nov 2002 email from Connie to Pam Wagner

    11. [S173] Family Rcds: CLAPIER, Connie, page 16.
      "William Redmond Eads was buried July 04, 1916, St Andrews Cemetery, Canyon City, Grant, Oregon"
      Nov 2002 email from Connie to Pam Wagner

    12. [S168] History of the Eads Family.
      "Md Susannah Collet in Missouri-13 children," no date shown.

    13. [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
      "Grandfather Solomon Eads... md Susannah Collet Jan 1, 1824, in Missouri."
      Fam rcds collected by Mary Gray Marks, Eads Box, doc #1-3,5,84

    14. [S214] Missouri Marriages Before 1840, Fiche #6051425: BK A pg 6.
      Solomon Eades & Susannah Collet married 1 Jan 1824, Cole Co, MO

    15. [S193] IGI-International Genealogical Index, M514811 pg 26.
      SS:10 Dec 1984 SL: "Solomon Eades md to Susannah H Collett 1 Jan 18 1824, Cole Co MO
      Also IGI 6011817, pg 12. "M" film means extracted from marriage rcds

      Date: 10 December 1884

    16. [S145] Oregon,Polk Co: Donation Land Claim, Certificate# 3599.
      640 acres. Solomon Eads... md Susannah 1 Jan 1825 Cole Co MO.
      Date: 2 November 1854

    17. [S422] Internet: Ancestry.com, Anc.com Img 16, Index MG Bk pg 34.
      Eads, Solomon male, md to Collett, Susannah, female, on Jan 1, 1824, Date of filing: Jan 19, 1824, Recorded in Bk A pg 6
      Missouri Marriages 1805-2002, search January 2009: Copy of Index to Marriage Records, 1821-1881, pg 34

    18. [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
      "William Redmond Eads md to Crulla Shortridge in 1869," no place shown.
      Fam rcds collected by Mary Gray Marks,gdau of Solomon & Susannah, papers in poss of Pam Hallmark Wagner in "Eads Box, doc #1-4

    19. [S221] Oregon,Yamhill Co: Marriage Records, Additions-Index page 17.
      "Wm R Eads of Grant Co, md to Currilla (also seen Cordellia, Currillia) Shortridge 7 Mar 1869, church in Sheridan, Yamhill Co, OR"
      Date: March 1869

    20. [S168] History of the Eads Family, Page 4.
      "William Eads & his wife [Currilla] were divorced..," no date or place shown.
      Date: 1945

    21. [S236] California: Death Rcds, Eads - Shortridge View 1/1 of 1.
      "Leighton, Corilla A... Shortridge. X-wife of William Redmon Eads bn 2 June 1841, dd 3 July 1916"
      Mar 2003 email from Carol Tallman to Pam Wagner

      Date: 1940 or 1997

    22. [S173] Family Rcds: CLAPIER, Connie, page 16.
      "William Redmond Eads married Corilla or Crulla Shortridge March 07, 1869 in Yamhill County, Oregon."
      Nov 2002 email from Connie to Pam Wagner