| Husband's Name:_____Stephen Thomas Eason______________________________________ |
| When Born: ______c. 1829____________ | Where: ____NC_________________________ |
| When Died: _______prior to 1860_______ | Where: ______DeSoto County, MS__________ |
| When Buried: ____________ __________ | Where: _New Bethlehim Cemetery, DeSoto Co._ |
| When Married: ___12 April 1854________ | Where: ______DeSoto County, MS__________ |
| Other Wives: ________ ______________________________________________________ |
| His Father: _________Abner Eason______ | His Mother's Maiden Name: ___Winnefred_____ |
| Wife's Name:_________Susan A. Cox____________________________________________ |
| When Born: _______28 July 1829_______ | Where: __________ _____________________ |
| When Died: _______12 October 1886___ | Where: ____Arkabutla, Tate County, MS______ |
| When Buried: ____________ __________ | Where: ___Hopewell Cemetery, Arkabutla, MS_ |
| Other Husbands: ___(2) A. L. Wellons Arkabutla, Tate County, MS_____________________ |
| Her Father: __ _____________________ | Her Mother's Maiden Name: __ _____________ |
| | Children
In order of birth | Birth
Da/Mo/Yr |
Where Born State or
Town or Twp County Country | Spouse |
| 1 | William Renn | 11 Feb 1855 | Arkabutla | DeSoto | MS | Mary Lundy Irby |
| 2 | Fanny | 1857 | " | " | " | unm. d. early |
| 3 | Stephen Thomas, Jr. | 27 Dec 1858 | " | " | " | unmarried
murdered 1879 |
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There is a record in the Clerk's Office in Carroll Co., TN of a Bill of Sale from Benjaman Chapman
Dupree Eason issured to Wm. D. Pitway for the sale of a slave named "GEM". This instrument states
that Stephen Eason was advanced $100.00 expense money to go to Edgecombe County, NC
to bring the slave to Carroll County, TN. His expenses only amounted to $72.00 and Stephen Eason
gave his brother a note for the $28.00. This transaction was dated 28 September 1848.
When the 1840 census taker arrived at Arkabutla, MS which is in Tate County, Stephen Thomas
Eason is living with a cousin named William Thomas Eason on his farm. William Thomas Eason is
family # I-II4-III1-IV3. Our Stephen Thomas Eason gave his age as 21 and his birth place as North
Carolina.
In April, 1854 Stephen Thomas Eason purchased a marriage license from the Clerk, DeSoto county,
MS. He married Susan A. Cox. By the time for the 1860 census, Stephen T. Eason has died.
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