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Dr Needham Ward Eason

Birth
Swansboro, Onslow County, North Carolina, USA
Death
9 Aug 1889 (aged 48)
Sublime, Lavaca County, Texas, USA
Burial
Sublime, Lavaca County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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OBITUARY
Died, at his home in Sublime, Lavaca County, on the 9th Inst., Doctor Needham Eason, and was buried at County Line church, Elder Blackmore officiating. The doctor had lived in this neighborhood for over twenty years. He was a good, Christian man, a scholar, and a fine writer. He left a wife and children. [Buried in the County Line (Shimek) Cemetery in Lavaca County, Texas] - Weimar Mercury, August 17, 1889, newspaper

DR. NEEDHAM W. EASON - from Halletsville Herald, 15 Aug 1889, page 8: It is with feeling of deep regret that we chronicle the death of Dr. N. W. Eason, which occurred at his home at Sublime at 4 o'clock a. m. last Friday. Dr. Eason was a good and useful man and was in the 48th year of his age. To the bereaved family that has been bereft of its protector we extend sincere condolence.

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The County Line Cemetery was adjacent to the old County Line Methodist Church and County Line School which were located near the Lavaca/Colorado county line, a short distance from the old community of Shimek. In Lavaca County, Texas Cemetery Records, Volume I, published in 1983, Sammy Tise called this the Shimek Cemetery, as it is listed on some county maps. However, County Line Cemetery appears to be the more historically correct name. Sammy Tise wrote, "Henry Hnatek told me that he can remember when there were about 30-35 graves here." However, by 1983 there were only two markers left, including one for Margaret Montgomery who died in 1872, the earliest known grave. John Ward was probably the last person interred here, in 1928.

Surnames of church members included Allen, Eason, English, Grobe, Houchins, Kersh, Kyle, Little, Long, McFall, Myers, Paweleck, Rees, Simmons, Smith, Taylor, Wadsworth, Weller, and Williams. The 1896 church membership is online at the Lavaca County TXGenWeb site.

To get to the cemetery, from Sublime go east on 90-A, then go north on FM 155. Take the third road to the left (CR 260) and go to the first road to the right (CR 260 turns right here, CR 138 is straight ahead). The cemetery is about 50 yards past this road under some tall cedars that have been trimmed high.

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Posted February 21, 2011 by Weldon Lee Eason, [email protected], Waco, Texas, and Dr Jim Moshinskie, researcher, Waco, Texas, [email protected].

Dr. Needham Ward Eason Jr. was born: 4 Jul 1841, Swansbouro, Onslo County, NC; Marriage (1): Adalaid Wallace 2 Jul 1867 (1864?) in Pierpoint Place, TX; Marriage (2): Julia Ann Hawkins, Died: 9 Aug 1889, Sublime, TX at age 48

Noted events in his life were: Alt. Burial. [Buried in the County Line (Shimek) Cemetery in Lavaca County, Texas]• Obituary. Died, at his home in Sublime, Lavaca County, on the 9th Inst., Doctor Needham Eason, and was buried at County Line church, Elder Blackmore officiating. The doctor had lived in this neighborhood for over twenty years. He was a good, christian man, a scholar, and a fine writer. He left a wife and children.Weimar Mercury, August 17, 1889•

• Civil War. However, over and above the loss of the slaves, the end of the war had severe economic consequences for the county's richest men. Few people, it must be imagined, were prudent enough to invest their wealth in gold, silver, or foreign currencies. Those who relied on their own nation's money, that is, Confederate currency and bonds, found themselves without capital when the nation was dissolved. One such, Needham Eason, Jr., returned to Colorado County in 1865 to find that his widowed step-mother, Clarissa Ann Eason, had invested his inheritance in suddenly worthless Confederate bonds, bonds to which he had had no access when they had value.

• Probate. Consider the Lily:The Ungilded History of Colorado County, Texas By Bill Stein Part 7 contains Lavaca County Probate Records, File No. 114: Needham W. Eason.

• Needham married Adalaid Wallace, daughter of Dr. William Robert Wallace and Amanda Armstrong, 2 Jul 1867 (1864?) in Pierpoint Place, TX. (Adalaid Wallace was born on 6 Sep 1849 in Goliad, TX and died on 17 Aug 1930 in San Antonio, Bexar County, TX.)

• Needham next married Julia Ann Hawkins. One report said her death was due to a riding accident: She fell off a horse and broke her neck.

• His grave is unmarked

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Spouses/Children of Dr. Needham W. Eason:

Wife 1. Adalaid Wallace

- Kathern Pearl Eason+
- Mora Maude Eason
- Warren L. Eason
- Elmo Eason
- Myrtle Eason
- Claud Eason

Wife 2. Julia Ann Hawkins


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OBITUARY
Died, at his home in Sublime, Lavaca County, on the 9th Inst., Doctor Needham Eason, and was buried at County Line church, Elder Blackmore officiating. The doctor had lived in this neighborhood for over twenty years. He was a good, Christian man, a scholar, and a fine writer. He left a wife and children. [Buried in the County Line (Shimek) Cemetery in Lavaca County, Texas] - Weimar Mercury, August 17, 1889, newspaper

DR. NEEDHAM W. EASON - from Halletsville Herald, 15 Aug 1889, page 8: It is with feeling of deep regret that we chronicle the death of Dr. N. W. Eason, which occurred at his home at Sublime at 4 o'clock a. m. last Friday. Dr. Eason was a good and useful man and was in the 48th year of his age. To the bereaved family that has been bereft of its protector we extend sincere condolence.

______________________________________________________________________________________

The County Line Cemetery was adjacent to the old County Line Methodist Church and County Line School which were located near the Lavaca/Colorado county line, a short distance from the old community of Shimek. In Lavaca County, Texas Cemetery Records, Volume I, published in 1983, Sammy Tise called this the Shimek Cemetery, as it is listed on some county maps. However, County Line Cemetery appears to be the more historically correct name. Sammy Tise wrote, "Henry Hnatek told me that he can remember when there were about 30-35 graves here." However, by 1983 there were only two markers left, including one for Margaret Montgomery who died in 1872, the earliest known grave. John Ward was probably the last person interred here, in 1928.

Surnames of church members included Allen, Eason, English, Grobe, Houchins, Kersh, Kyle, Little, Long, McFall, Myers, Paweleck, Rees, Simmons, Smith, Taylor, Wadsworth, Weller, and Williams. The 1896 church membership is online at the Lavaca County TXGenWeb site.

To get to the cemetery, from Sublime go east on 90-A, then go north on FM 155. Take the third road to the left (CR 260) and go to the first road to the right (CR 260 turns right here, CR 138 is straight ahead). The cemetery is about 50 yards past this road under some tall cedars that have been trimmed high.

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Posted February 21, 2011 by Weldon Lee Eason, [email protected], Waco, Texas, and Dr Jim Moshinskie, researcher, Waco, Texas, [email protected].

Dr. Needham Ward Eason Jr. was born: 4 Jul 1841, Swansbouro, Onslo County, NC; Marriage (1): Adalaid Wallace 2 Jul 1867 (1864?) in Pierpoint Place, TX; Marriage (2): Julia Ann Hawkins, Died: 9 Aug 1889, Sublime, TX at age 48

Noted events in his life were: Alt. Burial. [Buried in the County Line (Shimek) Cemetery in Lavaca County, Texas]• Obituary. Died, at his home in Sublime, Lavaca County, on the 9th Inst., Doctor Needham Eason, and was buried at County Line church, Elder Blackmore officiating. The doctor had lived in this neighborhood for over twenty years. He was a good, christian man, a scholar, and a fine writer. He left a wife and children.Weimar Mercury, August 17, 1889•

• Civil War. However, over and above the loss of the slaves, the end of the war had severe economic consequences for the county's richest men. Few people, it must be imagined, were prudent enough to invest their wealth in gold, silver, or foreign currencies. Those who relied on their own nation's money, that is, Confederate currency and bonds, found themselves without capital when the nation was dissolved. One such, Needham Eason, Jr., returned to Colorado County in 1865 to find that his widowed step-mother, Clarissa Ann Eason, had invested his inheritance in suddenly worthless Confederate bonds, bonds to which he had had no access when they had value.

• Probate. Consider the Lily:The Ungilded History of Colorado County, Texas By Bill Stein Part 7 contains Lavaca County Probate Records, File No. 114: Needham W. Eason.

• Needham married Adalaid Wallace, daughter of Dr. William Robert Wallace and Amanda Armstrong, 2 Jul 1867 (1864?) in Pierpoint Place, TX. (Adalaid Wallace was born on 6 Sep 1849 in Goliad, TX and died on 17 Aug 1930 in San Antonio, Bexar County, TX.)

• Needham next married Julia Ann Hawkins. One report said her death was due to a riding accident: She fell off a horse and broke her neck.

• His grave is unmarked

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Spouses/Children of Dr. Needham W. Eason:

Wife 1. Adalaid Wallace

- Kathern Pearl Eason+
- Mora Maude Eason
- Warren L. Eason
- Elmo Eason
- Myrtle Eason
- Claud Eason

Wife 2. Julia Ann Hawkins


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