Granville O. Eades

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: From 1850 Census, 1850, St Louis, St Louis, Missouri. Name: Grandville O Eddes
Residence: St. Louis, south half, St. Louis, Missouri
Age: 44 years
Calculated Birth Year: 1806
Birthplace: Kentucky
Gender: Male
Race (original):
Race (expanded):
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Film Number: 443622
Digital GS Number: 4200574
Image Number: 166
Line Number: 41
Dwelling House Number: 1038
Family Number: 1065
Marital Status:
Free or Slave:
Household Gender Age
Grandville O Eddes M 44y
Lucinda Eddes F 41y
Almida Eddes F 19y
Martha A Eddes F 17y
Marion Eddes F 13y
Lucretia J Eddes F 11y
Lucinda G Eddes F 3y

• Occupation: Carpenter, 1850, St Louis, St Louis, Missouri. From 1850 Census

• Occupation: Farmer, 1870, Carondolet Township, St. Louis, Missouri. From 1870 Census

Gives his age as 64 and born in Kentucky

• Residence: From 1880 Census, 1880, Carondolet Township, St. Louis, Missouri. Gives his age as 72.

• Cemetery: From Find a Grave, 1880, Carondolet Township, St. Louis, Missouri. Granville O. Eades

Birth: May 19, 1806
Paris
Bourbon County
Kentucky, USA Death: Sep. 5, 1884
St. Louis County
Missouri, USA
The son of Thomas and Priscilla (West) Eades.

His middle name may have been Origen, as he had a grandson with that name.

He married July 16, 1829, St. Louis, MO to Lucinda Sappington, b. 2 Nov 1809; d. 15 Sep 1886, d/o Thomas and Mary Ann (Kinkead) Sappington.

Died Sept. 05, 1884 - 6am, aged 78 [5 Sep is the date given on the official death record, with 2 Oct being given as the date the report was made. His death date on his tombstone was 4 Oct, which was perhaps a later confused reading of the death record by whoever ordered the stone.]

Mar 1827 – Granville was still in Kentucky, serving as a witness to his parents' land deed:

http://www.allencountyky.com/database/land/BkDpg1-49.htm

ALLEN CO, KY - DEED BOOK D 1826-1831
Pg 48-49 This Indenture made this sixth day of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven between THOS. EADES and his wife PRISCILLA of the county of Bourban and state of Kentucky of the one part and RICHARD MITCHEL of Allen County and state aforesaid ... in consideration of the sum of one hundred & fifteen dollars ... confirm unto the sd RICHARD MITCHEL ... tract of land containing one hundred & thirty three achors (sic) ... on Baysfork a branch of Big Barren river ... Wit: ASA B. EADES, GRANVILLE O. EADES Signed: THOS. EADES, PRISCILLA EADES

By 1830, Granville had joined his two sisters, Patsy, wife of James Rutherford, and Rachel, wife of James's brother Granville Rutherford, in St. Louis Co., MO. He is listed on the 1830 census with his new bride Lucinda Sappington. They don't have any children yet.

1830 – Granville was listed living near a lot of Sappingtons, including Thomas Sappington.
1830 St. Louis Co., MO, St. Louis Twp., p. 326
Granville Eades
one male 20-30 [b. 1800-1810] Granville
one female 20-30 [b. 1800-1810] Lucinda

Granville and James Rutherford were listed next door to each other in St. Ferdinand Township on pg 298 in 1830.

Granville's brother-in-law James Rutherford died in 1833 and when Granville's sister Patsy remarried in 1837, Granville took over administration of the Rutherford estate and became guardian of Patsy's children to protect their financial interests.

Estate of James Rutherford d. 1833 St. Louis, MO.
[Collection 10] – A furniture maker presents bill to Patsey Rutherford for $30 mahogany bureau ordered by James Rutherford. $5 of this had been paid in cash to G.O. Eades.
[Collection 22] 10 Mar 1840 – Granville O. Eades, admr of estate of James Rutherford, St. Louis Co., MO.
[Collection 22] James Walton paid the taxes year 1838 for James Rutherford estate.
[Collection 22] Granville O. Eades pays taxes for the year 1839 for estate of James Rutherford's estate.
[Collection 23] 10 Mar 1840 – St. Louis – Received of James Walton administrator de bonis nom of the estate of James Rutherford deceased the sum of four hundred and forty-two 89 1/4 / 100 in full of all the moneys in his hands belonging to the estate of said deceased. [Signed] Granville O. Eades, curator of Virginia, Zerilda, Martha, and James Rutherford, minor heirs of said deceased.

1850 census:
Granville O. 44 KY carpenter $4125.
Lucinda 41 MO
Armilda J. 19, MO md Mar 25, 1853,St Louis, Edward Gray,NY
Martha A. 17, MO
Marion(Mary Ann) 13,MO md Christopher Hawken
Lucretia Gertrude, 11,MO
Lucinda G. 3,MO md Milton Smith

21 Feb 1853 – G.O. Eades [husband of Lucinda, d/o Hartley's brother Thomas] as guardian received Thomas P. Sappington's full share of Hartley Sappington's personal property and other property. [Thomas was a minor at school.]

1860 – estate of Thomas Sappington
"I give to my daughter Lucinda Eades the sum of twenty dollars in addition to what I have already given her" and the rest to his four children of second marriage.

4 Jun 1860 – Granville O. Eades was a purchaser at Thomas Sappington's estate sale.

1870 Carondelet Twp., St. Louis, MO, p. 131
Thornton? Sappington 25 15,000 350 MO
Washington 23
Mary 25 keeps house
[next door]
Granville Eads 64 farmer 18,000 5,000 KY
Lucinda 61 keeps house MO
[2 doors]
Milton Smith 37 500 250 MO
Lucinda 23 keeps house MO b. 1847
Orick 4
Louis 2
Guy 3/12

In 1880, Granville and Lucinda were listed on the same page of the 1880 census with their daughter Lucinda Smith, who along with at least a couple of generations of her family would be buried in her parents' cemetery plot.

1880 Household: Carondelet, St. Louis, Missouri, p. 46C
G. O. Eads, 72, KY
Lucinda, 68, MO

Children:

1. Armilda P. Eades "Minnie", (b. 1830, St. Louis, MO) m. by 1852 to Edward Gray (b. 1828 NY; died after 1880); she d. 5 Jul 1895.

2. Martha Ellen Eades, b. 16 Jun 1832; d. 1 Jul 1851. Never married. Her tombstone stands in front of parents' at Forever Oak Hill cemetery in St. Louis.

3. Mary Ann Kinkead Eades, b. 1836; m. 1855 to Christopher Hawken (eldest son of Jacob Hawken, a St. Louis gunsmith who, with his brother, manufactured the famous Hawken rifle). Their home, built in 1857, still exists and has been moved to Rock Hill Road, St. Louis. She died 1878.

4. L. Gertrude Eades, m. Hunt Owens.

5. Lucinda S. Eades, b. 1847; m. Milton Smith (b. 1833 MO; son of Steven Smith b. 18 Feb 1798 and Katharine Parke, b. 10 Oct 1806.) Milton's maternal grandmother was Margaret Sappington, sister of Lucinda's maternal grandfather Thomas Sappington, so they were second cousins.


Family links:
Parents:
Thomas Eades (1764 - 1838)
Priscilla West Eades (1769 - 1847)

Spouse:
Lucinda Sappington Eades (1809 - 1886)

Inscription:
Apoplexy. 78 yrs
Burial:
Forever Oak Hill Cemetery
Kirkwood
St. Louis County
Missouri, USA
Plot: Blk 51
Maintained by: Bev Golden
Originally Created by: Embalmu2
Record added: Mar 08, 2011
Find A Grave Memorial# 66637884

Granville married Lucinda Sappington. (Lucinda Sappington was born on 2 Nov 1809 in Missouri and died on 15 Sep 1886 in Carondolet Township, St. Louis, Missouri.)