My Genealogy Hound

J. C. EADE, a successful architect and the proprietor of the Du Quoin Planing Mills, is a native of the Keystone State. He was born May 28, 1852, and is a son of Charles Eade. His father was a native of Sussex, England, born in 1831, and his mother was a native of Brighton, England. They were married in that land, but soon afterward came to America, settling first in Pennsylvania, whence they came to Illinois in 1853. They took up their residence upon a farm in Washington County, and the father turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, although he was a carpenter by trade and had previously followed that vocation. Later he engaged in mercantile business. In 1861 he removed to Bond County, where his wife died in 1866. He was afterward again married, and subsequently returned to Pennsylvania, where he is now living.

Our subject is the eldest of four children, the family numbering three sons and a daughter. He also had two half-brothers and a half-sister. His brother A. T. is now engaged in farming in Bond County, and G. E. is in the employ of Mr. Eade of this sketch. The sister is still living with her father in Pennsylvania.

In early life, J. C. Eade attended the common school, and completed his education in Greenville. When a youth of seventeen he began learning the carpenter’s trade, and as he was a natural mechanic, it did not take him long to master the business. As a draughtsman and architect, he has planned and built some of the finest structures in southern Illinois. He engaged in business in Nashville, and also carried on operations in other places in this state until about 1888, when he came to Du Quoin. It was not long before he had secured a liberal patronage as an architect and builder, doing a large and constantly increasing business. In 1891 he established his extensive planing mill, which is now under successful operation. Since coming to Du Quoin, he has drawn plans for and erected many of the fine buildings of the place, including the City Hall, the Odd Fellow’s Building, M. Teague’s residence with many others.

In 1874, while residing in Nashville, Mr. Eade was united in marriage with Miss Lizzie K., daughter of John Thomson, who was a native of Kentucky, and of English and Irish descent. He engaged in business as a civil engineer until after his removal to Nashville, where he carried on farming until his death in 1872. Mrs. Eade is a lady of good education and presides with grace over her hospitable home. By their marriage have been born three children, Emery T., Kittie R. and Hahme I., and they also lost one son in infancy.

In politics Mr. Eade is a Republican, but has never aspired to public office. Socially he is connected with the Odd Fellows’ society and the Modern Woodmen of America. He was one of the charter members of the latter, and is one of its Directors. He and his wife are members of the Baptist Church, in which he has served as Deacon for the past twelve years, and in church and benevolent work they take a prominent part.