My Genealogy Hound

J. S. Eason, one of the citizens of the First District of Dyer County, is a farmer by occupation, and was born in Weakley County in 1836, and is one of a family of thirteen children, four of whom are living: Abner, a carpenter by trade, but now in California, where he owns a vineyard, was formerly a resident of Crockett County; Rachael, wife of Jasper Sorrel, a farmer, residing four miles southeast of Dyersburg; Elizabeth, wife of Foster Agee, a farmer living in Crockett County; Thomas Eason, the oldest brother, was second lieutenant in Wright’s brigade of the Confederate Army, and was killed in battle at Atlanta, Ga. They were the children of Thomas and Ann M. Eason. The father was born in North Carolina in 1798; was married there and moved to Weakley County, Tenn., about 1838, and lived in Stewart, Henry and Dyer Counties, and then moved to Woodruff County, Ark., where he died in 1872. He was a farmer by occupation, and was married three times, J. S. Eason, our subject, being one of the children by his second wife. His mother was born in Greenville, N.C., in 1809; died in 1849. Mr. Eason was reared and educated at home. In 1861 he married Miss S. J., daughter of James and Millie Asprog. Mrs. Eason was born in Gibson County, March, 1839. By this union there are seven children living: James T., John A., Joseph H., William, George, M. M. M. and Lula L. In the fall of 1865 Mr. Eason located at his present home, a valuable farm of 259 acres on the Dyersburg & Trenton road, thirteen miles from Dyersburg. Mr. Eason is a self-made man. He has given his children good educational advantages. He is a Democrat, casting his first vote for Andrew Johnson for governor of Tennessee. He is also a Mason, and his wife and himself are members of the Baptist Church.