Lieut. J. M. Eddy (1887)Lieut. J. M. Eddy was born in Shawneetown Precinct May 2, 1830, one of six children of Henry and Mary J. (Marshall) Eddy. The father was of English ancestry and born in Vermont. He was one of the same family as Samuel and John Eddy, followers of Roger Williams. Henry was a son of Nathan Eddy, who was in the defense of Bennington in the Revolution. Reared in New York, when quite young Henry learned the printer's trade in Pittsburghh, Penn., and was in the war of 1812. He went o Shawneetown in 1818, and was there married. For several years he was editor of the Illinois emigrant, of Shawneetown, and while in Pittsburg, having studied law under Judge Hall, he afterward became one of the first lawyers of Gallatin County. He died in 1848. The mother was born in Vincennes, Ind., and died about 1877, a member of the Presbyterian Church. Educated at South Hanover, Ind., our subject served in 1862-63 as first lieutenant in Company C, Twenty-ninth Illinois Infantry, mostly on Gen. McClernand's staff, and was his aide-de-camp at Belmont, Mo. On account of disability, he was discharged after the battle of Fort Donelson. In November, 1868, he married Mrs. Minerva Fuller, daughter of James and Julia Butts. She was a native of Alabama, and died in 1870. They had one child, John F. Since 1881 Mr. Eddy has lived on his present fine farm of seventy acres near Shawneetown; elected sheriff of Gallatin County in 1862; has also served as provost-marshal. He is a member of the G. A. R. Formerly a Whig, he has since he voted for Douglas been a Republican. His son is in college. [1887. History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties, Illinois. Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 538-539.] is maintained by Jon Musgrave. © 2000 You are our 1089 visitor — thanks for stopping by! |