MARCUS EAGLE - abt. 1690, Switzerland, ELIZABETH
ADAM EAGLE - abt. 1726, Switzerland
PHILLIP EAGLE - abt. 1751, Pennsylvania, HANNAH LONG
*RACHEL EAGLE - abt. 1783, North Carolina, ISAAC MCNEELY
*ESTHER EAGLE - abt. 1807, North Carolina, THOMAS BAIN
JOSEPH MCNEELY - 1813, North Carolina, ELIZABETH SANFORD
(*Rachel and Esther Eagle are sisters - daughters of Phillip and Hannah Eagle -
Rachel is John McNeely's Grandmother and
Esther is Harriet Bain's Mother)
HARRIET BAIN - 1830, North Carolina, JOHN MCNEELY
MARY MCNEELY - 1865, Tennessee, CLINTON BOAZ
TOM BOAZ - 1900, Oklahoma, MAUDIE GOODMAN
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ADAM EAGLE - abt. 1726, Switzerland
PHILLIP EAGLE - abt. 1751, Pennsylvania, HANNAH LONG
*RACHEL EAGLE - abt. 1783, North Carolina, ISAAC MCNEELY
*ESTHER EAGLE - abt. 1807, North Carolina, THOMAS BAIN
JOSEPH MCNEELY - 1813, North Carolina, ELIZABETH SANFORD
(*Rachel and Esther Eagle are sisters - daughters of Phillip and Hannah Eagle -
Rachel is John McNeely's Grandmother and
Esther is Harriet Bain's Mother)
HARRIET BAIN - 1830, North Carolina, JOHN MCNEELY
MARY MCNEELY - 1865, Tennessee, CLINTON BOAZ
TOM BOAZ - 1900, Oklahoma, MAUDIE GOODMAN
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Descendants of Marcus Eagle
Generation No. 1
MARCUS EAGLE was born Abt. 1690 in Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, and died September 1767 in Cocalico, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married ELIZABETH Abt. 1722 in Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. She was born 1694 in Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
Marcus Eagle, the first of the name in Pennsylvania, was born about the year 1690, in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, not far from the city of Berne, from whence he and his family immigrated to America prior to 1740. He took up a tract of land in Cocalico Township, Lancaster Co., Pa, where he died September 1767, leaving a wife, Elizabeth, and five children
Children of MARCUS EAGLE and ELIZABETH are:
i. JOHN EAGLE, b. 1723, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
ii. CASPAR EAGLE, b. October 16, 1725, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
iii. ADAM EAGLE, b. Abt. 1726, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland; d. Abt. 1779, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
iv. SUSANNAH EAGLE, b. 1728, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
Generation No. 1
MARCUS EAGLE was born Abt. 1690 in Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, and died September 1767 in Cocalico, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married ELIZABETH Abt. 1722 in Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. She was born 1694 in Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
Marcus Eagle, the first of the name in Pennsylvania, was born about the year 1690, in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, not far from the city of Berne, from whence he and his family immigrated to America prior to 1740. He took up a tract of land in Cocalico Township, Lancaster Co., Pa, where he died September 1767, leaving a wife, Elizabeth, and five children
Children of MARCUS EAGLE and ELIZABETH are:
i. JOHN EAGLE, b. 1723, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
ii. CASPAR EAGLE, b. October 16, 1725, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
iii. ADAM EAGLE, b. Abt. 1726, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland; d. Abt. 1779, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
iv. SUSANNAH EAGLE, b. 1728, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
Generation No. 2
ADAM EAGLE (MARCUS) was born Abt. 1726 in Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, and died Abt. 1779 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Served as a wagon master for the Pennsylvania Militia in the Revolutionary War.
Children of ADAM EAGLE are:
i. JOHN EAGLE, b. Abt. 1750, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died ABT 1826 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
ii. PHILLIP EAGLE, b. Abt. 1751, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; d. May 05, 1828, Rowan County, North Carolina.
iii. GEORGE EAGLE, b. Abt. 1752, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died 24 FEB 1826 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
Generation No. 3
PHILLIP EAGLE (ADAM, MARCUS) was born Abt. 1751 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and died May 05, 1828 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He married HANNAH LONG. She was born 1760 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
- In 1786 Philip was living in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina where he farmed land. In 1792, Philip and his wife Hannah sold 165 acres. This land was part of a 400 acre grant owned by Hannah's father, John, and conveyed to Philip in 1786. The land was located on the waters of Little Coldwater Creek.
- In 1795, Philip appears on the Rowan County tax list.
- Grantee 19 MAY 1798 Rowan County, North Carolina
This indenture made this nineteenth day of May one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight Between William Correll of Rowan County & State of North Carolina of the one part and Philip Eagle of the County and State aforesaid of the other part, Witnesseth that for & in consideration of the sum of one hundred and twenty pounds good & lawful money of the State of North Carolina in hand paid to the said Philip Eagle that tract or parcel of land lying & being in the County of Rowan & State aforesaid on the Waters of Crain Creek & waters of Dutch Bufellow. Beginning at a hicory William Andersons corner & on Jacob Casters line & along said Casters line & past it North fifty three chains to a black oak on Nathaniel Johnstons line then along his line West fifteen chains to a hicory his corner then along his line North eight chains to a red oak then west two chains to a white oak then south forty four chains to a black oak then West twenty eight chains to a stake thence south forty five chains to a black oak on William Millers line thence along his line East ten chains to a Stake on William Andersons line thence along his line North twenty nine chains to a post oak his corner thence along his line East to the beginning containing by estimation two hundred & twenty acres. [signed] Wilhelm Corrall (seal) [witness] Rich'd Anderson, David Anderson
- Census: 1800 Rowan County, North Carolina
- Census: 1810 Rowan County, North Carolina
- On the 28th of May 1818, Philip petitioned the government for a Revolutionary War pension due to old age and infirmities.
Continental Service, Philip Agle, North Carolina Residence of, S41402.
"Philip Agle a citizen of Rowan Co, NC applied in open court in Rowan Co , NC states he served in the revolution that about 1776 or 1777 he was enlisted under Capt Wiser, then and afterwards call the German Regiment, attached to the Brigade of General Peter Mulenburg on the Continental establishment, that at the expiration of his term of service, he received an honorable discharge, which he no longer has in his possession that being far advanced in life he is now growing infirm in bodily health and appl ies under Act 1818 March and by the testimony of Michael Stoner of Rowan Co, NC , and actually served with him (Philip Agle). When Philip Agle applied 1820 he was age 69. States he was in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and various other small affairs, that late in the fall of 1779 he was discharged at Wyoming, that he is in such reduced circumstances as to stand in need of assistance of his country for support. In the schedule of his property, showed $154.85 and that he was a brick layer by profession but not able to work. He did not show any real estate. All these statements were made in Rowan Co, NC."
Census: 1820 Battalion 1 or Salisbury Side, Rowan County, North Carolina
Occupation: brick layer
Children of PHILLIP EAGLE and HANNAH LONG are:
i. RACHEL EAGLE, b. Abt. 1783, Rowan County, North Carolina. She married ISAAC MCNEELY 20 JUN 1805 in Rowan County, North Carolina
ii. JOSEPH EAGLE, b. 1785, Rowan County, North Carolina, and died ABT 1842 in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
iii. JAMES EAGLE, b. 1788, Rowan County, North Carolina.
iv. JOHN EAGLE, b. Abt. 1790, Rowan County, North Carolina.
v. SAMUEL EAGLE, b. Abt. 1792, Rowan County, North Carolina.
vi. PHILLIP EAGLE, b. Abt. 1793, Rowan County, North Carolina, and died ABT 1822 in Maury County, Tennessee.
vii. DAVID EAGLE, b. Abt. 1801, Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1873 in Prairie County, Arkansas.
viii. ELIZABETH EAGLE, b. Abt. 1804, Rowan County, North Carolina, and died in Maury County, Tennessee.
ix. ESTHER EAGLE, b. Abt. 1807, Rowan County, North Carolina; d. August 04, 1874, Maury County, Tennessee. She married THOMAS FRANKLIN BAIN March 14, 1829 in Rowan County, North Carolina
Generation No. 4
RACHEL EAGLE (PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born ABT 1783 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She married ISAAC MCNEELY 20 JUN 1805 in Rowan County, North Carolina, son of ARCHIBALD MCNEELY and ELIZABETH MILTON. He was born ABT 1788 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died BET 1840 AND 1850 in Maury County, Tennessee.
Children of RACHEL EAGLE and ISAAC MCNEELY are:
i. ELIZABETH MCNEELY was born ABT 1810 in North Carolina.
ii. JOSEPH ERIE MCNEELY was born 1813 in North Carolina, and died AFT 14 JUN 1880 in Arkansas.
iii. ADALINE MCNEELY was born ABT 1817 in North Carolina.
iv. JAMES MCNEELY was born ABT 1821 in Maury County, Tennessee.
v. MARTHA L. MCNEELY was born ABT 1822 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died AFT 15 JUN 1860 in Prairie, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
vi. PHILIP MCNEELY was born ABT 1824 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died 20 SEP 1871 in Fayettville, Washington County, Arkansas.
vii. RACHEL MCNEELY was born ABT 1825 in Maury County, Tennessee. She married JOHN A. WOODS 20 DEC 1845 in Maury County, Tennessee.
JOSEPH EAGLE (PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born 1785 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died ABT 1842 in Pulaski County, Arkansas. He married ROSANNA SENA FURR abt. 1811 in Rowan County, North Carolina, daughter of HENRY FURR and CATHERINE WISER. She was born ABT 1789 in Cabarras County, North Carolina, and died 1862 in Prairie County, Arkansas. JOSEPH left North Carolina in the year 1829 and located in Maury County, TN, where he farmed and also followed his trade of brick mason.
Children of JOSEPH EAGLE and ROSANNA SENA FURR are:
i. JAMES EAGLE was born 24 MAR 1813 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1863 in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
ii. MARIA EAGLE was born 04 FEB 1815 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1892 in Arkansas.
iii. PHILLIP EAGLE was born 04 DEC 1816 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1842 in Maury County, Tennessee.
iv. HENRY EAGLE was born 04 DEC 1816 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1886 in Arkansas.
v. ELIZABETH EAGLE was born 13 FEB 1819 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
vi. JOSEPH EAGLE was born 11 APR 1821 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1847 in Texas.
vii. JOHN EAGLE. was born 1826 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He died in 1854.
viii. GEORGE ALEXANDER EAGLE was born 14 JAN 1826 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
ix. ROSANNAH EAGLE was born 04 MAY 1828 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
x. DANIEL EAGLE was born 07 JAN 1832 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died 1875 in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
xi. DAVID EAGLE was born 25 DEC 1834 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died 1877 in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
PHILIP EAGLE (PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born ABT 1793 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died ABT 1822 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married ELIZABETH "BETSY" LONG 16 MAR 1819 in Maury County, Tennessee. She was born ABT 1801 in North Carolina, and died ABT 1855 in Prairie County, Arkansas.
Child of PHILIP EAGLE and ELIZABETH "BETSY" LONG is:
i. ALEXANDER EAGLE was born ABT 1821 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died ABT 1889 in Arkansas.
DAVID EAGLE (PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born ABT 1801 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1873 in Prairie County, Arkansas. He married ELIZABETH "BETSY" LONG abt. 1823 in Maury County, Tennessee. She was born ABT 1801 in North Carolina, and died ABT 1855 in Prairie County, Arkansas.
Children of DAVID EAGLE and ELIZABETH "BETSY LONG are:
i. PHILLIP EAGLE was born 25 APR 1825 in Maury County, Tennessee.
ii. JOSEPH EAGLE was born 05 APR 1829 in Maury County, Tennessee.
iii. JOHN D. EAGLE was born 1832 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died 1878 in Arkansas.
iv. JAMES EAGLE was born ABT 1836 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died 07 MAR 1862 in battle at Pea Ridge, Benton County, Arkansas.
v. NANCY EAGLE was born 1840 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died ABT 1862 in Prairie County, Arkansas.
vi. FRANCES EAGLE was born ABT 1843 in Maury County, Arkansas.
RACHEL EAGLE (PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born ABT 1783 in Rowan County, North Carolina. She married ISAAC MCNEELY 20 JUN 1805 in Rowan County, North Carolina, son of ARCHIBALD MCNEELY and ELIZABETH MILTON. He was born ABT 1788 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died BET 1840 AND 1850 in Maury County, Tennessee.
Children of RACHEL EAGLE and ISAAC MCNEELY are:
i. ELIZABETH MCNEELY was born ABT 1810 in North Carolina.
ii. JOSEPH ERIE MCNEELY was born 1813 in North Carolina, and died AFT 14 JUN 1880 in Arkansas.
iii. ADALINE MCNEELY was born ABT 1817 in North Carolina.
iv. JAMES MCNEELY was born ABT 1821 in Maury County, Tennessee.
v. MARTHA L. MCNEELY was born ABT 1822 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died AFT 15 JUN 1860 in Prairie, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
vi. PHILIP MCNEELY was born ABT 1824 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died 20 SEP 1871 in Fayettville, Washington County, Arkansas.
vii. RACHEL MCNEELY was born ABT 1825 in Maury County, Tennessee. She married JOHN A. WOODS 20 DEC 1845 in Maury County, Tennessee.
JOSEPH EAGLE (PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born 1785 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died ABT 1842 in Pulaski County, Arkansas. He married ROSANNA SENA FURR abt. 1811 in Rowan County, North Carolina, daughter of HENRY FURR and CATHERINE WISER. She was born ABT 1789 in Cabarras County, North Carolina, and died 1862 in Prairie County, Arkansas. JOSEPH left North Carolina in the year 1829 and located in Maury County, TN, where he farmed and also followed his trade of brick mason.
Children of JOSEPH EAGLE and ROSANNA SENA FURR are:
i. JAMES EAGLE was born 24 MAR 1813 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1863 in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
ii. MARIA EAGLE was born 04 FEB 1815 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1892 in Arkansas.
iii. PHILLIP EAGLE was born 04 DEC 1816 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1842 in Maury County, Tennessee.
iv. HENRY EAGLE was born 04 DEC 1816 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1886 in Arkansas.
v. ELIZABETH EAGLE was born 13 FEB 1819 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
vi. JOSEPH EAGLE was born 11 APR 1821 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1847 in Texas.
vii. JOHN EAGLE. was born 1826 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He died in 1854.
viii. GEORGE ALEXANDER EAGLE was born 14 JAN 1826 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
ix. ROSANNAH EAGLE was born 04 MAY 1828 in Rowan County, North Carolina.
x. DANIEL EAGLE was born 07 JAN 1832 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died 1875 in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
xi. DAVID EAGLE was born 25 DEC 1834 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died 1877 in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
PHILIP EAGLE (PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born ABT 1793 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died ABT 1822 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married ELIZABETH "BETSY" LONG 16 MAR 1819 in Maury County, Tennessee. She was born ABT 1801 in North Carolina, and died ABT 1855 in Prairie County, Arkansas.
Child of PHILIP EAGLE and ELIZABETH "BETSY" LONG is:
i. ALEXANDER EAGLE was born ABT 1821 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died ABT 1889 in Arkansas.
DAVID EAGLE (PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born ABT 1801 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died 1873 in Prairie County, Arkansas. He married ELIZABETH "BETSY" LONG abt. 1823 in Maury County, Tennessee. She was born ABT 1801 in North Carolina, and died ABT 1855 in Prairie County, Arkansas.
Children of DAVID EAGLE and ELIZABETH "BETSY LONG are:
i. PHILLIP EAGLE was born 25 APR 1825 in Maury County, Tennessee.
ii. JOSEPH EAGLE was born 05 APR 1829 in Maury County, Tennessee.
iii. JOHN D. EAGLE was born 1832 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died 1878 in Arkansas.
iv. JAMES EAGLE was born ABT 1836 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died 07 MAR 1862 in battle at Pea Ridge, Benton County, Arkansas.
v. NANCY EAGLE was born 1840 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died ABT 1862 in Prairie County, Arkansas.
vi. FRANCES EAGLE was born ABT 1843 in Maury County, Arkansas.
ESTHER EAGLE (PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born Abt. 1807 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and died August 04, 1874 in Maury County, Tennessee. She married THOMAS FRANKLIN BAIN March 14, 1829 in Rowan County, North Carolina, son of WILLIAM BAIN. He was born 1805 in North Carolina, and died March 26, 1864 in Maury County, Tennessee.
Pg. 10 Maury Co,TN records lists Mrs.Esther Bain,died Aug 4,1874 of pulmonary disease.She was one of the earliest settlers of Flat Creek. After Esther's death, her daughter Hannah Cox (wife of Samuel F. Cox) and her f amily migrate to Lonoke County,Arkansas. About 1830 Esther and her husband moved to Maury County, Tennessee where Esther already had family living. Her brother Philip Eagle and her sister Rachel Eagle McNeely, wife of Isaac McNeely had moved to Maury Count y between 1815 and 1819. It appears that her brother Joseph Eagle and hi s family made the move along with the Bain family in 1830. Esther stayed on her 40 acre farm after her husband Thomas died in 1864. Sometime between 1868 and 1870 Esther moved in with her son Francis and h is family. In 1871, her son Francis decides to move to Arkansas where many of Esther 's cousins the Eagle's live. Esther does not make the move with him, instead she goes to live with her daughter and son-in-law, Hannah and Samuel Cox in Maury County.
Children of ESTHER EAGLE and THOMAS BAIN are:
i. HARRIET E. BAIN, b. 1830, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1880, Maury County, Tennessee. She married (1) ROBERT CHOAT January 07, 1847 in Maury County, Tennessee. She married (2) JOHN JAMES MCNEELY May 13, 1856 in Maury County, Tennessee
ii. FRANCIS MARION BAIN, b. August 25, 1832, Maury County, Tennessee; d. July 19, 1904, Northfield, Motley County, Texas.
iii. HANNAH ANN BAIN, b. 1835, Maury County, Tennessee; d. 1889, Eagle, Lonoke County, Arkansas.
iv. RACHEL BAIN, b. January 22, 1840, Maury County, Tennessee; d. June 02, 1856, Maury County, Tennessee.
Pg. 10 Maury Co,TN records lists Mrs.Esther Bain,died Aug 4,1874 of pulmonary disease.She was one of the earliest settlers of Flat Creek. After Esther's death, her daughter Hannah Cox (wife of Samuel F. Cox) and her f amily migrate to Lonoke County,Arkansas. About 1830 Esther and her husband moved to Maury County, Tennessee where Esther already had family living. Her brother Philip Eagle and her sister Rachel Eagle McNeely, wife of Isaac McNeely had moved to Maury Count y between 1815 and 1819. It appears that her brother Joseph Eagle and hi s family made the move along with the Bain family in 1830. Esther stayed on her 40 acre farm after her husband Thomas died in 1864. Sometime between 1868 and 1870 Esther moved in with her son Francis and h is family. In 1871, her son Francis decides to move to Arkansas where many of Esther 's cousins the Eagle's live. Esther does not make the move with him, instead she goes to live with her daughter and son-in-law, Hannah and Samuel Cox in Maury County.
Children of ESTHER EAGLE and THOMAS BAIN are:
i. HARRIET E. BAIN, b. 1830, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1880, Maury County, Tennessee. She married (1) ROBERT CHOAT January 07, 1847 in Maury County, Tennessee. She married (2) JOHN JAMES MCNEELY May 13, 1856 in Maury County, Tennessee
ii. FRANCIS MARION BAIN, b. August 25, 1832, Maury County, Tennessee; d. July 19, 1904, Northfield, Motley County, Texas.
iii. HANNAH ANN BAIN, b. 1835, Maury County, Tennessee; d. 1889, Eagle, Lonoke County, Arkansas.
iv. RACHEL BAIN, b. January 22, 1840, Maury County, Tennessee; d. June 02, 1856, Maury County, Tennessee.
Generation No. 5
JOSEPH ERIE MCNEELY (RACHEL EAGLE, PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born 1813 in North Carolina, and died AFT 14 JUN 1880 in Arkansas. He married (1) ELIZABETH SANFORD 22 MAY 1828 in Maury County, Tennessee. She was born 1810 in North Carolina, and died ABT 1846 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married (2) SARAH T. GATES 23 AUG 1847 in Maury County, Tennessee.
Children of JOSEPH ERIE MCNEELY and ELIZABETH SANFORD are:
i. MARY E. MCNEELY was born ABT 1830 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died BEF 1855 in Maury County, Tennessee. She married GEORGE W. BURPO 02 NOV 1850 in Maury County, Tennessee.
ii. JOHN JAMES MCNEELY was born SEP 1831 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died AFT 1906 in Maury County, Tennessee.
Children of JOSEPH ERIE MCNEELY and SARAH T. GATES are:
iii. MARTHA RACHAEL MCNEELY was born ABT 1848 in Maury County, Tennessee.
iv. FRANCES CLEMENTINE MCNEELY was born MAR 1850 in Maury County, Tennessee.
v. MARY MCNEELY was born ABT 1851 in Maury County, Tennessee. She married JAMES D. DUNAWAY abt. 1878 in Prairie County, Arkansas, son of JAMES DUNAWAY and ELIZABETH EAGLE. He was born ABT 1845 in Maury County, Tennessee.
vi. JAMES MCNEELY was born ABT 1853 in Maury County, Tennessee.
vii. JOHN MCNEELY was born ABT 1854 in Maury County, Tennessee.
viii. SUSAN MCNEELY was born ABT 1856 in Maury County, Tennessee.
ix. SARAH MCNEELY was born ABT 1857 in Maury County, Tennessee.
x. THOMAS MCNEELY was born FEB 1860 in Maury County, Tennessee.
JAMES EAGLE (JOSEPH, PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born on 24 Mar 1813 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He died on 3 Oct 1863 in Austin, Texas. He was a Farmer in Lonoke, Arkansas. .JAMES EAGLE married CHARITY C. SWAIM in 1834 in Maury County, Tennessee. He died on 3 Oct 1863 in Austin, Texas. She was the daughter of SENATOR WILLIAM SWAIM and MARY "POLLY" WETHERBY.
Children of JAMES EAGLE and CHARITY C. SWAIM are:
i. COL. WILLIAM HENRY EAGLE was born on 5 Apr 1835 in Maury County, Tennessee.
ii. GOVERNOR JAMES PHILIP EAGLE was born on 10 Aug 1837 in Maury County, Tennessee.
iii. CHARITY ROSANNAH "DOLL" EAGLE was born in 1840 in Arkansas. She died in 1881.
iv. JOSEPH EAGLE was born in 1842 in Arkansas. He died about 1862 in Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
v. ROBERT J. EAGLE was born in 1846 in Arkansas. He died in 1873.
vi. ROBERTA EAGLE
vii. MARY JANE EAGLE was born in 1849 in Arkansas. She was buried in Lonoke, Arkansas. She is interred at Lonoke Cemetery. Cemetery in Lonoke, Arkansas.
viii. MARTHA ANN EAGLE
ix. SALLY ANN EAGLE was born after 1850.
HENRY EAGLE (JOSEPH, PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born on 4 Dec 1816 in Rowan County, North Carolina. In 1845 he married (1) LOUISA DUNAWAY. He lived on State Hwy 31 in Lonoke, Arkansas. A few miles W of Ark Hwy 31 between Lonoke and Cabot In 1866 he married (2) MARGARET J. DAVIS. He died in 1886.
Children of HENRY EAGLE and LOUISA DUNAWAY are:
i. ROSANNA EAGLE
ii. DAVID CLINTON EAGLE
JOHN D. EAGLE (DAVID, PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born in 1832 in Maury County, Tennessee. In 1860, he married MARY E. DRISKILL He died in 1878.
Child of JOHN EAGLE and MARY DRISKILL was:
i. FANNIE LEE EAGLE
HARRIET E. BAIN (ESTHER EAGLE, PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born 1830 in North Carolina, and died Aft. 1880 in Maury County, Tennessee. She married (1) ROBERT CHOAT January 07, 1847 in Maury County, Tennessee. She married (2) JOHN JAMES MCNEELY May 13, 1856 in Maury County, Tennessee, son of JOSEPH MCNEELY and ELIZABETH SANFORD. He was born September 1831 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died Aft. 1906 in Maury County, Tennessee.
Divorced Robert Choat - 09 MAY 1849 in Maury County, Tennessee
Harriet E. Choat vs Robert S. Choat, petition for divorce, they were married at the house of her father Thomas F. Bain in Maury Co., in Feb 1847 , they went to Dallas Co., Ala, on a visit to his mother, returned and lived in Maury Co. until June 1848 he abandoned her without cause, he returned to Alabama, he declared he would never live with her again. When he came back to Maury he would not even go see her. She had one child, a boy , by her husband, born in August after he abandoned her.
Child of HARRIET BAIN and ROBERT CHOAT is:
i. THOMAS Y. CHOAT, b. 1849, Maury County, Tennessee.
Children of HARRIET BAIN and JOHN MCNEELY are:
ii. WILLIAM C. MCNEELY, b. 1857, Maury County, Tennessee.
iii. JOSEPH A. MCNEELY, b. 1859, Maury County, Tennessee.
iv. FRANKLIN JAMES MCNEELY, b. February 1860, Maury County, Tennessee.
v. MARY ETTA MCNEELY, b. January 09, 1865, Maury County, Tennessee; d. January 18, 1936, Denton Island, Jackson County, Arkansas.
vi. DAVID E. MCNEELY, b. 1866, Maury County, Tennessee.
vii. JOHN B. MCNEELY, b. 1869, Maury County, Tennessee.
viii. ADER L. MCNEELY, b. 1873, Maury County, Tennessee
Generation No. 6
COL. WILLIAM HENRY EAGLE (JAMES, JOSEPH, PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born on 5 Apr 1835 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married ADA MUNROE in 1884. He died on 25 Mar 1906 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is interred at Lonoke Cemetery Cemetery in Lonoke, Arkansas.
He lived at Doc Eagle Loop road and Beavis Rd. in Lonoke, Arkansas about 1850. The old plantation house is still standing, appears in good repair and is occupied. It was a dog-trot style, which has been closed in. In 1871 he was a Merchandizer in Lonoke, Arkansas. He was elected as State Representative in 1892 in Lonoke, Arkansas. He was a Farmer. Farm was located between Hwy 70 and Beavis Rd. The house is still standing at the corner of Doc Eagle Loop and Beavis Rd. The cleared area of the plantation covered over 2000 acres in Lonoke County alone, but he owned over 11,000. On 6-10-1875 three negros were found guilty of complicity to commit murder of several in the Eagle Family.
In April 1898 on a Monday near Rubles Corner in Lonoke, Arkansas there was a shootout involving five Eagle brothers. W.K. Booe and two of his sons were killed in the gunfight. There was no other mention of this in the Lonoke Paper, other than the statement that the Eagle family deeply regreted the incident. The story has been passed down through the generations, but no one remembers any other details.
Children of WILLIAM EAGLE and ADA MUNROE were:
i. WILLIAM HENRY EAGLE
ii. BESSIE EAGLE was born in 1885.
iii. MAMIE EAGLE was born on 27 Jul 1887. She died on 16 Sep 1891 in Lonoke, Arkansas. She is interred at Lonoke Cemetery Cemetery in Lonoke, Arkansas. Inscription, "In Loving Memory"
iv. LILLIAN EAGLE was born in 1889.
v. BRYAN EAGLE
vi. FRENCH EAGLE
COL. WILLIAM HENRY EAGLE (JAMES, JOSEPH, PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born on 5 Apr 1835 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married ADA MUNROE in 1884. He died on 25 Mar 1906 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is interred at Lonoke Cemetery Cemetery in Lonoke, Arkansas.
He lived at Doc Eagle Loop road and Beavis Rd. in Lonoke, Arkansas about 1850. The old plantation house is still standing, appears in good repair and is occupied. It was a dog-trot style, which has been closed in. In 1871 he was a Merchandizer in Lonoke, Arkansas. He was elected as State Representative in 1892 in Lonoke, Arkansas. He was a Farmer. Farm was located between Hwy 70 and Beavis Rd. The house is still standing at the corner of Doc Eagle Loop and Beavis Rd. The cleared area of the plantation covered over 2000 acres in Lonoke County alone, but he owned over 11,000. On 6-10-1875 three negros were found guilty of complicity to commit murder of several in the Eagle Family.
In April 1898 on a Monday near Rubles Corner in Lonoke, Arkansas there was a shootout involving five Eagle brothers. W.K. Booe and two of his sons were killed in the gunfight. There was no other mention of this in the Lonoke Paper, other than the statement that the Eagle family deeply regreted the incident. The story has been passed down through the generations, but no one remembers any other details.
Children of WILLIAM EAGLE and ADA MUNROE were:
i. WILLIAM HENRY EAGLE
ii. BESSIE EAGLE was born in 1885.
iii. MAMIE EAGLE was born on 27 Jul 1887. She died on 16 Sep 1891 in Lonoke, Arkansas. She is interred at Lonoke Cemetery Cemetery in Lonoke, Arkansas. Inscription, "In Loving Memory"
iv. LILLIAN EAGLE was born in 1889.
v. BRYAN EAGLE
vi. FRENCH EAGLE
GOVERNOR JAMES PHILIP EAGLE (JAMES, JOSEPH, PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born on 10 Aug 1837 in Maury County, Tennessee. He married MARY "MAMIE" KAVANAUGH OLDHAM of Kentucky on 3 Jan 1882 in Maury County, Tennessee, daughter of WILLIAM KAVANAUGH and KATE OLDHAM. He died on 19 Dec 1904 in Little Rock, Arkansas of heart failure. J.P. entered the civil war in 1861 as a private in the First Arkansas Mounted Regiment, where he fought in DEC 1861 at Hominy Creek. By the time he fought at the Battle of Pea Ridge in Mar of 1862 he had made the rank of Lieutenant. On DEC 31, 1862 he was taken prisoner at Murfreesboro, Tenn. Over the next few months he was transferred to Camp Chase, Ohio; City Port, Virginia; and Fort Delaware . |
GOVERNOR JAMES PHILIP EAGLE
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In 1863 he was part of a prisoner exchange and returned to his unit at Chattanooga, Tenn. While fighting at Peach Tree Creek in July 1864, he was wounded in the abdomen. He was incapacitated for only two months, rejoining his troups in Georgia in 1864. During this time he rose from Major to Lieutenant Colonel. He surrendered his troups (the First Arkansas Regiment) at Greensboro, North Carolina. He was ordained in 1870 in Lonoke, Arkansas. Ordained and Preached at Lonoke Baptist Church. He was educated at the in 1871 in Mississippi College. He was elected as State Senator between 1872 and 1873 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a0ppointed to the 22nd Session of the Arkansas Legislature (Special Session) between 1874 and 1875 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was elected as President Arkansas Baptist Convention between 1880 and 1904 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was elected as State Senator (Speaker of the House) 25th Legislative session. on 5 Feb 1885 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was elected as Governor of Arkansas between 1889 and 1891 in Little Rock, Arkansas. J.P. was the Democratic candidate and ran against C.M. NORWOOD (Republican). He was the sixteenth governor of the state. He was elected as Governor of Arkansas between 1891 and 1893 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He Apponted to the Second Capitol Commission in 1901 in Little Rock, Arkansas. J.P. Served on the Second Capitol Commission to construct a new state capitol. He was appointed, then fired by Governor Jeff Davis. He was elected as President of the Southern Baptist Convention for two terms in 1902.
In 1872 friends placed Eagle's name in nomination for the state legislature and he was elected. He became actively involved in the Brooks-Baxter dispute in 1874, raising and commanding three companies in support of Elisha Baxter. Eagle's reputation as a farmer and a minister served him well in politics and contributed to his nomination as the Democratic Party's gubernatorial candidate in 1888. That year the party faced a formidable challenge from a coalition of blacks, Republicans, the Knights of Labor, and agrarian reformers who belonged to the Agricultural Wheel. Eagle won what many regard as the most corrupt election in Arkansas history. His rival C.M. Norwood protested the election results but to no avail. Eagle was re-elected by a larger margin in 1890.
In Eagle's first term the legislature was little inclined to enact the more ambitious items in his agenda which included reforms in taxes, railroad regulation, education, roads, and prisons. His program fared a little better in his second term but the governor did manage over four years to restore a degree of harmony in the Democratic Party. In 1891 the legislature enacted a separate coach law requiring separate accommodations for blacks and whites traveling on public transportation. Eagle did not advocate such a measure, but allowed it to become law. Before his death, J.P wrote the memoirs with his wife which was published by the Arkansas Democrat. The book was entitled "A Brief Memior of Mary K. Eagle. The book contains a brief history of thier relationship as well as letters written to him after and concerning death. The book is on display at the Old State House on Markham Street in Little Rock. He was buried in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is interred at Mt. Holly Cemetery at 12th and Broadway. Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas. Mt Holly is the burial place for many confederate officers, 10 Arkansas Governors, and other officials. J.P.'s grave is on the first road to the right after entering the cemetery off Broadway. His monument is a tall obelisk located next to the Thompson Mausoleum. His obelisk is clearly visible from Broadway. His wife is buried alongside him. J.P. inherited his fathers farm (located in Lonoke County) and by the time he died had grown the farm to over 2400 acres. He also had 14 lots in the city of Little Rock. He was a Circuit Rider in Lonoke, Arkansas. Mule named "Gospel" He lived 219 E 7th in Little Rock, Arkansas. Now the location of the Albert Pike Hotel, and the Second Baptist Church (8th and Cumberland). This land possibly donated by his siblings after his death. He lived Trapnal Hall in Little Rock, Arkansas.
MARY ETTA MCNEELY (HARRIET E. BAIN, ESTHER EAGLE, PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born January 09, 1865 in Maury County, Tennessee, and died January 18, 1936 in Denton Island, Jackson County, Arkansas. She married (1) JERRY FRANK SCOTT Abt. 1886, son of JEREMIAH SCOTT and MARY STEELY. He was born June 26, 1862 in Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Alabama. She married (2) CLINTON ROBERT "SID" BOAZ Abt. 1900. He was born Abt. 1877 in Texas.
Mrs. Mary Etter Boaz, aged 71, died Saturday morning at 2:30 o:clock at the home of her son, Tom Boaz, on Denton Island. Funeral services and burial was at Denton Island Cemetery Sunday afternoon."
Children of MARY MCNEELY and JERRY SCOTT are:
i. WESLEY SCOTT, b. November 15, 1887, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
ii. JAMES LEE SCOTT, b. November 02, 1889, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
iii. VIOLA SCOTT, b. November 23, 1891, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
iv. VIANNE SCOTT, b. November 23, 1891, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
v. ANDREW ALLEN SCOTT, b. March 06, 1892, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
vi. LULA BELL SCOTT, b. November 23, 1894, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
vii. ESTELLA MARIE SCOTT, b. March 04, 1896, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
viii. FRANK SCOTT, b. Abt. 1897, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
ix. JERRY SCOTT, b. Abt. 1898, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
Children of MARY MCNEELY and CLINTON BOAZ are:
x. TOM B. BOAZ, b. 1900, Oklahoma; d. 1960, Jackson County, Arkansas.
xi. BLOSSIE BOAZ, b. Abt. 1903, Arkansas.
xii. ETTER L. BOAZ, b. March 22, 1905, Amboy, Lee County, Illinois; m. WALTER W. GOATCHER, September 28, 1924, Jackson County, Arkansas; b. December 19, 1903, Arkansas; d. April 1971, Creston, Ogle County, Illinois.
Generation No. 7
TOM B. BOAZ (MARY ETTA MCNEELY, HARRIET E. BAIN, ESTHER EAGLE, PHILLIP, ADAM, MARCUS) was born 1900 in Oklahoma, and died 1960 in Jackson County, Arkansas. He married MAUDIE L. GOODMAN March 12, 1922 in Jackson County, Arkansas, daughter of THOMAS GOODMAN and MARGARET HOWARD. She was born August 02, 1904 in Arkansas, and died August 1976 in Marion, Grant County, Indiana.
TOM B. BOAZ & MAUDIE L. GOODMAN Burial: Ballews Chapel Cemetery, Grubbs, Arkansas
Children of TOM BOAZ and MAUDIE GOODMAN are:
i. CLINTON E. BOAZ, b. April 09, 1941, Tuckerman, Arkansas; d. August 28, 2000, Marion, Indiana; m. HELEN PICKERING.
ii. LULA BOAZ, m. ROBERT BAKER.
iii. THOMAS BOAZ.
iv. NONA BOAZ.