William Winston Eads
Submitted by Joe Mode

 

Newspaper:  Not sure, just have clipping
Date:  date of June 8, 1925 written on clipping.
Volume: 
Number: 
Page: 

W.W. Eads, one of the few survivors among the Confederate veterans of Bedford County, died suddenly Monday evening at the home of his son, William O. Eads, near Unionville, aged 83. (born 31 Oct. 1841 in Stokes County, NC and died 8 June 1925. Father and mother were William Henry Eads and Sallie Hatcher.)

Though feeble from age and subject to attacks of heart trouble now and then he was able to be up and about the place and had walked out to where his son was plowing cotton near the house a few minutes before his death. Returning to the house he sat down and said he was very sick and died in a few minutes. Deceased was a worthy man and a good citizen and his death is a loss to the community in which he lived. Deceased was born in Stokes County, North Carolina, and moved here early in his childhood. After he grew to manhood he was a merchant in Millerburg, but after the death of his first wife (Ellen Ladd) he moved to Unionville, where he and his wife, who was Miss Dora Bell Robinson, reared a family of two sons and three daughters, all of whom are still living.(Had two children by first wife, one died in infancy, Ellen, and the other Lena Pearl, married Tom Wortham)

Mr. Eads was a noble Christian character, bringing his children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, teaching them to be God fearing men and women, thereby making good citizens of them. Deceased was 83 years old at the time of his death, and was one of the rapidly thinning ranks of those who so nobly wore the gray, and his comrade of the war, Mr. W.H. Osteen, was present to pay loving tribute to his departed comrade. Funeral services were conducted at his home by Rev. C.I. Kelley and Rev. W.F. Norman, followed by interment at Bethlehem Cemetery. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family.

NOTE: William Winston Eads belonged to Neal's 16th Battalion, Tenn. Cavalry, Co. A, Rucker's Battalion. He can also be found within the Tennessee Veterans Questionaire. He recieved a pension for his services. More information on him can be found at this site. His family did not own slaves.

 

INDEX || WHAT'S NEW || CONFEDERATE RECORDS || UNION RECORDS
HOW-TO || MISCELLANEOUS || SEARCH || SITE MAP

©Tennessee and the Civil War Obituary Project

This page was last updated on  Thursday, March 10, 2005 .

©Tennessee and the Civil War Project 2005. All Rights Reserved.
All content found on this site is the property of the Tennessee and the Civil Project and her contributors 
and may not be used without written permission.

 

 

This TNGenWeb Project website is hosted by USGenNet, a nonprofit web-hosting service solely supported by tax-deductible donations. If this website has provided you with useful information, please consider making a donation to USGenNet to help keep websites like this online.