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Eletha Eads
1836 - 1916 (79 years)
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Name Eletha Eads Born 16 Oct 1836 Cole, Missouri, United States 
[1, 2] Gender Female AFN 2JXJ-R7 Buried Aug 1916 Oregon, United States [3] Died 11 Aug 1916 Peck, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States [4, 5, 6, 7] Person ID I2076 Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark Last Modified 11 Jan 2014
Father Solomon Eads, b. 15 Oct 1799, Franklin, Georgia, United States , d. 3 Mar 1862, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States (Age 62 years) Mother Susannah Collet, b. 1 Nov 1809, Missouri, United States , d. 18 Aug 1861, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States (Age 51 years) Married 1 Jan 1824 Cole, Missouri, United States [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] Family ID F721 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Joseph Nathaniel Pearson, b. 17 Sep 1829, Boone, Missouri, United States , d. 3 Aug 1894, Palouse, Whitman, Washington, United States (Age 64 years) Married 6 Jul 1851 Yamhill, Oregon, United States [14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20] Children + 1. Emily Pearson, b. 14 Jul 1852, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. 26 Sep 1925, United States (Age 73 years)+ 2. Amanda Pearson, b. 23 Apr 1854, Oregon, United States , d. 12 Oct 1938, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States (Age 84 years)3. Andrew Jackson Pearson, b. 15 Jun 1855, Oregon, United States , d. 1 Oct 1884 (Age 29 years)+ 4. Olive P Pearson, b. 10 Jan 1858, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. 22 Jun 1939, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States (Age 81 years)+ 5. Francis Marion Pearson, b. 12 Jun 1860, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. 11 Jan 1945, Orofino, Clearwater, Idaho, United States (Age 84 years)+ 6. William Perry Pearson, b. 14 Mar 1862, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. 31 Jul 1926, Clarkston, Asotin, Washington, United States (Age 64 years)+ 7. Alice Pearson, b. 19 Aug 1864, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. 12 Dec 1919 (Age 55 years)+ 8. Elnora H Pearson, b. 23 Aug 1866, Pilot Rock, Umatilla, Oregon, United States , d. 14 Feb 1949 (Age 82 years)+ 9. Orofino Pearson, b. 23 Jun 1879, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States , d. 3 Sep 1943, King, Washington, United States (Age 64 years)Last Modified 22 Nov 2014 Family ID F628 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 16 Oct 1836 - Cole, Missouri, United States 
Married - 6 Jul 1851 - Yamhill, Oregon, United States 
Buried - Aug 1916 - Oregon, United States 
Died - 11 Aug 1916 - Peck, Nez Perce, Idaho, United States = Link to Google Earth
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Eletha Eads
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Notes - 1836 BIRTH: MO,Cole Co: Eletha Eads was born 16 Oct 1836, known as Aunt Ella
1840 CENSUS: MO, Platte Co Rcds 1839-1849, bk #977.9135 N2p, FHL pg 88, #1183:
EADS, Solomon: Males: 1 5-10; 2 10-15; 1 40-50; Females: 2 0-5
1850 CENSUS: OR Terr, Polk Co, 19 Oct, Dw190/190: Eletha Edes 14/MO, dau of Solomon & Susannah Edes
1851 MARRIAGE: OR,Yamhill Co: Joseph Pearson md Eletha Eads 6 July 1851 - eloped
July 1954 letter from Elsie Johnson Hosmer to Mary Marks, Eads doc #59: "Grandma Pearson had 9 children as follows: Emily Pearson McCulloch-Everts..., Amanda md Oll Wilson, Andrew Jackson, Olive md Julius Wegner, Frances Marion, William Perry, Alice md Wm Johnson-Nate Windom, Elnora md Randall, then Nannie's brother Jim Cox, Orofina md Bert Cox, later Shanley McMahon-all dead."
1860 CENSUS: OR, Polk Co-Douglas Prec, Dw #430: Elizabeth Pearson 23/MO, wife of J N Pearson 29/MO
1870 CENSUS: OR,Umatilla Co-Pendleton Prec,Cayuse PO 15 Jun, Dw105: Elletha Pearson 33/MO, wife of Joseph N Pearson
1880 CENSUS: OR,Umatilla Co,Alta: 6-17,Dw 172: Eletha Pearson 43/MO (KY,PA), wife of Joseph N Pearson
1880-1900 HIST: Jul 1955 letter from Gladys Pearson Finley to Mary Marks, #34: "I have always wanted a true record of my grandmother Pearson [Eletha Eads] pioneering days. She lived with my father and mother [Wm Perry & Nancy Pearson-sometime between 1880-1900?] many years. Many times people have come to our house and she would repeat those tales of her early days. I was a teenager then and it didn't interest me enough to remember all.
Rt 1, box 166, Alderwood Manor WA." [found no record of her living with Perry & Nancy. She was living with Bert Cox & Ora in 1900 & they were with Jim Cox & Elnora for a time]
c1900 HIST: ID,Nez Perce Co-Fletcher: "A History of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties," Biography of Francis M Pearson: ...son of Joseph and Ella (Eads) Pearson. ...Yam Hill county, which was the native place of the mother.... aged mother is still living at Fletcher ID."
1900 CENSUS: ID, Nez Perce Co-Lewiston, E Lewiston Pct, FHL film#1240234 pg 111,Dw #111
COX, Bert Jun 1878-26/WA (IA/TN) md 4 yrs, Trueline [?], r&w,rent;
Ora F-wife Jun 1879-20/OR (MO/MO) 2/2 children; Robert R-son
Apr 1898-2/ID; Chester R-son Dec 1899-5/12 ID; Eleatha PEARSON
mthr/lw Oct 1837-63/MO (KY,TN) Wid 8/8 children living, r&w
1902 PENSION APP-OR,Josephine Co, Grants Pass: 17 Dec by Eletha Pearson: "widow of Joseph Pearson....
Emma Everett 50 & Carrie McCulloch 18 of Grants Pass: "Known Eletha Pearson 45 & 10 yrs.."
1903 HIST: OR,Josephine Co-Grants Pass: 1 Jan 1903 Pension Affidavit by Thos J Gregory: "His widow resides at Grants Pass OR."
ID,Nez Perce-Dublin: 20 May 1903 Affidavit by Eletha Pearson 66 yrs, PO Dublin,Nez Perce,ID
1910 CENSUS: ID, Idaho Co-Kamiah Prec: T624_224,pg219A, 15-6 April, Dw 1/1:
COX, James I 36/OR (MO.MO) md 1, 11yrs this mg; farmer, gen farm owned;
Elnora wife-42/OR (MO,MO) md 2, 11 yrs this mg,1/1 child living;
Elitha Pearson Mthr-in-lw 73/MO (KY,TN)widow; Olney S Pearson
bro-in-lw 29/OR (OR,OR) single, farm laborer
1916 DEATH,BURIAL: ID,Nez Perce Co-Peck: Eletha Eads Pearson died 11 August 1916; buried Old Peck Cemetery 12 August 1916, Peck, ID
ACTION - CK OUT - Eletha Eads Pearson:
1. 1836 BIRTH,1851 MG,1916DTH: AFN:2JXJ-R7
2. AF 2JXJ-R7: died 12 Aug 1916, Peck, Nez Perce, Idaho
3. Call Hattie Church Gnos - sd had picture of Ella & wd send
- 1836 BIRTH: MO,Cole Co: Eletha Eads was born 16 Oct 1836, known as Aunt Ella
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Sources - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Eletha (Ella) Eads born 16 Oct 1836 in Missouri"
Fam rcds collected by Mary Gray Marks,gdau of Solomon & Susannah, papers in poss of Pam Hallmark Wagner in "Eads Box, doc #1-3,6,84 - [S193] IGI-International Genealogical Index, #F791355 p 1, Fiche #6011817, p 12.
#F791355:"Eletha Eads born abt 1836; #6011817/12: "Eletha Eads born 16 Oct 1836 Cole Co MO"
LDS IGI - [S225] Family Rcds: STARK, Wendell M.
"Eletha Ella Eads bur 12 Aug 1916 Old Peck Cem, Peck ID (these are my G.G. Grandparents, I have been to their graves)"
Feb email from Wendell M Stark to Carol Jones, cc to Pam Wagner - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Eletha Eads Pearson died Aug 1[or 11], 1916," no place shown.
Family information given to Mary Marks, Eads doc #4-5,84 - [S225] Family Rcds: STARK, Wendell M.
"Eletha Eads Pearson died 12 Aug 1916, Peck, Nez Perce ID."
Aug 2001 email from Wendall Stark to Pam Wagner - [S226] US Military Pension Rcds, Certif #6605.
"Eletha Pearson, pensioner...was last paid at $12 to 4 June 1916, has been dropped from roll because of death 11 Aug 1916," no place shown
Pensioner Eletha Pearson, Soldier Joseph, Svc: C,1st OR Riflemen
Date: 22 September 1916 - [S261] Idaho: State Death Index, ID#26790, Death Certif #015350.
"Eletha Pearson died 1916 at Peck, Nez Perce Co, Idaho; born 10/16 1836
Feb 2003 email from Carol Tallman Jones to Pam Wagner - Internet site: detailForm.cfm?recordID=26790 - Nez Perce Co, Idaho
Date: 1916 - [S168] History of the Eads Family.
"Md Susannah Collet in Missouri-13 children," no date shown. - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Grandfather Solomon Eads... md Susannah Collet Jan 1, 1824, in Missouri."
Fam rcds collected by Mary Gray Marks, Eads Box, doc #1-3,5,84 - [S214] Missouri Marriages Before 1840, Fiche #6051425: BK A pg 6.
Solomon Eades & Susannah Collet married 1 Jan 1824, Cole Co, MO - [S193] IGI-International Genealogical Index, M514811 pg 26.
SS:10 Dec 1984 SL: "Solomon Eades md to Susannah H Collett 1 Jan 18 1824, Cole Co MO
Also IGI 6011817, pg 12. "M" film means extracted from marriage rcds
Date: 10 December 1884 - [S145] Oregon,Polk Co: Donation Land Claim, Certificate# 3599.
640 acres. Solomon Eads... md Susannah 1 Jan 1825 Cole Co MO.
Date: 2 November 1854 - [S422] Internet: Ancestry.com, Anc.com Img 16, Index MG Bk pg 34.
Eads, Solomon male, md to Collett, Susannah, female, on Jan 1, 1824, Date of filing: Jan 19, 1824, Recorded in Bk A pg 6
Missouri Marriages 1805-2002, search January 2009: Copy of Index to Marriage Records, 1821-1881, pg 34 - [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.
"Eletha (Ella) Eads md Joseph [or Joseph N] Pearson July 6, 1851," no place shown.
Fam rcds collected by Mary Gray Marks,gdau of Solomon & Susannah, papers in poss of Pam Hallmark Wagner in "Eads Box, doc #1-5 - [S168] History of the Eads Family, Pg 5.
Joseph Pierson md Elitha (Aunt Ella) in 1851 at the age of 15, an elopement marriage. Children: I remember Perry, Frank, and Ora." [Joseph Pierson-ie was x'd out and Pearson written by Mary Marks, pencil in margin]
Date: 1945 - [S224] Oregon: Donation Land Claim, Claim #2412.
"Joseph N. Pearson md Eletha [no last name] on 6 July 1851, Yamhill Co OR"
OR Donation Land Claim #2412,1853, Yamhill Co OR
Date: 1853 - [S221] Oregon,Yamhill Co: Marriage Records, Fiche #6048273, page 6.
"Joseph Pearson md Eletha Eads 6 July 1851, Yamhill Co OR (eloped)"
Yamhill Co Mg Rcds 1844-1862
Date: July 1851 - [S226] US Military Pension Rcds.
"We have been acquainted with Joseph Pearson since about 1850 and up to the time of his death... also acquainted with his widow Eletha Pearson. Her maiden name was Eletha Eades. We were each of us present at her marriage to Joseph Pearson in Yamhill Co OR on 6 July 1851. WL Adams who now resides at Hood River OR, was the minister who married them... Neither were md before.. "
1903 MILITARY PENSION AFFIDAVIT-Yamhill Co Oregon,William Toney, age 75, and Elsie Toney age 64, res at McMinnville declaration
Date: 1903 - [S226] US Military Pension Rcds, Pension App #9159, Certif #6605.
"She is 66 yrs... she was married to him on the 6th day of July,AD 1851 at Yamhill Co Oregon by Christian Minister under the name of Eletha Eads... he had not been previously married to anyone."
PENSION CLAIM by Mrs Eletha Pearson, Grants Pass,Josephine Co OR
Date: 17 December 1902 - [S177] Family Rcds: POUND, Iva Wegner Royse.
"My grandparents' names is all I know... Eletha Pearson and Joseph Pearson - from the Bible record," no dates or places shown.
1955 letter from Iva to Mary Marks, Eads doc #87b
- [S204] Family Rcds: MARKS, Mary GRAY.