Martha Jane Banks

Notes:

1864 BIRTH: OR,Douglas-Rosebud: Martha Jane Banks was born on 9 Jun 1864, to Hilkiah (bn AL) & Martha Sherrod Banks (bn MISS)

HIST: "Hist of the Eads Family," by Rev. Geo R Eads, 1945, pg 9: "Turning to the records of my
mothers people the Banks family. My grandfather's name was Hilkiah, & his father's Thomas. Among his brothers & sisters we find the names of Simon, Reziah, Tirzah, Jabes, Rhoda. He gave the following Bible names to his children: Naomi, Jesse, Samuel, Hilkiah (Preston), Martha Jane, my mother, and Mary.
A number of Ministers of the Gospel are found in both branches of our family tree... The Banks family have such ministers, Louis Albert Banks, D.D., and the Sherrod Brothers, Arthur, Wm, & Whitfield, who were United Brethren ministers..."

1918 DEATH: OR,Grant-John Day: Martha Jane Banks died July 25, 1918 of asthenia,contributed by anemia visceroptosis, age 54yrs 1mo 17dys.




ACTION - CK OUT - Martha Jane Banks:
1. AFN: 1:GB-VK; IGI 8103601, film 1260832/04

Martha married Ennis Eads 3 Nov 1881, Athena, Umatilla, Oregon, United States. Ennis (son of Solomon Eads and Susannah Collet) was born 13 Apr 1854, Sheridan, Yamhill, Oregon, United States; died 7 Feb 1929, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States; was buried 10 Feb 1929, Fox, Grant, Oregon, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1882 BIRTH: OR,Umatilla Co-Athena: George Roy Eads was born 11 September 1882

1882 HIST: Hist of the Eads Family by Rev Geo R Eads, 1945, pg 7: "I will add a brief sketch of my own life to the present time, Jan 31, 1945...

1882-1889: OR,Umatilla-Ukiah: "...lived on father's homestead 6 mi from Ukiah until I was 17. My sister, Effie, and I walked 3 miles to a country log cabin school 3 months of the year in the summer months. After some yrs, the term of school lengthened to 6 months & it was not until I was 16 that I attended a 9 months school."
c1885: "My earliest memory is of a visit to the home of Uncle Joe Pierson (Pearson-corrected by Mary in margin) when I could not have been more than 3 yrs old."

1899: OR,Union-LaGrande: "...I was 17... we moved to LaGrande, ...attended High School."

c1902: ID: ...moved to North Idaho. ...I spent one winter at Tacoma as Salvation Army Officer."

1904: OR,Gilliam Co-Dondon: ...back to Oregon living one winter in Condon..."

1905: OR,Jefferson Co-Madras: ...moving onto my own homestead of 160 acres near Madres, OR..."

1906: OR,Crook Co-Prineville: ...June 9, 1906, I was baptized...into Culver Baptist Church."

1907: "March 3, 1907: Ordained to Baptist Ministry in which most of my life has been spent."

1907 MÁRRIAGE #1: OR,Wheeler Co-Fossil: George R Eads married to Miss Olive Stillwell 7 June, 1907, 2 children: Chester Jackson & Velna Olive Eads [Connie Clapier shows md 1908, son Chester Ira]

1910-1916 HIST: Hist of THE Eads Family, pg 7:
1910: TX,Grayson Co-Collinsville: "...for 2 yrs I was active in pastoral work..."
1912: OR,Wheeler-Fox: George R Eads divorced wife, Olive, who was soon married [Connie shows divorce 1912 in Yanhill Co OR]. After serving a term as Missionary of the Middle Oregon Baptist Church I settled as pastor of the Fox Baptist Church where I remained for 5 yrs."

1916 MARRIAGE #2: OR,Grant Co-Fox: George R Eads md Alice Larson of Gateway OR, April 23, 1916

1919 HIST: OR,Wasco-Wamic: ... I served as pastor for 2 yrs."

1920 CENSUS: OR,Wasco-White River: Anc.com Img 578-pg 4B,Jan 15, Dw 99:
EADS, George R-head 37/OR (OR,OR) md minister,renting: Alice A-wife 28/OR
(Norway/Denmark); Sarah E May-boarder 21/KS (US,US)single; Chester-son
10/OR (OR,OR); Velna-dau 9/OR (OR,OR)

1921 HIST: OR,Wasco-Wamic: "Our son, Roy Allison, was born & died on July 19, 1921.
OR,Lake Co-Silver Lake: "...I became Pastor of the Silver Lake Church...resigned the following summer"

1922: OR,Umatilla-Weston: "...became pastor of Weston Church. While here on Nov 20, 1922, our son, Robert Ennes, was born in the church parsonage."

1924: WA,Pierce Co-Sumner: "...July 1924... where I was pastor for 4 yrs."

1928: OR,Multnomah-Portland: ...pastor of the North Baptist Church. While here I attended the Western Theological Seminary graduating with the degree of Graduate of Theology (TH G) & Batchelor of Theology (Th B). Father, [Ennes] who was in failing health, came to live with me...late in 1928..."

1929: "... until he died there Feb 7, 1929, & was buried beside my mother at Fox, Oregon."

1930 CENSUS: OR,Multnomah-Portland: Anc.com Img 3-pg 248,Apr 3-8,108 Holland St-Dw18/18:
EADS, George R-head 48/OR[OR,OR] md 26yrs,own home-value 2200, clergyman
for Baptist Church; Alice A-wife 38/OR[NY,Dnmk] md 22yrs,no occ; Chester J
son 21/OR[OR,OR] single laborer in furniture factory; Velna O-dau 20/OR
[OR,OR] single housekeeper in private home; Robert E-son 7/OR[OR,OR]

1934: OR,Umatilla-Athena: ... in Nov, ...as pastor & remained there for 2 1/2 yrs...

1937: WA,Mason Co-Shelton: ...retired from active ministry. June 12, we moved to a 10-acre tract ...built a house, cleared land for garden & orchard."

1940 DEATH of wife: WA,Mason Co-Shelton: "My wife died here after a long illness on Feb 21..."

1940 MARRIAGE #3: WA,Thurston Co-Olympia: George R Eads md Mrs. Nell Dickinson on Sep 30, 1940 [whom I had known at Fossil in the early days of my ministry].

1945 HIST: Hist of the Eads Family, pg 8: "At this writing our country is at war with Germany & Japan & our boys, Robert Eads in Navy & Robert Dickenson is in the Army, serving their country. Chester served in the Air Corps 16 months & then given a medical discharge. June 25, 1945--Since the foregoing history was written, word has been received that Robert Ennes Eads had been killed in action in the vicinity of Philippines." (Mary wrote in the margin: "27 May 1945 off the shore of Okinawa")

1948 DEATH: WA,Mason Co-Shelton: George R Eads died 28 [or 29] Apr 1948

1955 HIST: March 1955 letter in Eads box from Mary Gray Marks to Chester Asbury Eads, doc#70: "The one [history] Geo Eads wrote-he got all his information from his older brothers. He lived in northern Idaho and Washington among them."



ACTION - CK OUT - Geo R Eads:
1. AFN: 1LGC-7F

George married Olive Aretta Stillwell 7 Jun 1907, Fossil, Wheeler, Oregon, United States. Olive was born 18 Jun 1891, Fossil, Wheeler, Oregon, United States; died 10 Jan 1918, Oregon, United States. [Group Sheet]

George married Alice A Larson 23 Apr 1916, Fox, Grant, Oregon, United States. Alice was born Abt 1892; died 21 Feb 1940, Shelton, Mason, Washington, United States; was buried Feb 1940. [Group Sheet]

George married Nell Van Horn 30 Sep 1940, Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States. Nell was born 28 Jan 1891, Oregon, United States; died 14 Feb 1974, Shelton, Mason, Washington, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1885 BIRTH: OR,Umatilla-Ukiah: Effie Ida Eads born 11 Nov 1885

1908 MARRIAGE: OR,Jefferson Co-near Madras: Effie Eads married Walter Staley Rice on Nov 4, 1908 at the family home near Madras, Oregon.

1909 HIST: OR,Jefferson Co-near Madras: Hist of the Eads Family, pg 10: "I am Effie (Eads) Rice... On Aug 24,1909, our daughter, Mable Anna, was born on my homestead adjoining my brothers.

1911 LAND: Novc 2002 email from Connie Clapier, pg 30: "Effie obtained a land claim of 160 acres in the Willamette Valley in April, 1911 thru the Lnad Office in The Dalles, Oregon, Doc #04211"

c1912: "3 yrs later, we sold the homestead & lived in neighboring towns, Madras, Metolius & Culber for the next 3 yrs..."

1915: OR,Fox Valley "...we moved to the John Day country...1 year in Fox Valley..."

1916: OR-John Day: "...& 2 yrs in John Day City."

1919-1939: WA-Wenatchee: "In 1919, we moved to Wenatchee, Washington... resided there continuously since then."

1939 DEATH of husband: WA-Wenatchee: Walter Staley Rice died 15 June 1939

c1955 HIST: Small blue sheet, Eads doc #26a, in Mary Mark's handwriting: "Effie Eads Rice, Box 2649, Redmond WA"

1958 DEATH: Effie Eads Rice died 16 November 1958 [where this come from]. Connie shows Nov 1958, no place shown.

ACTION - CK OUT - Effie Eads:
1. AFN: 1LGC-8L:
2. Where get death info on Effie?

Effie married Walter Staley Rice 4 Nov 1908, Madras, Crook, Oregon. Walter was born Abt 1885, California, United States; died 15 Jun 1939, Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States; was buried Jun 1939, Evergreen Park, Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1894 BIRTH: Cora Viola Eads born 2 July 1894, probably in Ukiah OR, as the family moved to the family homestead.

1919 MARRIAGE #1: Cora Eads md Solon Wilson on Dec 16, 1919. Child: Verna Margaret Wilson

HIST: Hist of the Eads Family, pg 6: "After her death [my mother], my father made his home with my sister Cora, for a number of years."

1920 CENSUS:OR,Grant Co-John Day: Jan 9, Fm 16/17: Cora V Wilson 25/OR (OR,OR), wife of Edward S Wilson; father Annes EADS 64/OR, widow, living with them

1921 DEATH of husband: Solon Wilson drowned in the John Day River in 1921.

1924 MARRIAGE #2: Cora Eads md Walter Winebarger in 1924, no place shown. Children: Norma, Earl, Bessie & Fay & Ray (twins) who died at birth.

1944 HIST: Nov 2002 email from Connie Clapier, pg 30: "Walter moved to Portland, Oregon to work in the shipyards during WWII and never returned to his family. Cora moved her family to Prairie City, Oregon in 1944 and remained there until her death."

1959 DEATH,BURIAL: OR,Grant Co-Prairie City: Cora V Eads Winebarger died 5 Feb 1959; buried in Fox,Grant Co OR [where this come from?]


ACTION - CK OUT - Cora Viola Eads Winebarger:
1. AFN: 1LGB-PP:


NOTES: It looks to me, Pam Hallmark Wagner, that Cora, who wrote her own bit in the back of the
"Hist of the Eads Family," by Rev George R Eads, gave a copy to Mary Gray Marks. In the front of the booklet is "To Mary Marks" in the same handwriting as Cora's addition in the back of the book, pg 11. I numbered the pages of the book to help find the sources I've shown.

Cora married Edward Solon Wilson 16 Dec 1919. Edward was born Abt 1892, Illinois, United States; died 16 May 1921, John Day, Grant, Oregon, United States; was buried 1921. [Group Sheet]

Cora married Walter McKinley Winebarger 8 Nov 1924, Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States. Walter was born 22 Jul 1900, Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States; died 29 Sep 1970, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States; was buried Sep 1970, Portland Mausoleum, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1909 BIRTH: OR,Wheeler Co-Fossil: Chester Jackson Eads born March 6, 1909 [Connie Clapier shows Chester Ira]

MILITARY HIST: Hist of the Eads Family, pg 8: "Chester served in the Air Corps for 17 [16?] months and was then given a medical discharge."

1930 CENSUS: OR,Multnomah-Portland: Apr 3-8,108 Holland St-Dw18/18: Chester J Eads 21/OR[OR,OR] single laborer in furniture factory, son of George R and Alice A Eads [stepmother]

1946 MARRIAGE: WA: Chester married Sylvia Decker July 3, 1946

1948 DEATH: CA,Calusa Co-Colusa: Chester died April 28, 1948

Chester married Living [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1910 BIRTH: OR,Crook-LaMonta: Velna Olive Eads born 10 Mar 1910; George R Eads: Fossil OR [Connie shows Madras - ck out]

1930 CENSUS: OR,Multnomah-Portland: Apr 3-8,108 Holland St-Dw18/18: Velna O Eads 20/OR[OR,OR] single housekeeper in private home, daughter of George R and Alice A Eads [stepmother]

c1930 MARRIAGE #1: OR,Multnomah Co-Portland: Velna md William (Bill) Williams about 1930 - Ann M Kennedy, daughter, Feb 1998

MARRIAGE #2: Velna md Robert Gilbert Janes - Ann M Kennedy; George Eads: Gilbert Janes #1 mg

MARRIAGE #3: Velna md Carl Horne - Ann M Kennedy; George R Eads: Forest Holland #2 mg


ACTION - CK OUT - Velna Eads:
1. Marriages 1,2,3 re Ann & George R
2. Birth place - which one-Fossil or LaMonta, or Madras?

Velna married William Williams Abt 1930, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States. William was born Abt 1903, Maine, United States; died Dec 1933, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

BIRTH,DEATH: OR,Wasco Co-Wamic: Roy Allison Eads born and died 19 Jul 1921

Notes:

1922 BIRTH: OR,Lake Co-Silver Lake: Robert Ennes Eads was born Nov 20, 1922

1930 CENSUS: OR,Multnomah-Portland: Apr 3-8,108 Holland St-Dw18/18: Robert E Eads 7/OR [OR,OR]
son of George R and Alica A Eads

1945 DEATH: JAPAN-Okinawa: Robert Ennes Eads killed in action, World War II, Navy, May 27, 1945

Notes:

1909 BIRTH: OR,Jefferson Co-near Madras: Mable Anna Rice born 24 Aug 1909 on parent's homestead.

1926 MARRIAGE: Mable Eads md Noley Frederick Morris, Jr on July 31, 1926, no place shown. Children: Thelma Pauline, Hazel Glendora, Noley Frederick III & Wayne Staley, and John Wesley Morris

Mable married Noley Frederick Morris 31 Jul 1926, Oregon, United States. Noley was born Abt 1905, Oregon, United States; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1920 BIRTH: OR,Grant-John Day: Verna Margaret Wilson was born Oct 17, 1920

1939 MARRIAGE: Verna Margaret Wilson md Kenneth Walter Leiber, Apr. 22, 1939 - to them were born 3 children: Keith Edward, Rodney Allen, and Melva Jean Leiber

Verna married Kenneth Walter Leiber 22 Apr 1939. Kenneth was born 9 May 1918, Quincy, Hickory, Missouri, United States; died 2 May 1999, Hubbard, Marion, Oregon, United States; was buried May 1999, Canby, Clackamas, Oregon, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Notes:

1935 BIRTH, DEATH: Fred Winebarger born 17 Feb, 1935, died a few hours after born, on Feb 18 - no place shown.

Notes:

1935 BIRTH, DEATH: Fay Winebarger born Feb 17, 1935, died a few hours after birth, on Feb 18 - no place shown.

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