William Way Eachus

1807 - 1870  (62 years)

• Name	William Way Eachus
  Born	25 Nov 1807	Wagontown   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	West Caln Township
  Buried	1870	West Caln Friends Burying Ground
  Died	06 Jan 1870	Wagontown
  Person ID	I3005	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas Eachus,   b. 12 Feb 1768, East Caln Township, Chester County, Pa ,   d. 13 Feb 1814, Chester County,Pa (age 46 years & 1 day)  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Phoebe Way,   b. 28 Sep 1765, Wagontown ,   d. 26 Oct 1838  (Age 73 years)
  Married	CIR 1790
  Family ID	F1138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abagail Fleming,   b. 03 Jun 1814, Coatsville ,   d. 12 Feb 1869  (Age 54 years)
  Married	13 Jun 1833	Philadelphia by Rev John L Grant   [2]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Eachus,   b. 17 Mar 1834, Chester County, Pa .USA ,   d. 26 Sep 1839  (Age 5 years)   2. James Eachus,   b. 20 Mar 1836, Wagontown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USAerica ,   d. 12 Nov 1895, Coatesville  (Age 59 years)   3. Joseph Eachus,   b. 24 APL 1839, Philadelphia Pa ,   d. 06 Dec 1842  (Age 3 years)   4. William Way Eachus, Jr,   b. 23 Dec 1841, Wagontown, Chester County, Pa ,   d. 11 Apr 1918, Brandywine Manor,Chester County, Pa  (Age 76 years)   5. Ann Eachus,   b. 10 Jun 1844, Wagontown, West Caln Township, Pennsylvania .U.S. ,   d. 1912, Downingtown, Chester County, Pa  (Age 67 years)   6. Mary Eachus,   b. 23 Dec 1846, Wagontown, Chester County, Pa ,   d. 08 Jan 1922, Philadelphia  (Age 75 years)   7. Charlotte Eachus,   b. 01 Jun 1849, Chester County, Pa .USA ,   d. 07 Feb 1864  (Age 14 years)   8. Louise Truman Eachus,   b. 23 APL 1852, Wagontown ,   d. 24 Jan 1864, Wagontown  (Age 12 years)   9. Abigail Fleming Eachus,   b. 24 Jun 1854, Chester County, Pa .USA ,   d. 23 Jan 1864, West Caln Township  (Age 9 years)   10. Robert Eachus,   b. 16 Jul 1857, Chester County, Pa .USA ,   d. 1918, USA  (Age 60 years)   11. Thomas Eachus,   b. 20 Oct 1861, Wagontown, Chester County, Pa ,   d. 28 Aug 1910, Doeningtown, Chester County,  (Age 48 years)
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022
  Family ID	F1150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mr Eachus was a storekeeper and farmer "he was a man of affairs and held positions of honour and trust" The family resided at Wagontown and all of his children who died young are buried with him and Abagail. Cause of death Consumption The "Village Record", a West Chester Newspaper, in the Tuesday, January 11th, 1870 edition: "EACHUS.- In Wagontown, On January 6th, W. W. Eachus aged 63 years." The "Village Record", a West Chester Newspaper, in the Tuesday, January 18th, 1870 edition: "Tribute of Respect.- At a meeting of the board of Managers of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Chester County, held Jan. 10 1870, the following preamble and resolutions were unamimously adopted: WHEREAS, We have learned with extreme sorrow of the death of William W. Eachus, a member elect of our Board, and for seventeen years a past Manager of our Company, and we deem it appropriate that some tribute to the memory of the deceased should be placed upon the minutes of the Board, therefore. RESOLVED. That in the death of Mr. Eachus our board has lost one of its most valuable and efficient members, the community a worthy citizen, and an upright man, and his family a protector and friend. RESOLVED, That these resolutions be entered on our minutes; a copy thereof be sent to the family of the deceased, and that they be published in the Coatsville and West Chester papers, C.H. Bradley, Sec'y Census Listings; 1850 West Caln, Chester County, Penn. age 42. Merchant.

  
  

• Sources

  [S297] Descendants of Robert & Hannah Hickman Way of Chester County, Pa. [S648] IGI/ Family Search, IGI/ Family Search.