Homer Eachus

1821 - 1893  (71 years)

• Name	Homer Eachus
  Born	23 Nov 1821	Edgmont, Pennsylvania, America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	Chester MM, Chester County, Pa
  Baptism	1850	Edgmont   [2]
  Buried	1893	Cumberland Cemetery, Media, Delaware.   [3]
  Died	27 Jul 1893	Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania.   [4]
  Person ID	I3103	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Homer Eachus,   b. 15 Jul 1792, Radnor, Chester County, Pa ,   d. 08 Dec 1869, Philadelphia  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Lydia M Green,   b. 12 Sep 1791, Edgmont, Pennsylvania, America ,   d. 15 Jul 1871, Philadelphia  (Age 79 years)
  Married	8 Sep 1814	Middletown M.H. Pa
  Family ID	F1164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia Baker,   b. 12 Apr 1824, Edgmont, Pennsylvania, America ,   d. 29 Dec 1909, Westtown, Chester County.  (Age 85 years)
  Married	7 Oct 1848	Edgemont
  Children	1. William Louis Eachus,   b. 14 Aug 1849, Edgmont, Delaware, Pennsylvania, U.S.A ,   d. 2 Feb 1927, Newton Square, Delaware County. Pa  (Age 77 years)   2. Hannah Mary Eachus,   b. 6 Dec 1850, Edgemont, Delaware Co, Pa, USA ,   d. 2 Jul 1886, Delaware, Pennsylvania  (Age 35 years)   3. Lydia Elizabeth (Lizzie) Eachus,   b. 21 Nov 1852, (in/of) Chester County, Pa. USA ,   d. 27 Mar 1887  (Age 34 years)   4. Mahala E Eachus,   b. 15 Jan 1855, Thornbury, Delaware Co, Pa ,   d. 1934, Lynn, Randolph County, Indiana, USA  (Age 78 years)   5. Margaret M Eachus,   b. 15 Sep 1857, Thornbury, Delaware Co ,   d. 26 Oct 1857  (Age 0 years)   6. Sarah Anna Eachus,   b. 31 Aug 1858, Edgemont, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S. ,   d. 1922, Media, Delaware Couny, Pennsylvania. U.S.  (Age 63 years)   7. Antony Walter Eachus,   b. 28 Apr 1860, Edgemont, Delaware Co, Pa ,   d. 20 May 1860  (Age 0 years)   8. Edward B Eachus,   b. 18 Mar 1862, Edgmont, Delaware County, Pennsylvania USA ,   d. 28 Oct 1894, Westtown, Pa  (Age 32 years)   9. George Washington Eachus,   b. 9 Apr 1865, (in/of) Chester County, Pa. USA ,   d. 9 Sep 1865  (Age 0 years)   10. Emma J Eachus,   b. 6 Nov 1866, Edgmont, Delware County, Pa. USA ,   d. 2 Oct 1898, Delaware  (Age 31 years)   11. Elwin J Eachus,   b. 1 May 1868, (in/of) Chester County, Pa. USA ,   d. 30 Oct 1868  (Age 0 years)   12. Selina Cox (Lena) Eachus,   b. 9 Mar 1870, Cheyney, Delaware, Pennsylvania. USA ,   d. 19 Sep 1948, Media, Delaware  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2022
  Family ID	F1194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cincinnati MM 21 Aug 1845 Homer Jr received cert from Chester MM dated 1845. Will Filed 1893 Westtown, homer died of Dropsy, 6 months Homer Eachus son of Homer and Lydia M (Green) Eachus, received his education in the public schools of his native place, and at Josiah Hoopes Academy, in West Chester. After leaving school he engaged in the produce business in Cinncinatti, Ohio, where he remained three years, Upon his return to Delaware county he became a farmer, and in 1876, purchased a farm in Westtown township, Chester County, which he cultivated untill 1885, when he relinquished the management of the estate to his sons. Politically he was a Natiional Democrat, and was once nominated for county commissioner of Delaware county, but on account of the large Republican majority was defeated at the polls. He was a man much respected and trusted by his neighbours, and for twenty-one years served as president of the school board of his township. For a number of years he was connected with the farmers Insurance Company of Chester County. Census Listings; 1850 Edgmont, Delaware, Pennsylvania, age 29. Farmer. 1880 Westtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Head, age 58 Farmer

  
  

• Sources

  [S287] American Census 1850, American Census 1850. [S301] Census Returns, Census Returns. [S24] gravestone. [S646] Ancestry.co.uk/BMD, Ancestry.co.uk/BMD.