ISAIAH EAKINS is a native of Henderson County, Ky., born December 12, 1819, and is a son of George and Sarah E. (Melton) Eakins. He is the sixth of a family of ten children, and is of Irish-English descent. The paternal grandfather of subject was born in the Emerald Isle and came to America in the last century. Subject's parents were born in Rutherford County, N. C., his father was born in 1776. In 1811 the Eakins family immigrated to Kentucky and settled in Henderson County, where the parents of our subject died. They were among the first settlers of that county and were thoroughly acquainted with the pioneer ways of Kentucky. Isaiah remained on the farm until his twenty-sixth year, when he commenced life for himself. In 1845 he settled on his present place, where he has since resided. In addition to the old homestead of 200 acres, nearly all of which is in a high state of cultivation, Mr. Eakins has 150 acres southeast of Sebree. He was married, in 1849, to Miss Mary E. Long, a native of Hickman County, Ky., and a daughter of John and Priscilla (Wright) Long, who are of German extraction. By this union ten children have been born: Alphonso D., Rosultha G., Claudius W., Down C., deceased, Theodo D., Zach D., Adell, Minnie I., Anna E. and an infant that died unnamed. Mr. Eakins is a Democrat, but takes no active part in politics. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 1032.