My Genealogy Data
James Lewis Eskew
1916 - 1987 (70 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. James Lewis Eskew was born 6 Jun 1916, Fulton County, Kentucky (son of James Alpha Eskew and Jeffie P. Walker); died 31 Jan 1987, Hickman County, Kentucky. James married M.M. Drysdale [Group Sheet]
Children:
2. James Alpha Eskew was born 24 Dec 1892 (son of John Wesley Eskew and Ollie Oatman Carner); died 16 Jul 1977. James married Jeffie P. Walker 1 Sep 1911. Jeffie was born 1891; died 1963. [Group Sheet]
3. Jeffie P. Walker was born 1891; died 1963. Children:
- 1. James Lewis Eskew was born 6 Jun 1916, Fulton County, Kentucky; died 31 Jan 1987, Hickman County, Kentucky.
Generation: 3
4. John Wesley Eskew was born 14 Nov 1858 (son of Charles G. Eskew and Mary Ann Rowland); died 1 Sep 1896. John married Ollie Oatman Carner 14 Oct 1886, Caldwell County, Kentucky. Ollie was born Nov 1867; died 1901. [Group Sheet]
5. Ollie Oatman Carner was born Nov 1867; died 1901. Children:
- Eva Lena Eskew was born 25 Jul 1887; died 17 Jun 1969, Caldwell County, Kentucky; was buried , Cedar Hill Cemetery, Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky.
- Nettie Eskew was born 7 Mar 1890; died 10 Mar 1977.
- 2. James Alpha Eskew was born 24 Dec 1892; died 16 Jul 1977.
Generation: 4
8. Charles G. Eskew was born 1821, Wilson County, Tennessee (son of Benjamin Eskew and Nancy); died 1883, Caldwell County, Kentucky. Notes:
Caldwell County, Kentucky History Book, page 262, article 174 CHARLES G. ESKEW Charles G. Eskew, the eighth of Benjamin and Nancy Eskew's twelve children, was born in Wilson County, TN, in 1821 and died in Caldwell County, KY, about 1883. Benjamin Eskew 1775-1843, father of Charles, migrated from North Carolina to Tennessee about 1811 and served in the militia during the War of 1812. Charles Eskew married Mary Ann Rowland in Wilson County on 5-18-1853. They moved to KY about 1857 and purchased a farm on Donaldson Creek. Their first child, Marion Lafayette 1856-1890's, was born in TN. He and his wife, Mattie Mason had three children: Will Henry 1884-1885, Lula May 1887-1959, and Zelma Lee 1888, living 1964 in Little Rock, Ark. The other children of Charles and Mary Ann were. John Wesley 1858-1896, married Ollie Carner 1868-1901-their children were Lena (Mrs. Mack Clift), Mettie (Mrs. Elmer Carter) and James Alpha Eskew; Elizabeth, born 4-22-1863, died before 1870; Tennessee, born 4-1-l866, died between 1870 and 1880; Ella "Ellie" born 1-15-1872, married a farmer, Emerson E. Williamson, 1868-1950, and died 9-1-1926. They lived in the Freewill Community where they raised their four children: Archie Lee, 1896-1941, married 1. Lizzie Jones 2. Ozma Singleton. and 3. Stella Board; Stella May, born 10-27-1903, married 1. Ben Williamson and 2. Guy Strawser, lives Greenville, Ohio; Mary Melville, born 10-6-l907, married Max Sheridan, and resides in Caldwell County; and William Jewell "Sam", born 10-24-1909, lives in Dayton, Ohio. Wiley Eskew 1813-1884, a brother of Charles G. Eskew, and his family moved to Caldwell County about 1867. His farm was located on the banks of the Tradewater River. Wiley and his wife Minerva VanHooser had several children, including Andrew J. Eskew and Dr. Dewitt Eskew. Dr. Eskew practiced at Shady Grove before moving to southeast Missouri in 1879. Sources: Courthouse and census records, family records, and RICHARDSON ROWLAND AND HIS FAMILY by Richard C. Sheridan; also Goodspeed's HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. Submitted by: Susan Sheridan 174
Charles married Mary Ann Rowland 18 May 1853, Wilson County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of Richardson R. Rowland and Mary Neal) was born 12 Apr 1833, Wilson County, Tennessee; died 24 Dec 1916, Caldwell County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]
9. Mary Ann Rowland was born 12 Apr 1833, Wilson County, Tennessee (daughter of Richardson R. Rowland and Mary Neal); died 24 Dec 1916, Caldwell County, Kentucky. Children:
- Marion Lafayette Eskew was born 14 Dec 1856; died Abt 1895.
- 4. John Wesley Eskew was born 14 Nov 1858; died 1 Sep 1896.
- Elizabeth Davis Eskew was born 22 Apr 1863; died Bef 1870.
- Tennessee Eskew was born 1 Apr 1866; died 20 Oct 1878, Caldwell County, Kentucky.
- Ella Elviry Eskew was born 15 Jan 1872, Caldwell County, Kentucky; died 11 Sep 1926, Caldwell County, Kentucky; was buried , Meeks Cemetery, Caldwell County, Kentucky.