George King Eggleton/Eggleston^{[1, 2]}

1858 - 1903  (45 years)

• Name	George King Eggleton/Eggleston
  Born	24 Feb 1858	Ridgeway, Henry Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Dec 1903	Ridgeway, Henry Co., Virginia
  Buried	Soyars Cemetery Henry County, Virginia   [3]
  Person ID	I14745	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Henry Eggleston, Sr,   b. 24 Jan 1831, Henry County, Virginia ,   d. 16 Nov 1895, Irisburg, Henry County, Virginia  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Sarah Lou 'Sally' Odle,   b. 22 Sep 1833, Henry County, Virginia ,   d. 8 Aug 1919, Henry County Virginia  (Age 85 years)
  Married	Dec 1850	Henry County, Virginia
  Family ID	F5092	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laura Ellen Wade,   b. 22 Aug 1864, Ridgeway, Henry Co., Virginia ,   d. 3 Nov 1965, Jolene's Nursing Home, Salisbury, NC  (Age 101 years)
  Married	11 Apr 1882	Henry County, Virginia
  Children	1. William Thomas Eggleton/Eggleston,   b. 7 Jan 1891, Henry County, Virginia ,   d. 19 Feb 1962, Morehead Hosp., Eden, NC  (Age 71 years)   2. Edward Calvin Eggleton/Eggleston,   b. 7 Oct 1899, Henry Co., Virginia ,   d. 18 Aug 1978, Stanly, North Carolina  (Age 78 years)   3. Sarah 'Sallie' Blanch Eggleton/Eggleston,   b. 4 Dec 1892, Ridgeway, Henry Co., Virginia ,   d. 23 Dec 1982, Martinsville, Henry Co., Virginia  (Age 90 years)   4. Laura Josephine Eggleton/Eggleston,   b. 18 Feb 1898, North Carolina ,   d. 9 Jan 1959, Western State Hospital, Staunton, Virginia  (Age 60 years)   5. Mollie , Mary Cleveland Eggleton/Eggleston,   b. 7 Apr 1885, Virginia ,   d. 15 May 1983, Henry County, Virginia  (Age 98 years)   6. Fannie Eggleton/Eggleston,   b. 19 Apr 1884, Virginia ,   d. 23 Jul 1940, Greensboro, North Carolina  (Age 56 years)
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F5093	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Death Certificate-Laura Dodd (nee Eggleston) lauraedoddd.jpg

  
  

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  George King Eggleston (1858-1903) A son of Joseph Henry Eggleston, Sr. and Sallie Lou Odle Eggleston George married Laura Wade and lived in the Ridgeway and Beckham Church areas. He is buried near Dalton Road in Ridgeway. His children were Mollie, Sally, Samuel, Ed, and Georgia. His grandfather Gay Fluornoy Egleton was married to Elizabeth Gravely. Gay Fluornoy Egleton was the only child and son of Thomas Egleton and Janey Thomasson Egleton. Janey died shortly after his birth and Thomas later remarried and had several daughters. Janey Thomasson's father, William, born in 1734 was the first Thomasson of this line to settle in Henry County. He purchased 100 acres on 'the branches of Leatherwood' in 1793 from John Collier. They had 11 children: Janey, Fleming, Sarah, Peter, Anna, Joseph, James, Lynn, Winnie, Arnold and Robert. William died in 1800. The Leatherwood farm was sold in 1806: Fleming and Joseph served as executors of the will. William was the son of George Thomasson (wife unknown) who was born 11/10/1703 in Caroline County and died in Louisa County 8/22/1783. He had 10 children: William, Elizabeth, Thomas, Richard, John, George, Ann, Fleming, Christian and Sally. George Thomasson was the son of Thomas Thomasson who arrived in Virginia in 1677 at the age of 27 years. He owned land in Caroline County and died in Stafford County in 1728 at age 82. Thomas Thomasson was the son of George Thomasson Jr. born around 1602. He married Katherine Hutton (born 1612). He was a book publisher in London. They had 9 children: George, Katherine, Edward, Grace, Henry, Thomas, Elizabeth, Bridget, and Frances. George Thomasson Jr. was the son of George Thomasson Sr. a farmer in the village of Sudlow in Cheshire County, England. He lived in the late 1500s and early 1600s. Reader (IP Address: 69.134.163.54) Comment: According to the 1900 Irisburg district, Henry County, VA census, George and Laura had eight (8) children by 1900. They were: Fannie born April 1883, Mattie born April 1885, Edward born April 1887, Sally born December 1890, Georgia born July 1893, Laurah J. born February 1897, and Samuel born November 1899. There was another child that had died before 1900. Reamey Winn

  
  

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  [S31] Cottagehill/Southside, Joseph Henry Eggleston, Sr. and Sarah Lou Odle. Children: 1. Sarah Jane Eggleston (1851-1922) m. Thomas Wilson Flanagan (1852-bef 1910) on 3 Feb 1871 Henry Co., VA 2. Elizabeth Eggleston (1853-bef1928) m. Greenville Taylor Rea (1844-1928) on 11 Oct 1869 Henry Co., VA 3. Thomas Flournoy Eggleston (1856-1896) m. Mary A. Bowles (1859- ?)Dec 20, 1877-Henry Co., VA 4. George King Eggleston (1858-1903) m. Laura Ellen Wade 1864-1965)on Apr 11, 1882-Henry Co., VA 5. Joseph Henry Eggleston, Jr.(1861-1925) m. Laura Ellen Wade (1864-1965)on Apr 11, 1882 - Henry Co., VA 6. Gay F. Eggleston(1861-1928)m. Margaret Elizabeth Coleman (1865-1931)on Dec 10, 1889 - Henry Co., VA 7. Sallie Lou Eggleston (1864-aft1928) m. John Letcher Cox, Sr. (1860-1946)on 1880 8. William C. Eggleston, Sr.(1867-1928) m.1st Eliza Mike Eggleston (1871-1901) on 27 Jun 1889 and 2nd Mattie D. Minter (1884-?) on 23 Dec 1901 Henry Co., VA 9. Martha Susan Eggleston 1869-1937)m. Thomas Washington Stegall, Jr. (1870-1957)on Dec 25, 1892 - Henry Co., VA 10. John King Eggleston m. Mary Agnes Gravely (1876-?) on 27 Jan 1895 Henry Co., VA 11. Benjamin Eggleston b. 1876-d.? [S37] Death Certificate, Laura Dodd (nee Eggleston). [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=135934493. George King Eggleston Birth: 24 Feb 1858 Ridgeway, Henry County, Virginia Death: 24 Dec 1903 (aged 45) Ridgeway, Henry County, Virginia Burial: Soyars Cemetery, Ridgeway, Henry Co., VA Son of Joseph Henry Eggleston, Sr. and Sarah (Sallie) Lou Odle, he was born on his parents farm on the Smith River, on the right hand side of Beckam Church Road. He was a tobacco farmer and leased land from the Hairston family. George married Laura Ellen Wade and together they were the parents of Fannie, Mollie, Edd, Sallie, Georgie, Josie and Samuel. At one point when his daughter Sallie was a baby she was in a basket on the side of Leatherwood Creek and the water rose and she floated away. George was unaware of this when he found her. According to his daughter Mollie he was "just fine" when she married on 28 June 1903. He quickly wasted from what the doctor said was either Tuberculosis or Cancer of the Small Intestine. He died at 2 A.M., the clocks were stopped and the mirrors covered with sheets George was buried next to his wife's maternal grandparents, Edward W. Soyars and Elizabeth Pocahontas West, in a cemetery that is far back in the wood off the end of J. B. Dalton Road in Ridgeway, Virginia. All graves are marked with field stones and have no inscriptions.