Family of Oswell Eve - Pennsylvania and Georgia
13 Joseph Adams Eve
Joseph Adams Eve was born on the 1st Aug. 1, 1805, in Charleston, The date of his death is unknown. His father was Joseph Eve (5).
He married Sarah Garland Combs on 1st Apr 1833. They had the following children.
- Mildred Eve - born 1843. She later married Walton Timberlake.
- Elizabeth (Lizzie) Eve - born 1836. She later married J. V. H. Allen. They had a child - Joseph Allen
- Robert Campbell Eve (23) - born 1843. He later married Willie Harmon.
- John Eve - b
- Reginald Eve - b
- Sterling Combs Eve (24) - who married Laura Baker
- Sarah Eve - born (25)- who married Brother Pulaski F. Campbell.
- Celeste Eve - born 3rd May 1853. She died on the 9th Jan 1944. She married Hinton James Baker who was born: 12th Oct 1845 at :Salisbury, Rowan, Nc. He died on the 27th Jan 1918 in Augusta. He was the son of Archibald Baker and:Sarah Eliza James. Celeste is buried at Magnolia Cem, Augusta,
- Joe Eve -
- William F Eve (26) born 1851. He later married Ida Evans
Background
Details of Sarah Garland Coombs are set out below:
Mrs. Sarah Garland Eve, daughter of Sterling Combs and Mildred Wingfield, and wife of Dr. Joseph A. Eve, was born in Jackson county, Ga., June 6th 1811; and died in Augusta, Ga., March 4th 1876.
Her parents were Virginians, who had quite early in life removed to Georgia. Her father after residing in Jackson county many years, closed his long life of nearly eighty years at the house of Dr. Eve, June 15, 1847, the mother having died about nine years before. One of the daughters became the wife of Mr. Andrew, a young Methodist itinerant, who later became Bishop Andrew.
On the first of April 1833, the daughter was joined in happy marriage to Dr. Joseph A. Eve in Augusta.
God blessed the union with eleven children, eight of whom survive their mother. - Clement A. Evans
Notice from the Southern Christian Advocate - March 22 1876.
Joseph Adams Eve was a physician, was born Aug. 1, 1805, in Charleston county. He was one of the founders in 1832 of the Medical college of Georgia. Georgia Medical College was started in two borrowed rooms at the rear of Augusta's old City Hospital 167 years ago (1832), with its assets consisting of little more than the vision of its founders. It was in those early years that Drs. Milton Antony, Joseph Adams Eve, Lewis D. Ford and later L. A. Dugas and Paul Eve,with the support of many Augusta citizens, began building the rich heritage that MCG now enjoys.
Census Details
- 1840 - Joseph A Eve - Richmond County, 3rd Ward.
- 1850 - Joseph A Eve - Richmond County. 73rd Division.
- 1860 - Joseph A Eve - Richmond County - Slave Schedule.
- 1860 - Joseph A Eve - Richmond County. 2nd Ward Augusta.
- 1870 - Joseph A Eve - Richmond County - Augusta.
- 1880 - Joseph A Eve - Richmond County - Augusta.
Extract from the 1850 census
The listing shows Joseph A Eve age 44 a physician born South Carolina. Also listed are
Extract from the 1860 census
The listing shows Joseph A Eve age 55 a physician born South Carolina. Real estate value $20,000. Personal property value $56,100. Also listed are
Extract from the 1880 census
The listing shows Joseph A Eve age 75 living in Augusta. He was described as a physician. Also listed at the same address are;
A record of Joseph Adam Eve's life was printed in the Augusta Chronicle on the 7th January 1886. See link below;
14 Edward A. Eve
Edward A. Eve was born on the 2nd Oct1807. He died on the 20th Dec1877. His father was Joseph Eve (5)
He married Sarah Jane Railford on the 16th Feb 1837.
They had the following children;
- Henrietta Eve - Born 1839
- Maria Lou Eve - Born 1848? - Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century.page 346 gives details of a Maria Lou Eve, an author, poet, was born about 1848 near Augusta, Ga. In 1879 she wrote a prize poem entitled "Conquered at Last", expressing gratitude for northern aid during the yellow-fever epidemic of 1878. See link below for an example of her work. Work of Maria Lou Eve
- May Eve - born about 1844
- William Eve (27) - he was born on the 7th Feb 1847. He married Betty Hammond, had issue: Catherine, Janie, Annie, Blue Eyes, and Edward.
- Philip H Eve (41) - born 1857.
Background
Census
- 1840 Edward A Eve - Richmond County, 123rd District.
- 1850 Edward A Eve - Richmond County, 73rd Division page 531.
- 1860 Dr Edward Eve - Richmond County, 124 District Slave schedule.
- 1870 Edward A Eve - Richmond County, Augusta . Index no GA51610212
Extract from the 1840 census
Free White
- Males - 2 males aged 15 to 20 years. 1 male aged 30 to 40 years.
- Females - 1 female aged 0 to 5 years, 1 female aged 20 to 30 years, 1 females aged 50 to 60 years.
Slaves
- Males - 2 males aged 0 to 10 years, 3 males aged 10 to24 years.
- Females - 1 female aged 1 to 10 years, 2 females aged 10 to 24 years, 1 female aged 24 to 36 years.
Extract from the 1850 census
15 John Carmichael Eve
John Carmichael Eve was born on the 25th Feb 1827. He died on the 16th Nov. 1898. His father was John Pritchard Eve (8).
Background
Census
The following biographical note was prepared by Patricia Kruger.
Photographs
The listing shows Edward A Eve age 48 a physician born South Carolina. Real estate value $2,000. Also listed are;
Civil War
There is also a record for an Edward A Eve in the Civil War of 1861 to 1865 - he would have been about 50 at the time of the outbreak of the war.
Edward A Eve - enlisted A Company 1st Local Troops. Georgia Infantry. He entered as a private and was discharged as a private
He married Mary Elizabeth Miller (1839-1912), on 27 May 1868 in Richmond Co, GA. They had the following children.
1880
John C Eve - Listed as living in Etowah, Floyd County. He is listed as being 53 years old born in Georgia. In 1880 he was a farmer. Also listed is his wife Mary E Eve aged 41 born Georgia. Others listed are;
1900
Mary E. Eve is listed as living in 4 Ward Augusta, Richmond County. She is listed as being a widow born in 1839. In 1900 she was living with the following children at home together with 3 lodgers.
1920
Olive Eve is listed as living in Augusta. She is listed as 45 years old and single. She was living with her two sisters;
Oswell B Eve - listed as living in Augusta. He is listed as being 46 years old. He was working as an electrical contractor. Also listed is his wife;
Military Service
References to his service in the CSA.
John Carmichael Eve was the third child of John Pritchard Eve and Sarah Davis Carmichael . He was born 25 Feb 1827 in Richmond County, Georgia. He died 16 Nov. 1898 and his buried in the Eve Family Cemetery in Floyd County, Georgia.. He was the older brother of Oswell Bones Eve. John married Mary Elizabeth Miller (1839-1912), daughter of Andrew J. Miller and Martha B. Olive, on 27 May 1868 in Richmond Co, GA. John C and Mary Miller Eve had 5 children: Mary Magruder, Olive Davis, Oswell Battey, Sarah Anna and Willie Miller. Following his brother Oswell's death (after wounds received at First Manassas), John apparently became a partner in McKown Eve & Co, machinists. This company provided a wide variety of hardware and materials to the Confederate troops. Records in the National Archives include invoices for an assortment of goods including horseshoe nails, buckles, coffeepots and even an ambulance. A copy of an invoice for CSA provisions dated 1863 is in the possession of Patricia Kruger.
