Family of Oswell Eve - Pennsylvania and Georgia

16 Oswell Bones Eve

Oswell Bones Eve was born on the 26th Sept. 1833. He died on Aug 20th 1861. His father was John Pritchard Eve (8).

He married Ann Helen Hall on the 30 th August 1854. They had the following children.

• Benjamin Hall Eve (28)- born June 1853. He married Addie Trowbridge
• John P.Eve (29)- born February 1857. He married Mattie Lovelace. They had three children Lovelace, Embry, and Mattie
• Robert C Eve (42)- born April 1858. He married Martha Parkman
• Oswell L Eve -

Background

Oswell's middle name is probably derived from John Bones who married Oswell's father's sister.

Census Records

• 1860 - O B Eve - Floyd County, Rome District page number 191.

1860 Census

• Annie H Eve - age 28
• Benjamin H Eve - age 5
• John P Eve - age 3
• Robert C Eve - age 1
• Oswell L Eve - age 6 months

• Location: - Fairfax County and Prince William County
• Date - July 21, 1861
• Principal Commanders: - Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell [US]; Brig. Gen. Joseph, E. Johnston and Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard [CS]
• Forces Engaged - 60,680 total (US 28,450; CS 32,230)
• Estimated Casualties:- 4,700 total (US 2,950; CS 1,750)

This was the first major land battle of the armies in Virginia. On July 16, 1861, the untried Union army under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the Confederate army, which was drawn up behind Bull Run beyond Centreville. On the 21st, McDowell crossed at Sudley Ford and attacked the Confederate left flank on Matthews Hill. Fighting raged throughout the day as Confederate forces were driven back to Henry Hill. Late in the afternoon, Confederate reinforcements (one brigade arriving by rail from the Shenandoah Valley) extended and broke the Union right flank. The Federal retreat rapidly deteriorated into a rout. Although victorious, Confederate forces were too disorganized to pursue. Confederate Gen. Bee and Col. Bartow were killed. Thomas J. Jackson earned the nom de guerre "Stonewall." By July 22, the shattered Union army reached the safety of Washington. This battle convinced the Lincoln administration that the war would be a long and costly affair. McDowell was relieved of command of the Union army and replaced by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, who set about reorganizing and training the troops. Result -: Confederate victory

Directories

In the Georgia directories of 1889 & 1890 Oswell's widow Anna H Eve is listed as living at 211 S Pryor Atlanta GA, with her son Robert C Eve. His occupation is given as traveling agent with the Atlanta Perfumery Co.

17 Eva Berrien Eve

Eva Berrien Eve was born in 1841. She died in 1890. She was the daughter of Joseph William Eve (9).

She married Charles Colcock Jones on the 28th Oct 1863 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia. They had at least two children;

• Ruth Jones - born about 1862
• Edgeworth Jones - born about 1867

Background

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume VI gives the following details of his life. Jones, Charles Colcock, Jr., historian, was born in Savannah, Ga., Oct. 28, 1831; son of the Rev. Dr. Charles Colcook and Mary (Anderson) Jones. He was a student at South Carolina college and was graduated from the College of New Jersey, A.B., 1852, A.M., 1855. He attended the lectures of Agassiz at Harvard, was graduated from the Harvard Law school, LL.B., in 1855, and was admitted to the Savannah bar the same year, where he was associated in business with John E. Ward and Henry R. Jackson. He was mayor of Savannah for one year, 1860-61; and joined the Confederate army in the fall of 1861 as an officer of the Chatham artillery, later becoming chief of artillery for the military district of Georgia with headquarters at Savannah. When Savannah fell he became chief of artillery to Hardee's corps with the rank of colonel, and surrendered with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army, April 26, 1865. He removed to New York city in December, 1865, and engaged in the practice of the law until 1877, when he settled in Augusta, Ga., and devoted his business hours to the law and the rest of his time to literature and research in the antiquarian and historical lore of the south. He made a large collection of archæological remains, autographs, portraits and historical documents. He was at the time of his death president of the Confederate Survivors association of Augusta, Ga. He received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of the City of New York in 1880 and from Einory college, Oxford, Ga., in 1882. His published works include: Historical Sketch of the Chatham Artillery during the Confederate Struggle for Independence (1867); Ancient Tumuli on the Savannah River (1868); Historical Sketch of Tomo-Chi-Chi, Mice of the Yamacraws (1868); Ancient Tumuli in Georgia (1869); Reminiscences of the Last Days, Death and Burial of General Henry Lee (1870); Casimir Pulaski (1873); Antiquity of the North American Indians (1874); The Siege of Savannah in 1779 (1874); The Siege of Savannah in December, 1864 (1874); Sergeant William Jasper (1876); A Piece of Secret History (1876); A Roster of General Officers, &c., in the Confederate Service (1876); Aboriginal Structures in Georgia (1878); Life and Services of Commodore Josiah Tatnull (1878); Dead Towns of Georgia (1878); Primitive Manufacture of Spear and Arrow Points (1879); De Soto's March Through Georgia (1880); Memorial of Jean Pierre Purry (1880); Centres of Primitive Manufacture in Georgia (1880); Founders, &c., of the Georgia Historical Society (1881); The Life and Services of Ex-Governor Charles Jones Jenkins (1884); Sepulture of Major-General Nathanael Greene and of Brigadier-General Count Casimir Pulaski (1885); The Life, Literary Labors, and Neglected Grave of Richard Henry Wilde (1885); Biographical Sketch of Major John Habersham of Georgia (1886); Brigadier-General Robert Toombs (1886); The Life and Services of Hon. Samuel Elbert of Georgia (1887); The English Colonization of Georgia (1887); Negro Myths from the Georgia Coast (1888); History of Georgia (2 large vols., 1888). He was the editor of his father's History of the Church of God (1867); and of Acts passed by the General Assembly of the Colony of Georgia from 1755 to 1774 (1881), and Journal of the Transactions of the Trustees for Establishing the Colony at Georgia in America (1886), by [p.126] the Rt. Hon. John, Earl of Egmont, first president of the board of trustees of the colony; besides numerous other books and papers on historical and scientific subjects, aggregating eighty in number. He died at "Montrose," Summerville, near Augusta, Ga., July 19, 1893.

18 Francis Edgeworth Eve

Francis Edgeworth Eve was born in August 1844. He died in 1908. His father was Joseph William Eve (9)

He married Mary E. Lamkin in about 1860 in Columbia, Ga.

There are no details of any children

Background

Details of Mary Lamkin's family are set out below.

• James Lamkin was born about 1790 in Georgia, and died 06 Mar 1845 in Columbia Co., Georgia. He married Elizabeth Francis Luke on the 21st Dec 1825 in Columbia Co., Georgia.
• Children are Robert L Lamkin - born abt 1825, Columbia Co., Georgia. Emma Lamkin born abt 1838, Columbia Co..Mary Elizabeth Lamkin born about 1843, married Francis Edgeworth Eve.

In the 1900 census Francis Edgeworth Eve was listed as living the the 135th District Militia, Columbia County. He is listed as living with his wife Katherine whom he married in about 1892 (nb he must have married for a second time). No children are recorded. His second wife was born in Georgia in April 1856. In 1900 his occupation was given as - landlord.