Rebecca E. Mims1,2,3

ID# 14922, (abt 1829 - )
Rebecca E. Mims|b. abt 1829|p14922.htm|Linah Mims|b. 14 Nov 1772\nd. bt 1847 - 1850|p475.htm|Rebeccah Davis|b. abt 1786\nd. bt Jul 1824 - Jun 1830|p2186.htm|John Mims|b. 1731||Sarah Horn|||John Davis|b. abt 1754\nd. 1800|p13682.htm|Jane Clendenin|b. Jan 1758 or Feb 1758\nd. abt Aug 1824|p13683.htm|

Father Linah Mims4 (1772-bt 1847 - 1850)

Mother Rebeccah Davis4 (abt 1786-bt 1824 - 1830)

Family Background
The Linah Mims - Rebeccah Davis Family
Charts
Descendants of Linah and Rebeccah (Davis) Mims
     Rebecca E. Mims was born about 1829 in Christian Co., Kentucky.5,6,7 She married first D. D. Mitchell on 15 Aug 1849 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.8,9 She married second John Eaker about 1857.10,11,12
     She appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of District No. 1, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, in the household of Robert Livingston Cobb and Cornelia Rebecca Mims, her sister and her husband.13,14
     Rebecca and John Eaker appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Mayfield, Graves Co., Kentucky, enumerated 29 Sep 1860, reporting real estate valued at $32,700 and presonal estate of $1,800. His children by a prior marriage, Lynn and Martha, and her son by a prior marriage, David Mitchell, were listed as living with them, as are three young men who were apprently boarders: A. I. Payor, a merchant; James B. Fletcher, a carpenter; and Joel Cochran, a clerk. There were 14 slaves reported in the household, plus one belonging to Payor.15,16
     Rebecca and John appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Mayfield, Graves Co., Kentucky, enumerated 7 Sep 1870, reporting real estate valued at $20,000 and personal estate of $12,000. Their children Lulie, Linah and John were listed as living with them.17 She and John appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Mayfield, Graves Co., Kentucky, enumerated 17 Jun 1880. Their children Lulie, Linah and John were listed as living with them.18

Child of Rebecca E. Mims and D. D. Mitchell

Children of Rebecca E. Mims and John Eaker

  • Lulie L. Eaker19,20,21 b. abt 1859
  • Linah Eaker20,22 b. abt 1862
  • John Eaker20,22 b. abt 1864

Citations

  1. [S727] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book B, no. 147, D. D. Mitchell to Miss R. E. Cobb, 14 Aug 1849.
  2. [S1820] Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows name as Rebecca E. Mitchell.
  3. [S1494] John Eaker household, 1880 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows name as Rebecca E. Eaker.
  4. [S700] "Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, VA, WV 1728-1850," Genealogy.com, shows name as R. E. Mims.
  5. [S1820] Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 21, county, and state.
  6. [S1489] John Eaker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows age 32 and state.
  7. [S1493] John Eaker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows age 42 and state.
  8. [S700] "Marriage Index: KY, NC, TN, VA, WV 1728-1850," Genealogy.com, citing FHL films 0546371 & 0548011 - 0548024, shows date, as 14th, county, and state.
  9. [S727] Caldwell Co. Marriage Bonds, Book B, no. 147, D. D. Mitchell to Miss R. E. Cobb, 14 Aug 1849, return shows date, as 15th.
  10. [S1489] John Eaker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife, date estimated based on the presence of Lulu, age 1, with the next oldest child at age 14 pre-dating her marriage to D. D. Mitchell.
  11. [S1493] John Eaker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as husband and wife.
  12. [S1494] John Eaker household, 1880 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows married.
  13. [S1820] Robert L. Cobb household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  14. [S1745] Robert L. Cobb, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  15. [S1489] John Eaker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky.
  16. [S1492] John Eaker, owner, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.
  17. [S1493] John Eaker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky.
  18. [S1494] John Eaker household, 1880 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky.
  19. [S1489] John Eaker household, 1860 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  20. [S1493] John Eaker household, 1870 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  21. [S1494] John Eaker household, 1880 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows the girl as daughter of Rebecca's husband.
  22. [S1494] John Eaker household, 1880 U.S. Census, Graves Co., Kentucky, shows him as son of Rebecca's husband.

 

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