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George W. Eaves Jr.
George W. Eaves Jr., Muhlenberg County, was born February 5, 1840, in Hopkins County, Ky., and is the fourth of ten children (two living) born to John S. and Hannah (Turbeville) Eaves, natives of Muhlenberg and Hopkins Counties, respectively. John S. Eaves was the son of John S. Sr., who married Lurena Ingram, natives of Brunswick County, Va., and of English descent (see biography of Hon. Charles Eaves). Subject's mother was the daughter of James Turbeville, who married Elizabeth Clark; they were natives of Virginia and North Carolina, respectively, of French and Scotch Irish origin. James Turbeville was a farmer and immigrated to Hopkins County, Ky., about 1810, where he owned about 500 acres of land. Our subject's father moved to Hopkins County, where he lived from 1834 to 1847; he then returned to Muhlenberg County, and settled on Pond River; in 1862, he moved to Livermore, McLean County, and died in 1872, aged fifty-nine years; the mother of our subject died in 1854, aged forty years.
George W. Eaves Jr. was reared on a farm; received a good education, and attended Greenville College from 1856 to 1858; was engaged on the farm as superintendent two years, after his school days, to recruit his health. In 1861, with his father, he engaged in mercantile business on Pond River for six years; also engaged in the tobacco business until 1876; was a general trader; has since been engaged in the timber business and farming.
He was married in October, 1864, to Sarah J. McNary, of Muhlenberg County, daughter of Hugh W. and Sarah (Scott) McNary, natives of Fayette County, Ky., and Columbia, S.C., respectively, and of Scotch Irish descent. Hugh McNary was a son of William and Ann (Campbell) McNary, natives of Virginia. William was a soldier of the Revolution; had a brother killed at Vincennes, Ind., in the War of 1812; another starved on an English vessel while a prisoner at Charleston, S.C.
Mr. Eaves had born to him nin children, eight named: John H., James T. (deceased), Lynn (deceased), Scott (deceased), St. Clair, Mattie F., Sarah G. and Nellie N. Mr. and Mrs. Eaves are Presbyterians; he is a Mason; was a member of the Grange. Mr. Eaves owns 1,300 acres of land, 400 acres cleared, all of which he has acquired by his own energies.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 903-904.
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