William Walter Eason Sr.

Brief Life History of William Walter

When William Walter Eason Sr. was born on 20 March 1895, in Greensville, Virginia, United States, his father, Dempsey Eason, was 64 and his mother, Frances Elizabeth Fannie Mills, was 34. He had at least 1 son and 7 daughters with Jennie Mae Carter. He lived in Emporia, Virginia, United States in 1910 and Roanoke Rapids, Halifax, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 2 March 1948, in Halifax, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Cedarwood Cemetery, Roanoke Rapids, Halifax, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Walter Eason Sr.
1895–1948
Jennie Mae Carter
1889–1952
Ruby Dell Vinson
1916–2010
Sallie Mae Eason
1921–1996
Annie Elizabeth Eason
1923–1995
Jennie Alice Eason
1925–1925
Dorothy Frances Eason
1926–2010
William Walter Eason Jr
1928–2014
Mary Eugene Eason
1930–2010
Dolly Dean Eason
1934–2023

Sources (30)

  • Willie W Eason, "United States Census, 1930"
  • William W Eason, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • W W Eason, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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1910 · The BSA is Made

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Name Meaning

English: variant of Eastham , Easton , or Easun. The latter is itself also a variant of Neston, a habitational name from Neston in Corsham (Wiltshire), probably deriving from Old English næss ‘headland, promontory’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’, or from Neston (Cheshire), from Old English næss or Old Norse nes ‘headland, promontory’, or perhaps Old English nesu ‘nose’, with the same sense, + Old English tūn. Alternatively, Neston may be a topographic name from Middle English an esten tun (Old English on ēastan tūne), denoting someone who lived ‘on the east of the village’.

Scottish: variant of Esson .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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