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Notes for Robert James EADDY, JR

ROBERT JAMES EADDY, Jr.
by
Vanik S. Eaddy, Ph. D.

Robert James Eaddy, Jr. was listed in the 1880 Census as a step son in
the household of Daniel Richardson who married his mother, Mary Camellia
Owens, after the death of his father, Robert James Eaddy, Sr. in the
Civil War. He was married to Virginia Louella Bartell on July 2, 1885, a
fourth generation descendant of Jacob Bartell. They were the parents of
nine children, two of which died before reaching adulthood and one who
died in 1919 while a U. S. Army soldier in the occupation of France
after World War I.

The family moved from Prospect, now in Florence County, South Carolina to
Indiantown Community about 1900-1914. They acquired a tract of land next
to the Bartell Family property and remained farmers and Methodists until
the end. Robert James Eaddy, Jr. died in an automobile accident on
December 30, 1934. He was my grandfather whom I never met because of
this tragedy. He was buried in Hanna Cemetery, Prospect, SC.

They built a spacious country home which had a porch along the northern
or front side of the house, a smaller porch on the southern or back side,
and large live oak trees shading the yard. The house had a "dogtrot"
hallway from front to back which was about ten or twelve feet wide. When
the doors were opened, a fresh breeze passed down this hallway and cooled
all the rooms on either side. This was "the place" for family reunions
and other gatherings. Adults would sit on the porches or under the trees
and exchange conversation about news events or farming interests.
Children would play games or baseball in the yard, fields, and pastures.
Eavesdropping on the adult conversations was a sublime form of
entertainment for the younger set. While attending one of these events
as a child, I vividly recall the shouts of joy which rang out when they
learned by radio that Germany had surrendered to the Allies in World War
II. My grandmother spat out her snuff and declared, "We have just
whipped them Germans and now we gonna whip them Japs too!" Everyone
cheered loudly. They had a vested interest in the outcome of that war,
even as the rest of the world does today. The Eaddy family has always
contributed its share of soldiers, sailors, and airmen in every conflict
entered by the United States of America.

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