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Notes for Gregory Beauregard EADDY

GREGORY BEAUREGARD EADDY

Gregory Beauregard Eaddy was reported to have fit the description of a
truly Southern gentleman who was exceptionally courteous and kind to
everyone he met. He was born June 22, 1861 to Taylor Eaddy and Margaret
Rebecca (Stone) Eaddy. "The Oak Grove" plantation was located in a large
grove of live oak trees about one mile southwest of Eaddy-Ford Crossing
on Eaddy Big Lake.

The Civil War had begun two months prior to his birth, when the Citadel
cadets fired cannons against Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. This was
probably a very busy and a sad time in the household. At least three of
the older brothers in this family served in the war. This was the
beginning for "Bory" Eaddy; but, it was the beginning of the end of a way
of life the Eaddy family had known for almost two centuries and would
certainly never know again.

Margaret Rebecca (Stone) Eaddy died in 1873 and Taylor Eaddy selected for
a mate Emily Timmons, or "Aunt Emily", as she was widely known. Bory
Eaddy told his grandson, Lawrence E. Creel, II., that he had been a very
healthy child until he was about fourteen years old, when he became
critically ill with typhoid fever. He said that his stepmother, Emily
Timmons, was the kindest and most capable woman he had ever known, She
was an excellent nurse and this nursing expertise along with her constant
attention enabled him to recover with no permanent damage.

In 1882, he sold his part of the plantation to one of his brothers and
went to work for four years on a large orange and watermelon plantation
about twenty miles from Lake City, Florida. There he was joined by
Capers Cavanaugh Eaddy, his youngest brother, the last two years he lived
in Florida. Several of his Eaddy cousins moved to Florida and remained
there.

In 1887 or 1888 Bory returned to South Carolina and secured a job
managing the large Rheim Plantation. On January 9, 1889 he married
Louise Burdette Huggins of the prominent Huggins family. To this
marriage were born seven children: Iva Elise Eaddy, Pearl Inez Eaddy,
Amy Louise Eaddy, Marie Eaddy, Edna Eaddy, Winston Jennings Eaddy, and
Lucy Maxine Eaddy. These children with the exception of Winston and
Lucy, completed high school at the Union School. It was one of the most
outstanding schools in the state at that time and was the first
accredited rural high school in the state.

A number of years before Bory left the Rheims Plantation, he bought a
farm on the Muddy Creek road about three miles northeast of Hemingway.
On this farm he built a spacious two-story house and planted several
acres of pecan trees along the lane. He chose not to move to Hemingway
until an adequate school had been established. Winston and Lucy
graduated from Hemingway High School.

The Eaddy family has been supportive of education and made every effort
to educate their children. Bory was typical as five of his daughters
graduated from Winthrop. One attended and took a short teaching course
and the other daughter took a business course. Winston attended the
Citadel for one year and then received an appointment to the U. S.
Military Academy at West Point where he finished with honors.

Iva Elise Eaddy died of pneumonia on February 10, 1910, just after
finishing at Winthrop. Winston died in a cavalry training accident on
August 13, 1925 while exercising a friend's horse at Fort Clark, Texas,
on the Mexican border.

Bory was superintendent of the Methodist Sunday School for about
twenty-five years. He read his Bible each day. His business was
conducted on a Christian basis as were his everyday relationships with
his family and everyone with whom he came in contact. He was prosperous
but never rich. The fine Christian qualities of this Southern Country
Gentleman live on in the lives of his descendants.

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