James Eddleman

Jim Eddleman, as he was always known, was born at the family farm north of present-day Georgetown, Indiana 1813 May 26. This was two years after the family had come to Indiana Territory from Kentucky and 3 years before Indiana became a state.

His proven lineage is James Eddleman <== John Eddleman (miller of Georgetown IN, KY, NC) <== Catherine Eddleman (Her husband may have been David of PA, MD, and NC). See page 800 for his most likely lineage to Alsace Germany.

His Father was John Eddleman of NC, KY, and IN

John Eddleman was born in North Carolina about ____ shortly before the family moved to Ky, probably in 1778 at the end of a two year's journey from NC. That time was deterimined by events on the front of New River area. We do not know the families whereabout, put this on John or David page.

Growing up at his Dad's Farm and Mill

See eg817 for the boyhood days. Not yet written because I can't find much.

The Civil War Years (1862 -1865)

A Card at the Indiana State Library states:
Francis Marion Eddleman (There should be a similar card for Adam Monroe Eddleman, but I did not copy it. Meanwhile you can look at this. They were in the same company.)
Private, Company A, 81st Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, served 3 years
Enrolled: 1862 Aug 12, Milltown, Indiana, by Captain Stout who was commander of Company A. Captain Stout was later Major Stout
Regiment was mustered 1862 Aug 29 at New Albany Indiana, Eddleman was mustered in by Lt. Morris. Eddleman served until a few days before the regiment was musterd out after a hero welcome in Indianapolis. Eddleman was mustered out 1865 June 13 at Camp Hrker in Tennessee. The History of the regiment is told in Report to the Adjutant General, State of Indiana, Volume III (1866) pages 37 to 44.
Eddleman was 20 years old. Eyes: black, Hair: black, height: 5 ft - 7 in, complexion, dark, farmer, born in Floyd County, Indiana.

Farming in Eddleman Bend of Big Blue River

The following is from the Bible of James Eddleman in the hands of Minnie Eddleman (~1978)

Family of Adam Monroe Eddleman was not in the bible of James Eddleman

Remarks on the above Table

• Claude said he was 6 when Cora; he remembered them holding him up so he could see and he remembered her Adam's apple (throat) moving some.
• THERE ARE STILL MANY PROBLEMS IN ABOVE TABLE. These are mainly of the MCT = Milltown Cemetery Tomestones giving a different date than Bible of James Eddleman.

The Census of 1880 gives the following informations:

Comments on the Above Census Report

• Notice the error in second line. It says father of Francis Marion was born in NC, but IN is correct as shown line 8 where James, father of Francis, says James was born in Indiana.

Retirement in Milltown

Photographs:

Dorothy Eddleman Harvey Bland, first child of Caude Eddleman has these pictures:

• Cora Eddleman - looks nice, about age 14
• Cora and Etta Eddleman - girls about 8 or 10
• Kitty Wells Eddleman - wife of Chauncey
• Oliver Eddleman, brother of Claude Eddleman - boy with dog, one of the best pictures.
• Emma Eddleman Haines
• severa pictures of Shelby

Minne Eddleman had these pictures:

• Some one in the door of the log cabin down by Blue River. Flat sawed logs about 20 inches wide.
• separate pictures of Fracis Marion and Adam in Civil War uniforms taken at a studio in Tennessee

Claude Eddleman had these pictures:

• His mother Lavina - washing clothles on a scrub board at the farm on Eddleman Bend

Milltown Cemetery - owned by the town

The following markers were present. About 1995 vandals broke some of these.

John Eddleman (son of J and M Eddleman
    Born Feb 12, 1803
    Died July 28 1876 age 73

James Eddleman
    Born May 26, 1813
    Died Nov 30, 1881
Mary Eddleman, his wife

Oliver Eddleman
    born June I, 1878
    Died June 15, 1878
son of FM and L J Eddleman, Died age 14 days

Cora Eddleman 1884-1892

James T. Eddleman 1879 - 1903

Francis Eddleman 1841-1903

Lavina J Eddleman 1850-1926

Marry E. Eddleman, infant, died Aug 3, 1876

Adam W. son of F.M. and L.J.
    born Jul 5, 1868
    died Feb 15, 1874