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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elbert Downes Eichelberger: Birth: 16 MAY 1881 in Crockett, Houston Co., Texas. Death: AFT. 1943

  2. Willie Douglas Eichelberger: Birth: 20 SEP 1884 in Crockett, Houston Co., Texas. Death: 21 DEC 1958 in Crockett, Houston Co., Texas

  3. Genevieve Downes Eichelberger: Birth: 3 DEC 1890 in Crockett, Houston County, Texas. Death: 23 DEC 1981 in Crockett, Houston County, Texas


Sources
1. Title:   Census, Houston County Texas, 1860, 1870.
2. Title:   beasley.ftw
3. Title:   Bible, belonging to Harry Eichelberger
Author:   Butler Brothers, New York and Chicago, 1888
4. Title:   Houston County Cemeteries
Author:   Preservation Committee
Publication:   Houston County Historical Commission

Notes
a. Note:   [beasley.ftw] PROOFS IN POSSESSION: Parentage: Census 1860-1870 Birth: Eichelberger Family Bible, Census, Tombstone, Marriage: Death Certificate, Eichelberger Family Bible, Census 1880-1890-1910 Death: Death Certificate, Family Bible, Tombstone, Obituary Other Proofs: Downes and Eichelberger articles, two Houston County Histories Crockett Courier, July 30, 1943 One of Crockett's oldest and most beloved native citizens passed away on Wednesday of last week. Mrs. H.C. Eichelberger, better known in later years as Mrs. Tidy Eichelberger, crossed over the river to the unknown beyond. Mrs. Eichelberger was the last survivor of a pioneer family. She was a daughter of L.E. Downes, one of Crockett's first citizens, and a sister of J.E. Downes, later a prominent Crockett businessman. She had other brothers and sisters, all of whom preceded her in death. When a young woman she was united in marriage to H.H.C. Eichelberger, long a well-known citizen of Crockett, but who passed on a number of years ago. She was, as was the Downes family, a strong Methodist. Funeral services were held from the Callaway funeral home Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock, Rev. A.S. Lee, pastor of the Crockett Baptist Church, officiating. Interment followed in the Crockett cemetery. Mrs. H.C. Eichelberger, whose maiden name was Bathia Downes, was 86 years old and was born in Crockett, about where the Magnolia filling station now stands and where the Downes old home stood for many years. The last of her immediate family , she leaves two sons, Elbert and Willie Eichelberger, both of whom live in San Francisco, California. She also leaves a daughter, mrs. J.G. Beasley of Crockett, the former Genevieve Eichelberger. Also left are grandchildren and great grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Beasley, Jr., and daughter, of Crockett.


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