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Note: [beasley.ftw] PROOFS IN POSSESSION: Parentage: Birth: Marriage: Death: Other Proofs: ALL INFORMATION FROM THE WORK OF JOSEPH T. EICHELBERGER DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EIGLEBERGER, SR. Page 201 APPENIX XV - JACOB CANNADA EIGLEBERGER INTRODUCTION This portion is taken largely from Ref 105 Capt. Jacob Cannada Eichelberger of Marion Co.,Florida, was the son of John Eigleberger, Sr. and his second wife, Saloma "Sarah" (Ruff) Peaster. She was the widow of John Peaster and after the death of John Eigleberger, Sr. she married Christian H. Smith. Jacob was born c1823 in Lexington Co. South Carolina. After the death of his father in 1828, Jacob became the ward of his half-brother, John Eigleberger Jr. He was still in John's household when the 1840 census was taken (Appendix V). On 16 October 185l, in Lexington Court House, he married Elizabeth F. "Lizzie" Addison (born 1836 in South Carolina) Jacob and Elizabeth had two children while in SC, a daughter Mary (20 APRIL 1854 - 13 June l855) who was buried at Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery near Pomaria, Newberry County, South Carolina, and a daughter Margaret [Maggie H. c1852 who in 1872. married H. Morton Meetz. of Char1eston, SC [Nby 1850 #1110; Nby Herald]. She was a resident of Florida, at that time. Jacob and Elizabeth moved to Marion Co., F1orida in the 1850's, presumably after June 1855. Several pieces of property in South Carolina which they owned, were sold after they moved to Florida. In the 1860 census for Marion Co., Florida, their children were listed as: M. H., female, age 8,, b. SC; H.H., male, Age 4, b. FL; and Anna, female, age 2, b. FL. [see Appendix IV]. H.H. ended up in Crockett, Houston County, TX in later years. Nothing more is known of Anna. It is believed that Ida Eichelberger, who married George Vinter in Jacksonville, Fla. , Feb 8, 1892, was another child. Were Anna and Ida the same person? - Jacob enlisted September 4, 1863 at Ocala, Marion co., Florida. His age was shown as 41. He "joined" December 31, 1863 for three years or the duration. At that time his age was entered as 44. He was made captain of Co., K, 9 Fla. Inf. Reg. On February 8, 1864, he and another officer, both ill, were left behind at Fort Baldwin, Florida, and were captured by the enemy, when the Confederates decamped in great haste. This occurred shortly before the Battle of Olustee. P.O.W. records show Jacob at Hilton Head, South Carolina on February 24, 1864, at Fort Columbus, New York Harbor on February 27, 1864, at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland on March 7, 1864, and at Fort Delaware on August 20, 1864. He was paroled there while awaiting exchange. He was then sent to Aiken's landing, Virginina to, await exchange (no date given) On August 24, 1864, he requested a leave of absence, so presumably he had been exchanged before then. Still another record has him in Petersberg, Virginia on August 16, 1864. This contradicts the Ft. Delaware roll call. On September 30, 1864, he was in the trenches near Petersburg, Virginia with his old unit--Finnegan's Brigade, Mahone's Division, Hill's corps, army of Northern Virginia. On October 6, 1864, he was in a Receiving and Wayside Hospital (Gen. Hospital #9), and was ordered sent to Hammond's Grove. the diagnosis was diarrhea. From the 7th to the 15th of October, 1864, he was in General Hospital #4 at Richmond, Virginia. The diagnosis there was diarrhea chronica. There is a suspicious entry showing him in Way Hospital #3 at Salisbury, South Carolina on April 7, 1863. Presumaby the year should have been 1865, and the state should read North Carolina. Even so, the entry remains suspicious because of the location and time. Several other confusing documents exist. One indicates he was exchanged February 25, 1865, near Petersburg, Virginia. still another indicates he was exchanged December 1, 1864, and that his furlough was extended by "MED. BA." to February 17, 1865. a reasonable interpretation is that these documents were made on those dates, and they simply refer to Jacob as an exchanged prisoner. In Ref. 106, it is stated that the 9th Infantry saw action at Cold Harbor and at Petersburg. When surrendered at Appomatox, only 15 officers and 109 enlisted men were left. For further military information see Appendix III. The writer suspects tht many of these documents were created after the indicated dates. Knowing the military's penchant for documentation, it would have been necessary to have something on paper, even if incorrect!. Thus the person writing the report may have been trusting his now faulty memory, or even using his imagination. At any rate, the trails end here. No further record has come to light. The writer could not locate him in any of the census records form 1870 on for the area of Florida, extending from Sumter Co. north to Nassau County. Nor could he be located in any census records for Georgia, Mississippi, or South Carolina. We note that Maggie's residence in 1872, at the time of her marriage was in Florida. so it would be reasonable to assume that either the family was overlooked in several censuses, or this writer has been searching in the wrong places. Note also, that before 1880, there appeared in Crockett, Houston County, Texas, one Harry Hampton C. Eichelberger, a professional photographer who "spoke seven languages and played the banjo." In her late years his daughter spoke of an "Aunt Ida" who used to visit them often. he also once told his daughter that he had wanted to name her "Fernandina" after a town in which he had lived. After the death of the daughter, several photographic portraits and a family bible were found in her belongings. The Bible gave a birth date for H.H.C. which corresponded quite closely to that of H.H., son of Jacob, as deduced from the 1860 Marion county Census. On the back of one of the photos of a lady was inscribed, "Your obedient sister, Maggie." Surely this must have been M.H. of the 1860 FL census, and the Maggie H. who married H. Morton Meetze. Finally, an Ida Eichelberger married a George Vintner in Jacksonville, Florida on February 8, 1892. Further research should be conducted in the state of Alabama (simply because it has not been searched), and the Lake City, Starke, and the Fernandina Beach, Florida areas. SPECULATION: HHC went to school in SC. If he spoke 7 languages, he probably attended college. There were no such schools in FL at the time. Several Eichelbergers attended the Citadel, but there were other schools available. There was a college in Newberry attended by the Hobbs boys and George, the son of Phillip Eichelberger. That would have been in the early 1870's. There was a school in Richland County also, but I do not now if it were a high school or college. THE ODYSSEY OF JACOB CANNADA EICHELBERGER, CSA Capt., Co. K, 9th Fla. Inf. Reg. Enlisted: September 4, 1863 at Ocal: Age 41 Joined: December 31, 1863 at Camp Finegan for three years or duration: Age 44 Captured by the Northern Agressors near Baldwin, Fla. February 8, 1864. POW: Hilton Head, South Carolina, February 24, 1864 Ft. McHenry, Baltimore, March 7, 1864 Ft. Delaware, arrived August 20, 1864, paroled until exchange. Sent to Aiken's Landing, Va., for exchange: no date given Exchanged Requested leave of absence August 24, 1864 - Note: another slip in service record says he was in Petersburg August 16, 1864, which contradicts Ft. Delaware Roll Call. Petersburg Va., in trenches, September 1864, same unit.[a report, February 25, 1865, says he was exchanged near Petersburg.] Received Wayside 8 Hospital or General Hospital #9, Richmond, October 6,1864 In hospital October 7-15, 1864, Richmond, Va., In hospital, April 8, 1865, CSA Hospital, Danville, Virginia - Diarrhea Chronica
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