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Family of James Monroe EASON and Margaret Thompson BANKS
| Husband: | James Monroe EASON (1819-1887) | |
| Wife: | Margaret Thompson BANKS (1826-1886) | |
| Children: | Hugh Banks EASON (1848-1875) | |
| Thaddeus Street EASON (1851-1926) | ||
| Margaret EASON (1857-1923) | ||
| Lillian EASON (1859-1933) | ||
| Leon Eugene EASON (1861-1861) | ||
| Marriage | ||
Husband: James Monroe EASON
| Name: | James Monroe EASON | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Robert EASON (1778-1838) | |
| Mother: | Isabella Jane GRASSELL (1787-1849) | |
| Birth | 22 Mar 1819 | Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA |
| Election (1) | 1850 (age 30-31) | |
| Election (2) | 1852 (age 32-33) | |
| Election (3) | 1855 (age 35-36) | |
| Accomplishment | 3 May 1870 (age 51) | |
| Death | 31 Dec 1887 (age 68) | Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA |
| Election (4) | "5 nov 1860 to 21 dec 1866" | |
| Election (5) | "26 nov 1878 to 20 feb 1880" | |
| Burial | Magnolia Cemetary, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina | |
| Possessions | 1846 (age 26-27) | inherited Eason Iron Works founded in 1825 by his father, Robert Eason |
Additional Information
| Election (1) | elected as Alderman for Ward #7 |
| Election (2) | elected as Alderman for Ward #7 |
| Election (3) | elected as Alderman for Ward #7 |
| Accomplishment | invents stump extractor, patent #102516 |
| Election (4) | elected to the South Carolina State Legislature as a Representative |
| Election (5) | elected to the South Carolina State Legislature as a Representative |
Wife: Margaret Thompson BANKS
| Name: | Margaret Thompson BANKS | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1826 | |
| Death | 1886 (age 59-60) | |
| Burial | Magnolia Cemetary, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina | |
Child 1: <a href="ind567.html" class="bodylink">Hugh Banks EASON</a>
| Name: | Hugh Banks EASON | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1848 | |
| Death | 1875 (age 26-27) | |
Child 2: <a href="ind568.html" class="bodylink">Thaddeus Street EASON</a>
| Name: | Thaddeus Street EASON | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1851 | |
| Death | 1926 (age 74-75) | |
Child 3: <a href="ind569.html" class="bodylink">Margaret EASON</a>
| Name: | Margaret EASON | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1857 | |
| Death | 1923 (age 65-66) | |
Child 4: <a href="ind570.html" class="bodylink">Lillian EASON</a>
| Name: | Lillian EASON | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1859 | |
| Death | 1933 (age 73-74) | |
Child 5: <a href="ind571.html" class="bodylink">Leon Eugene EASON</a>
| Name: | Leon Eugene EASON | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1861 | |
| Death | 1861 (age 0) | |
Note on Husband: James Monroe EASON
During the War Between the States, James M. Eason rifled and banded the first smooth bore cannon ever altered, and so successful was he in this single branch of the military service that the defeat of the Iron-clad Fleet and the sinking of the Keokuk was due to this improvised ordnance. He also built the first iron-clad gunboat in the South including the CSS Chicora, CSS Palmetto, CSS Charleston. See 1883 Year Book, Armored Ships, Rifled Cannon, & c., page 549.
Eason & Brothers employeed 80 men who manufactured a wide variety of heavy machines, including steam engines, pumps, threshing machines, rice mills, sawmills, grist mills, sugar mills, and cotton pres ses. Built huge steam dredge that deepeded the Charleston harbor.
At the time of his death, James Monroe Eason was living at 107 Cannon Street in Charleston, South Carolina