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THE JOSEPH EASTER FAMILY

from Beverly Scott Kendall


Joseph Easter  was born June 17, 1792 in Randolph County /North Carolina, and died April 05, 1876 in
Carroll  County Ark. in the War of 1812.  He married (1) MARY SMITH November 25, 1817 in Danridge Jefferson
County Tennessee, daughter of JOHN SMITH and MARY PENN.  She died in Roane County Tenn.  He married
LUCRETIA Evans about 1842 in Carroll Co Ark.
 
Children of JOSEPH EASTER and MARY SMITH are:
        i.      MARY EASTER, m. WESLEY MIDDLETON, October 29, 1835, Tennessee.
        ii.     JAMES EASTER.
        iii.    ELIZABETH EASTER, b. August 11, 1824; d. December 14, 1871;
m. JOHN  BOHANNON, May 05, 1842;
John Bohannon and Elizabeth brought their family to
Camden Co. Missouri during the early 1850's..
        iv.     MARTHA ELLEN EASTER, b. 1826, Roane County
Tennessee; d. Bet. 1860 - 1864, Arkansas.
        v.      JOHN ADAMS EASTER, b. August 01, 1824; in Roane
Co. Tennessee, died December 24, 1908 in Missouri.
He married (1) Sarah Jane Houston January 14, 1855.
She was born 1835.  She was the daughter of Robert
Houston and Mary Jane Neely.

        vi.     JOSEPH CALVIN EASTER, b. April 07, 1833, Roane Co
Tennessee; d. November 01, 1896, Laclede Missouri; m.
(1) MARY ELINOR GIVENS; m. (2) CLARISSA HOGUE; m.

(3) ELLEN ROGERS.
        vii.    MALINDA EASTER, b. November 27, 1837; d. January
29, 1918.
        viii.   SARAH EASTER, b. 1839; d. 1918; m. PEYTON
JONES.
 
Child of JOSEPH EASTER and LUCRETIA ? is:
        ix.     SOLOMSON EASTER.
 

 MARTHA ELLEN EASTER  was born 1826 in Roane County Tennessee, and died Bet. 1860 - 1864
in Arkansas.  She married ABRAM J. GALYAN April 11, 1848 in Roane CountyTennessee, son of JOHN GALYON.  He
was born in Roane County Tennessee. Roane Co., TN. Marriage Records - Marriage Book "A"
4/11/1848 Galyon, Abraham J. m. Martha Ellen Easter.

Children of MARTHA EASTER and ABRAM GALYAN are:
5.      i.      MARY GALYON.married Joseph Alexander
        ii.     JOHN GALYON.
6.      iii.    ELIZABETH GALYAN, b. December 10, 1855, Roane
County Tenn; d. August

19, 1938, Buckner Missouri.
7.      iv.     NANCY BELLE GALYON, b. 1856, Carroll Co.
Arkansas; d. 1906, Camden Co Missouri. Belle is buried
at Zion cemetery.

Elizabeth Galyon is the dau. of Martha Ellen Easter &
Abraham John Galyon she lived with her Uncle John
Adams Easter and married Simon Scott in Camden co.
Missouri 1880 at Passover.

The year before her marriage she lived with her sister
Nancy Belle Galyon who had married Simon's cousin,
James Scott.

Elizabeth Galyon
b. Dec. 10, 1855 Roane Co., TN.
d. Aug. 19, 1938, Buckner, MO.
m. Simon Scott on Dec. 31, 1880 in Passover, Camden
Co., MO.
b. Mar. 21, 1861 Passover Camden, MO.
d. Feb. 13, 1953 Buckner MO.
Moved to Buckner, MO. in 1925
Both buried at Zion Cemetery Linn Creek, Camden, MO.