Family of Robert EASON and Isabella Jane GRASSELL

Husband:	Robert EASON (1778-1838)
Wife:	Isabella Jane GRASSELL (1787-1849)
Children:	Mary EASON (1808-1871)
	John EASON (1810-1836)
	Robert Pritchard EASON (1817-1862)
	James Monroe EASON (1819-1887)
	Sarah Ann EASON (1820-1859)
	Thomas Dotterer EASON (1822-1872)
	Elizabeth Dotterer EASON (1825-1832)
	William Grassell EASON (1827-1898)
Marriage	22 Nov 1806	Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Husband: Robert EASON

Name:	Robert EASON
Sex:	Male
Father:	John EASON (1759-1799)
Mother:	Mary (1760-1814)
Birth	15 Jan 1778	USA
Death	18 Aug 1838 (age 60)	Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Burial		Magnolia Cemetary, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Wife: Isabella Jane GRASSELL

Name:	Isabella Jane GRASSELL
Sex:	Female
Father:	George GRASSELL ( - )
Mother:	Sarah THOMPSON ( - )
Birth	22 Jan 1787
Death	28 Sep 1849 (age 62)	Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Burial		Magnolia Cemetary, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Child 1: <a href="fam140.html" class="bodylink">Mary EASON</a>

Name:	Mary EASON
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Thomas Davis DOTTERER (1796-1846)
Birth	1808
Death	1871 (age 62-63)
Burial		Magnolia Cemetary, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Child 2: <a href="ind549.html" class="bodylink">John EASON</a>

Name:	John EASON
Sex:	Male
Birth	9 Sep 1810
Death	23 Sep 1836 (age 26)
Burial		In 1825 Robert Eason wMagnolia Cemetary, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Child 3: <a href="ind550.html" class="bodylink">Robert Pritchard EASON</a>

Name:	Robert Pritchard EASON
Sex:	Male
Birth	15 Jan 1817	Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Death	8 Jan 1862 (age 44)	Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Burial		Magnolia Cemetary, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Child 4: <a href="fam141.html" class="bodylink">James Monroe EASON</a>

Name:	James Monroe EASON
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Margaret Thompson BANKS (1826-1886)
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

Child 5: <a href="fam142.html" class="bodylink">Sarah Ann EASON</a>

Name:	Sarah Ann EASON
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Thaddeus STREET (1783-1852)
Birth	16 Nov 1820	Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Death	23 Jun 1859 (age 38)	Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Burial		Magnolia Cemetary, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Child 6: <a href="fam143.html" class="bodylink">Thomas Dotterer EASON</a>

Name:	Thomas Dotterer EASON
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Wilhemina Ligon LANIER (1828-1904)
Birth	9 Oct 1822	Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Death	27 Dec 1872 (age 50)	Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Burial		Magnolia Cemetary, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina

Additional Information

Death

Cause: Apoplexy

Child 7: <a href="ind554.html" class="bodylink">Elizabeth Dotterer EASON</a>

Name:	Elizabeth Dotterer EASON
Sex:	Female
Nickname:	Eliza
Birth	1825
Death	1832 (age 6-7)

Child 8: <a href="ind555.html" class="bodylink">William Grassell EASON</a>

Name:	William Grassell EASON
Sex:	Male
Birth	1827
Death	1898 (age 70-71)

Note on Husband: Robert EASON

In 1825 Robert Eason was co-founder of Eason Iron Works. His partner, Thomas A. Dotterer, married his daughter, Mary.

 

EASON AND THE RAILROAD BUSINESS:

 

In the summer of 1830, the construction of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company's first locomotive was begun. The locomotive was constructed by the West Point Foundry of New York City (first locomotive built in America for actual service). The locomotive arrived in Charleston aboard the Niagara on October 23, 1830, and was named the Best Friend of Charleston by hopeful Charleston merchan ts. The company employed the services of Dotterer and Eason, local machinists and engineers, to assemble the locomotive and prepare it for service. One of their employees, Nicholas Darrell, became the first locomotive engineer of the first American built steam locomotive for actual service. The engine has a whopping 6 horse power and weighed 3 1/2 tons and could up to 30 mph without loaded cars at tached. The first passenger carrying run was held on Christmas day, 1830. By October 3, 1833 the line ran all the way up to the thriving metropolis (poetic license evoked) of Aiken, 120 miles from Cha rleston.

 

The firm of Dotterer and Eason built the first Charleston locomotive which was named the Native and designed by Dotterer in 1834. This locomotive was declared by the Chairman of the Railroad Commissio n extreme simplicity of its arrangement, the directness with which the power was applied as well as in the substantial character of the workmanship, it held the promise of being one of the most perman ent engines on the road.