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Henry Woodson Eanes

Male 1821 - Aft 1910  (90 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Henry Woodson Eanes was born 1821, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Aft 1910, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Probably Roanoke, Virginia

    Henry married Elizabeth Church Griggs 22 Jan 1845, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Elizabeth was born 1828, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Thomas Jefferson Eanes  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 Jun 1858, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 9 May 1920, Henry Co., Virginia.
    2. 3. Joseph 'Josiah' Henry Eanes  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Feb 1849, Henry County, Virginia; died 10 Dec 1933, Martinsville, Virginia; was buried , Beckham Church Burial Ground, Henry Co., VA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Jefferson EanesThomas Jefferson Eanes Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born 19 Jun 1858, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 9 May 1920, Henry Co., Virginia.

    Thomas married Nannie Alice Gray. Nannie was born 18 Mar 1862, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 31 Oct 1934, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Eanes Cemetery, Brosville, Pittsylvania County Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 4. Nannie Viola Eanes  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Oct 1890, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 10 Mar 1965, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Mountain View Cem., Danville, Virginia.
    2. 5. Kate Elizabeth Eanes  Descendancy chart to this point was born 9 Sep 1884, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 28 Apr 1958, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

  2. 3.  Joseph 'Josiah' Henry Eanes Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born 8 Feb 1849, Henry County, Virginia; died 10 Dec 1933, Martinsville, Virginia; was buried , Beckham Church Burial Ground, Henry Co., VA.

    Joseph married Melissa Ella Griffith 18 Jun 1874, Henry Co., Virginia. Melissa was born Est 1850, Henry Co., Virginia; died 6 Nov 1938, Henry Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 6. Harriett Elizabeth Eanes  Descendancy chart to this point was born 19 May 1862, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 20 Dec 1947, Roanoke, Virginia ; was buried , Fair View Cemetery Roanoke, Virginia.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Nannie Viola EanesNannie Viola Eanes Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.Henry1) was born 2 Oct 1890, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 10 Mar 1965, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Mountain View Cem., Danville, Virginia.

    Nannie married John Samuel Oakes Bef 1912. John (son of James Harmon Oakes and Susan Harriett Haley) was born 11 Jul 1890, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 31 Jan 1952, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Danville, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 7. Annie Pearl Oakes  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Sep 1912, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 4 Jun 2010, Montgomerty County, Maryland; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.
    2. 8. William Lenon Oakes  Descendancy chart to this point was born 17 Nov 1910, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 10 Sep 1963, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.
    3. 9. Lillie Oakes  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Aug 1914, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 11 Feb 2014, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.

  2. 5.  Kate Elizabeth EanesKate Elizabeth Eanes Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.Henry1) was born 9 Sep 1884, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 28 Apr 1958, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.

  3. 6.  Harriett Elizabeth EanesHarriett Elizabeth Eanes Descendancy chart to this point (3.Joseph2, 1.Henry1) was born 19 May 1862, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 20 Dec 1947, Roanoke, Virginia ; was buried , Fair View Cemetery Roanoke, Virginia.

    Harriett married Arthur Washington Eanes, II 18 Dec 1881, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Arthur was born Jan 1861, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 5 Dec 1912, Roanoke, Virginia; was buried , Fair View Cemetery Roanoke, Virginia. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Annie Pearl Oakes Descendancy chart to this point (4.Nannie3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Henry1) was born 13 Sep 1912, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 4 Jun 2010, Montgomerty County, Maryland; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Daughter of John S Oakes & Viola Eanes

    Perle Oakes Branch, 97, of Spencerville, Md., passed on the morning of June 4, 2010, at Montgomery General Hospital, Olney, Md. Born Sept. 9, 1912, in Danville to the late John Samuel Oakes and Viola Eanes Oakes.
    She graduated from Brosville High School and married the late Thomas Allen Branch who died in 1978. The Branches moved to the Washington, D.C. area shortly after they married in 1935.
    A long-term resident of Takoma Park, Md., and member of the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Branch served as a deacon. In 2007, the Church hosted her 95th birthday party.
    Survivors include a son, Capt. John W. Branch, M.D., USN (Ret) of Houston, Texas; a daughter, Janice Branch Fox of Spencerville, Md.; sisters, Louise Hayden and Lillie Scearce, of Danville, Frances Noone of Silver Spring, Md., and Bernice Walters of Newport News; two grandchildren; a great-granddaughter; three sisters-in-law, Janie Oakes,
    Addie Oakes and Linda Oakes.
    Funeral services for Mrs. Branch will be held June 7, 2010, at the Brosville United Methodist Church. Interment will follow in the Mountain View Cemetery.
    Wrenn-Yeatts Westover Chapel is serving the Branch family with arrangements.
    Published in Danville and Rockingham County from June 6 to June 7, 2010


  2. 8.  William Lenon Oakes Descendancy chart to this point (4.Nannie3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Henry1) was born 17 Nov 1910, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 10 Sep 1963, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.

  3. 9.  Lillie OakesLillie Oakes Descendancy chart to this point (4.Nannie3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Henry1) was born 18 Aug 1914, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 11 Feb 2014, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Lillie Oakes Scearce went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. She was born in the Brosville Community August 18, 1914, the daughter of John S. Oakes and Viola Eanes Oakes. She spent her life in Pittsylvania County. She was married to the late Stanley Carson Scearce for 48 years.
    She is survived by two daughters, Sylvia Scearce Minear and Nancy Scearce Collins; three grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren.
    Interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery.