Matilda Eddins was the 6th child born to Williams Eddins and Elizabeth Wilson. She had 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Matilda's parents were born in Chesterfield, South Carolina and had moved the family from Chesterfield to Madison County, Alabama Territory arriving before March 1818.
There on 9 March 1818, her father listed in this deed as Washington Eddins purchased from Moses & Christiana Jones a tract of land in Madison County.
Matilda Eddins was born 10 August 1825 in Madison County, Alabama.
Matilda, age 19, married Hardy Bryant Deese, age 19, on 4 June 1845 in Monroe County, Alabama.
H. B. Deer [Dees] in the Alabama, U.S., Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942
Name H. B. Deer
Gender Male
Marriage Date 1845
Marriage Place, Monroe, Alabama
Spouse Matilda Eddins
FHL Film Number 1289610 V. A-B
Hardy Bryant Deese worked as a farmer and as a Wagon Maker while Matilda tended the home and children.
Hardy Bryant Deese and Matilda Eddins had the following children:
i. William Ruffin Deese was born in 1847 in Butler County, Alabama. He died in 1868 at the age of 21.
ii. Curtis "Kirk" Deese was born on 22 Jun 1848 in Butler County, Alabama. He died on 20 Nov 1936 at the age of 88.
iii. Cornelieus Neal Deese, born 23 Mar 1852, Butler County, Alabama; married Nancy, 4 Feb 1880, Monroe County, Alabama; died 20 Dec 1931, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
iv. Silas Deese, born 22 Sep 1853, Butler County, Alabama; married Abigail Williams, 21 Oct 1880, Wilcox, Alabama; died 3 Jul 1929.
v. Ezra E. Deese was born on 7 Mar 1854 in Butler County, Alabama. He died on 29 Apr 1917 at the age of 63.
vi. Sarah Katherine Deese was born on 17 Mar 1857 in Butler County, Alabama, United States. She died on 4 Feb 1934 at the age of 76 in Zwolle, Sabine, Louisiana.
vii. John Edward "Ed" Deese was born on 12 Jul 1858 in Butler County, Alabama. He died on 15 Apr 1934 at the age of 75 in Many, Sabine, Louisiana.
viii. James Lafayette "Jim" Deese was born on 22 Aug 1860 in Butler County, Alabama. He died on 4 Nov 1935 at the age of 75 in Many, Sabine, Louisiana.
ix. Martha Ann "Mattie" Deese was born on 2 Nov 1868 in Butler County, Alabama. She died on 30 Apr 1937 at the age of 68 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
Matilda Eddins is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed
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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com/:accessed May 2024); Memorial page for Hardy Bryant “H.B.” Dees; (24 October 1825–26 May 1901); Find a Grave memorial # 92932184, Citing Jerusalem Cemetery; Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA.
2. 1850 U. S. Census, Butler County, Alabama, population schedule, Township 11, Butler, Alabama, Page: #254 (Stamped), Line: #18, Dwelling: #161, Family: #161, Household of Bryant DEES; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com:online May 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm M432.
3. 1866 State Census, Butler County, Alabama, population schedule, Butler County, Alabama, Page 35, Line 24, Bryant Dees; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com:online May 2024).
4. 1880 U. S. Census, Wilcox County, Alabama, population schedule, Foxs Mills, Wilcox, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) 185, Page: #241 (stamped), Line: #26, Dwelling: #23, Family: #23, Household of H. B. DEES; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com: online May 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm T9_0035.
5. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Hardy Bryant “H.B.” Dees (24 October 1825–26 May 1901), Memorial #92932184.
6. "Alabama, County Marriage Index, 1816-1942," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: online May 2024), Marriage: H. B. Dees & Matilda Eddins; https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/records.
7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Matildia Eddins Dees (10 August 1825–11 May 1901), Memorial #92932102.
