52 Cousins~Abner William Eddins

Abner William Eddins was born 10 February 1826 in Wilcox County, Alabama, a son of William Riley Eddins and Nancy Manning. 

He married Christiana A. Jolliff  abt 1850 before the 1850 census was enumerated on 8 October 1850. He and his wife Christiana are enumerated and husband and wife in his father's home in October 1850. Abner was a farmer. Abner and his family are shown in the 1850 and 1860 Census and after that point no record of Abner William Eddins has been found. Nor have I found his death date recorded in an official government document. His death is recorded as 30 May 1865 in an unofficial Alabama Expanded Surname file. [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/112447:61266] 

In the period 1850-1865 Abner William Eddins and Christiana A. Jolliff had five children; 3 daughters and 2 sons. 

Christiana A. (Jolliff) Eddins married B. C. Hutchinson on 21 January 1872 in Wilcox County. No record of him living with Christiana has been found. This is a snapshot of her 1880 Census  household: 

1880 CENSUS: Pine Apple, Wilcox, Alabama; Roll: 35; Enumeration District: 184, Page: 237B (stamped); Line 36, Dwelling 448, Family 459; Christiana HUTCHINSON, Female, age 44, born in AL; Elizabeth EDDINS, daughter, age 25, born in AL; Alice E. EDDINS, daughter, age 20, born in AL and William A. EDDINS, Son, age 17, born in AL. [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/6506846:6742]

Abner William Eddins and Christiana A. Jolliff had the following children:

i. John Davis Eddins, born 21 Mar 1851, Alabama; married Mary Susan Williams, 25 Dec. 1872, Dallas County, Alabama; died 9 Dec 1937, Wilcox County, Alabama.

ii. Nancy Elizabeth Eddins, born 2 Nov 1853, Alabama; married J. E. Sessions , 3 Feb 1884, Wilcox County. Alabama.

iii. Laura Christina "Anna" Eddins, born 22 Jun 1856, Alabama; married Wiley Timothy Stein, 27 Dec 1877, Wilcox County. Alabama, United States; died 10 Dec 1937, Pine Apple, Wilcox, Alabama.

iv. Eliza Alice Eddins was born on 24 Feb 1859 in Alabama. She died on 2 Oct 1921 at the age of 62 in Monroe County, Alabama.

v. William Abner Eddins was born on 27 Sep 1862 in Alabama. He died on 21 Aug 1956 at the age of 93 in St Clair County, Alabama.

Christiana A. (Jolliff) (Eddins) Hutchinson passed away on 3 February 1921 in Wilcox County, Alabama. 

Abner William Eddins is my 1st Cousion 4X Removed.

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1. 1850 U. S. Census, Wilcox County, Alabama, population schedule, Wilcox County, Alabama, ; Page: 360A (stamped); Line 31, Dwelling 218, Family 218, Househoild of Wm J. EDINGS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 May 2022); citing  National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 16.

2. 1860 U. S. Census, Wilcox County, Alabama, population schedule, Eastern Division, Wilcox, Alabama, Page: 1084; Line 18, Dwelling 482, Family 528, Household of  A. W. EDDINS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : on-line January 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_26.

3. 1880 U. S. Census, Wilcox County, Alabama, population schedule, Pine Apple, Wilcox, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) 184, Page: 237B (stamped); Line 36, Dwelling 448, Family 459, Household of  Christiana HUTCHINSON; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : on-line January 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm T9_0035.

4. 1900 U. S. Census, Wilcox County, Alabama, population schedule, Awin, Wilcox, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) 137, Page:#58A(Stamped); Line:#31, Dwelling:#498, Family:#524, Household of Jarot SESSIONS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : on-line January 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm T623.

5. 1910 U. S. Census, Wilcox County, Alabama, population schedule, Awin, Wilcox, Alabama, enumeration district (ED) 0458, Page: 16B/55B (Stamped); Line:#89, Dwelling:#260, Family:#260, Household of Jeret E. SESSIONS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : on line January 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm T624_XX.

6. 1920 U. S. Census, Wilcox County, Alabama, population schedule, , ; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed ); citing National Archives Microfilm T625_xx.

7. Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974,  Images. Ancestry, (http://www.Ancestry.com:  January 202), Alabama Department of Public Health, Eufaula, AL, Kittie Hutchinson; Wilcox County Alabama, February 1921.