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Archibald McEachern



ARCHIBALD McEACHERN 1781-1869 m. in Fayette Co., Ga., 8/16/1826 Aleg Ann Post (b. 1808). After his death, she a. 2nd, Rice Eason, Sr. on 8/3/1869. Archibald was Captain in Fayette Co., Militia in 1823. Children:
  1. MARILYN PRICE McEACHERN b. 1828 Fayette Co., Ga. a. 12/30/1852 Mrs. Malinda Ann Fields Stephen. Children:
        
    1. A1ey Ann McEachern 1853-9/21/1881 Fayette Co., Ga. M. Henry Clay Williams b. 1842. After her death, Henry Clay Williams m. Mattie Colin McEachern, a sister of Aley Ann. (They had: Zachery Martin m. Leila Glore, had Mary Elizabeth; Roger Bruce m. Eva Marnant). Children:
           
      1. James Henry Williams m. Maggie Hemperly.    
      2. Sterling Price Williams m. Lucy Nash.    
      3. Pearl Williams b. 9/10/1881, d. after 17 days.
        
    2. Mattie Eolin McEachern b. 1855 Fayette Co., Ga.   
    3. Johnny M. McEachern b. 1858 Fayette Co., Ga.
    4. DANIEL McEACHERN b. 1830 Fayette Co., Ga. m. 11/16/1854 Caroline Graves. He d. during Civil War.
    5. MARTHA ANN McEACHERN b. 1831 Fayette Co., Ga. m. George Washington Clark. Children:
          
      1. Ann Liza Clark m. Thomas J. Mitchell.   
      2. Elizabeth Clark m. Edgar (Boss) Dorsey.   
      3. Talullah Clark (Leu) m. Frank Jones.
    6. ARCHIBALD McEACHERN b. 1833 Fayette Co., Ga. m. Rachel Adams. Children:
          
      1. Mary Jane McEachern m. Jerry Hewell.   
      2. Daniel (Ruddy) McEachern, Post Master in Fayetteville 1897-1901, shot and killed by Jim Bennett in 1908. Said Jim Bennett was hung - the least person to he hung in Fayette Co. Children:
             
        1. Sarah McEachern m. Charles Mitcbum.
             
        2. Sanford McEachern m. Roxie Ann Jones. Children: Walter Wiley b. 12/11/1879 m. 1st, Stella Anne, 2nd, Annie Estelle Tedder; Clara Rochester b. 1886; Elizabeth b. 1889.
             
        3. Martin Luther McEachecn m. Jenncy C. Glower. Children: Marco a. Mattie Orr; Archie a. A1ice McCullan; Luther Roy m. Annie; Lucy Mae m. George J. Morgan; Floyd Wallis m. Clara and a dau. who m. Dr. Bernard R. Thornton.
             
        4. John McEachern a. 9/1868 Sarah Millsaps.
             
        5. Dau. M. T. B. Turner.
             
        6. John William McEachern m. 1st, 1859, Callie Camilla Collier, 2nd, Miss Parrott.
             
        7. Julia V. McEachern b. 1874 m. 1895 Texas Davis. Children: Willie K., Vera Davis m. Jim Smith.
        8. JOHN McEACHERN b. 1835 Fayette Co., Ga. VI. EFFEY JANE McEACHERN b. 1837 Fayette Co., Ga. m. 2/1/1859 William M. Jackson.
        9. ELIZABETH MARGARET McEACHERN b. 1839 Fayette Co., Ga. m. John W. Stacks.
        10. JAMES N. McEACHERN b. 1840 Fayette Co., Ga. m. Mrs. Martha Eason Graves after the death of her 1st husband in the Civil War (Vines Daves). James was killed in 1893 by Sheriff Jerry Hewell (who m. Mary Jane McEachern, dau. of Archibald and Rachel Adams McEachern because of an argument on voting irregularities.
        11. LEWIS C. McEACHERN b. 1842 Fayette Co., Ga.
        12. WILLIAM HENRY CLAY McEACHERN b. 1844 Fayette Co., Ga.
        13. PLEASANT MARION McEACHERN b. 1845 Fayette Co., Ga.
        14. ALEY ANN EMILY McEACHERN b. 1848 Fayette Co., Ga.
        15. ELIJAH McEACHERN b. 1859 Fayette Co., Ga.
Sources: 1850 Fayette Co. Census; Fayette Co. Marriages.