Earl Peyton Eskew

Earl married Hazel Mae Roberts 7 Jun 1947, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Hazel (daughter of Robert Luther Roberts and Lucy Caroline Wesmoland) was born 11 Aug 1930, Crittenden County, Kentucky; died 25 Mar 2015, Livingston County Hospital, Salem, Kentucky; was buried , Mapleview Cemetery, Marion, Crittenden County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

1. B.M. Eskew
2. J.A. Eskew
3. S.E. Eskew
4. K.D. Eskew

Notes:

Grandpa Eskew's nickname was "Shot" or "Shod".

Andrew married Harriet Elizabeth Canada 14 Aug 1910, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Harriet (daughter of William Henry Canada and Rebecca Pernecie Bebout) was born 26 Apr 1882, Caldwell County, Kentucky; died 3 Jul 1964, Crittenden County, Kentucky; was buried , Freedom Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Andrew married Nancy Caroline VanHooser 7 Feb 1869, Caldwell County, Kentucky. Nancy (daughter of Sampson Samuel VanHooser and Mary Webb) was born 11 Jul 1844, Warren County, Tennessee; died 7 Apr 1911, Crittenden County, Kentucky; was buried , Hoods Cemetery, Shady Grove, Crittenden County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

He was a Blacksmith in Creswell, Caldwell County, KY.

William married Rebecca Pernecie Bebout 12 Feb 1874, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Rebecca (daughter of Peter Bebout and Harriet Cassander Wilson) was born 10 Apr 1851, Crittenden County, Kentucky; died 8 Jan 1929, Crittenden County, Kentucky; was buried , Piney Fork Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Letter sent to William George Miles, Jr., 16 September 1996, by Brenda Joyce Jerome, Western Kentucky Journal: "5. Pernecia Rebecca - born Apr 1851; married James Farmer Jun 1868. James abandoned Rebecca the same year (they only lived together 2 months) and she filed for divorce 2 Apr 1872. Harriet C. Bebout gave a deposition at the divorce hearing. One child, Martha Ann, was born of this marriage. Rebecca's name was restored to Bebout and she married Wm. H. Canada 12 Dec 1874 Critt. Co."

Notes:

Caldwell County, Kentucky History Book, page 262.

... Wiley Eskew 1813-1884, a brother of Charles G. Eskew, and his family moved to Caldwell County about 1867. His farm was located on the banks of the Tradewater River. Wiley and his wife Minerva VanHooser had several children, including Andrew J. Eskew and Dr. DeWitt Eskew. Dr. Eskew practiced at Shady Grove before moving to southeast Missouri in 1879.

Sources: Courthouse and census records, family records, and RICHARDSON ROWLAND AND HIS FAMILY by Richard C. Sheridan; also Goodspeed's HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

Submitted by: Susan Sheridan.

Wiley married Minerva Cansada VanHooser 8 Jul 1840, Wilson County, Tennessee. Minerva (daughter of Samuel Valentine VanHooser and Sarah Rowland) was born 1818, Wilson County, Tennessee; died Aft 1880, Caldwell County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The following article on Sampson S. VanHooser is in the CALDWELL COUNTY KENTUCKY HISTORY BOOK, page 386.

SAMPSON VANHOOSER
Sampson Samuel Van Hooser was born on February 4, 1805, in Virginia. He was the son of Isaac and Rebecca--Isaac born in 1753 in Rowan County, North Carolina, and Rebecca born about 1761 in Virginia. By 1826 Sampson S. was living in Warren County, Tennessee. He married Mary (Polly) Webb, who was born in 1812 in Warren County, Tennessee. They were the parents of eleven children: James Webb, who was born October 18, 1827, and married Melissa A. Cantrell; Isaac M., who was born about 1832; Didama, who was born February 10, 1834, and married Daniel Trammell; Elizabeth, who was born in 1836, and married Henry R. Stembridge; John, who was born November 21, 1837, and married Melvina Williams; Huston, who was born in 1840 and died January 5, 1863, in the Civil War; Andrew Jackson, who was born March 1, 1842, and married Martha Ann Riley; Nancy C., who was born in 1844 and married Andrew J. Eskew; Thomas Jefferson, who was born in 1846 and married A. E. Pippin; Sampson G., who was born in 1848 and married Marie W. Dodds; Robert W., who was born August 22, 1850 and married Margaret Jane Travis. Mary (Polly) died before 1855. All the children except James Webb, John and Huston lived in Caldwell and Crittenden Counties of Kentucky after the Civil War.
The 1860 Census of Warren County, Tennessee, listed Sampson S. VanHooser, age 55, farmer; Elizabeth Trammell, age 31, wife. They had one daughter, born in 1856. Elizabeth died before Sampson came to Kentucky in the late 1860's. The 1880 Census of Caldwell County, Kentucky, listed Sampson S. VanHooser, age 74, farmer; Rebecca Sarah Morphett, age 52, wife; Sarah Barbara, age 9, daughter. Sampson S. died in 1889 and was buried in Caldwell County, Kentucky. Rebecca Sarah died July 3, 1895. Sarah Barbara married A. S. Lucas, who preceded her in death. At the time of her death in 1957, she was living in Fredonia, Kentucky, with Billy Sherrill, a relative. She and her husband were buried in Livingston Cemetery in Caldwell County, Kentucky.
Source: Family and Census Record.
Submitted by: Geneva Van Hooser Smith

Sampson married Mary Webb Abt 1827, Warren County, Tennessee. Mary (daughter of James Webb and Didama Webb) was born 1812, Warren County, Tennessee; died 1852, Warren County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

John married Elizabeth S. Thurman 26 Jul 1850, Rutherford County, Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of Wiley Thurman and Elizabeth Parker) was born Abt 1833, Tennessee; died 1900, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma; was buried , Jones IOOF Cemetery, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

From a letter sent to William George Miles, Jr., 16 September 1996, by Brenda Joyce Jerome, Western Kentucky Journal. "Peter Bebout was born ca 1823 OH and died 16 Apr 1862 at Columbia, Maury Co, TN during the Civil War. He was the son of Abraham Bebout and Elizabeth Van Ostrand. Peter Bebout married Harriett C. Wilson, daughter of John E. Wilson and Harriet Brooks, 23 July 1845 Crittenden Co, KY. Harriet was born Dec 1824 and died 16 Jun 1908 and is buried at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Crittenden Co, KY. Peter Bebout enlisted in 20th Regt, KY Vol Infantry. His widow, Harriett C., received a widow's pension - #14620. A deposition was given by Lewis Thomas 19 Nov 1869, when Harriet applied for a pension: Lewis Thomas stated that he was a private in Co D 20th KY Regt US Volunteers... that Peter Bebout was a private in same company and regiment; they served together until the death of Bebout, which occured 6 Apr 1862 at Columbia, TN. He was well acquainted with Bebout from the time they entered the army. He stated Bebout had the fever, contracted while in the service of the US and in the line of his duty; that he was taken with chronic dyareah [sic] while on the march from Bowling Green [Warren Co, KY] to Shiloah and was left by command at the hospital in Columbia, TN and Thomas was left sick at the same time and place and was present at the time of Bebout's death. He stated that a physician at the hospital stated at the time that Bebout had what he called the galloping consumption and some disease of the heart which caused his death."

Peter married Harriet Cassander Wilson 23 Jul 1845, Crittenden County, Kentucky. Harriet (daughter of John E. Wilson and Harriet Brooks) was born Dec 1824, Kentucky; died 16 Jun 1908, Crittenden County, Kentucky; was buried , Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Crittenden County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

From a letter sent to William George Miles, Jr., 16 September 1996, from Brenda Joyce Jerome, Western Kentucky Journal: "Obituary of Harriet C. Bebout from Crittenden Press 2 Jul 1908: Mrs. Bebout, mother of Tet Bebout, of the Levias neighborhood, died June 15 [sic] at the age of 83 years. She was the sister of Rev. Clayburn Wilson, an honored pioneer Baptist preacher of this county and was also the mother of Mrs. Jas. Sullenger of Irma. Buried at Pleasant Grove." Letter sent to William George Miles, Jr., 16 September 1996, by Brenda Joyce Jerome, Western Kentucky Journal: "5. Pernecia Rebecca - born Apr 1851; married James Farmer Jun 1868. James abandoned Rebecca the same year (they only lived together 2 months) and she filed for divorce 2 Apr 1872. Harriet C. Bebout gave a deposition at the divorce hearing. One child, Martha Ann, was born of this marriage. Rebecca's name was restored to Bebout and she married Wm. H. Canada 12 Dec 1874 Critt. Co."