William Spencer Eakin
Birth 6 Jul 1820
Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA
Death 31 Jan 1880 (aged 59)
New York, USA
Burial
Cedar Grove Cemetery
New London, New London County, Connecticut, US
William Spencer Eakin born July 6, 1820, son of John and Lucretia Eakin. He married Lemira G. Ewing Feb 25, 1848 in Philadelphia PA. She died suddenly in Dresden, Saxony on March 20, 1869. They had one son, Hugh Campbell born March 22, 1849. On June 27, 1871 William married Mary P. Chaney and had a son, William Spencer Jr born May 14, 1872.
"Record of the Class of 1846 Yale College" New Haven CT 1871 page 26, 27
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