Notes:

Info from Owen Daniel McEachern

Family/Spouse: Martin Matthew Baker. Martin was born on 30 Jan 1839; died on 29 Oct 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes: 1850 Dale Co., Alabama Census, Dwelling 852, p. 455. Correspondence from Owen Daniel McEachern, 615 Roberta Ave., Orlando Fla. 32803, (1991) via Jane Linton, P.O. Box 218, Gordon, Alabama 36343

"John was born April 1, 1816, in North Carolina, the son of Archibald and Catherine. He moved with his parents to Barnes Cross Roads, Dale County, Alabama, when he was 17 years old. In 1836 he began purchasing land there, accumulating 162.88 acres for which he paid $1.25 per acre, for a total of $203.59. "John was made constable of the Barnes Cross Roads area at age 22, and later was Justice of the Peace for two terms."

"John married Sarah Ann Lammon at Christmastime, 1841. She was born February 26, 1826, at Green Swamp, North Carolina."

-- Owen Daniel McEachern, great grandson

John married Sarah Ann Lammon on 25 Dec 1841 in Dale County, Alabama. Sarah (daughter of Duncan Lammon and Nancy Ann McCoulskey) was born on 26 Feb 1826 in Green Swamp, North Carolina; died on 27 Jun 1911 in Barnes Cross Roads, Dale, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

General Notes: THE LAMMON TREE by Avis, Irene & Sadie Lammon. 1850 Dale Co., Alabama Census, p. 455, Dwelling 852.

The following is excerpted from "Sons of the Horse Lords, Genealogy of The McEachern Family, 1788-1995" - Owen Daniel McEachern.

"?James Owen McEachern is in our direct line of ancestors, and additional information is given about his life in a succeeding section. He died at the age of 76 on February 9, 1931, and is buried at Thurston Cemetery..."

"Sarah Ann Lammon was only 4 years old when she left North Carolina with her family in 1830, after joining a wagon train to seek new territories for themselves. The families in the wagon train spent many days and nights on the rugged trails, marked only by previous travelers who had blazed the way. Her parents, Duncan and Ann McColskie Lammon, enjoyed the northern areas of Alabama and Georgia, and they tarried there for about two years. They had been warmly welcomed by the Cherokees in what was called "The Cherokee Nation." The Indians treated them royally, often inviting them to their celebrations and other rituals."

"In 1833 the Lammon's bade goodbye to the Indians and pushed on southward. It was during this trip they saw the 'Stars Falling on Alabama' a noted event which was later immortalized in song."

"The Lammons eventually reached an area they liked, called Barnes Cross Roads, Alabama, and they settled there. "Sarah Ann married John McEachern at Christmastime, 1841. Sometime in the 5 or 6 years following the birth of her last child, James Owen in 1854, his father, John, disappeared. Where he went has remained a mystery to this day. Some of the older members of the family believed he may have gone to Texas with a young girl of the area who disappeared about the same time. Other family members mention hearsay to the effect that John was asked by his wife, Sarah Ann, one cold rainy night to ride to the grocery store and buy salt so she could complete the evening meal. He went to the store and bought the salt. However, when he returned home he was reprimanded by Sarah Ann for buying rock salt rather than the desired table salt. She instructed John to return the salt to the store and to exchange it for the proper kind."

"Sarah Ann was known to be very strict and firm, and since she was so overbearing she probably exhibited those qualities on that occasion. In any event, John took the salt and headed back toward the store. What happened next has never been determined, but he never returned home, and nothing further was ever heard of him. "Sarah Ann did an excellent job thereafter in caring for her children. By the judicious use of the farm income, supplemented by money she earned as a seamstress, she was able to have all her children finish their public education, and in the case of her two youngest sons, Daniel Carlie and James Owen, see them through further education which enabled them to be public school teachers."

---Owen Daniel McEachern, great grandson

Archibald married Catherine McEachern. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BD-The Lammon Tree by Avis, Irene & Sadie Lammon.
1840 Dale Co. Alabama Census
1850 Dale Co. Alabama Census
1860 Dale Co. Alabama census.
B&D-SLC #0924918 Dale Co. Alabama Cemeteries, p.4
BP-from Jewett Lammon Moore, via James Edward Moore, 6145 Old Bethel Road, Crestview, FL 32536 (1996) M -Jewett Lammon Moore, ibid.

The Duncan Lammon family joined a great number of families in their area of North Carolina in the early 1830's forming a wagon train to seek new territory for themselves. They spent many days and nights on the rugged trails marked only by former travelers who had blazed the way. They spent about two years in what was known as the "Cherokee Nation," the northern section of Georgia and Alabama, and while enroute in this area in 1833, one eventful night they saw the stars fall, which was a phenomenon of that year. They met many friendly Indians, and once while spending a night in an Indian Camp a large pot of hominy was prepared for the travelers. The chief dipped a ladle full and ate first, then served others including the Lammon family. At many of the places where they camped were human bones, so they especially felt thankful for their safety and good treatment. At a junction on the westward route was a trail blazed south, so the Lammon Clan asked their 6-year-old daughter, Annie, to choose the trail for them to follow. She pointed south and after many days of hard travel they settled at a place which became Barnes X Roads, near Ozark, Alabama. Duncan and Ann Lammon are buried in Post Oak Methodist Cemetery between Ozark, Alabama, and Barnes X Roads." --Sadie, Irene, & Avis Lammon.

Duncan married Nancy Ann McCoulskey in 1825 in Cape Fear, River Valley (Wilmington), North Carolina. Nancy (daughter of Duncan McCoulskey and Sarah McCoulskey) was born on 29 Sep 1799 in Clarkton, Bladen County, North Carolina; died on 14 Nov 1872 in Dale County, Alabama; was buried in Dale County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The name Duncan comes from an oral history that is consistent through two lines of the family tree.

Duncan married Unknown Lamon(t). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Duncan married Sarah McCoulskey. Sarah was born on 10 Apr 1767 in Bladen County, North Carolina; died on 5 May 1807 in Bladen County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]