WILLIE ELBERT "BUD" EASTERWOOD & LUCINDA KATHERINE MOORE
Jack Easterwood's family was also from the Union Co, SC area, although I have not been able to positively connect him with parents at this time. It seems that all the Easterwood families that came to the Calhoun Co area were related and from that area.
Lucinda Katherine Moore was born 24 Nov 1872 in Etowah Co, AL, the oldest child of Sidney Marion Moore and Lydia Emily Metcalf. She was probably born in the Southside/Green Valley area which was known as the "Phillips Enumeration District" for census purposes. This area is near the area where Bud and his family lived in Calhoun Co. Lucinda's father had been born in Cherokee Co and grew up in the Etowah Co area. Her mother had been born in the area also and she had grown up in the Peaks Hill area.
Bud and Lucinda were married 5 Jan 1890 in Etowah Co, AL.
Bud Easterwood was a noted hunter, trapper, and fisherman in the Etowah, Calhoun, and St Clair County areas. A local newspaperman wrote a column about Bud's exploits for THE GADSDEN TIMES in the 1940's. (article) He later worked for a local steel mill.
In about 1893, Jack Easterwood, Bud's father, and Bud's some of Bud's siblings decided to move to the wilds of Texas. Bud and Lucinda didn't go with the family at first.
The 1900 US Census lists Bud, Lucinda, and family living in Kansas, Etowah Co, AL, an area that is now called Green Valley or Southside.
Shortly after 1900, Bud & Lucinda made the trip to the Fannin Co, TX area and joined other family members. They didn't make it a permanent home, though. They returned to the Etowah Co area in the fall of 1904.
By 1920, Bud, Lucinda and family are recorded living in Greensport, St Clair Co, AL, an area in Northern St Clair Co.
The 1930 US Census showed Lucinda still living in Greensport, St Clair Co, AL, but Bud was not shown living with the family. Bud and Lucinda lived in separate households from the 1920's. There was no divorce. Lucinda, a staunch Baptist, would have never dreamed of such a thing. From what I have been told, there wasn't a lot of bickering and fighting, they just went their separate ways.
Bud was enumerated in 1930, living in Riddles Bend, Etowah Co, AL. My grandmother told me that he lived on a houseboat on Canoe Creek. It was in this houseboat that Bud passed away 22 Feb 1939. My grandmother told me that Bud always made a good fire in his pot bellied stove so that the children in the area who caught the school bus nearby could stay inside and keep warm. On the morning of his death, the children arrived, finding no warming fire and Bud, on the floor of his home, deceased.
Bud was buried beside his mother at Ten Island Baptist Cemetery in Ohatchee, Calhoun Co, AL.
Lucinda purchased a large tract of land in Ball Play, Etowah Co, AL and she moved there after 1930. The article about Bud says that it was his property but Bud never lived there. I suppose if people weren't close enough to the situation, they wouldn't have known. After all, with Bud's work, hunting, fishing, and trapping, he was gone a good deal of the time anyway.
Lucinda lived out the remaining years of her life in Ball Play, dying there 28 Mar 1942. She was buried near her parents at Pilgrams Rest Baptist Cemetery in Southside, Etowah Co, AL.
Bud and Lucinda were the parents of nine children:
1) Mattie Anna Easterwood, b. 28 Oct 1890, Etowah Co, AL, d. 3 Dec 1966, Etowah Co, AL. She
is buried at Crestwood Cemetery, Gadsden, Etowah Co, AL. She md 1) Austin Watkins Keeling
20 Jun 1909 in Etowah Co, AL. He was born 22 Mar 1872 in Etowah Co, AL, son of Edwin M. Keeling and Queen F. Alsobrook. He died 19 Sept 1943 in Etowah Co, AL and is also buried at Crestwood. Mattie md 2) Robert Lee Lipscomb. He was born 27 Dec 1875 in Calhoun Co, AL, son of William O. Lipscomb and Viginia W. Palmer. He died 6 May 1956 in Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL.
2) Bessie Bell Easterwood, b. 11 Mar 1893, St Clair Co, AL, d. 6 Nov 1980, St Clair Co, AL. Bessie md Rev. Edward Lewis Talley 9 Jun 1918. Ed was born 6 Jan 1869 in Macon Co, AL, son of John Wesley Talley and Lucinda Hill. He died 25 Sept 1958 in St Clair Co, AL. Bessie and Ed are buried at Pilgrams Rest Bapt Cemetery in Southside, Etowah Co, AL.
3) Willie Albert Easterwood, b. 13 Jul 1895, Etowah Co, AL, d. 27 Dec 1978, Etowah Co, AL. He is buried at Pilgrams Rest Bapt Cemetery in Southside, Etowah Co, AL. Willie was married twice and I know one of his wives is still alive. I'm not sure about the other, so I am omitting his marriage information.
4) Homer Franklin Easterwood, b. 31 Jan 1898, Etowah Co, AL, d. 14 Dec 1983, Etowah Co, AL. Homer md Mayme Lee Ruple 19 Jan 1929 in Etowah Co, AL. Mayme, b. 24 Sept 1902, Pemiscot Co, MO, daughter of Will Ruple and Lucy Langsford. She died Sept 1989 in Etowah Co, AL. Homer and Mayme are buried at Rainbow Memorial Gardens, Rainbow City, Etowah Co, AL.
5) Wesley Easterwood, b. 1 Feb 1901 (I'm not sure whether he was born in AL or TX), d. 26 Feb 1918, St Clair Co, AL. He is buried at Pilgrams Rest Cemetery in Southside, Etowah Co, AL. Wesley is the only one of the nine children who never married. He died in the flu epedimic that had swept the country at the time. I was told that he had cut wood for and tended to many of his family and neighbors before becoming ill.
6) Nancy Ella Easterwood, b. 26 May 1904, Fannin Co, TX, d. 7 Apr 1976, Etowah Co, AL. Nancy married Alfred Major Malone 17 Oct 1923 in Ashville, St Clair Co, AL. Alfred was b. 23 Feb 1890, St Clair Co, AL and d. 20 Sept 1947, Etowah Co, AL. He was the son of Samuel Spencer Malone and Emily Catherine Beavers. He served with Company K, 4th Alabama Infantry in WWI. Nancy died of injuries from a car accident just north of Gadsden. Both are buried at Old Harmony Bapt Cemetery, Rainbow City, Etowah Co, AL.
7) Minnie Ola Easterwood, b. 15 Feb 1907, Etowah Co, AL, d. 14 Feb 1976, Etowah Co, AL. Minnie married 1) John Otis Jester 15 Feb 1925 in St Clair Co, AL. John was b. 4 Feb 1903, St Clair Co, AL, son of William Thomas Jester and Eliza Mary Jones. He died 27 Feb 1929, St Clair Co, AL. Minnie md 2) Grady James Burks. Grady was born 21 Oct 1909, Marshall Co, AL. Minnie, John, and Grady are buried at Gum Springs Bapt Cemetery in St Clair Co, AL.
8) Watt Thomas Easterwood, b. 5 Jul 1914, Etowah Co, AL, d. 21 Jun 1981, Birmingham, Jefferson Co, AL. Watt md Louise Willodean Hicks 29 May 1942. Louise, daughter of D.J. & Lucinda Hicks, was born 24 May 1928 in Ft Payne, Dekalb Co, AL. She died 6 Aug 1988 in St Clair Co, AL. Watt and Louise are buried at Pilgrams Rest Bapt Cemetery in Southside, Etowah Co, AL.
9) Emily Easterwood, b. 29 Apr 1917, Etowah Co, AL, d. 10 Dec 1938, Etowah Co, AL. Emily md Fred Liddell Lipscomb 24 Nov 1934 in Etowah Co, AL. Fred was born 14 Mar 1914 in Etowah Co, AL, son of James William Lipscomb and Jetty Belle Pollard. He died 19 Jun 2000, Etowah Co, AL. Fred and Emily are buried at Union #3 Bapt Cemetery in Ball Play, Etowah Co, AL.