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http://www.rootsweb.com/~kylogan/Bios/001.html
Biography of Amanda America EDDY
Surnames: ROBERTSON, GRAYSON, EDDY, ATKINS
Robertson Genealogy (Part 2: Amanda America Eddy) by Brenda Robertson-Dennis
One of the motivations I had when beginning the research on our family history was to learn more about the women in our tree. In my perspective, these mysterious mothers in time literally dangle off of the branches like multi-colored leaves in the fall. Their names read like a military roll call: "Mitchell, Threlkel, Eddy, Atkins, Harper, Ford, front and center!" An army of mothers and grandmothers, aunts and sisters, wives and daughters, these are the quiet, comforting, powerful shapers of little persons that we can proudly call our own. This issue's installment focuses on one particular leaf on our tree, Amanda America Eddy.
The history of the Eddy family in Kentucky began with William Eddy, Sr., who was mentioned in a Henry Co., KY deed, dated June 1812. His son, William Eddy, Jr. was born 9 years earlier in 1803 in Augusta County, Virginia. When William Eddy, Jr. was a young man, he moved to Logan County, KY where, in abt. 1827, he married a native Logan County girl named Clarissa Atkins. Together, they had 8 children, including their only son Samuel, who was born February 15, 1830.
Samuel grew up working the land in the style intended by his pioneering grandfather. On February 8, 1857, he married Susan Carolyn Grayson of Logan County. A year and a half later, on November 4, 1858, Amanda America Eddy was born in Adairville (pronounced
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1858 - 1932 (73 years)
