Wade & Webb Family History

Eda J Willingham1825–1874

Georgia · Coweta

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Sources
  4. Notes

Birth

  1. about 1825 Georgia

Marriages

  1. 8 Dec 1843 William G Herrin, at Chambers, Alabama 2

Death and burial

  1. before 1874 Death: Georgia

Family

Parents
Alban W. Willingham 1791–1858
Bedia Herring 1800–1840
Spouse, 8 Dec 1843
William G Herrin 1820–?
Children
Mary F Herrin 1848–?
Benjamin W. Herrin 1857–1918
Thomas Rhodom Herrin 1855–1943
Elizabeth J Herrin 1852–?
William Peter Herrin 1853–1916
Agnes Ophelia Herrin 1866–1929
Etta May Herrin 1859–1932
Richard A Herrin 1846–1910

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Eda J Willingham
  2. Sister of Martha Holland Willingham
  3. Emma Louise McKinney, daughter
  4. Lila Walden, daughter
  5. Hilda Webb, daughter
  6. William Albert Webb Wade, son

2nd great-grandaunt of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Eda J. Willingham was born in Georgia about 1825, a daughter of Alban W. Willingham and Bedia Herring, according to the FamilySearch tree, which cites no source for it.1 She married William G. Herrin in Chambers County, Alabama, in December 1843.2 The county marriage indexes disagree on the day, giving 8, 11, 12 and 19 December 1843, and on the spelling, which runs from Herrin and Herin to "Henin", with the bride once indexed as Eda E. J. Willingham; the tree takes 8 December.2 Inference The spread of dates probably reflects separate entries for the licence, the bond and the return of the marriage, but the indexes do not say which is which.2 The couple settled in Coweta County, Georgia, where the federal censuses of 1850, 1860 and 1870 listed her as Edy Herrin, Eda J. Herring and Eda J. Herrin in her husband's household, in 1870 in District 646.3 The tree names eight children born between 1846 and 1866, among them Richard A., William Peter, Thomas Rhodom and Agnes Ophelia.4 She died in Georgia before 1874, by the tree's estimate, and her husband married again in October of that year.5 Her son Thomas Rhodom Herrin's Texas death record of 1943 gives his mother's surname as Willingham.6 The tree also gives her parents a daughter Edy Jane, born in 1826 and dead in 1838.7 Inference The two names are so close that the profiles may describe one woman, which would make the 1838 death date an error.7

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to Eda J Willingham.

  1. 12 Dec 1843Eda E. J. Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  2. 12 Dec 1843Eda E. J. Willingham, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  3. 11 Dec 1843Eda J Wellingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  4. 19 Dec 1843Eda J Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  5. 11 Dec 1843Eda J Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  6. 08 Dec 1843Eda J Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  7. 1850Edy Herrin, "United States, Census, 1850"
  8. 1860Eda J Herring, "United States, Census, 1860"
  9. 1870Eda J Herrin, "United States, Census, 1870"
  10. 12 November 1943Willingham, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977"
  11. 08 Dec 1843Entry for William G Herrin and Eda J Willingham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LDYF-W82: birth about 1825, Georgia, no source attached; parents Alban W. Willingham and Bedia Herring back to the text
  2. "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, William G Herrin and Eda J Willingham, 08 Dec 1843. Record: William G Herrin and Eda J Willingham, 08 Dec 1843 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, William G Herrin and Eda J Willingham, 11 Dec 1843. Record: William G Herrin and Eda J Willingham, 11 Dec 1843 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, William G Herin and Eda J Wellingham, 11 Dec 1843. Record: William G Herin and Eda J Wellingham, 11 Dec 1843 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, William G. Henin and Eda E. J. Willingham, 12 Dec 1843. Record: William G. Henin and Eda E. J. Willingham, 12 Dec 1843 "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992", FamilySearch, Wm G Herrin and Eda J Willingham, 19 Dec 1843. Record: Wm G Herrin and Eda J Willingham, 19 Dec 1843 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LDYF-W82: marriage 8 Dec 1843, Chambers, Alabama back to the text
  3. "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch, Edy Herrin in entry for William J Herrin, 1850. Record: Edy Herrin in entry for William J Herrin, 1850 "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch, Eda J Herring in entry for William G Herring, 1860. Record: Eda J Herring in entry for William G Herring, 1860 "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch, Eda J Herrin in entry for William G Herrin, 1870. Record: Eda J Herrin in entry for William G Herrin, 1870 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LDYF-W82: residence 1850 and 1860, Coweta, Georgia; 1870, District 646, Coweta back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LDYF-W82: children of William G Herrin and Eda J Willingham, 1846–1866 back to the text
  5. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LDYF-W82: death before 1874, Georgia "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950", FamilySearch, William G Herron and Harriet A Johnston, 27 Oct 1874. Record: William G Herron and Harriet A Johnston, 27 Oct 1874 back to the text
  6. "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1977", FamilySearch, Willingham in entry for Thomas Rhodom Herrin, 12 November 1943. Record: Willingham in entry for Thomas Rhodom Herrin, 12 November 1943 back to the text
  7. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile L2YS-M2V (their page): Edy Jane Willingham, born 28 Jun 1826, died 24 Sep 1838, no sources back to the text