> Documentation: NOTES FOR C.C. EAKER.  Georgia's Bible states, "C.C.
and
> wife Tempie and baby are buried in Lenent (could be Tenent?)
graveyard.
> According to family stories, C.C. was a section foreman for the
railroad.
> The men who worked for him were black and this was a chain gang.
C.C.
> carried a pistol wrapped in a bandana in the bib of his overalls.
We've
> been told C.C. had a black girl pregnant and her brother worked for
C.C.
> The brother pulled a pistol on C.C. and before he could remove his
pistol
> from his overalls, the black man shot him.
> McNairy Co. census for 1900 shows Tempy as head of household.  In her
> home is Catherine Tice age 32 and her son, Eddie, age 7.  The census
> shows Tempy had 7 children with 4 living.
> Paul Eaker, Jr. remembers going to Memphis as a young boy with his
> parents to meet Eddie Eaker who was supposedly the illegitimate son
of
> C.C. Eaker.  They were treated very coldly and didn't visit again.
> Email from David Eaker in 1999, "C.C. "Lum" was shot by one of his
co-
> workers.  He was a railroad gang boss.  The shooting took place in
> Corinth, MS or nearby.  The man ran away but was caught and there was
a
> trial.  They both pulled out guns but the other was faster or more
> accurate with his aim.  My grandfather, Jake Eaker, was an eye
witness.
> The man was acquitted.  Testimony was that Lum was a bully and had
> threatened the man.
> 1880 McNairy Co., TN census
> Dist. 5 number 369
> EAKER C.C. male 20 farmer MS NC MS
> Tempy female 21 wife TN SC TN
> 1882 Alcorn Co., MS Sheriff's jury list: Courthouse precinct lists:
C.C.
> Acre.                                            Notes for Temperance
> Hendrix Eaker.  The Corinth Herald Newspaper
> Thursday, January 5, 1899
> CHEWALLA, TENN
> Mrs. C.C. Eaker of Grand Junction, has moved back to Chewalla where
she
> aims to make her future home.
> 1900 McNairy Co,. TN census Dist. 14 number 162
> ACRE Tempy female head of household white Feb. 1859 41 widowed TN GA
? 7
> children/4 living
> Christopher C. son white Oct. 1881 18 TN TN TN
> Cynthia daughter white Dec. 1883 16 TN TN TN
> Georgia E. female white Sept. 1889 10 TN TN TN
> Buck son white March 1892 8 TN TN TN
> LICE(probably TICE) Catherine head of houseold white April 1863 32
> widowed MS GA GA 1 child/1 living
> Eddie L. son white August 1892 7 TN MS MS
> GUARDIANS BOND McNairy Co., TN
> December 1904
> W.R. Carter, W.P. Surratt and V.H. Sweat bound for 1000.00.  W.R.
Carter
> appointed guardian of Georgie and Paul Eaker minor children of C.C.
> Eaker, deceased.