921. Deco Fernando Thomas Eidson Edison-10E324 (Charles Patterson , Barnabus Arthur , Henry , Edward , Edward ) was born on 22 May 1859 in Iredelle County, North Carolina. He died on 22 Jul 1917 in Statesville, North Carolina. The cause of death was Chronic nephritis. He was related to his parents by adoption.

Natural son of Lucy Jane F. Thomas adopted by Charles P Eidson

Deco married (1) Mary Jane Claywell daughter of James Francis Claywell Sr. on 18 Dec 1884. Mary was born on 29 Oct 1860. She died on 8 Jan 1894.

They had the following children:

	2216	M	i	Frances M. Eidson-11E398 was born on 11 Sep 1885. He died on 12 Sep 1886.
	2217	M	ii	Numa Roe Eidson-11E399 was born on 27 Mar 1887. He died on 27 Mar 1970.
	2218	M	iii	Claud Arthur Eidson-11E400 was born on 20 May 1888 in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. He died on 11 Feb 1922 in Olin Township, North Carolina. The cause of death was Tuberculous .
	2219	F	iv	Lucy Ann Eidson-11E401 was born on 11 Aug 1890. She died on 13 May 1891.
	2220	F	v	Alma Opal Eidson-11E402 was born on 13 Mar 1892 in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. She died on 5 Nov 1925.
				Alma married John L. Frazier on 13 Aug 1913 in Olin Township, Iredell, North Carolina.
+	2221	F	vi	Mary Blanch Eidson-11E403

Deco married (2) Loula Sumedia Horne "Lula" daughter of Wilford Horne and Martha Elizabeth Griffith on 12 Aug 1894. Loula was born on 30 Oct 1870. She died on 31 Dec 1926 in Statesville, North Carolina. She was buried in Snow Creek Church, Statesville, North Carolina.

They had the following children:

	2222	F	vii	Grace Holman Eidson-11E404 was born on 22 May 1895 in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. She died on 10 Nov 1961 in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina.
	2223	M	viii	Wilford Henry Eidson-11E405 was born on 7 Dec 1896. He died on 28 Jun 1908.
	2224	F	ix	Flossie Irene Eidson-11E406 was born on 14 Sep 1898 in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. She died on 15 Jul 1981 in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. She was buried in Snow Creek Church, Statesville, North Carolina.
	2225	M	x	Ray Terrell Eidson-11E407 was born on 5 Jul 1900 in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. He died on 15 Mar 1974.
	2226	F	xi	Lucy Virginia Eidson-11E409 was born on 15 Mar 1902. She died on 9 Mar 1908.
	2227	F	xii	Bettie Horn Eidson-11E409 was born on 29 Jul 1903 in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. She died on 11 May 1993.
				Bettie married Thomas Harry Stewart about 1923 in North Carolina.
	2228	F	xiii	Cleopatra Eidson-11E410 was born on 31 May 1905 in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. She died after 1993.
	2229	F	xiv	Mary Lula Eidson-11E411
	2230	M	xv	Charles Boyd Eidson-11E412 was born on 28 Aug 1909 in North Carolina. He died on 14 Aug 1926 in Struck by car on Salisbury highway. He was buried in Snow Creek Church, Statesville, North Carolina.
	2231	F	xvi	Nora Edna Eidson-11E413 was born on 30 Aug 1911 in Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina. She died in 1990 in High Point, North Carolina.

 http://www.pcwarden.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I68322&tree=family   Loula Sumedia Horne

68. Jemima Eidson-8E21/1113 ¹ (Henry , Edward , Edward ) was born about 1790 in Campbell County, Virginia. She died after 1870 in Iredell County, North Carolina.

from:
It's Spelled EIdson, Volume 2 Page 1255
by: Wanda Carroll Eidson
Henington Publishing Co., Wolfe City, Texas

JEMIMA EIDSON was b. c 1790 in Campbell Co., VA to Henry and Jane Arthur Eidson. She m.
ISAAC THOMAS 22 Oct 1822. In 1827 an indenture was made by the couple about a bond which is significant only in that the security given was the property of his wife's interest in the real and personal estate of Henry Eidson and then held by his wife, Jane.(l) They moved, after 1837 according to the births of their children, with the "family" to Iredell Co., NC. Isaac left a will made 24 Aug 1844 and probated in Aug 1845 in which he named his wife Jemima who was to receive all of his estate, and then to their four children: Mary Ann Eidson, Lucy Jane Thomas, Margaret Susanna Catherine Thomas, and Isaac Henry Thomas. Jemima was executrix and the witnesses were Shadrack Claywell and William Joyner.(2) Jemima is still a widow in the 1860 census. She lived on a 75-a. farm nr Powder Springs. Her 23 yr old son was listed as a farmer, and she had two older daughters to support(3) as well as an infant belonging to Lucy Jane. Her son-in-law, Joseph Eidson, lived next door and she could call on him for heavy work. One suspects she spent much of her time weaving cloth because she reported to the farm census taker that during 1859 she had produced $90 worth of home manufactures, a large amount compared to some of her neighbors. Twenty acres of the farm were improved and used for farming. On that she reported having raised 150 bushels of corn, 20 bu. of wheat and 3 bu. of Irish potatoes. She had also raised $10 worth of orchard products and slaughtered $7 worth of animals. She had one horse, one mule, one milk cow, one head of beef and 10 swine. They all had to be fed, as did her family from the 20 a., although the cattle and hogs likely fed themselves on the 55 unimproved acres. Some of her neighbors had less, but others had more and a few were beginning to become modestly wealthy. Jemima gave her daughters three names each. The four children of Isaac and Jemima were:

9E120 MARY ANN R. THOMAS, b. Sep 1825 in VA, m. JOSEPH ROLDEN EIDSON, her Ist csn., the son of Joseph and Milly Claywell Eidson. See 9E88 for her descendants.

9E122 LUCY JANE F. THOMAS, b. 1 Jan 1827 in VA, m. her Ist csn., as his 2nd wife, CHARLES PATTERSON EIDSON, the son of Barnabus Arthur and Permelia Patterson Eidson. See 9E68 for her family.

9E123 MARGARET SUZANNA CATHERINE THOMAS was b. c 1834 in VA. In 1880 she was 49 and living in Olin Twsp., boarding with her widowed sister, Mary Eidson. She had m. CASH, after 1860, but neither he nor children were enumerated with her.

9E124 ISAAC HENRY THOMAS, b. c 1837 in VA.

(1) Campbell Co., VA, D. Bk. 16 p. 131, 14 Dec 1827
(2) Iredell Co., NC, W. Bk. 11 p. 310.
(3) From Iredell- Piedmont Co. by Homer M. Keever, p118.

1870 census for Union Grove Township, Iredell County, North Carolina, page 214 lists Jemima, age 80, living with her son Isaac Henry Thomas.

Jemima married Isaac Thomas Sr. on 22 Oct 1822 in Campbell County, Virginia. Isaac died about 1845.

They had the following children:

+	304	F	i	Mary Ann R. Thomas-9E120
+	305	F	ii	Lucy Jane F. Thomas-9E122
	306	F	iii	Margaret Susanna Catherine Thomas-9E123 was born about 1834 in Virginia.
	307	M	iv	Isaac Henry Thomas Jr.-9E124 was born about 1837 in Virginia.

9/19/1939 article from Catawba News Enterprise

LONG ISLAND STARTED WITH MILL CENTURY AGO

photograph, with caption "ABOVE - LONG ISLAND'S PRESENT MILL" 

LONG ISLAND - The town of Long Island, on the banks of the Catawba river, had its beginning with the building of a small textile plant about the year 1839 which makes the unincorporated settlement a hundred years old this year.

This little textile building was a wooden structure put up by Messrs. Powell and Shuford. For lights coal oil lamps were used, and instead of steam heat large fireplaces were built in each room.

After some years the mill was sold to James Brown, a native on England, who ran a hosiery mill for several years and then built a brick building which is part of the present plant of the Long Island Cotton mill.

Osborne Brown, son of James, built a store, a frame building which later was brick veneered and which is now occupied by the F. B. Tilley and(?) company.

James Brown, incidentally, was killed one night by a robber whom he encountered in the store.

Long Island takes its name from the Catawba river island of the same name. This island, about a mile in length, begins at what is called the Long Island dam and extends down the river to old Monbo and East Monbo.

Long Island, with a population of around two hundred, has three stores, F. B. Tilley company, S. C. Cresimore store, and Fred H. Lytton company. The Long Island Cotton mill was sold to the Duke Power company several years ago for a half-million dollars.

There are two churches in the community, Olivet Baptist and Concord Methodist, each of which is more than a hundred years old. Fraternal orders at Long Island are the Masonic, Junior O. U. A. M., Daughters of Liberty and the P.(?) O. S. of A. The community is in the Sherrills Ford and Monogram school district.

Fred Clayton Cresimore - Cleopatra Eidson -- Sidney Coleman Cresimore - Minnie Elizabeth Howard -- John W. Cresimore

http://www.ncgenweb.us/nccivwar/confederatepensionerslandmark.htm - Wilford Horn(e) - Confederate Pensioner

http://www.iredell.com/ConfederatePensioners.htm - Wilford Horn(e) - Confederate Pensioner

http://www.fmoran.com/griffith.html - Griffith Family History Sheet

http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.davie/1686/mb.ashx - Dovie Griffith Obit

http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/usgenweb/archives/ia/lee/wills/leewill-h.txt - Wilford (Wilfred?) Horn Will Info

http://home.att.net/~cysmithd/Dsc/JHam1740/g2.htm -Wilford Horne - Hams Grove Baptist Church - Statesville

 http://www.google.com/notebook/public/05645954226830967109/BDRUqSwoQzNvE_s8i?hl=en  Long Island Cotton Mill and Long Island History

 http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1367&dat=19891118&id=BJoWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZhQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7065,1181200 - Wilmington Newspaper article about the Cresimore Store

Cresimore Store water record

Cresimore Names in Catawba County Cemeteries

Cresimore Records in Family Search Site