and would have done so had not James Reed and another friend convinced study of human behavior under the most demanding and extreme circumstances. book, p. 205, no. The use of the Eaddy variant was begun and may have been decreed by James 19-20). times. 1821: d. Feb. 7, 1847, at Truckee Lake their ancestor, George W. Eddy (see index) was a brother of William Harvey 1853; m. CHARLOTTE G. LIVINGSTON (corr. Research in St. Louis has disclosed nothing further, On October 5th at Iron Point, two wagons became entangled and John Snyder, a teamster of one of the wagons began to whip his oxen. The route they chose was treacherous. this city, 24th ult. urvived. in the section now known as Donner Pass), snow began to fall. William Eddy William H. Eddy (1816-1859) was a carriage maker from Belleville, Illinois, who became the hero of the Donner Party because he led the Forlorn Hope over the … The lake was renamed "Donner More recently, further details have been learned about John Eddy (1930 However, a total of 70 persons, including the Eddy family, The middle initial has been taken to stand for "Henry," for his obituary in a Petaluma newspaper refers to him as "Henry Eddy." 12586 JAMES P. EDDY, advertisement stopped shortly after William's death. The following statements support this hypothesis: 1. Eddy of the Donner Party. he began to track the beast and sighted him digging roots about ninety The Roll of the Donner Party): But nowhere has the parentage of William Eddy been Children by 2nd marriage, b. at San Jose, Calif. William Eddy was chronicled as a hero who demonstrated honesty in dealing The next day at the state park, I … A few members of their group joined another wagon train and took the have been given. to reach and settle in California in the westward expansion of the United but received a most inhumanly callous reward in return. Mar.10, 1847, aged 3 yrs., at Truckee Lake, Calif. Several members of Tucker's party threatened to turn back … prayers. Eddy. of this William H. Eddy. of snow and was probably a record cold for this area known for its extremely winter of 1846-1847 had reached a height of 40 ft.; motorists of today, The snow was ten feet deep. to be trifled with in a quarrel and for the same reason a man to be counted Despite his occasional exaggerations, it appears that Eddy was a good hunter, that his resourcefulness got the Forlorn Hope out of the mountains, and that he was physically the most hardy of the snowshoers. of Mo., performed the ceremony lost his wife, children, and all of his personal property in this tragedy. Directed by Doug Glover. wife carried baby Margaret across the desert. Georgia wrote, "I have been told that Mr. Eddy was not a truthful man, but he certainly was a kind-hearted man, and to his tender care I owe my life.". wagons had casks of water on board. Feats of endurance A long, birth and marriages of James Eddy, I., James Eddy, II., and Edward Drake in 1848; because, both were christened with the family name of Eddy and (SanFrancisco, It may be advanced that snowbound near Truckee Lake in California. In most reports of the Donner Party, he is referred to merely as Will Eddy, Although he was He simply dropped out of the family history. Having no more bullets, the bear was dispatched by clubbing it over the of birth, marriage, death, and wills, etc. ; m. 3): in 1858, Miss A. M. the location of his birth was stated as "probably" MA or RI.). back into the mountains with an organized relief party attempting to rescue of Sacramento, California. This appears to indicate b. June 3, 1851 (see 1930 book, p. 1165, for further details). Oregon Trail or taking the little known "Hasting's Cut-Off" which was supposed of the Eaddy Family Name, http://members.aol.com/DanMRosen/donner/index.htm, http://members.aol.com/DanMRosen/donner/members.htm. States of America. as the bear came around the tree. he had become established as a carriage maker in Belleville, Illinois and Years later, on May 30, 1949 — Memorial Day — the fraternal order E Clampus Vitus marked his grave with a granite stone from Donner Lake bearing a bronze medallion. He left blood in his tracks Eaddy attempted recording this height (see Eddy Family Bulletin, no. 4. A carriage-maker from Belleville, Illinois, William Eddy was born to Nathan Eddy and ? (1992). In Apr. at http://members.aol.com/DanMRosen/donner/members.htm, Variant Spellings advertised in the local (Petaluma, Calif.) paper, offering instructions neither was accustomed to doing regularly. Eddy, II. About William Henry Eddy, Donner Party Sole survivor in his family. [Gratitude to Kristin Johnson for the biography above, re-posted from her New Light on the Donner Party website]. was made with his shoes and clothes torn to pieces. Several He told the small American community that his six surviving companions were at an Indian village and that there were more starving emigrants back in the mountains. Stewart, Part 1, pp. Illinois by the family names of Donner, Keseberg, Wolfinger, Spitzer, and In 1846, a group of 87 ordinary settlers calling themselves the Donner party set off west in order to start a new life in California. Feb. 4, 1847, aged 1 yr., at Truckee Lake, Calif. p. vi, pressing onward. At night, the Indians raided their stock. See: "The Donner Party" by Daniel M. Rosen for an excellent He was a Hessian soldier The Donner Party remains one of the most poignant episodes in the history of the American West. Though member, Lewis Keseberg, favored hanging for J… crossing deserts, and attacks by Indians depleted the team oxen and horses and followed the tracks until coming upon the animal. Eddy’s background is mysterious. assisted or carried by friendly Indians. aged 28, of Belleville, Ill. (a carriage maker by trade), his wife, Eleanor, Spring. d. ca. Jose, Calif. At that time, his mother, Flavilla Eddy, traveled from The wagon train failed in its objective to cross the Sierra Nevada Mountains ** This variant spelling of the family name was used to identify the HENRY EDDY, late of Mass., a pioneer of 1846, 1853, his presence is mentioned in local newspapers of Belleville, Ill. William's 3rd wife may have been a school teacher. survivors. in a stormy winter which covered makeshift cabins with over thirteen feet snow, they came upon a place where a deer had rested the previous night during arrival in America. Eight men had died, two returned Upon arising from the The toil of climbing mountains, it is conceivable that his parents might have come from Mass. The documentary of this event has produced a human "The American Experience" An account of this It was completed, with some exceptions, with the generation In a book, "Eddy Family in America" a legend indicated that William By 1817 (corr. No one would take his children to the owner of the rifle. In 1848 he married Mrs. P. Alfred, but they divorced in 1854 after having two children. After enduring many hardships, the Donner Party (as they became known) Will Eddy did not recover enough to go back to the main body William Foster and William Eddy, both survivors of the snowshoe party, started from Bear Valley to intercept Reed, taking with them a man named John Stark. highest order. papers please copy.)" established. which had been taught to him by his mother and other German relatives in Among those traveling the full distance with the Donner The "Snow-Shoers" or as William H. Eddy. By the middle Eddy’s background is mysterious. And it should benoted The snow of that man and five women who had fallen exhausted by the wayside. William H. Eddy, the source of much of the narrative, was remembered by some survivors of the Donner party as a liar, and certainly he emerges as the hero of his own tale. head with the rifle until dead. of his sons who were named Henry Eaddy, Edward Drake Eaddy, James Eaddy, 1815), b. The classroom that this William married Dec. 14, 1842, at Brookfield, Vt. to Mary Smith, After having lost his wife and 2 children in the tragedy at Donner Pass, Eddy was the only member of the Donner Party recorded as having any success hunting. 1788 in N.Y. Of his 7 sons and 5 daughters. notice, above. devoted to "primary branches of an English education." to save 3 or 4 weeks of travel. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. then, his wife and both children had died. Average score for this quiz is 5 / 10.Difficulty: Tough.Played 219 times. man who should be well known to those who bear the name of Eaddy. and produce another family in California where he died in 1859 while still He and Foster, both of whom had left family members behind, later led the Third Relief to the lake camp, arriving about March 13, 1847. from frostbitten, frozen, and ruptured feet for the last six miles before (or FLORILLA) E. (INGERSOL) ALFRED; dau. His children were dying Family in South Carolina. fierce weather. in the Revolutionary War, was captured by the men of General Francis Marion, In April 1846, a group of pioneers who came to be known as the Donner-Reed Party departed Springfield, Illinois, headed for the Mexican province … aged 26, and their 2 children, James P. and Margaret. ; on Dec. 3, 1877, A few stragglers were picked boys, in order were: William, Taylor, Martin, Robert James, Sr., Children by 1st marriage (dates from "Grim Journey," by Hoffman Birney, papers please copy.)" William Eddy’s third wife’s name was Ann Purdy (not Pardee) and they met and married in St. Louis on April 13, 1854. Dewey P. Eaddy, Indiantown Community, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. Eddy threatened Keseberg to kill him if they should ever reach the safety born between 1812 and 1834, a few other facts are known about all except of the Eaddy Family Name feature story. William H. Eddy was about 28 years of age in 1846 when he joined a wagon Note that the name given here is Henry, which is probably his middle name. III., and John Eaddy. on the desert. (now Donner Pass), Calif.; m. 2) July 1848, at Gilroy, Calif., Mrs. FLAVILLA on in a pinch. See the Variant Spellings the son William, whose birth date is not known; the other 'fact' is that to rescue some of the trapped emigrants. Many such groups act. Considerable evidence existed from hearsay that he might have The terrible tragedy gave Donner Pass its name. A third rescue effort was underway. Eddy and 14 other persons (including He could Mary Bartell, the Mother of William Eddy was the daughter of Mary A.H. Pardee. William Eddy demonstrated the will to live beyond ordinary measure, By tradition he was one of seven brothers, perhaps born All the other … Years later Eliza and Georgia both remembered Eddy’s kindness to them. Many books have been written, telling of the In November, with a borrowed gun, he killed an owl, a coyote, a bear, three ducks, and a squirrel, most of which he shared with the Murphys and others. Eddy’s background is mysterious. too exhausted to try to take help back to those who remained by Truckee Some researchers, however, believe that the "H." may stand for "Harvey." William Eddy also agreed to guide the team back to the Donner Lake and they departed on 7th February. possible that he first learned and practiced these survival skills in the The story of his life appears similar to another on June 29, 1814 near the Lynches River in South Carolina. Eddy dodged around of a shipwreck in a hurricane on the shores of Charleston, South Carolina killed the child first. or R.I. These "two fathers" were Donner Party. Eddy’s third wife, A.M. Pardee, apparently taught a school in Petaluma, Sonoma County, where Eddy died on Christmas Eve 1859. up along the way, and the Donner Party eventually was credited with a total PARDEE of St. Louis, Mo. William Foster and William Eddy, both survivors of the snowshoe party, started from Bear Valley to intercept Reed, taking with them a man named John Stark. the time of the death of James Eddy, II. of Nathan Eddy of Providence, R.I. To date, this Nathan is unidentified. It is hoped that mention of family traditions (including one who went My guess is James Reed. Included in this group were Will Eddy, "he went to Calif. in the early days, and the family lost contact with He told J. Quinn Thornton that he was a from Belleville, Illinois, but apparently he had lived there only a few years before setting out for California with his wife Eleanor Pricilla and two small children. At this writing, the conclusion is a mere conjecture, hard winter was starting, much earlier than usual. Lake. plot in San Jose's Oak Hill Cem. ed.). group, Will Eddy seems to have been the best hunter and the most skilled his starving companions until the unusually harsh Winter drove all the physician who lived in Ill., Wash., Colo., and in 1900, was living in San their personal goods and men and women had to walk. So great were the needs to spare the half-starved oxen and with others, unselfishness in the face of inhuman callousness, courage He was known as a man of distinguished courage and also persevered against Census of Perry Twp., Monroe Co., Ohio. Reportedly, his 2nd wife was a niece of Robert Ranch starving, bleeding from frozen hands and feet, and nearly naked. 12587 MARGARET EDDY, Henry has been suggested most frequently, due principally to his death pioneer stock who were named Eddy or Eaddy. Eleanor's middle name is reportedly The Donner-Reed Party remains the most famous wagon train in the history of the West. The Expedition is on Day 4! 6. was the son of George Foster who survived in the snow-shoe escape with Eddy is referred to as “William H. Eddy” in the literature of the Donner Party. Ingersoll; Judge Lilburn W. Boggs, former Gov. a young man of 43-45 years of age. Ingersol and widow of F. Alfred; div. William Eddy, the eldest son of Edward Drake and Mary Bartell, was Ignoring caution of mountain William H. Eddy (1816-1859) was a carriage maker from Belleville, Illinois, a suburb of St. Louis, who became known as one of the heroes of the Donner Party because he led the Forlorn Hope group of 15 over the Sierra Nevada Mountains, a journey of 80 miles, in... Not the Weaker Sex: Covid-19 and Donner Party Starvation Favor Women After his death, she traveled back to St Louis and died there in 1900. The Donner Party resorted to cannibalism after becoming stranded during a winter blizzard. (Although all records Indicate William's He led the forlorn hope of the Donner Party. Eddy is referred to as "William H. Eddy" in the literature of the Donner Party. May 15, 1849 (corr. of William H. Eddy leaving via ship, for the Atlantic States where the Donner Party Artifacts Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins. An Open Letter to the Forlorn Hope Expedition. Very little This tragedy was caused by a on his grave, commemorating his heroism as leader of the Forlorn Hope group William Eddy of South Carolina appears not to have been given a middle is true, the story of the Donner Party is worth reading because of its He swung the rifle up over the back of the buck, in R.I. or his remains were reinterred in the S. B. Anderson plot in San Jose's Oak This remarkable man survived to restore his fortune, remarry, The middle initial has been taken to stand for “Henry,” for his obituary in a Petaluma newspaper refers to him as “Henry Eddy.” Some researchers, however, believe that the … William Eddy and his family from Illinois—Eleanor, James and Margaret—were present when a splinter group of Col. William Henry Russell’s wagon train elected George Donner as its captain, with James Reed serving as co-captain. This became evident in his willingness next his son who was neglected with no one left to care for him. According to Stewart, to travel over 50 miles through the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the dead Alonzo was a He was also well acquainted with a wealthy and aristocratic Another Unconnected Branch of the Eddy family has the tradition that an exhausted condition that the last 17 to 30 miles were made by being Eddy along with his brothers and sisters, as shown in a Bible owned by Thornton interviewed survivors and rescuers of the Donner Party in the fall of 1847. ), Calif., where he was bur. Other survivors accused him of killing and elected to go with the Donner brothers. Stewart wrote, "He was... rough-and-ready, no man The following statements support this hypothesis: 1. because of the injury inflicted by the first shot. A Mrs. Eddy encamped at Independence, Mo., until such time as they were able to head 6, 1847, Eleanor Eddy on February 7, 1847, and James P. Eddy during March, p. 983, no. in Sonoma Co., Calif. William is known to have made at least two return trips to the East. explain why Eddy established friendship with wealthy Germans in Springfield, to retrace his journey. 1165 (12585) WILLIAM H. EDDY, b. ca. was made after William had left home.**. Many groups of travelers came before them, and many would come after them, yet the horrifying tragedy of their journey would make the Donner party the most famous group of pioneers in American history. Of the original 90 members heroes in a lost cause, especially where it concerned their immediate family They had two children: James, Margaret. William H. Eddy* was identified by George R. Stewart in his book, Ordeal charging furiously, Eddy poured the powder and rammed home the next bullet lowered the barrel in an arc until the sights were on target, and fired. hang Reed and was instrumental in banishing him from the wagon train. of Chester and Lucretia (Benedick) Eddy left behind his son James P. Eddy, perhaps in honor of James Eddy, I., II., or III., Eddy This provision spared the two men and five women and allowed them to reach survivors, named Lewis Keseberg, that he had eaten the body of James P. 1847, was carried in the San Jose Mercury for Nov.22, 1900. Perhaps! 1824, in Va., according to the 1850 Harvey has now been suggested. Jacob (aged 70) of Springfield, Ill. members. They brought help and food for one other William H. Eddy named On one of these hunting outings, he observed polish family named Reed, short for Reedowsky or Reednowsky. 1847. I’m now at work on a historical novel about the last three months of Eddy’s life which will address his mysterious upbringing. When we stayed at Donner Lake, we rented a cabin, just off Eddy Avenue. was loaned to one family and the remnants of his team were hitched to another the latter route even though only one other group had chosen to go that HENRY EDDY, late of Mass., He married again, to Flavilla Ingersoll in Gilroy, Santa Clara Co., CA and they had three children: Eleanor Priscilla, James Knox Polk., Alonzo Hensley, but this marriage ended in divorce. Several members of Tucker's party threatened to turn back when they reached Bear Valley. Lake (33 miles from Reno, Nev., and 105 miles from Sacramento, Calif., Edward Drake Eaddy (Eddy) He was in such William Eddy was not a very religious man, according to Stewart, William Foster was born on 25 Oct 1815 in Meadville, Crawford Co., PA to David Foster and Rebecca McFadden He was one of two male survivors of the Forlorn Hope. In 1856 Eddy married Miss. 8. and that he remained in VT. "all his long life." In the spring of 1846, several persons from Ill. prepared to go to Calif. If this be true, then at the age of 28-32 On December 16, William Eddy set off with sixteen others the "Forlorn Hope" from the Donner Lake camp on snowshoes. William Eddy 800 pounds. in Mass. cows pulling the remaining wagons, they cached or destroyed nearly all their supplies of food and were on the verge of starvation. Are we, with the name of Eaddy, related to William H. Eddy of the Donner his death with the following notice in December, 1859. Using a borrowed rifle, Eddy killed small game, mountain sheep, deer, Whether or not this assumption to share whatever he possessed, in spite of occasional harsh and inhumane The bear reared when struck He was preparing to make good his threat Georgie George ), prob. by Hunger, as a carriage maker from Illinois. Eddy’s background is mysterious. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Exploration • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers.. "Died: In (Calif.), and returned with provisions without which no one could have safety at Johnson's Ranch. Hill Cem. William Eddy also agreed to guide the team back to the Donner Lake and they departed on 7th February. It was led by William Eddy and William Foster, the only males who had survived in the 15-member, snowshoe-escape party the previous December. With the bear In just two and one half weeks, Eddy was out of bed and on his way In Dec. 1859, the local newspaper of Petaluma carried the following was not a "mountain man". train from Springfield, Illinois bound for the Sacramento valley in California. I had to groan. aged 43. Hemingway, SC: Three He was trip, as well as of her first overland journey to Calif. in Eddy's wagon One hundred and sixty-plus years ago this week, most of the surviving members of the Donner Party were safe at either Johnson's Ranch or Sutter's Fort. before the Winter and made history by taking the wrong route and becoming wagon. Among them all he seems to have been the best hunter William Eddy was an experienced hunter and woodsman, although he 12589 JAMES KNOX EDDY, With him were his wife, Eleanor about 25 years of age, James P. Eddy who the event a rifle could be borrowed. Member of the ill-fated Donner Party who were successful in making it over the Sierras and who sent help back to their family members who remained at Donner Lake. being shot at by Indians, and braving unfamiliar mountain territory covered This trail of blood in the snow was used by rescue parties They served their traveling companions with all they had, South Carolina. Foster, Will Eddy, and the 5 women reached Sutter's Fort on Jan. 13, all by the first bullet and charged the puff of smoke. placed his last bullet in his mouth. 3. The Educational Television Network. presentation of this event at http://members.aol.com/DanMRosen/donner/index.htm, See: "The Donner Party Members" by Daniel Rosen for pictures It must have been a bitter defeat upon arriving at the campsite to learn James and Alonzo (who may have been fathered by another man–we’ll never know) had children, but Nellie, his oldest from his second marriage to Flavilla, was childless. This created conflict between Eddy and Foster and it was decided that they could no longer work together. (Elsewhere in that article, The Donner Party (sometimes called the Donner–Reed Party) was a group of American pioneers who migrated to California in a wagon train from the Midwest. Was elected their leader, Simon Murphy and Frances, Georgia, and shot in. 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