Trying to verify info: Russell Farnim Eddy, B. 22 Apr 1849; D. 10 Jan 1933 (unkn) body shipped to the Sioux Indian at Lake Andes Reservation-South Dakota. Son of Nash LeGrand Eddy. B. 1828 Ill. D. 1849-50 W.? and Elizabeth Ann Thompson B. 1833 Mich. Elizabeth M.#2 1849-50, LeGrand Noffsinger
grandson of Lucy Gaines(dau. Edmund Pentelton Gaines) and Nash LeGrand Eddy. I can not find them any where. Information passed down from my grandmother.

I have the following information in the EFA database.


Descendants of Nash Eddy


Generation No. 1

1. NASH1 Eddy was born 1828 in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, USA, and died Bet. 1849 - 1850. He married (1) LEGRAND NOFFSINGER. She was born 1837 in Kentucky, USA. He married (2) ELIZABETH ANN THOMPSON Abt. 1847. She was born Bet. 1832 - 1833 in Michigan, USA.

Child of Nash Eddy and LEGRAND NOFFSINGER is:
2. i. RUSSELL FARMIN2 Eddy, b. 22 April 1849, Quincy, Adams, Illinois, USA; d. 10 January 1933.


Generation No. 2

2. RUSSELL FARMIN2 Eddy (NASH1) was born 22 April 1849 in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, USA, and died 10 January 1933. He married IDA ANNETTE STORY. She was born 23 February 1855 in Iowa, USA, and died 1928 in South Dakota, USA.

More About RUSSELL FARMIN EDDY:
Burial: Holy Fellowship Cemetery, Charles Mix South Dakota, USA

More About IDA ANNETTE STORY:
Burial: Holy Fellowship Cemetery, Charles Mix South Dakota, USA

Child of RUSSELL Eddy and IDA STORY is:
i. ELMO LEGRAND3 Eddy.

No, no, no, this is not correct. Legrand Nofsinger was a man, and he was Elizabeth Thompson's first husband. Proof can be found in the 1850 census for Fall Creek Township, Adams County, Ill. The census shows Legrand Noffsinger and Elizabeth Noffsinger living with their son Russell Farnium (sic) Noffsinger (1) and Elizabeth's sister Louisa Thompson (16).

By the end of 1852 Legrand died, Elizabeth remarried Nash Eddy and had a son with him (Rufus Hamilton Eddy), Nash Eddy died, and Elizabeth remarried Jefferson Adams Rich, or so the story goes.

However, because so many genealogists get confused about the identity of Legrand Noffsinger and Nash Eddy - and they can't be traced - I am suspicious - and this is just speculation on my part - that Legrand Nofsinger and Nash Eddy are one and the same person, i.e., that he had to assume an alias for some reason. In part I believe this because even young Russell Farnum Noffsinger became Russell Farnum Eddy.

For more proof, in the 1856 Iowa state census we can find Elizabeth and Jefferson Reich (sic) and sons Russel (sic) and Rufus living next door to her parents, Rufus and Lucy Thompson in Dodge, Dubuque Co., IA. In 1860 census, we find Rufus and Lucy living in Auburn Twp., Fayette Co., IA next door to Samuel and Louisa Bowers; according to a Rootsweb database, Samuel Bowers married Louisa Thompson.

Lastly, the probate records for Elizabeth Rich (cse file 6147 for Linn County) identify Russell and Rufus Eddy as her sons, along with several Rich children.