John P. “Jackie” Eustice (1826-1900) was born
17 May
1826
in the
village
of
Troon
near Camborne,
Cornwall
and was
christened at Camborne 20 May 1826. He married
5 Feb 1846
at Redruth parish to Mary Ann Trevena, daughter of Henry and
Ann (Ivey) Trevena, by whom he had Ann born in Gwennap 23 Sep 1846. John’s first wife died
and he married her sister Eliza, as his second wife. By Eliza Trevena, he had a son, John Henry born
6 Sep 1850
. Sometime after the 1851
census, John left
England
for
America
and his second wife and
daughter Ann followed later. Family tradition says that the second wife died at sea and that Ann was taken in by some fellow
passengers for a few years before reuniting with her father. The
1851 census of Gwennap parish includes John Eustice, a miner, age 24, wife Eliza age 23 born Redruth, daughter Ann age 4 and son John age 7 months,
both born in Gwennap. Also in the household
is lodger, John Trevena age 18 born in Redruth.
John soon left for
America
and was followed later by his wife and daughter. Family tradition
says that this wife died at sea. By the 1860 census, John was a miner in
Polk County, Tennessee (surname misspelled Ustell)
with his third wife, Susan 23 born in North Carolina, 14 year old Ann born
in England and Mary 4 and Matilda 2, both born in Tennessee. John and
Susan are believed to have divorced. John married about 1862 as his fourth
wife, Lucinda Ricketts and had at least 10 more children in
Polk
County
.
Polk
County
was the location of the
Copper
Basin
which at the time had the
largest metal mining operation in the southeastern
United
States
. Sometime after 1880 the family
moved to
Hamilton County
,
Tennessee
.
John died there
4 Jul 1900
and Lucinda died in 1941. Both are buried in the
Presbyterian
Cemetery
,
Soddy
,
Tennessee
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