James Eustice (1847-1911) was
born
8 Mar 1847
in
Camborne,
Cornwall
and
christened in the Tuckingmill Chapel on May 10,
son of Thomas and Sarah (Hicks) Eustice and
brother of the preceding John. He left for
America
in 1863, but returned to
Cornwall
by 1868 where he married at Tuckingmill to
Elizabeth Jane Mitchell Polglase born there
7 Dec 1850
, daughter of Henry and
Elizabeth (Rowe) Polglase. Their first
child was born in Tuckingmill in 1870 and soon
after he left again for
America
and made his way to the
Schelbourne
Mountains
in
Eureka
County
,
Nevada
Territory,
where gold had been recently discovered. His wife and child joined
him there a few years later. After having two more children, his wife
died
15 Nov 1881
.
Shortly thereafter, on the run from the law, he fled
Nevada
,
deserting his three children, ages 12, 4 and 1 who were placed in an
orphanage. By 1883, he had resettled in
Utah
where he worked as an undertaker. He married again in 1883 to Emma
Roscoe by whom he had 10 children, 6 died in infancy. James died in
Eureka
,
Juab County
,
Utah
on
11 Feb 1911
, aged
63. |
