William Eustice (1816-1858) was
christened at Crowan parish
28 Apr 1816
, son of Richard and Sarah
(Noble) Eustice. His father died when he was
about one year old and his mother when he was six. He married
2 Jun 1838
in St. Blazey parish in
Cornwall
to Mary Williams born
1 Nov 1817
Crowan, daughter of Richard and Ann Williams, by
whom he had nine children. About 1840, soon after the birth of their oldest
child, they left for
America
.
They lived briefly in
Tioga County
,
Pennsylvania
and then in
Ontonagan County
,
Michigan
and then finally, by 1850,
settled near the town of
Elizabeth
in Jo Daviess County, Illinois where he worked in the lead mines. He
had nearly completed building their new house there, when tragedy struck on
3 Jun 1858
. He was
standing near the chimney and his son William was taking the wash basin to
the back door to empty it. A bolt of lightning suddenly struck the
chimney and followed through to the back door, killing both father and son.
Mary died
4 Jun 1902
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