The Children and Numerous Grandchildren of Big Bob Ealy of Leake County, Mississippi
Wife: Jane Parrott Ealy (mother of 12 of his 17 found children)
With Jane, he had John, Adeline, Annie, Andrew, Bob Jr., Paul, Gus, Haywood, Will, Martha, Penny, and Nicholas (Boot) Ealy. Nathan Stiles, Mary "Angeline" (Sis) Ealy York, Tempa Ealy Allen, Ephraim Ealy, and Emaline Ealy Gordon were Big Bob's children. Big Bob was known to have a lot more children.
Robert “Big Bob” Ealy’s Children with Jane Parrott Ealy
JOHN EALY
Spouse: Charity Beamon
Born: c. 1846 in Leake
County, Mississippi
Died: before 1910 in
Leake County, Mississippi
Children of John
William M. Ealy (1867)
Van Ealy (1868)
John Nelson Ealy (1869)
Andy "A.W."
Ealy (1871-1937)
Sylvester (Bill) Ealy
(1874)
Lucretia (Duck) Ealy
Ross (1876-1939)
Velay Ealy (1878)
Haywood Ealy (1880)
Dock Ealy (1881)
Fisher Ealy (1883)
Leamon (Alex) Ealy
(1884)
Lawyer Ealy (1886)
ADELINE "DOVE" EALY ROBERTSON-DEVLIN ORMAN
Spouses: John W.
Robertson-Devlin & Reuben Orman
Born: c. 1848 in Leake
County, Mississippi
Died: after 1900,
Midway, Scott County, Mississippi
Children of Adeline
Mary Jane Devlin
Kennedy (1867)
John Devlin (1868)
Jennie Devlin (1870)
Helen
"Martha" Devlin Ferrell (1871-1909)
Bettie Devlin Beamon
(1872)
Sallie Devlin Johnson
(1875)
Eliza Robinson Burks
(1879-1950)
Addie Robinson Gray
(1880)
ANNIE EALY BEAMON
Spouse: Moses Beamon
(married 1/20/1874)
Born: 1852 in Leake
County, Mississippi
Died: 1909, Midway,
Scott County, Mississippi
Children of Annie
Mary Ealy Nichols
(1872)
Lula Beamon Ferrell
Roberts (1875)
William E. Beamon
(1877)
Hassie Beamon (1880)
Jessie Beamon Butler
(1883-1959)
Walter Beamon (1885)
Cora Beamon (1887)
Dora Beamon (1887)
Martha Beamon Sanders
(1889-1976)
Arthur Beamon
(1892-1971)
Sylvester Beamon
(1893-1973)
Elizabeth Beamon (1895)
Pearlie Mae Beamon
Simmons (1901)
ANDREW "ANDY" EALY
Spouse: Ida Rowan
(married 9/28/1876)
Born: c. 1853 in Leake
County, Mississippi
Died: before 1900,
Midway, Scott County, Mississippi
Children of Andrew
Maggie Ealy (1877)
Beulah Ealy Hopkins
(1879)
Mary Ealy (1884)
Emma Ealy (1888)
Anna Ealy (1890)
(Andy's widow and children moved to Memphis, Tennessee
shortly before 1900.)
ROBERT "BOB" EALY
Spouse: Martha
"Mattie" Kennedy (married 12/21/1876)
Born: 1855 in Leake
County, Mississippi
Died: 1939 in Leake
County, Mississippi
Children of Bob
John Ealy (1877) (mother, Mahala Gale)
Lovie Ealy Moten
Westmoreland (1877-1984)
Jane Ealy (1879)
Lucy Ealy Ammons
Lindsey (1880-1971)
Bobbie Ann Ealy Morgan
(1881-1969)
Billie Ealy (1886)
Willie (Will)
"Tee" Ealy (1888-1950)
Jessie Albert Ealy
(1890-1974)
Theodius Ealy (1891)
Rev. Floyd Ealy
PAUL EALY
Spouse: Adaline Kennedy
(married 7/07/1879)
Adaline was the sister of Mattie Kennedy (Bob’s wife) and
Albert Kennedy (Martha’s husband)
Born: 1859 in Leake
County, Mississippi
Died: 1943 in Leake
County, Mississippi
Children of Paul
Aldora Ealy (1880) (died at a young age)
Elijah "Bung"
Ealy (1881-1987)
Annie J. Ealy Ragsdale
Nichols (1884-1970)
Alice Ealy McClendon
(1885-1962)
App Ealy (1890-1966)
Albert Ealy (1892-1918)
Mack Ealy (1893-1972)
Florence Ealy Jones
(1896-1970)
Viney Ealy Sparkman
(1899-1958)
Willie Ealy Collier
(1904-1990)
AUGUSTUS "GUS" EALY
Spouses: Emma Moorman
& Mary Edmonds
Born: 1861 in Leake
County, Mississippi
Died: 1913, Flora,
Madison County, Mississippi
Children of Gus
Joe Howard Ealy (1882-1965)
James (Gene) Ealy
(1884)
Kate Ealy (1886)
Fonzy Ealy (1892-1976)
Genora Ealy (1901)
Elijah (Dunk) Ealy
(1906-1996)
Claude Ealy (1909-1981)
HAYWOOD EALY
Spouses: Victoria
Ragsdale & Elizabeth Chambers
Born: 1862 in Leake
County, Mississippi
Died: After 1930,
Flora, Madison County, Mississippi
Children of Haywood
George (Skin) Ealy
(1892-1978)
Lula Chambers Denson
Pearson (1897-2002)
Willie Mae Chambers
Denson (1900-1954)
Noble Ealy (1905-1989)
Paul Lee Ealy
(1907-1979)
Guy Ealy (1910-1994)
WILL EALY
Spouse: Rose Evers
(married 3/06/1885)
Born: 1863 in Leake
County, Mississippi
Died: Before 1910,
Tuscola, Leake County, Mississippi
Children of Will
Rufus Gale (1880)
Mary (Crick) Ealy
Sparkman (1891)
John Edmond (1892-1991)
Gus Kennedy (1897-1979)
MARTHA (Sissie) EALY KENNEDY
Spouse: Albert Kennedy
(married 12/28/1881)
Albert was the brother of Adaline Kennedy Ealy and Mattie
Kennedy Ealy.
Born: 1865 in Leake
County, Mississippi
Died: 1895, Leake
County, Mississippi
Children of Martha
Dora Kennedy Luckett
(1882-1940)
Willie "Will"
Kennedy (1884-1977)
Robert "Rob"
Kennedy (1885-1977)
Hulen "Newt"
Kennedy (1888-1970)
Wilson Kennedy
(1891-1988)
PENNY EALY RAGSDALE
Spouse: Branch Ragsdale
(married 1/14/1884)
Born: 1868 in Leake
County, Mississippi
Died: Around 1885 in
Leake County, Mississippi
Child of Penny
Hattie Ragsdale Morgan
(1885-1913)
WILBERT NICHOLSON (or Nicholas) "BOOT" EALY
Spouses: Annie Jackson
and Almedia Atkinson
Born: c. 1871 in Lena,
Leake County, Mississippi
Died: After 1930,
Brownsville, Hinds County, Mississippi
Children of Nicholson
Ephraim Eley
(1894-1956)
Ada Ealy (1896)
Willie Ealy (1898)
John Earl Ealy (1900)
Van Ealy (1904-1945)
Leroy Ealy (1905-1970)
Queen Isabel Ealy
Richmond (1906)
Robert Ealy (1907)
Tommy Ealy (1909)
Roberta Ealy (1910)
Additional Children of Robert “Big Bob” Ealy
NATHAN STILES
Spouses: Mary York and
Alice Horn
Born: Aug. 1838 in
Leake County, Mississippi
Died: after 1900, Leake
County, Missisippi
Note: Oral history and DNA indicate that he was the son of
Big Bob.
Nathan’s mother, Hester Stiles, was enslaved on William
Eley’s small farm with him.
Children of Nathan
Wright Stiles (1863)
Jane Stiles (1864)
Nathan Stiles (1867)
Fannie Stiles (1870)
Martha Stiles (1874)
John Ealy Stiles (1876)
Henry (Stinson) Stiles
(1878)
Hester Stiles (1880)
MARY "ANGELINE" (SIS) EALY YORK
Spouse: Jordan York
Born: 1840 in Leake
County, Mississippi
Died: After 1900, Leake
County, Mississippi
Children of Sis
John York (1858)
Ann York Parrott (1860)
Abner "Abb"
York (1862-1944)
Aaron York (1865)
Eliza Jane York White
(1867)
Jordan York (1869)
Mary "Molly"
York Gilbert (1870)
Hiram York (1872)
Lacey York (1874)
Lula York Perry (1876)
Ira York (1877)
Ned York (1878)
Sophronia York Ross
(1880)
TEMPA EALY ALLEN
Spouse: Stephen Allen
Born: c. 1850
Died: after 1900 in
Scott County, Mississippi
Children of Tempa
Mollie Allen Owens
(1869)
Eli Allen (1874)
Mariah Allen Ealy
(1877-1919)
Edward Allen
(1877-1930)
Sarah Allen (1879)
Garfield Allen (1884)
Allie Allen Shephard
(1885)
Frances Allen Black
(1889)
EMALINE EALY KIDD GORDON
Spouse: Isham Kidd (married 9/11/1873) and Caesar Gordon (married 12/11/1884)
Born: 1855 in Leake County,
Mississippi
Died: Before 1910,
Flora, Madison County, Mississippi
Note: Emaline's mother
was Ruthie Harris.
Children of Emaline
Annie Kidd Robinson
(1876)
Mollie Kidd (1879)
John Kidd (1881)
Irene Gordon (1885)
Ruthie Gordon White
(1888-1970)
Mathis Gordon (1891)
Hattie Gordon (1893)
Jessie Gordon (1895)
Ben Gordon (1897)
