Biographical Sketch of William H. EACHUS (1893); Chester County, PA

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Source: "Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsyl-
vania, comprising a historical sketch of the county," by Samuel T. Wiley
and edited by Winfield Scott Garner, Gresham Publishing Company, Phila-
delphia, PA, 1893, pp. 520-1.

"WILLIAM H. EACHUS, a native and life long resident of the 'Great Valley'
of Chester county, and the accommodating proprietor of the Malvern livery
stables for the last twelve years, is a son of James and Sarah (Hutchin-
son) Eachus, and was born in East Whiteland township, Chester county,
Pennsylvania, June 2, 1838.  The name Eachus appears in the records of the
county as early as 1715.  Abner Eachus, the paternal grandfather of the
subject of this sketch, was a cattle dealer of Willistown township, and
wedded Mary Barber, by whom he had twelve children.  Their son, James
Eachus (father) was born in 1797 in Willistown township, and died in East
Whiteland, February 26, 1866, at sixty-nine years of age.  He was a lime
burner by occupation, and a Jacksonian democrat in political opinion.  He
married Sarah Hutchinson, who was a daughter of Thomas Hutchinson, of
Scotch descent, and died September 13, 1880, aged eighty years.  They
reared a family of six children, four sons and two daughters: Abner, Mary,
Thomas, Sarah Jane, William H., and Stephen, who served four years as a
Union soldier in the late civil war.

"William H. Eachus was reared in his native township and carefully trained
to habits of industry, economy and honesty.  He received his education in
the common schools, and, after attaining his majority, purchased a grain
threshing machine, which he ran successfully for eighteen years.  At the
end of that time, in 1880, he removed to Malvern, where he purchased his
present livery stable.  He keeps a good stock of saddle and driving horses
and buggies and carriages, and has built up a first class and very remun-
erative patronage.

"On January 8, 1868, Mr. Eachus was united in marriage with Mary Garrett,
a daughter of John S. Garrett, of East Goshen township, and their union
has been blessed with three children, one son and two daughters: Sara,
John and Margaret.

"In politics Mr. Eachus is a republican, and believes in the principles
of the party of Lincoln, Grant and Harrison.  Since coming to Malvern he
has served as street commissioner of that place, but has never been eager
or anxious for any political office within the gift of his fellow citizens.
His livery business and other enterprises in which he is interested take
the most of his time.  He is a member of the Baptist church of Malvern,
and ranks as one of the reliable and active citizens of his town."