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| Name |
David Greaves Eames |
| Birth |
29 Sep 1879 |
Logan, Cache, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
8 Oct 1902 |
LOGAN |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWCW-8H9 |
| Death |
27 Jan 1961 |
Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
| Burial |
31 Jan 1961 |
Preston Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I376 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
David Cullen Eames, b. 1 Sep 1851, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 9 Feb 1929, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 77 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Cluley Greaves, b. 21 Oct 1856, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 5 May 1942, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 85 years) |
| Marriage |
29 Dec 1877 |
Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F97 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Pearl Lorena Geddes, b. 22 Feb 1883, Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States d. 5 Aug 1967, Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Jan 1905 |
Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. David Ivo Eames, b. 25 Apr 1906, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 28 Aug 1988, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 82 years) |
| + | 2. Melba Geddes Eames, b. 4 May 1909, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 27 Mar 1996, Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States (Age 86 years) |
| | 3. Waldo Geddes Eames, b. 11 Apr 1911, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 1 Nov 1996, Paul, Minidoka, Idaho, United States (Age 85 years) |
| | 4. Roberta Geddes Eames, b. 25 Apr 1913, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 3 Jul 1980, Yavapai, Arizona, United States (Age 67 years) |
| + | 5. Venice Geddes Eames, b. 23 Apr 1915, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 2 May 1996, Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States (Age 81 years) |
| | 6. Wendell Geddes Eames, b. 30 May 1917, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 10 Mar 2001, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 83 years) |
| | 7. Ruby Geddes Eames, b. 19 Jul 1919, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 21 Sep 1991, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 72 years) |
| + | 8. Dora Dean Eames, b. 6 Mar 1924, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 14 Nov 2015, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States (Age 91 years) |
| + | 9. Garth Geddes Eames, b. 10 May 1927, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 13 Sep 2011, Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States (Age 84 years) |
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| Family ID |
F391 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 29 Sep 1879 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 8 Oct 1902 - LOGAN |
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| Marriage - 25 Jan 1905 - Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 27 Jan 1961 - Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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 | Burial - 31 Jan 1961 - Preston Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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| Notes |
- DAVID GREAVES EAMES
David Greaves Eames was born Sept. 29, 1879 in Logan, Utah, a son of Dav i d
Cullen Eames and Elizabeth Cluley Greaves. He was the oldest child i n a f amily of five
boys and four girls.
His family moved to Preston, Idaho, when he was five years old. He spe n t his
boyhood on his father's farm north of Preston. He attended the Central S c hool and the
Oneida Academy in Preston. He also attended the Brigham Young Colleg e i n Logan, Utah.
He was called on a mission to represent the Latter-day Saint Church on O c t. 13,
1902. He was sent to the northwestern states and labored in Tacoma, Wash i ngton, and
British Columbia, Canada. He was the first missionary to represent the P r eston Third
Ward.
He married Pearl Geddes of Preston, Idaho, 25 Jan. 1905, in the Logan Te m ple at
Logan, Utah. They bought a farm two miles northwest of Preston and spe n t their married
life there.
He has always been active in scouting. He helped initiate the early orga n ization
of scouting when It was introduced into Cache Valley. He has been a memb e r of the
Executive Board, the Finance Committee, Chairman of the Oneida Distric t a nd also Vice
President. He received the Silver Beaver award in recognition of his out s tanding service
to boyhood in 1945.
He has served his church and community in various capacities. He serve d s ixteen
years as superintendent of the YMMIA of the Oneida Stake. He was superin t endent of
his ward Sunday School for four years. He was a member of the Bishopri c o f the Preston
Third Ward for several years. He served as a Stake High Counselor an d a m ember of
the Genealogical committee for ten years. He served as first counselo r i n the Oneida
Stake Presidency for ten years when President Taylor Nelson was presiden t . He was
made a Stake Patriarch in the Oneida Stake in 1939 .
He represented Franklin County twice in the Idaho State Senate and was P r obate
Judge in Preston for two years. He was a trustee of the Preston school b o ard for twelve
years.
The spirit of the gospel has always been in our home ,
People who have come here to visit have felt this spirit and commented a b out it.
I have always had such profound respect for my father and I am so very p r oud of
him. I am truly thankful for the good name he and Mother gave me and I h o pe to merit
their association in the eternities .
Sketch written by Ruby Geddes Eames Boot h
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