Jacob Oliver Eaker was born 25 December 1875 in Bollinger County, Missouri. His parents were William Eaker (1822-1909) and Mary Eleana Francis (1833-1885). He married Lula Belle Jackson (1882-1934), daughter of Hamilton Jackson (1852-1883) and Cathryn Rea (1854-1886), in 1897. They had four children. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Missouri and Arkansas.

Richard Nunnally was among the earliest English settlers into America and found his way into Virginia where he married in about 1666. Descendants lived mostly in the South but others live in other parts of the United States. Thomas Ferrill was born about 1728 in North Carolina and his descendants lived mostly in the South.

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Nathaniel Francis was born ca. 1760 in Virginia. He married Leeann (surname unknown) ca. 1787 in Franklin Co., Tennessee. They lived in Buckingham Co., Georgia and were the parents of twelve children. Nathaniel died ca. 1829 in Franklin Co., Tennessee. Descendants lived in Virginia, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas and elsewhere.

Typed research paper for Professor Rudy's American Folklore course at Brigham Young University. Jackson writes about the folkore of her family.