In 1910 attorney J. C. Eggleston resided on Main Cross Street [later Third Avenue, North] with his wife Julia and children Elizabeth 16, Josephine 14, Julia, 12, Elsie, 10, Ned, 8, and Joseph 3. In 1920 J. C Eggleston, attorney, was shown at 203 Third Avenue, South, which is puzzling as his home was clearly on what is now Third Avenue, North. In addition to his wife and children, his brother J. T., a bank president, was living in the household.

The Eggleston family and their home were the inspiration for Christine Nobel Govan's 1934 book Those Plummer Children. The book's dedication reads, "To my parents and my foster mother Julia Plummer Eggleston and to the memory of Judge Joseph Carr Eggleston, who was the best friend any child ever had." [Although there is some confusion in the records, a granddaughter assures me that the judge's name was Josiah, not Joseph.]

Josiah Carr Eggleston was born in 1855 and died in 1928. Julia Plummer Eggleston was born in 1867 and died in 1940. They are buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Franklin.

Sources:

1860 United States Census for Williamson County, Tennessee, p. 169.
1870 United States Census for Williamson County, Tennessee, p. 198.
1880 United States Census for Williamson County, Tennessee, Enumeration District 239, Sheet 17.
1900 United States Census for Williamson County, Tennessee, Enumeration District 118, Sheet 8.
1910 United States Census for Williamson County, Tennessee, Enumeration District 247, Sheet 13.
1920 United States Census for Williamson County, Tennessee, Enumeration District 160, Sheet 5.
Directory of Williamson County Burials. Vol. II. Williamson County Historical Society, 1975, p. 61.
Govan, Christine Noble. Those Plummer Children. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1934.

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