Finding aid to the Edward Newman Eubank (1853-1946) collection

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EDWARD NEWMAN EUBANK (1853-1946)

"Distances & Percentage via R. & A. Railroad from Lynchburg, Virginia, Aug. 1,
1885"
The collection consists of a manuscript notebook listing possible railroad destinations,
mileage from Lynchburg, Virginia, over different railroad lines. Edward Newman
EUBANK was railroad agent in Lynchburg for the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad.

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
EDWARD NEWMAN EUBANK (1853-1946)
Edward Newman EUBANK, son of Elias Newman EUBANK and Caroline
CANNON, was born 17 July 1853, in Lynchburg, Virginia.
In 1870, Edward N. EUBANK worked at a printing office in Lynchburg. By 1879, he
was a clerk for the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Company, and in 1881, he
had become clerk for the Norfolk and Western Railway Company in Lynchburg.
EUBANK later became soliciting agent and clerk for the Richmond and Alleghany
Railroad. In 1887 he removed to Richmond. By 1896, he had moved to Newport News
where he worked for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and for the U.S. Customs
Service until his retirement in 1929.
Edward Newman EUBANK married 25 July 1882, in Lynchburg, Ida Gray
LATHAM, daughter of Woodville LATHAM and Sarah M. BOWEN.
In 1879, Edward N. EUBANK received the degree of Master Mason in Marshall
Lodge, No. 39, AF&AM, in Lynchburg. He became a member of Eureka Chapter, No.
10, Royal Arch Masons, in 1880, and was a Knight Templar in the DeMolay
Commandery in Lynchburg in 1882. He received the Scottish Rite degrees in Richmond
between 1883 and 1888. In 1885, EUBANK was member of a committee to establish the
Home and Retreat Hospital in Lynchburg, and served on its Board of Managers in 1886.
In Newport News, he was Past Master of Bremond Lodge, No. 241, AF&AM. He served
as Grand Master of Masons in Virginia in 1902-1903. At the time of his death, he was
Senior Past Grand Master.
Edward N. EUBANK was commissioned a First Lieutenant of Company E, Third
Infantry, Virginia Volunteers, in 1884. He was made Captain in 1885. He resigned his
commission on 1 February 1887 and was retired from service on 4 November 1900. He
was a member of the American Legion, serving as Post Adjutant for WILKINSEDWARDS Post 176, in the Huntington Rifles. He was also a member of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, serving as Post Secretary.
Edward Newman EUBANK died 13 January 1946 at his home in Newport News and
was buried with Masonic rites at the Spring Hill Cemetery in Lynchburg.
[Tombstone inscription, Section V, Lot 38, Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, VA; "Obituary of Elias
Newman Eubank," Lynchburg News, 4 November 1909, p. 6 col. 2; Thomas H. Ellis, A Memorandum of

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the Ellis Family (Rep. ed., N.p.: n.pub.), pp. 20-21; 1870 Census, Campbell County, VA, National Archives
and Records Service, M-593, Roll 1638 p. 540, Dwelling 583, Family 585; J. P. Bell & Co.'s City Directory
of Lynchburg, Virginia, 1879-80 (Lynchburg: J. P. Bell, 1879), p. 81; Lynchburg City Directory for 188182 (Lynchburg: J. P. Bell, 1881), p. 70; Lynchburg City Directory for 1885-86 (Lynchburg: J. P. Bell,
1885), p. 74; Chataigne's Lynchburg City Directory [1887-1888] (Richmond: J. H. Chataigne, 1887), p. 96;
Marriage Register, Lynchburg, VA, Book No. 3, p. 6; "Marriage of Edward Newman Eubank and Ida Gray
Latham," Lynchburg Daily News, 27 July 1882, p. 3 col. 1; William Moseley Brown, Marshall Lodge No.
39, AF&AM (Staunton, VA: McClure, 1953), pp. 298, 306, 309, 313, 471-472, 522; Jo Lane Stern, comp.,
Roster Commissioned Officers Virginia Volunteers, 1871-1920 (Richmond: Davis Bottom, 1921), p. 79;
"Obituary of Edward Newman Eubank," Lynchburg Daily Advance, 14 January 1946, p. 9 col. 5;
"Obituary of Edward Newman Eubank," Lynchburg News, 15 January 1946, p. 10 col. 4.]

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