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2101 Eastbrook United Presbyterian Church Cemetery (Unknown), Hannah A (I33687)
 
2102 Eastern Cemetery Johnson, Albert S (I57090)
 
2103 Eastern Cemetery Brantley, Lennie B (I57091)
 
2104 Eastern Cemetery Johnson, Mary M (I57092)
 
2105 Eastern State Hospital Cemetery Spotswood, Mary Randolph Brook (I41919)
 
2106 Eastland Cemetery Greenlee, Nancy Jane (I43445)
 
2107 Eastland Cemetery See, Michael III (I43448)
 
2108 Eastland Cemetery Carrigan, Nancy Jane (I43450)
 
2109 Eastland Cemetery See, Sarah Adaline (I43452)
 
2110 Eastland Cemetery See, Nancy (I43453)
 
2111 Eastland Cemetery See, Virginia (I43454)
 
2112 Eastland Cemetery See, Harriet J (I43455)
 
2113 Eastland Cemetery See, Leander (I43457)
 
2114 Eastland Cemetery See, Sameul (I43458)
 
2115 Eastland Cemetery Yates, Gwendolen (I43464)
 
2116 Eastland Cemetery White, Son (I43469)
 
2117 Eastland Cemetery White, Mary (I43470)
 
2118 Eastland Cemetery See, Frances (I43474)
 
2119 Eastland Cemetery See, John Shull (I43475)
 
2120 Eastland Cemetery See, Henry (I43476)
 
2121 Easton Lot Easton, Wait (I42189)
 
2122 Easton Lot Easton, Peter (I42190)
 
2123 Easton Lot Easton, Nicholas Jr (I42200)
 
2124 Easton Lot Holmes, Mary (I42201)
 
2125 Eastview Memorial Park Gore, Jefferson Bronson Lee Sr (I51311)
 
2126 Ebalus or Ebles Manzer or Manser (c. 870 - 935) was Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine on two occasions: from 890 to 892 and from 902 (Poitou) and 927 (Aquitaine) to his death.

Ebles was an illegitimate son of Ranulf II of Aquitaine. The meaning of his surname is disputed. Manzer is a Germanic habitational name, but also a Germanic personal name formed from magin, meaning "strength" or "might" (cf magnus). The same surname was used by another Prince from Occitania, Arnaud Manzer, Count of Angoulême (born 952-died 988/92), who also was a bastard. No other European Prince used the name Manzer. This fact makes the speculation about the Germanic origin of the Ebles' surname problematic.

Ebles succeeded his father Ranulf in 890, but was driven out in 892 by Aymar, who was supported by Eudes of France. Ebles gained the backing of William the Pious, Count of Auvergne, who placed Aquitaine under his own authority in 893.

In 902, Ebles launched the reconquest of his county with an army lent by his distant relative William the Pious. He took Poitiers while Aymar was away and established control of the county. He was invested as count by Charles III, with whom Ebles had been raised.

The comital title was the only one to which he ever had legitimate investiture. Ebles allotted the abbey of Saint-Maixent to Savary, Viscount of Thouars, who had been his constant supporter. He restructured Poitou by creating new viscounties in Aulnay and Melle and dissolved the title and position of Viscount of Poitou upon the death of its holder, Maingaud, in 925.

In 904, he conquered the Limousin. In 911, Ebles was in Chartres with an army to oppose Rollo, the Viking leader.

In 927, William the Younger, successor of William the Pious, and then his successor, his brother Acfred, died in the space of one year. Acfred had made Ebles his heir; Ebles thus found himself Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Berry, Auvergne, and Velay.

In 929, King Rudolph started trying to reduce the power of Ebles. He withdrew from him access to Berry, then in 932 he transferred the titles of Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Auvergne to the Count of Toulouse, Raymond Pons. Moreover, the territory of La Marche, which was under the control of the lord of Charroux, vassal of Ebles, was transformed into an independent county.

Ebalus married Emilienne and they had two sons:
Ebalus, Bishop of Limoges
William III of Aquitaine married Gerloc, daughter of Rollo of Normandy 
Aquitaine, Count of Poitou and Duke of Aquitaine Ebalus of (I15894)
 
2127 Ebenezer Cemetery Sprankle, Rilla Pearl (I18802)
 
2128 Ebenezer Cemetery Halbert, Ruth Ann (I51713)
 
2129 Ebenezer Church Cemetery Suitt, William T (I33021)
 
2130 Ebenezer Church Cemetery Young, Margaret (I33049)
 
2131 Ebenezer Church Cemetery Suitt, Lucy Blanche (I33050)
 
2132 Ebenezer Church Cemetery Rager, William Cooper (I33052)
 
2133 Ebenezer Church Cemetery Rager, Margaret I (I33053)
 
2134 Ebenezer Church Cemetery McPike, Lyman M (I33055)
 
2135 Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery Smyre, Mary Ann (I39760)
 
2136 Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery Hickman, James (I39761)
 
2137 Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery Keaton, Earl Legare (I51439)
 
2138 Eberhard (c. 815 - 16 December 866) was the Frankish Duke of Friuli from 846. He was an important political, military, and cultural figure in the Carolingian Empire during his lifetime. He kept a large library, commissioned works of Latin literature from Lupus Servatus and Sedulius Scottus, and maintained a correspondence with the noted theologians and church leaders Gottschalk, Rabanus Maurus, and Hincmar.

He inherited the title of Duke of Friuli from his father Unruoch II. His mother was Engeltrude, possibly a daughter of Beggo of Paris and Alpais.

His name is alternatively spelled Everard, Evrard, Erhard, Eberhard, or Eberard, or in Latinized fashion Everardus, Eberardus, or Eberhardus. He wrote his own name "Evvrardus".

A note on notability:

"Saint Evrard, Duke of Frioul and son-in-law of Louis le Débonaire, was one of the principal personages of the Carolingian period. As his name belongs to a great history, our region could, in right name, be re-vindicated as one of his glories. Cysoing, above all, has the right to call itself Saint Evrard's village. The past of Saint Evrard and of the village of Cysoing are themselves intimately tied such that it is impossible to separate them. One would excuse us for therefore reuniting them."

So reads the preface of an ecclesiatic work on Evrard and Cysoing. There was a "flurry" of research and publishing associated with the discovery of Evrard's body at Cysoing early in the twentieth century--this "flurry" was mostly limited to Lille/Roubaix and within elements of the Church.

Family:

Evrard was from an illustrious Frankish family.

Children (with Gisela):
Eberhard (c. 837 - 840)
Ingeltrude (837 or 840 - 870), probably married Henry of Franconia
Unruoch III (c.840 - 874)
Bèrenger (c.840 - 924), King of Italy
Adélard (d. 874)
Rudolf (d. 892)
Heilwig (d. 895)
Gisèle (d. 863)
Judith of Friuli, first married Arnulf I of Bavaria, second married Conrad II of Auxerre

Disputed parentage:

Paternity theories:

His father was Unruoch II.
"His father was Bèrenger, the son of Count Unroch."
"After other authors, Unroch, the grandfather of Saint Evrard, should have been the Duke of Frioul."
"Alas, some have written that Saint Evrard had for his father Carloman I, the brother of Charlemagne."
"His grandfather was, it is said, the Count Unroch who was leaving the court of Charlemagne and signatory to the will of the emperor."

Maternity theories:

His mother was Engeltron of Paris, a daughter of Begue, Count of Paris and Aupals.
"As for his mother, she was, Buzelin says, the daughter of Didier, king of the Lombards."

Education:

Saint Evrard lived in the ninth century. He was born under the reign of Charlemagne and died under that of Charles the Bald.

Saint Evrard was elevated to the court of Charlemagne and of Louis the Débonaire. He took his education at the Palace School founded by Charlemagne and organized by Alcuin, where he studied from the medieval programs known as the trivium and the quadrivium. There he got a taste of the letters and sciences, at the same time that he developed his famous piety.

It is without doubt that it was at the Palace School that Saint Evrard began to build the rich library of which he enumerates the books with so much care in his will.

Warlike exploits and role as mediator under Louis le Débonaire:

As soon as his age permitted him to carry arms, Saint Evrard took part in numerous military expeditions. Named Duke of Frioul and Count or Marquis[8] de Trévise, in Italy, he defended his country against invasion by the Bulgars and managed to completely drive these new barbarians from the peninsula--825-830.

He rendered service unto Louis le Débonaire that was still more distinguished. During the tragic years (830-839) where the emperor had suffered at the hand of his son's revolt the most indignified treatment, Count Evrard remained inviolably loyal.

He exercised his influence in Lothair's sphere (the elder son of the emperor) to bring about a reconciliation between father and son. It is certain that it was on his council in 839, that Lothaire went to Worms to implore the pardon of his father.

Marriage and life at Cysoing:

In return for his services, the emperor Louis le Débonaire gave Count Evrard the highest honor possible: the hand of his (acknowledged) daughter, the Princess Gisèle, in marriage.

The Princess Gisèle, a woman of piety and virtue, was the daughter of Louis le Débonaire and his second wife, the empress Judith.

Among the rich domains the Princess brought with her in her dowry, Count Evrard found the fisc of Cysoing.

One gives the name fisc, in this age, to large, rural properties separate from the royal domains; that is, to sorts of farms with a residence for the master and homes for settlers.

The Royal Fisc of Cysoing, situated at the center of the country of Pèvele, was one of the most beautiful in the region. The stay seemed so agreeable to Saint Evrard and the Princess Gisèle that they made it one of their regular residences.

The castle which they inhabited was without doubt the same as that of the lords of Cysoing in following centuries. It found itself part of a magnificent property, surrounded by water, that actually belongs to the family Bigo-Vanderhagen. The farming ditches were marked in the oldest documents. It is not rash to think these were dug in Saint Evrard's time, or perhaps even earlier.

Already, in the century before (in 752), the little hamlet established on the royal fisc of Cysoing has been made famous through the martyrdom of Saint Arnoul.

Saint Arnoul, a courageous warrior, who was, it is said, the father of Godefroid, Bishop of Cambrai-Arras, had been attached to the court of a noble lord, his relative. "His virtues and his merits were so radiant that God accorded his prayers more than one miracle during his life. He became even more glorious through his martyrdom." He was so devoted to his master that he eventually died for him[12] thus attaining martyrdom.

Saint Arnoul was already honored at Cysoing when Saint Evrard and Princess Gisèle went to take possession of their domain. His relics were conserved there. Cysoing, of this age, has therefore a church, or less a chappel that was without doubt the same chappel as the royal fisc.

Foundation of the Abbey at Cysoing:

Saint Evrard, at Cysoing, had a chaplain named Walgaire. They (Evrard and Gisèle) decided to found a monastery at Cysoing. The project was long and difficult, and was not complete at the time of Evrard's or Gisèle's deaths. The monastery was initially made in honor of Saint Saveur and Mary (mother of Jesus, not Magdalene). The religious lived there under canon law in a community with all the rigors of the cloister. Their special function was singing solemnly in the church. They maintained public prayer. Saint Evrard was known to enjoy singing with the choir.

After his later campaigns in the defense of Italy, the remains of Pope Callixtus I were reinterred in the Abbey at Cysoing.

Character:

Saint Evrard, himself, has organized his home in a way so perfectly that it was more like a monastery than a castle. He was seconded in this task by his pious wife, Gisèle, who dedicated herself to the education of their many children. The poor and ill were sure of finding not only banal security at Cysoing, but also help and protection. The social question of the time, that of serfs, also preoccupied Saint Evrard. He had freed a good number. In their testimony, he expressly refrained from impeding their liberty. He never forgot those who he didn't free, and tried to improve their lots. Though he was a courageous and formidable, he worked all his life for peace. His private vertues were no less remarkable. In his elevated position, he strove to preserve modisty and humility, to avoid spleandour and arrogance. His zeal for the glory of God, to spread the Truth, to convert the infidels, was celebrated throughout the Church. Alas, his piety, his taste for ceremonies of worship, he devotion to the saints, his respect for the precious relics was apparent in his every act.

Pacifier:

Saint Evrard's activity was not limited to the royal fisc of Cysoing, as he involved himself freely with matters of other domaines and the empire in general. Emperor Louis the Debonaire went to die (840) and the war, a cruel war without mercy, exploded between the Emperor Lothaire and his two brothers, Louis le Germanique and Charles the Bald. Saint Evrard strongly deplored this fighting/battling and fratricide and made all efforts to bring it to an end. After the bloody battle of Fontenay (25 June 841), he left the ambassadorial envoy of Lothaire near that of Lothaire's brothers for peace negotiations. The preparatory conference took place in 842 at Milin, near Châlons in Champagne. It was decided to divide the empire between the three brothers. The negotiators, among which Evrard could be found, were charged with making the partitioning equitable/fair. It was not before August of 843 that they presented their report to the three kings at Verdun.

Wars with the Saracens:

The negotiations ended and peace was re-established between the three brothers, Saint Evrard left in haste for Italy. Italy was under threat from "African Saracens". These Saracens had been named as helpers, in 842, by the Duke of Benevento and they would soon become a threat to regimes throughout the peninsula. They menaced Rome and pillaged it many times. Saint Evrard, in his position as Duke of Friuli, was made a captain/leader of the resistance. The war wore on for several years and ended in 851 with the defeat of the Saracens.

"Evrard has a reputation for being both a courageous soldier and able leader throughout these battles. In the tradition of Charlemagne, Evrard forced the vanquished to convert to Christianity, meritoriously teaching them the Gospel, himself."

Testament and death:

Sometime after this solemnity, Saint Evrard returned to Italy. We find him in 858 among the ambassadors who the emperor Louis le Jeune, son of Lothaire, sent to Ulm, near his uncle Louis le Germanique. After this date, we know nothing more about Saint Evrard until his Testimony, a very interesting/curious/strange document, whose authenticity is certain and in which we are given information on the life of Saint Evrard. This Testimony was made in Italy, at Musiestro Castle, in the county of Trévise, in 867. Evrard and his consort meticulously recorded not only their lands and possessions within a prepared will, but the identities and relationships of family members and neighboring royals. With the agreement of his spouse, Princess Gisèle, Saint Evrard portioned his goods among his seven children.

The eldest, Unroch, got all properties in Lombardy and Germany. the second, Bèrenger, got Annappes with its dedepencencies less Gruson and the other properties in the Hesbaye and in the Condrost. The third, Adélard, got the lands of Cysoing, Camphin, Gruson and Somain, with charges and respects of all the properties of the Abbey in these regions. The fourth, Rodolphe, got Vitry-en-Artois and Mestucha, except for the church at Vitry which was given with the Abbey at Cysoing.

The three daughters of Saint Evrard, Ingletrude, Judith and Heilwich, got various other domains : Ermen, Marshem, Balghingham, Heliwsheim, Hostrenheim, Luisinga, Wendossa, Engerresteim. Saint Evrard had another daughter who carried the name of Gisèle, her mother. But she was dead at the time of his testimony. The testimony split equally the jewels and ornaments of the saint, the precious objects of his chappel and the books of his library. It is dated 867, the 28th year of the reign of Lothaire's son, Louis le Jeune. Saint Evrard died the same year, 16 December.

References:

Theuws, Frans (2000). Rituals of Power: From Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages,503 pages/page 225,Christina La Rocca and Luigi Provero, THE DEAD AND THEIR GIFTS: THE WILL OF EBERHARD, COUNT OF FRIULI, AND HIS WIFE GISELA, DAUGHTER OF LOUIS THE PIOUS. Brill.
Morby, John (1989). Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook. Oxford University Press.
MacLagan, Michael (1999). Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition. Little, Brown and Company. 
Friuli, Duke of Friuli Eberhard of (I37342)
 
2139 Eckert Cemetery Pollock, Mary Olive (I33451)
 
2140 Eckert Cemetery Edie, Mary Eleanor (I33452)
 
2141 Eckert Cemetery Edie, Irene Constance (I33453)
 
2142 Eckert Cemetery Pollock, Elwin John (I35216)
 
2143 Eckert Cemetery Price, Zella Mae (I35217)
 
2144 Eckert Cemetery Edie, Edith Faye (I44599)
 
2145 Eckert Cemetery Brewster, Jasper D (I44796)
 
2146 Eckert Cemetery Chesser, Jack Morris (I55480)
 
2147 Eckert Cemetery Edwards, Clarence E (I55489)
 
2148 Eddy Chapel Cemetery Plants, Nancy Ann (I42519)
 
2149 Eddy Chapel Cemetery Hoschar, Sarah Catherine (I45172)
 
2150 Eddy Chapel Cemetery Plants, John (I45173)
 

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