James M. Eggers

James M. was born in 1841 in p Crawford Co., Missouri.¹   James M.'s father was Daniel Eggers and his mother was Harriet C. Reeves. He had six brothers and two sisters, named A. H., William Riley, Jessie Newton, David F., George W., Silvia Landerine, Sarah J. and Harriet Caroline.  He was the oldest of the nine children.