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About Christopher Columbus Eiland:

Name: Chistopher Columbus Eiland
Death date: 17 Apr 1925
Death place: Okaloosa County, Florida
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): W
Race or color (expanded): White
Age at death: 71y
Estimated birth year: 1854
Birth place: Fla.
Marital status: Widowed
Father name: Eiland
Father birth place: Not Known
Mother name: Not Known
Occupation: None
Burial place: Baker, Fla.
Burial date: 18 Apr 1925

1880 Census Place Bullock, Crenshaw Co, Alabama
C. C. EYLAND, Self, M, M, W, 26, , AL, GA, AL
Susan EYLAND, Wife, F, M, W, 21, Keeps House, AL, GA, GA
L. EYLAND, Son, M, S, W, 3, At Home, AL, AL, AL

Christopher Columbus, was a farmer who lived in the Loango community. He was married first to Susana Driskell. After Susana's death, Christopher was married to Doney Williams, but they did not have any children. They later lived at Baker, Fla., where he was buried at the Pilgrims Rest Cemetery in 1925..

Christopher's sons were farmers, and some of them were ministers as well. At one time, Lowell was Postmaster of the Baker Post Office.

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: C C Eiland
Age: 46
Birth Date: Feb 1854
Birthplace: Alabama
Home in 1900: Bullock, Crenshaw, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Susie Eiland
Marriage Year: 1875
Years Married: 25
Father's Birthplace: Alabama
Mother's Birthplace: Alabama, Georgia
C C Eiland 46
Susie Eiland 41
W M Eiland 20
John C Eiland 19
W W Eiland 17
C C Eiland 14
Anna Eiland 12
Viola Balden 18

1910 United States Federal Census
Home in 1910: Precinct 8, Santa Rosa, Florida
Christophr C Eiland 56
Susie Eiland 51