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Eaton, James R – Eaton, William W

Eaton, James R

clergyman, educator, was born Dec. 11, 1834, at Hamilton, N. Y. In the spring of 1869 he became professor of natural science in William Jewell college, Liberty, Mo. He died March 20, 1897, in Cairo, Egypt, while on a trip to the Holy Land.

Eaton, John

educator, soldier, journalist, was born Dec. 5, 1829, in Sutton, N. H. He was commissioned a colonel in the volunteer service, and brevetted a general. He established and edited the Daily Post at Memphis, Tenn.; and in 1870 was appointed United States commissioner of education.

Eaton, John Henry

was born in 1790 in Tennessee. He was a senator in congress from Tennessee from 1818 to 1829; and was secretary of war under President Jackson from 1829 to 1831. From 1834 to 1836 was governor of the territory of Florida; and from 1836 to 1840 was minister plenipotentiary to Spain. He was the author of a Life of Andrew Jackson. He died Nov. 17, 1856, in Washington, D. C.

Eaton, Joseph Oriel

artist, was born Feb. 8, 1829, in Licking county, Ohio.

He was an effective genre and portrait painter, both in oil and water colors. The works that he exhibited at the National academy are Landscape View on the Hudson; and Moral Instruction. He died Feb. 7, 1875, in Yonkers, N. Y.

Eaton, Lewis

congressman. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1823 to 1825.

Eaton, Nathaniel

educator, was born about 1609, in England. He was the first master of the school afterward called Harvard college. He died in 1660, in England.

Eaton, Samuel John Mills

clergyman, author, was born April 15, 1820, in Fairview, Pa. During 1848-82 he was pastor of a church in Franklin, Pa.; held the office of stated clerk of the presbytery of Erie since 1853, and has held high positions in his church. In 1871 he visited Egypt, Palestine, Greece and Turkey. He was the author of History of the Presbytery of Erie; Lakeside; Jerusalem; Palestine; and other works.

Eaton, Sherburne Blake

lawyer, was born Feb. 23, 1840, in Lowell, Mass. In 1884 he was made general counsel and president of the Edison Electric Light company of New York city.

Eaton, Theophilus

first governor of New Haven colony, was born about 1591 in England. In 1643 he was chosen the first governor of the New Haven colony. He died June 7, 1658, in Columbia, S. C. a

Eaton, Thomas Treadwell

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 16, 1845, in Murfreesborough, Tenn. He is baptist minister of Louisville; and the author of My Angels; Talks to Children; Marriage and Law; and Talks on Getting Married.

Eaton, William

soldier, diplomat, was born Feb. 23, 1764, in Woodstock, Conn. In 1797 he was appointed consul to Tunis, and arrived there in March, 1799.

He died June 1, 1811, in Brimfield, Mass.

Eaton, William W

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born October, 1816, in Tolland, Conn. He was elected a member of the house of representatives of Connecticut in 1847, 1848, 1853, 1863, 1868, 1870, 1871, 1873, and 1874; and was elected speaker in 1853 and 1873. He was elected state senator in 1850; in 1874 was elected United States senator for the term ending in 1881; and in 1882 was elected a representative from Connecticut to the forty-eighth congress as a democrat.