He was born to John and Emma (Kemp) Eaton and lived in Westminster the majority of his life. He was a Private in Company A, 32nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers from 11/25/1861 until he was discharged for disability on April 7, 1862 at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. He was one of 11 kids, three others of which were also Civil War soldiers. He was a chair maker and married Nancy Balentine on July 1, 1854 and had the children Mary J., Ellen Ej. Charles Emerson, Lucinthia, Ada, George H., Alice Leora and Adrian Redmon. After Nancy died on 2/18/1875, James married widow Anna M. Burnett Baker. He was a member of the Joseph P. Rice Post 69 GAR in Westminster.
He was born to John and Emma (Kemp) Eaton and lived in Westminster the majority of his life. He was a Private in Company A, 32nd Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers from 11/25/1861 until he was discharged for disability on April 7, 1862 at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor. He was one of 11 kids, three others of which were also Civil War soldiers. He was a chair maker and married Nancy Balentine on July 1, 1854 and had the children Mary J., Ellen Ej. Charles Emerson, Lucinthia, Ada, George H., Alice Leora and Adrian Redmon. After Nancy died on 2/18/1875, James married widow Anna M. Burnett Baker. He was a member of the Joseph P. Rice Post 69 GAR in Westminster.
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