09SEP1785NY-15FEB1868IL
He m1 22DEC1805NY Lydia PRESTON
He m2 25OVT1829NY Lucy L. DAINES
John EATON, in the fall of 1835, with brother-in-law, Alva Daines, went to Carroll Co., IL overland & laid claim to 460 acres in area of Elk Horn Grove. They returned via St. Louis & Pittsburg on riverboats. In September 1836, he returned with his family except daughters Melinda & Clarissa. They settled in a little log cabin 16 feet square with a mud & stick chimney. The first winter, they lived on 'johnny cake' that Lucy EATON baked before her little fireplace.
He m first wife, Lydia PRESTON(1785NY-1829NY), in 1805 at Cherry ValleyOtsego.Co,NY.
He died 19FEB1868 Garden Plain,Whiteside.Co,IL.
09SEP1785NY-15FEB1868IL
He m1 22DEC1805NY Lydia PRESTON
He m2 25OVT1829NY Lucy L. DAINES
John EATON, in the fall of 1835, with brother-in-law, Alva Daines, went to Carroll Co., IL overland & laid claim to 460 acres in area of Elk Horn Grove. They returned via St. Louis & Pittsburg on riverboats. In September 1836, he returned with his family except daughters Melinda & Clarissa. They settled in a little log cabin 16 feet square with a mud & stick chimney. The first winter, they lived on 'johnny cake' that Lucy EATON baked before her little fireplace.
He m first wife, Lydia PRESTON(1785NY-1829NY), in 1805 at Cherry ValleyOtsego.Co,NY.
He died 19FEB1868 Garden Plain,Whiteside.Co,IL.
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