One of three children. Yale Grad. Married to Julia Henrietta Hammer (d. 1920). Father of Frederick Seldon Eaton and Richard Lawrence Eaton.

An archeologist and paleontologist.

Bio Yale
Haven, Conn , died November 6, 1949, Groton, Conn
Father, Daniel C Eaton (B A 1857) Mother, Caroline
(Ketcham) Eaton (cert School of the Fine Arts 1898) Yale relatives
include William P Ketcham (B A. 1862) (uncle), Thorvald
F H Tenney (Class of 1915 S ) (nephew)
Hopkins Grammar School Dissertation appointment Junior and
Senior years, Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Psi Upsilon Ph D 1898
(Sigma Xi)
Assistant in osteology Yale University 1898-99, instructor comparative
osteology 1899-1919, curator osteology 1902-20, associate
curator paleontology 1904-20, osteologist Yale Peruvian Expedition
1912, secretary Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 1905 until
retirement 1946 (editor publications 1916-46), exhibited first restoration
of a prehistoric animal at St Louis World's Fair (gold
medal awarded to Yale), invited to Congres International des Americanistes
m Gothenburg 1924, author Collections of Osteological
Material from Machu Picchu, Osteology of Pteranodon, contributed
to American Journal of Science and other publications, Lieutenant
Connecticut Naval Militia, Spanish-American War, and U S Naval
Reserve Force 1917-19, member Society of Colonial Wars, Paleontological
Society, American Anthropological Society, American
Geographical Society, American Society of Naturalists, and American
Association for the Advancement of Science
Married October 24, 1899, Branford, Conn , Julia Henrietta
Hammer (Vassar 1886-88, Yale School of the Fine Arts Class of
1899), daughter of Thorvald Frederick and Delphma (Lundsteen)
Hammer Children Frederick Selden, '23, and Richard Lawrence,
'30 Mrs Eaton died 1920
Death due to cerebral thrombosis Buried in Center Cemetery,
Branford Survived by children and a grandson