The Eaton family came to Kansas in 1881. Albert's grandfather (Nathan Eaton) came from Emerson, Iowa in the winter of 1880, bought a farm, 240 acres in Osborne County, then brought the family, with 15 children, to Kansas in the spring of 1881. The journey took 2 weeks in two covered wagons.
Of his 15 siblings, four died in infancy.
He married Miss Sarah Angeline Miller on July 24, 1907 at Portis. Albert worked odd jobs from 1907 till 1913, at which time he began working for the railroad as a section laborer. He made engine watchman 1926 and retired in 1951.
He and Sarah had eleven children. He was preceded in death by his wife, two sons: Edwin James Eaton and Henry Abner Eaton.
He is survived by nine children: Laura Jane Oltman, Elizabeth Naomi Remmert, Paul Burton Eaton, Claudine Joy Williams, Mary Margaret Koel, Ralph Nathan Eaton, Delores Maxine Geisler, Allie Leah Reynolds and James Delano Eaton, 51 grandchildren, 124 great-grandchildren and 33 great-great-grandchildren.
The Eaton family came to Kansas in 1881. Albert's grandfather (Nathan Eaton) came from Emerson, Iowa in the winter of 1880, bought a farm, 240 acres in Osborne County, then brought the family, with 15 children, to Kansas in the spring of 1881. The journey took 2 weeks in two covered wagons.
Of his 15 siblings, four died in infancy.
He married Miss Sarah Angeline Miller on July 24, 1907 at Portis. Albert worked odd jobs from 1907 till 1913, at which time he began working for the railroad as a section laborer. He made engine watchman 1926 and retired in 1951.
He and Sarah had eleven children. He was preceded in death by his wife, two sons: Edwin James Eaton and Henry Abner Eaton.
He is survived by nine children: Laura Jane Oltman, Elizabeth Naomi Remmert, Paul Burton Eaton, Claudine Joy Williams, Mary Margaret Koel, Ralph Nathan Eaton, Delores Maxine Geisler, Allie Leah Reynolds and James Delano Eaton, 51 grandchildren, 124 great-grandchildren and 33 great-great-grandchildren.
Family Members
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Harvey H. Eaton
1887 – unknown
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Chancey Homer Eaton
1888–1972
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Leslie G Eaton
1890–1963
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Millie Edith Eaton Dey
1894–1990
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Henry Eaton
1897–1897
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Benjamin Franklin Eaton
1898–1986
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Vernon Reuben "Vern" Eaton
1900–1985
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Harry Eaton
1902–1902
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Sylvia Louise Eaton Tyler
1907–1999
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Ruth N Eaton
1910–1910
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Blanch A Eaton
1912–1912
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