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Eaton, George Howard, banker, state senwas born March 14, 1848, in Milltown, N.B. In 1866 he graduated from Phillips academy of Andover, Mass.; and in 1870 graduated from Amherst college of Massachusetts. For many years he was president ator,

of the Calais national bank; and is now president of the International trust and banking company. He is a trustee of the Bangor theological seminary; and a trustee of the library of Calais, Maine. In 1901-04 he served two terms as a representative in the Maine state legislature; and in 1906-07 he was a member of the Maine state senate.

Eaton, George Thomas, educator mathematician, was bom Feb. 13, 1856, in AnIn 1878-80 he taught in the dover, Mass.

Monaon academy of Monson, Mass.; and then moved to Andover, Mass., to become instructor in mathematics in Phillip's acad-

emy. Eaton,

George

Washington,

clergyman,

was born July 3, 1804, in Henderson, Pa. He was president of Madison university in 1850-61; and at the same college president,

time professor of systematic theology. In 1861-71 he was president of Hamilton Theological seminary; and professor of homiHe died Aug. 3, 1873, in Hamilton, letics. N.Y. Eaton, Homer, clergyman, was bom Nov. 16, 1834, in Enosburgh, Va. In 1857 he was admitted to the Troy annual conference of the methodist episcopal church; and his first He was pastorate being in Troy, N.Y. elected agent of the Methodist book concern,

and

still holds that position. Eaton, Horace, educator, state legislator, governor, was born June 23, 1804, in Barnard, Vt. He was for some years a member

of the legislature of

Vermont; lieutenant-

governor in 1843-46; fifteenth governor in 1846-49; superintendent of public schools in 1845-50; and was a member of the constitutional convention in 1848. He died July 4, 1855, in Middlebury, Vt. Eaton, Isaac, educator, clergyman, was

He was in 1724, in Montgomery, Pa. for twenty-six years pastor of the baptist church in Hopewell, N.J.; and was the first teacher among American baptists to open a school for the education of young men for the ministry. He died July 4, 1772, in Hopewell, N.J. Eaton, James R., educator, clergyman, scientist, was born Dec. 11, 1834, at Hamilton, N.Y. In the spring of 1869 he became professor of natural science in William He died Jewell college, of Liberty, Mo. March 20, 1897, in Cairo, Egypt, while on

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a trip to the Holy Land. Eaton, James Shirley, lecturer, author, was born Aug. 1, 1868, in Nashville, Tenn. He has been chairman, clerk, traveling auditor and is now statistician in railroad busiHe has been a lecturer in the New ness. York university; and is now resident lec-

turer of Tuck school, in Dartmouth college. He is the author of Railroad Operations; and a Monograph on Railway Education.

W., lawyer, author, was In 1856, in Albany, N. Y. 1892-95 he was district attorney of Albany county, N.Y.; and since 1891 has been lecturer in Albany law school. He is the author of Domestic Relations; Bankruptcy; and Equity. He died in 1901 in Albany, Eaton, James

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14,

N.Y. Eaton, John, soldier, educator, journalist, author, was bom Dee. 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. In 1895 he became president of the

Sheldon Jackson college.

In 1898 he was

inspector of education for Porto Rico. He was the author of History of Thetford acad-

emy; Mormons of To-day; The Freedmen in the War; and Schools of Tennessee. He died in 1906 in Washington, D.C. Eaton, John Henry, governor. United States senator, author, was born in 1790 in Tennessee. In 1817-31 he was United States senator from Tennessee, and in 1829-31 he was secretary of war. In 1834-36 he was governor of the territory of Florida; and in 1836-40 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

Giles, naval oflBcer, was Jan. 29, 1847, in Greenville, Ala. In 1861 he was a midshipman in the United States navy; and in 1901 became captain. He commanded the Enterprise, Resolute, Chesapeake, Oregon and Massachusetts. He received a medal of honor for services in the Spanish-American war. In 1905 he was retired with the rank of rear-admiral. Eaton, Joseph Oriel, painter, artist, was born Feb. 8, 1829, in Licking county, Ohio. He was an effective genre and portrait painter, both in oil and water colors. He exhibited at the national academy Landscape View on the Hudson; and Moral Instruction. He died Feb. 7, 1875, in Yonkera, N.Y.

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Eaton, Leonard Hobart, educator, founder. of the founders of a private school in Pittsburg, Pa. For thirty years he was a principal of the Forbes school of Pittsburg. For five years he was president of the Baptist social union of Pittsburg. He died Feb. 10, 1895, in Allegheny,

He was one

Eaton, Levns, congressman, was bom in York. In 1823-25 he was a representative from New York to the eighteenth congress. He died in New York. Eaton, Nathaniel, educator, pioneer, was bora about 1609 in England. He was the

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