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John Eaton

Male 1811 - 1814 - Abt 1898  (84 years)


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  • Name John Eaton  [1, 2, 3
    Born 1811 - 1814  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5
    • The 1860 census lists his birthplace as Illinois; all others give Kentucky.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Bureau Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Occupation 1850  Bureau Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farmer 
    Residence 1850  Bureau Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    With wife Nancy (York), a daughter and a sister 
    Residence 1858  Americus, Breckenridge, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    The 1859 Kansas state census lists a "date of settlement" for each family 
    Census 1859  Americus, Breckenridge, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 1859  Americus, Breckenridge, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    With another adult and five children 
    Census 1860  Marysville, Marshall, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Marysville P.O. 
    Occupation 1860  Marysville, Marshall, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Farmer 
    Residence 1860  Marysville, Marshall, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    With second wife Mary and six children 
    Census 1870  Nishnabotna Twp., Atchison, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Rock Port P.O. 
    Occupation 1870  Nishnabotna Twp., Atchison, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Farmer 
    Residence 1870  Nishnabotna Twp., Atchison, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    With five children 
    Residence 1877  Bandera Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Listed among residents but not as a land owner; owned a wagon and two horses 
    Census 1880  Precinct 1, Mason, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Enumeration District 103 
    Occupation 1880  Precinct 1, Mason, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8
    Works on farm 
    • Owned one horse [8]
    • The Mason County tax rolls of 1880 do not specifically list his occupation, however, he owned no land but apparently some equipment that would be used in farming
    Residence 1880  Precinct 1, Mason, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8
    With son Joseph A Eaton, daughter-in-law Elizabeth (Huffman) and their three children 
    Residence 1881  Mason Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Occupation 1888  Taylor Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Farmer; owned 375 sheep valued at $350 
    Residence 1888  Taylor Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Not recorded in the county tax roll as owning any land but recorded adjacent to son James M Eaton 
    Residence 1889  Bandera Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Listed among residents but not as a land owner; owned a wagon, two horses, and a cow 
    Occupation 1891  Taylor Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Farmer; owned six cattle 
    Residence 1891  Taylor Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Listed in the "Residents" section of the county tax roll for this year, though not listed as a land owner. Probably lived with son James M Eaton 
    Died Abt 1898  Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [13
    • Said to have been near Holdenville, Hughes Co., Oklahoma; best guess is in nearby Okfuskee County on the land of a Creek named Aha-Luck Harjo
    Notes 
    • Not found in the Bandera Co., Texas tax rolls of 1879
    • Not found in Index to Probate Minutes of Taylor Co., Texas 1874-1904 (23 Jan 2017)
      Probate records of Mason Co., Texas not available online (23 Jan 2017)
      Not found in Index to Probate Records of Bandera Co., Texas 1856-1974 (23 Jan 2017)
      Not found in Muskogee Nation, Indian Territory Probate Records vol. A and B, 1890-1905 (23 Jan 2017)
      Not found in probate records of the United States District Court of Ardmore, Indian Territory of 1895-1907 -- very few such records (23 Jan 2017)
      Not found in the Supreme Court Record Book of the Creek Nation, vol. 48 1884-1898 (23 Jan 2017)
    • No Eatons found in the lists of Illinois soldiers of the Black Hawk War (1831-32) (19 Feb 2018)
    Person ID I0910  Wm L Gann Ancestors
    Last Modified 16 Oct 2018 

    Family Mary York,   b. 1820 - 1824, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Jun 1860 - 01 Jun 1870  (Age 46 years) 
    Children 
     1. Rachel Eaton,   b. 1846 - 1847, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 01 Jun 1860  (Age 13 years)
     2. James Madison Eaton,   b. 2 Jun 1850, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1934, Stephens Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     3. Joseph Asbury Eaton,   b. 8 Aug 1852, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1939, Mason, Mason, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     4. Sarah Jane Eaton,   b. 1852 - 1854, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 01 Jun 1870  (Age 16 years)
     5. Lucinda Catherine Eaton,   b. 17 Nov 1858, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1926, Shelton, Mason, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     6. Margaret Ann Eaton,   b. 18 Jun 1860, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1941, Ingram, Kerr, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F429  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S40178] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 430, p. 51, Marysville, Marshall, Kansas (Reliability: 2), 01 Jul 2010.

    2. [S34634] 1870 United States Federal Census, United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 158, p. 21, Nishnabotna Twp., Atchison, Missouri (Reliability: 2), 16 May 2010.

    3. [S26716] Eaton, Margaret A - Death Certificate - Texas 1941, Texas Department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics, (Texas, 1941), FHL US/CAN Film 2138817 #56641..

    4. [S34621] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), fam. 516, p. 262, Bureau Co., Illinois (Reliability: 2), 06 Aug 2010.

    5. [S34622] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005), fam. 25, p. 3, ED 103, Precinct 1, Mason, Texas (Reliability: 2), 21 Apr 2010.

    6. [S26893] Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009), p. 4, Americus, Breckenridge, Kansas, 1859 (Reliability: 2), 19 Nov 2010.

    7. [S70] Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910, index and images, FamilySearch, (FamilySearch), Bandera county > 1877 > image 13 of 63 (Reliability: 3), 29 Jul 2015.

    8. [S70] Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910, index and images, FamilySearch, (FamilySearch), Mason county > 1880 > image 13 of 71 (Reliability: 3), 10 Nov 2014.

    9. [S70] Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910, index and images, FamilySearch, (FamilySearch), Mason county > 1881 > image 13 of 77 (Reliability: 3), 10 Nov 2014.

    10. [S70] Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910, index and images, FamilySearch, (FamilySearch), Taylor county > 1888 > image 25 of 151 (Reliability: 3), 11 Nov 2014.

    11. [S70] Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910, index and images, FamilySearch, (FamilySearch), Bandera county > 1889 > image 17 of 77 (Reliability: 3), 21 Mar 2016.

    12. [S70] Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1846-1910, index and images, FamilySearch, (FamilySearch), Taylor county > 1891 > image 42 of 231 (Reliability: 3), 11 Nov 2014.

    13. [S14597] Genealogy.com Genforum Message Boards, http://genforum.genealogy.com/eaton/messages/344.html.