Orson Mortimer Eaton

Male19 July 1840–23 January 1933

Brief Life History of Orson Mortimer

When Orson Mortimer Eaton was born on 19 July 1840, in Rockport Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, his father, Dyer Eaton, was 38 and his mother, Emmeline Clark, was 27. He married Jane M. Spencer on 4 February 1864, in Marion, Linn, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Cedar Rapids, Linn, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Carlyle Township, Beadle, South Dakota, United States in 1900. He died on 23 January 1933, in Alpena, Jerauld, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Alpena, Jerauld, South Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Orson Mortimer Eaton
1840–1933
Jane M. Spencer
1846–1893
Marriage: 4 February 1864
Arthur Lee Eaton
1865–1949
George O Eaton
1866–1908
Kate Eaton
1867–
Clara L Eaton
1869–1958
Nellie Emmeline Eaton
1872–1910
Lewis Edgar 'Ed' Eaton
1873–1909
Ralph Mortimer Eaton
1887–1947

Sources (18)

  • Manton Eaton in household of George Eaton, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Martimer O. Eaton, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Orson Mortimer Eaton, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    4 February 1864Marion, Linn, Iowa, United States
  • Children (7)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (12)

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    World Events (8)

    1846

    Age 6

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1846

    Age 6

    Iowa is the 29th state.

    1865

    Age 25

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of various places called Eaton or Eton, such as Eaton Socon (Bedfordshire), Eaton (Cheshire), or Eton (Buckinghamshire), named from either Old English ēa ‘river’ or ēg ‘island, low-lying land’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

    History: Nathaneal Eaton, born in Coventry, England, c. 1609, came to MA in 1637 and was the first head of Harvard College, in 1638–39.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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    My Grandfather Eaton's ancestors came to America on the Mayflower. His full name was Orson Mortimer Eaton. He was born July 19,1840. I thin in Wisconsin. His parents moved to Iowa and settled near …

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