Eaton, W. J.

EATON

Posted By: Gary Norris (email)
Date: 1/14/2013 at 08:21:07

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

EATON, W.J.—Grinnell Twp—pg 894. Dealer in butter, eggs, and poultry, Grinnell. Was born in Connecticut, April 15, 1847, and when ten years of age removed with his parents to this State and settled in Grinnell, where his education was obtained at the Iowa College. He graduated from that institution in 1871, and became engaged as a railroad contractor, which he continued until 1873, and in 1874 commenced his present business. He has a large and flourishing trade. During the late war he enlisted, in the spring of 1864, in company B, Forty-sixth Iowa volunteers, and served about four months, when he was honorably discharged.