For
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume II, Biographical, 1911, page 654
JOHN EADE....For nearly forty years in successful practice as veterinarian, Dr. John Eade, of Muscatine, has gained an enviable reputation and is knowm as one of the leaders in his profession in Iowa. He comes by his talents naturally as his father was a veterinary surgeon and a man of marked ability. The subject of this review was born in Cornwall, England, February 14, 1847, and is a son of James and Joanna ( Laty ) Eade, who were also natives of Cornwall. The father studied veterinary surgery at one of the great schools in London, England, and came to America in 1850, settling at Hazel Green, Grant county, Wisconsin. He practiced at Hazel Green, Mineral Point and other places in Wisconsin, later coming to Muscatine, where he departed this life at the age of eighty-four years. His wife died in 1861 when she was about forty years of age. She was a member of the Methodist church, while he was a stanch Episcopalian. James Eade, the paternal grandgather, was captain of a coal mine in England. The maternal grandfather was a farmer of England and he and his wife both died in that country. To Dr. James and Joanna Eade six children were born, all of whom are now deceased, except our subject.James Eade came with his parents to this country when he was three years of age and received his preliminary education in the public schools. At the age of seventeen, just as he was about to begin his business career, the armies of the north and south began to gather for deadly combat and John Eade enlisted in the Fifty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving until the close of the war, when he received his honorable discharge. He was always at his post of duty and proved to be a brave and faithful soldier. After receiving his discharge he began the practice of veterinary surgery, having learned the art from his father in earlier years while attending school. He just grew into the profession of veterinary surgery. He practiced in Grant and Lafayette counties, Wisconsin, and later in Jo Daviess county, Illinois, but in 1872 was attracted west of the Mississippi river, living for two years at Onawa, and in 1874 came to Muscatine, where he has since continued. Here he has built up a large patronage and is known over a wide region as an authority on veterinary matters.
On the 8th of November, 1876, Dr. Eade was united in marriage to Miss Ella Harrison, a daughter of Francis and Mary ( Meadows ) Harrison. She is a native of Jones county, North Caroline, born February 28, 1848. Her father and mother were both born in North Carolina and came to Iowa in 1856, settling in Louisa county, where the father departed this life in 1861, aged fifty-nine years. Mrs. Harrison lived to the advanced age of eighty-four years. Both were Methodists. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Eade was Ephraim Harrison, a farmer and his wife was Polly Conner, a native of Ireland. There were two children in their family, Francis and Phoebe. Five children constituted the family of the maternal grandfather, four of whom were Mary, Louisa, Helen and George. Two children have been born to Dr. and Mrs Eade : John L., who married Millie Standhope and is now engaged in mining near Georgetown, Colorado ; and Mary L., who married Harry H., Othmer, of Muscatine, and is the mother of two children, Murray E. and Raymond Harry.
Politically Dr. Eade is in sympathy with the principles of the republican party and fraternally he is identified with the Grand Army of the Republic. He proved his patriotism at a time when the practical demonstration of his loyalty meant a place of danger on the battlefield, and through his life he has been governed by the same principles of fidelity to right by which he was then animated. He represents the best class of American citizenship and is an upright and high-minded gentleman. It is an honor to be known as his friend. Hence, he worthily occupies a high place in the estimation of the people of Muscatine county.
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