JOHN EAGAN
John Eagan came in the spring of 1854, and located on section 14. He built a cabin, and began improving his claim. The land on which he settled is now owned by Chauncey Slater. After he had been here about one year, he was driving his team one day, when he was thrown from the wagon, receiving injuries from which he died a short time afterward. The family now resides in the vicinity.
Transcribed by Gloria Goltiani from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 637.
