Lucien Bonaparte Eaton (1809 - 1889)

Born 17 Dec 1809 in Hartley, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Malinda (Phelps) Eaton — married 3 Jun 1853 (to 19 Feb 1874) in Freemont, Indiana

Died 27 Feb 1889 at age 79 in Fremont Township, Steuben, Indiana, United States

Biography

Rev. Lucien was born in 1809 to John Eaton and Mary Kimball while they were living a short time in Montreal, Quebec. He married Malinda Phelps. He died in 1889 in Indiana.

Child born to Lucien Eaton and Malinda Phelps:

• Isaac - June 12, 1855 (He was a sturdy farmer, his possessions lying near his father's farms, in Fremont, Indiana)

Notes about Lucien Eaton from Eaton Genealogy:

Lucien Bonaparte Eaton , b. Dec. 17, 1809 nearly settled in northern Indiana, finally locating in Fremont, Indiana. For three years he gave himself to the itinerant ministry of the Protestant Methodist church. Subsequently, while occasionally preaching, he devoted himself to farming, and was one of the large land-owners of his section. He married July 3, 1853 to Malinda Phelps b. Nov. 20, 1814 in Brookfield, Franklin Co., Indiana, daughter of Reuben Benjamin and Ruth Corson Phelps. She died Feb. 19, 1874. He died Feb. 17, 1889 and they are buried at The Old Cemetery now called Freemont Cemetery in Steuben County, Indiana. Lucien was a man of vigorous intellect and fine poetic sense. He gave 800 acres of land and over $5,000 to found and maintain a home in his (Steuben) county for indigent widows and spinsters, and the remainder of his estate, consisting of 120 acres of land, to his son. Though of eccentric severity in limiting his own comforts, he was a most generous giver to his church and to his township enterprises. His son Isaac was born Jan. 12, 1855. He was a sturdy farmer, his possessions lying near his Father's farms in Fremont, Indiana.

Sources

• Canada births - 1808
• Indiana vital statistics
• US Census`s
• Eaton Genealogy & Documentatioon
• The Eaton Grange biography
• Find a Grave Memorial #66738303