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Jesse Eaton (1827 - 1873)

Jesse "Jack" Eaton
Born in Palestine, Crawford, Illinois, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 3 May 1849 (to Mar 1873) in Anderson, Texas, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 46 in Denison, Grayson, Texas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Jesse Eaton BIRTH 6 Feb 1827 Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois, USA DEATH 10 Mar 1873 (aged 46) Denison, Grayson County, Texas, BURIAL Oakwood Cemetery Denison, Grayson County, Texas, USA [1]

Article describing the family living in a tent near the Park, and his death from "congestive chill, leaving a wife and seven children in destitute circumstances (two of the children also ill) and the "mother without money or even bread" ... Mr. T. M. Wright, assistant Deputy Sheriff, ordered a coffin and saw to the burial ... does mention that "Mr Eaton did excellent service for Texas during the Mexican War" .. the family had resided in the county for five years

Military -- Jesse served in James S. Sutton's Company during the Mexican War in 1847-48. He married Elizabeth J. Huffman in 1849 in Anderson Co., TX.

MARRIAGE record of Jesse Eaton and Elizabeth Hoffman Date 03 May 1849 Anderson, Texas, United States [2]

Per the xerox of the Family Bible sent by B. Yancey (living) notes are appended to this list in [3]

  • Children of Jesse [b. Feb 6th 1827; d. Mar 10th 1873] and Elizabeth [b. Apr 19th 1829; d. Nov 3rd 1917] included:
  1. William H. (1852-1864), [b. Mar 19th 1852; d. Feb 11th 1864]
  2. Mary M. O. (1853-1906), [b. Oct 14th 1853; d. Oct 30th 1906]
  3. Malinda Caroline O. (1857-1933), [b. Jul 30th 1854]
  4. Martha J. (1859-1864), [b. Mar 24th 1859; d. Jul 16th 1864]
  5. John Daniel (1861-1942), [b. Jun 24th 1861]
  6. Thomas Jefferson (1863-1929), [b. Mar 8th 1863]
  7. Laura Elizabeth (1865-1907), [b. Jul 26th 1865; d. Apr 26th 1907]

and twins

  1. Adeline (1869-1930) [b. Jul 11th 1869]
  2. Emeline (1869-1883) [b. Jul 11th 1869; d. Jan 8th 1883]

Eaton Cemetery, Limestone County, Texas [4]

Richard Eaton and his wife, Mary, came to Texas as part of the Robertson Colony and received land in and around Robertson and Limestone Counties. Richard and Mary were married in Logan County, Kentucky on January 3, 1803 and along with their children, Lucinda, Rachael, Richard, Daniel, Jessee, Sarah E., Silas, and Benjamin, entered Texas with the Daniel Parker [Two-Seed-in-the-Spirit Predestinarian Baptist] group in 1833.

Mary (Polly) Eaton died in 1848 and was the first person buried on a plot of land on the family farm later known as the Eaton Cemetery, Limestone County. The plot later became known as Eaton Cemetery.

"Richard Eaton was considerably advanced in age and died in 1855". Polly, his first wife, is buried on his left side, and Charity Arnold, his second wife, who was the first wife of Richard’s brother, Stephen H. Eaton, is buried on his right.

Jesse Eaton was born to Richard Eaton and Mary Polly Robertson. Jesse's siblings included Absolum, Malinda, Squire, Mary Polly, Elizabeth, Lucinda, Rachel, Richard, Daniel and Sarah Ellen. Most of the family followed Daniel Parker (Pilgrim Predestinarian Church founder) to Texas in 1833. Several family members are buried in the Eaton Cemetery, Limestone Co, TX. [5]

1850 Census Limestone county, Limestone, Texas, [6] House Number 193

Jesse Eaton M 24 Illinois
Elizabeth Eaton F 22 Illinois

1860 Census Bosque, Texas, Page 27 House Number 187 [7]

Jesse Eaton M 33 Illinois
Elizezebeth Eaton F 31 Illinois
W H Eaton M 8 Texas
N O Eaton F 6 Texas
M C Eaton F 3 Texas
Martha Eaton F 1 Texas

1870 Census on 18 July 1870 in Precinct 1, Grayson County, Texas, USA. 3 [per Hainings website] [8]

HOUSEHOLD
Eaton, Jack 45 M Farmer Illinois
Eaton Elisabeth 46 F Keeps House Illinois
Eaton, Malinda. C. 13 F At Home Texas
Eaton, W. H. John. 9 M Texas
Eaton, Thomas. J. 7 M Texas
Eaton, Laura. E. 5 F Texas
Eaton, Emaline 1 F Texas (twin)
Eaton, Adaline 1 F Texas (twin) /

Sources

  1. Find A Grave: Memorial #177790681
  2. "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLHJ-QQJ : 4 November 2017),
  3. Transcript of xerox copy of Bible Records for Births and Deaths of Jesse Eaton and family, per B. Yancey
  4. Eaton Cemetery, Limestone County, Texas http://www.limestonechc.com/cemetery-preservation/eaton-cemetery/
  5. Jesse Eaton Our Preece & Pruitt Family Lines https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=linda9201&id=I5145
  6. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXL2-BC1 : 12 April 2016),
  7. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFY-S7Q : 12 December 2017),
  8. 1870 Census on 18 July 1870 in Precinct 1, Grayson County, Texas, USA. 3 [per Hainings website] http://hainings.org/hainings-net/8222.htm




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