William Wallace Eaton b. 13 Oct 1830 Newark, Essex Co, New Jersey, USA d. 13 Feb 1920 Bonners Ferry, , Idaho, USA: H600 GenDB

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Name	William Wallace Eaton
Born	13 Oct 1830	Newark, Essex Co, New Jersey, USA
Gender	Male
Died	13 Feb 1920	Bonners Ferry, , Idaho, USA
Person ID	I4727	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
Last Modified	27 Oct 2013

Father	William Eaton, b. 24 Mar 1793, Rindge, Cheshire Co, New Hampshire, USA , d. 1856, Forest Grove (Near), Holt Co, Missouri, USA (Age 62 years)
Mother	Eunice Peirce, b. 13 Dec 1793, Shutesbury, Franklin Co, Massachusetts, USA , d. 5 Dec 1862, Manti, Fremont Co, Iowa, USA (Age 68 years)
Married	23 Jan 1814	Shutesbury, Franklin Co, Massachusetts, USA
Family ID	F1962	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Caroline Greene, b. 9 Nov 1831, , d. 10 Jan 1902, Hastings, Mills Co, Iowa, USA (Age 70 years)

Children

	1. Orson Eaton, b. 18 Jun 1851, Little Rock, Holt Co, Missouri, USA , d. 17 Apr 1931, Konash, Millard Co, Utah, USA (Age 79 years)
	2. Amanda R. Eaton, b. Nov 1854, Iowa, USA
	3. Sarah Eaton, b. 30 Mar 1856, Iowa, USA , d. 30 Aug 1870 (Age 14 years)
	4. William Wayfair Eaton, b. Sep 1858, Iowa, USA , d. Bonners Ferry, , Idaho, USA
	5. Frances Eaton, b. Mar 1861, , Mills Co, Iowa, USA
	6. Harry R. Eaton, b. 8 Aug 1863, Emerson, Mills Co, Iowa, USA , d. 10 Mar 1953, Bonners Ferry, , Idaho, USA (Age 89 years)
	7. Louis Eaton, b. 13 Mar 1866, , Mills Co, Iowa, USA , d. 21 Mar 1867, Iowa, USA (Age 1 years)
	8. Addie Eaton, b. Abt 1867, , Mills Co, Iowa, USA
	9. Richard F. Eaton, b. 2 Sep 1870, , Mills Co, Iowa, USA , d. 24 May 1871, , Mills Co, Iowa, USA (Age 0 years)
	10. Carrie Eaton, b. 4 Apr 1872, , Mills Co, Iowa, USA , d. 27 Aug 1872, , Mills Co, Iowa, USA (Age 0 years)
	11. Evangeline M. Eaton, b. 4 Apr 1872, Hastings, Mills Co, Iowa, USA , d. 13 Jul 1938, Spokane, Spokane Co, Washington, USA (Age 66 years)
	12. Leroy J. Eaton, b. Oct 1875, , Mills Co, Iowa, USA

Last Modified 4 Feb 2011

Family ID F2066 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 Amelia Cox, b. 19 Oct 1842, Quincy, Adams Co, Illinois, USA , d. 20 Oct 1926 (Age 84 years)

Married 6 Nov 1876

Children

	1. Robert C. Eaton, b. Abt 1878, Kansas, USA
	2. Ambrosia Eaton, b. Abt 1879, Kansas, USA

Last Modified 22 Mar 2009

Family ID F2067 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Census Place: Sumner, Osborne Co, Kansas 1880
Household: Page Number 302C
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Fath er's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
William EATON Self M Male W 49 NJ Farmer VA MA
Emelia EATON Wife M FemaleW 38 IL Keeping House NY NY
Eva M. EATON Dau S FemaleW 7 IA NJ MI
Leroy J. EATON Son S Male W 4 IA NJ MI
Robert C. EATON Son S Male W 1 KS NJ IL
Ambrosia EATON Dau S FemaleW 11M KS NJ IL

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Notes for WILLIAM WALLACE EATON:
l. From the Bonners Ferry Herald: Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 17 Feb 1920
EARLY PIONEER OF BONNERS FERRY, WILLIAM EATON DIES FRIDAY
William Eaton, "The Father of Bonners Ferry" died Friday at one o'clock at his home west of the the schoolhouse. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the local Masonic Lodge, of which the deceased was a member, having charge of the services in accordance with the wishes of Mr. Eaton, oftimes expressed. A full representation of the Masonci Lodge marched to the cemetery under the command of J. W. Stewart. The pallbearers were George T. Gray, H. P. Garratt, Fred Gleed, F. A. Schultis, E. L. Little, and J. B. Bra???.
At the grave the beautiful and impressive Masonic funeral service was given in its entirety. The coffin was well covered with many beautiful floral tributes.
The deceased was 90 years old and was born 13 October 1829, at Newark, New Jersey. He came to this district 32 years ago and was one of the first white men to settle here. He is survived by his wife, to whom he was married in 1876 in Page County Iowa, and nine children; Mrs. T. J. Jones, Mrs. Eva Roath, Harry Eaton, and Roy Eaton, all of this city; Mrs. W. A. Sweet of Spokane, Mrs, Addie Hopper of Oregon; Mrs. Fannie Holbrook of Nebraska, Orson Eaton of southern Idaho, William W. Eaton of Wolf Creek Alberta, Mrs. Sweet of Spokane was here to attend her father's funeral but the other children residing out-of-town were not able to be here.
The deceased came from the well known Massachusetts family of Eatons whose progenitors came with the early Pilgrim Colonists to that "stern and rock bound shore".
About 1839 his parents immigrated west and settled in the Ohio river valley. The call of the west found eager response in Mr. Eaton in his early years and he worked in the lead mines of Galena, Illinois. and later lived at Keokuk Iowa. Here he received a rudimentary school education.
In the year 1849 Mr. Eaton had migrated to the most advanced outpost of the U. S. Army, later known as Fort Omaha, and here he engaged in trapping and trading.
When the Civil War came Mr. Eaton applied for enlistment but was rejected on account of a physical injury he had received by accident. However; he was appointed a Leutenant of the Home Guards Organization, whose duty it was to patrol the state boundaries and quell roving bands of guerillas and bandits that infested the district.
After the war he engaged in farmilng in Kansas and in 1887 he traded his farm for merchandise stock in Alton Kansas. In the spring of 1888 in company with a friend, William Rosegrant, Mr. Eaton came to the northwest for a hunting and exploring trip, and traveled over the mountains by way of Bull Lake Montana, coming to the Kootenai River at Troy and floating down the river on a raft to Bonners Ferry. They continued their journey to coast points but of all the places they visited they were most impressed with the country about Bonners Ferry and on their return home Mr. Eaton set about to make arrangements to return and bring his family and stock of merchandise. Mr. Rosegrant entered into partnership with him in the store venture and the party arrived here in August 1888. A large log building had been previously constructed almost upon the exact site of the present Eaton home and he purchased this and opened up for business as soon as he could freight his goods from the Northern Pacific railway by wagons. The merchandise business was slow aft first but it later became profitable.