Jackson County IA Archives Biographies.....Eaton, Murray April 13, 1849 - 
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Source: History of Jackson County, Iowa, 1910
Author: J. W. Ellis

MURRAY EATON. 

Murray Eaton, a substantial representative of the best agricultural interests 
of Maquoketa township, was born in that township, April 13, 1849. His father, 
R. T. Eaton, was born in New York state and about 1841 came to Jackson county, 
Iowa, where he married Miss Sallie Waldo, a daughter of David Waldo, who was a 
pioneer of this county. After his advent here R. T. Eaton followed his trade as 
a millwright and then, in 1851, went to California, where he remained four 
years. Upon his return in 1855, he located in Maquoketa township, where he 
bought a farm. After the inauguration of the Civil war, he enlisted in 1862, as 
a member of Company F, Thirty-first Iowa Infantry, serving until the 
culmination of the struggle. He was orderly sergeant of his company, and 
participated in the following engagements: Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, 
Raymond, Jackson, Black River, Vicksburg, Cherokee, Lookout Mountain, 
Missionary Ridge, Ringgold, Taylor's Hills, Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, Dallas, 
New Hope Church, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mount, and Atlanta, in one of which, in 
December, 1863, he was severely wounded. He returned home on a furlough but 
then rejoined his regiment in April, 1863. On the 4th of July, 1865, he was 
discharged from service and upon coming to Maquoketa again took up farming. The 
farm here remained his home until 1877, when he was attracted by the government 
land in Nebraska. Thither he went and remained until his death in 1893. 
Murray Eaton attended the public schools, in which he derived a good 
substantial education. When he put aside his textbooks he helped his father 
upon the farm and in 1878 took full charge of the place. In 1881 he went to 
Nebraska, engaging in agriculture for himself and at the same time assisting 
his father until the latter's death. During his sojourn in that state he also 
engaged in the livery business for four years, from 1893 to 1897. In February, 
1898, he returned to Jackson county, where he has since been engaged in 
farming, although he did not take up his residence upon the farm on which he 
now resides until 1904. Here he raises general crops and is also in the stock 
business, gaining from both industries an income that makes him one of the 
substantial men of his locality. In addition to his farm land he owns some town 
property in Franklin, Nebraska. 
In 1878 Mr. Eaton was united in marriage to Miss Sadie Wentworth, a daughter of 
J. O. Wentworth, of Jackson county. Mr. Eaton is a democrat in his political 
views and since his return to Jackson county has been a conspicuous figure in 
its local affairs for he has served two terms as constable in Maquoketa 
township and is at present road superintendent. Fraternally he holds membership 
in the Ancient Order of United Workmen, in the Modern Woodmen of America, at 
Franklin, Nebraska, and in the Knights of Pythias, at Maquoketa. Through well 
directed industry and economy Mr. Eaton has attained to a marked success in his 
field of operations and both as a farmer and as a stockman he enjoys the esteem 
of the men who, coming in contact with him, know him to be endowed with the 
strong traits of an upright character. 
J. W. Ellis, History of Jackson County, Iowa, 1910 




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