Cook County IL Archives Biographies.....Eaton, Frank P 
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Source: History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth; 1882
Author: Western Publishing Company

Frank P. Eaton, painter and auctioneer, was born in Concord, N. H., in 1844;
removed with his parents to Cass county, Mich. In 1862 enlisted in Co. I, 4th
Mich. Cav.; was in several important battles; was discharged in Sept., 1864, on
account of injuries received from being thrown from a horse; returned to Mich,
and became a member of the firm of Eaton Bros. & Co., carriage and wagon
manufacturers, at Dowagiac. In 1867, he engaged in traveling for a Chicago
house, which he continued until 1871; then settled at Dunlap, Ia., and engaged
in farming in Harrison township for three years, and in 1874 was appointed
deputy sheriff, under J. J. Peck; was also constable, marshal and street
commissioner of Dunlap. He is a member of J. G. Shattuck's detective association
of Dubuque, Ia. He was married Dec. 17th, 1868, to Florence Thomas, at Dowagiac,
Mich. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge.


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Harrison County Chapter; Dunlap Biographies

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