Bio of EATON, Leo Kimball (b.1878), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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HON. LEO K. EATON (Leo Kimball Eaton) - Vol III, pg 507-508
Hon. Leo K. Eaton, lawyer and lawmaker, is representing his district in the
state legislature and since 1907 he has been identified with the Minneapolis
bar, of which he is an able member. He was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, February
9, 1878, and his parents were Menzo and Alice (Kimball) Eaton, who were also
natives of that city. The paternal and maternal grandparents became pioneer
settlers of Oshkosh, the former removing to that section from New York state and
the latter from Vermont. The father devoted his attention to the practice of
law, in which he was very successful, gaining a high standing in his profession,
and for some time he served as corporation counsel of Oshkosh.
In the public schools of his native city Leo K. Eaton acquired his early
education and later became a student at Williams College, from which he was
graduated in 1899, while subsequently he attended the Georgetown Law School at
Washington, D. C., for a period of two years. He passed the required examination
and was ad­mitted to the bar of that city in 1901, after which he returned to
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he began his professional career, there continuing in
practice for five years. During 1905 and 1906 he was chief clerk of the
Wisconsin state senate and in the latter year he became connected with the law
department of the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company. In 1907 he came to
Minneapolis and for about a year was employed as attorney by the Minneapolis &
St. Louis Railroad Company, after which he was connected with the law firm of
Wilson & Mercer for two years. He then became associated in practice with Judge
Loren W. Collins and this relation­ship was maintained until the death of the
latter in 1912. In the following year he became a partner of Willard R. Cray and
this association has been continued, a liberal clientele having been accorded
them. Mr. Eaton has a thorough knowledge of statute and precedent and his
careful analysis enables him correctly to apply his legal learning to the points
at issue. His mind is analytical, logical and inductive and in the trial cases
committed to his care he has been very successful.
His fellow citizens, recognizing his worth and ability, have called Mr. Eaton to
public office. In November, 1921, he was chosen to represent the thirty-fourth
district in the state legislature for a two-year term and is now serving on the
fol­lowing committees: Judiciary, appropriations, insurance, workmen's
compensation and public utilities. He gives to each question which comes up for
settlement his earnest and thoughtful consideration and his endorsement of any
measure is an indication of his honest belief in its efficacy as a factor for
good government or as an element in the promotion of the best interests of the
state.
On the 1st of January, 1908, Mr. Eaton was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth
Barber of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and they have two children: Mary Barber and
Leonard Kimball. His professional connections are with the Hennepin County,
Min­nesota State and American Bar Associations and he is also connected with
Delta Kappa Epsilon, and is a member of the Minneapolis Club. He is likewise
identified
with the Minnesota National Guard, and is major and adjutant of the Sixty-eighth
Infantry Brigade. The thoroughness of his knowledge of any subject in which he
takes an interest is one of his strongly marked characteristics and his
influence is ever on the side of progress, reform and improvement. He is fully
alive to the importance and responsibility of his profession and is deserving of
the high esteem in which he is held by his fellowmen.