EAGLE BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== EAGLE, John E. - b: 1850 Quincy, IL source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 611 residence: Deepwater Twp John E. Eagle, merchant, and an enterprising business man of this vicinity, is a native of Illinois, and was born in Quincy June 23, 1850. his father, D. A. Eagle, originally from Pennsylvania, died in Paducah, Kentucky, in 1850. His mother, formally Udolpha Miller, was born in Maryland. In 1852, some two years after the death of Mr. Eagle, she was married to J. G. Dorman. John E. moved with his parents to Missouri in 1855, and located in Clinton, Henry County, where Mr. Dorman was engaged in the mercantile business. He spent his youth in his father's store and in attending the public school of Clinton, and also completed a course of study at the Jonathan Jones Commercial College of St. Louis, in 1870. For some time previous to the war he was bookkeeper in his father's store, and during the war he had full charge of that business. He commenced business in Montrose in December, 1875, under the firm name of Dorman & Son. He carries a large and select stock of general merchandise, is a thorough business man, deservedly popular, and is enjoying an immense patronage. Mr. Eagle was married in Montrose January 22, 1879, to Miss Susie Ann Tucker, of this county, and a daughter of D. A. Tucker, of Montrose. They have one child, Ralph A., who was born November 2, 1879. Mr. Eagle is a member of the Independent. Order of Odd Fellows, in which order he is Vice Grand. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by the Henry County MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mohenry/henryco.html Contact the Henry County Coordinator for comments or corrections. ====================================================================