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Henry Mattison Eaton

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Birth	:	8 Feb 1842 Shelby County, Missouri, USA
Death	:	26 Apr 1919 Shelby County, Missouri, USA
Burial	:	Bacon Chapel Cemetery, Shelbyville, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.7511487, -92.1368436
Description	:	Son of James M. and Caroline Tobin Eaton. Husband of Elizabeth Lucinda Mitchell, married 12 FEB 1867 in Shelby County, Missouri. Occupation: Farmer MO d/c 16114 HENRY M. EATON. —Mr. Eaton is a representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of Shelby county and is himself one of its representative and honored citizens. He is now living virtually retired from active business, in the attractive little village of Lentner, and is vice-president of the Bank of Lentner. —Mr. Eaton was born on a farm in what is now Salt River township, Shelby county, Missouri,... Read More	Son of James M. and Caroline Tobin Eaton. Husband of Elizabeth Lucinda Mitchell, married 12 FEB 1867 in Shelby County, Missouri. Occupation: Farmer MO d/c 16114 HENRY M. EATON. —Mr. Eaton is a representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of Shelby county and is himself one of its representative and honored citizens. He is now living virtually retired from active business, in the attractive little village of Lentner, and is vice-president of the Bank of Lentner. —Mr. Eaton was born on a farm in what is now Salt River township, Shelby county, Missouri, February 8, 1842, and is a son of James M. and Caroline (Tobin) Eaton, the former of whom was born in Kentucky, September 30, 1816, and the latter of whom was born in the state of Virginia: their marriage was solemnized in Kentucky, April 2, 1840. James M. Eaton was reared and educated in his native state and was a young man at the time of his removal to Missouri. He settled in Shelby county, where he secured a tract of land, practically unimproved, and here he continued to give his attention to farming and stock-raising until his death, which occurred April 16, 1853, on his old homestead farm. He was a man of prominence and influence in the county in the early days, having served as county clerk and also as justice of the peace. He was a successful farmer and sterling citizen, and he was an influential factor in public affairs of a local order, having been one of the leaders in the ranks of the Democratic party in Shelby county. He enlisted for service in the Mexican war, and went to the front with a Missouri regiment. Both he and his wife were members of the Baptist church. She was summoned to the life eternal in 1843, at which time she was about twenty-five years of age. They became the parents of two children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the younger, and Ann E. died at the age of fifty-five years. Henry M. Eaton was born and lived on the old homestead farm of which mention has been made, until the death of his honored father, and was a lad of about ten years at the time. He passed the ensuing four years in the home of his maternal grandfather and in the meanwhile continued his school work as opportunity afforded. After leaving school he continued to be actively identified with agricultural pursuits, principally in the employ of others, for several years, and in 1862, loyal to the institutions under which he had been reared, he tendered his services in defense of the cause of the Confederacy, enlisting in the regiment commanded by General Price and taking active part in a number of spirited skirmishes and other minor engagements, including those at Shelbina, Silver Creek and Pea Ridge. He was mustered out and given an honorable discharge in the summer of 1863, and he then located upon a farm in Salt River township, this county, where he engaged in farming and stock-growing, and made a specialty of the handling of mules. In 1869 he removed to Monroe county and located in Holliday, where he conducted a drug store and where he also had large farming interests. He continued liis residence in that county for a period of sixteen years, at the expir- ation of which he returned to Shelby county. Here he is still the owner of a fine farm of eighty acres, in Lentner township, besides a nice residence property in the village of Lentner, where he has lived essentially retired since the year 1906. He was one of the incorporators of the Bank of Lentner, of which he is vice-president, and he has been a valued member of its board of directors from the time of its inception. Though never a seeker of public office he is aligned as a staunch advocate of the principles of the Democratic party, and both he and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal church. South. —On February 12, 1867, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Eaton to Miss Elizabeth L. Mitchell, who was born in Kentucky and who was a child at the time of her parents' removal to Monroe county, Missouri, where they became pioneer settlers and where she was reared and educated. Mr. and Mrs. Eaton became the parents of seven children, and in conclusion of this brief sketch is entered record concerning the five who are living: James M. is a resident of Meade county, Kansas; Charles H. is a resident of McAllister, Oklahoma; Lillie is the wife of Peter 0. Schofield, station agent of the Chicago & Rock Island railroad at Pleasant Hill, Missouri; Thomas T. is a successful farmer of Shelby county; and Birdie W. is the wife of John Harris, of Guthrie, Oklahoma. GENERAL HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, MISSOURI 1911 pp 311, 312, 313 Written by Shelby Countians and graciously donated by the Shelby County Historical Society, Kathleen Wilham, President—©Copyright 1911

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Henry Mattison Eaton death on 26 Apr 1919 in Shelby County, Missouri, USA
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Latitude: 39.7511487
Longitude: -92.1368436

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Spouse

Elizabeth Lucinda “Bettie” Mitchell Eaton

(1844 - 1923)

Children

Thomas Frederic “Tom” Eaton

(1882 - 1940)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Bacon Chapel Cemetery
Shelbyville, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7511487, -92.1368436

2. Wood Cemetery
Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7406006, -92.0950012

3. Mount Hope Cemetery
Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7930984, -92.1442032

4. Smith Cemetery
Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7299995, -92.0550003

5. Hiles Cemetery
Shelbyville, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8058014, -92.0691986

6. Roff Cemetery
Shelbina, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7379885, -92.0390284

7. Oakridge Baptist Church Cemetery
Lentner, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6739900, -92.1567200

8. Morris Cemetery
Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8227997, -92.1808014

9. Patton Cemetery
Hagers Grove, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8155700, -92.2022800

10. Shelbyville Mausoleum
Shelbyville, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8048900, -92.0462300

11. Shelby Memorial Cemetery
Shelbyville, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8046330, -92.0448310

12. Shelbina Cemetery
Shelbina, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6920000, -92.0500000

13. Shelbina Mausoleum No 2 1961
Shelbina, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6930200, -92.0481800

14. Shelbina Mausoleum No 1 1956
Shelbina, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6928200, -92.0482200

15. Shelbyville Masonic Cemetery
Shelbyville, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8081100, -92.0465600

16. Maplewood Cemetery
Clarence, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7508011, -92.2572021

17. Clarence City Cemetery
Clarence, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7493750, -92.2624800

18. Eaton Cemetery
Shelbyville, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7621994, -92.0044022

19. Saint Marys Cemetery
Shelbina, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6833000, -92.0366974

20. Forest Grove Cemetery
Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8507996, -92.1018982

21. Hagers Grove Cemetery
Hagers Grove, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8305000, -92.2236000

22. Saint Patricks Cemetery
Clarence, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.7352982, -92.2714005

23. Saint Michaels Catholic Cemetery
Hagers Grove, Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8490300, -92.1992600

24. Hopper Cemetery
Shelby County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8083000, -92.2683029