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David Avise Eaton

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David Avise Eaton

Birth
Adams County, Illinois, USA
Death
28 Sep 1887 (aged 48)
Payson, Adams County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Payson, Adams County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
248
Memorial ID
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Son of David J Eaton and Agnes Avise Eaton, David Avise Eaton was born in Adams county, Illinois, on 5 February 1839.

David Eaton wed Rebecca Cora Johnson (Daughter of John D Johnson & Catherine Fulton Johnson of Pennsylvania), on 4 April 1860.

The family settled in Payson, Illinois, and raised their five children: Kathryn (1861 - 1926), John (1863 - 1899), Nellie (1864 - 1943), Anna (1866 - 1940), and Albert Avise Eaton (1872 - 1930.)

David Avise Eaton sold "hardware and tinware" according to a local newspaper article written at the time of his death. He died suddenly, 28 September 1887, while stopping home for lunch one day.

David Avise Eaton was a member of Burton lodge, No. 642, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. They published a "tribute" to him in the Quincy Whig on 20 October, 1887.

To wit: "Brother Eaton was a man of warm heart, a steadfast friend, a zealous worker for the good of the community in which he lived as a citizen, popular as a man, and of such manners and spirit that he won a host of friends."

David Avise Eaton was buried with A.O.U.W. and I.O.O.F. in attendance. One is a Masonic lodge and one is the International Order of Odd Fellows.

David Avise Eaton rests in New Payson Cemetery, (Payson, Adams county, Illinois), alongside his wife, Rebecca.

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Son of David J Eaton and Agnes Avise Eaton, David Avise Eaton was born in Adams county, Illinois, on 5 February 1839.

David Eaton wed Rebecca Cora Johnson (Daughter of John D Johnson & Catherine Fulton Johnson of Pennsylvania), on 4 April 1860.

The family settled in Payson, Illinois, and raised their five children: Kathryn (1861 - 1926), John (1863 - 1899), Nellie (1864 - 1943), Anna (1866 - 1940), and Albert Avise Eaton (1872 - 1930.)

David Avise Eaton sold "hardware and tinware" according to a local newspaper article written at the time of his death. He died suddenly, 28 September 1887, while stopping home for lunch one day.

David Avise Eaton was a member of Burton lodge, No. 642, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. They published a "tribute" to him in the Quincy Whig on 20 October, 1887.

To wit: "Brother Eaton was a man of warm heart, a steadfast friend, a zealous worker for the good of the community in which he lived as a citizen, popular as a man, and of such manners and spirit that he won a host of friends."

David Avise Eaton was buried with A.O.U.W. and I.O.O.F. in attendance. One is a Masonic lodge and one is the International Order of Odd Fellows.

David Avise Eaton rests in New Payson Cemetery, (Payson, Adams county, Illinois), alongside his wife, Rebecca.

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- Research and Biography by Tree Leaf. Please, do not upload elsewhere without asking.






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