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S. M. Eaton & Son
S. M. Eaton, manufacturer of mineral waters; born
near Kingston, Canada, Dec. 26, 1832.
His father, Almon R. Eaton (see below), came with his family to
Whitewater, Wis., in 1842; after two years’ residence there, he removed to the
town of Hebron, Jefferson Co., where he now resides.
S. M. Eaton came to Watertown in 1868, having been
located at Fond du Lac for two years prior to that date, engaged in the
manufacture of soda and mineral waters since 1866.
On April 1, 1855, he married Eleanor J. Green,
daughter of Joseph Green (deceased), of Hebron; she was born in Saratoga, N.Y.,
July 28, 1832; they have four children – Frank M., Edward O., Clarence C. and
Ella A.
Eaton, Edward
O., b. 1859, d. 1890
Eaton,
Eleanor J., b. 1832, d. 1912
Eaton, Ella
A., b. 1865, d. 1919
Eaton, F. M.,
b. 1856, d. 1911
Eaton, S. M.,
b. 1832, d. 1922
Cross References:
Early recollections of S M Eaton
Clarence C. Eaton, son of S M Eaton, is on a lecturing tour on Christian
science in England. Watertown Gazette, 10 16 1908
Almon Ransom Eaton
Another
pioneer gone
Jefferson
County Union, 12 25 1885
Almon
Ransom Eaton died at his home in the town of Hebron, in this county, on the
15th day of December, 1885, after a long and painful illness - his death
occurring in the midst of his 81st year. He came of New England stock belonging to the
seventh generation from Frances Eaton, one of the famous founders of Plymouth
Massachusetts, and had some of the strong moral and religious convictions that
characterized that people. From boyhood
to the tomb he was stoutly orthodox, anti-slavery, anti-polygamy and anti-intemperance. He was born near Bennington, Vt., May 12,
1805. His early life was spent in
Canada. Forty-three years ago he came to
Wisconsin, making the entire journey with his family in a covered wagon, and
soon after settled upon his farm upon which he has ever since resided. He was a genial and companionable old man; he
read much, and took a lively interest in all the material, social, political
and moral changes that have marked the growth and development of this region.
Orissa
Haskins Eaton, his first wife and the mother of his children, died in the
spring of 1850. In 1855 he married Miss
Sofia Bailey, who survives him. S.M.
Eaton, his oldest son, is a manufacturer, residing in Watertown. Mrs. Carey Fryer, his only daughter, resides
in the town of Hebron, and E. L. Eaton, the youngest son, is a minister of M.
E. church, and is now presiding elder of Madison District, and resides in
Madison.
He
lived how the full measure of his years and left the good record of an earnest,
busy and useful life.
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1906
A
powerful team belonging to S. M. Eaton & Son, attached to an ice wagon
became frightened Saturday afternoon near Fifth Street and ran away, going west
on Main street at a breakneck speed, colliding with a buggy near the corner of
Fourth and Main, belonging to Mrs. Amelia Brennecke who had come to the city
with her son, who fortunately were absent from the buggy at the time as the
vehicle was badly wrecked. Pursuing their flight they struck another buggy
belonging to Martin Stueber, a farmer, in front of the store of Schempf Bros.
& Co., which was also badly wrecked and Mr. Stueber slightly injured.
Continuing their flight they struck a farm wagon opposite the Masonic Temple
belonging to O. Brennecke, a farmer, taking off their hind wheels without
injuring no one and then ran to the corner of Main and Washington streets,
where they were stopped. It is surprising that so little damage was done and
only one person injured as street at the time was full of teams and people. Mar 24
1908
H. Wertheimer
will remove his elevator in a few days from West Main Street near the
Northwestern depot to the vicinity of the sidetrack
[spur] of the Northwestern rail way just north of S. M. Eaton's & Son's
factory in North Water Street. July 31 WG
