. History, genealogical and biographical, of the Eaton families. nlius, Onondaga County, N. Y.,June 20, 1808; m Aug. 25, 1830, Zada, eldestdau of Moulson and Lucretia (Rickerson)Avery. They were m by the Rev. CharlesMorton, pastor of the Baptist Church, ofManlius. N. Y. Hiram Eaton, first engaged with his bro-thers in the transportation business on theErie Canal and later with C. T. Longstreet,but after the year 1853 engaged in banking,becoming in time the President of the Nation-al Bank of Fayetteville, a position which hefilled until his death, which occurred at hishome in Fayetteville N. Y.
. History, genealogical and biographical, of the Eaton families. nlius, Onondaga County, N. Y.,June 20, 1808; m Aug. 25, 1830, Zada, eldestdau of Moulson and Lucretia (Rickerson)Avery. They were m by the Rev. CharlesMorton, pastor of the Baptist Church, ofManlius. N. Y. Hiram Eaton, first engaged with his bro-thers in the transportation business on theErie Canal and later with C. T. Longstreet,but after the year 1853 engaged in banking,becoming in time the President of the Nation-al Bank of Fayetteville, a position which hefilled until his death, which occurred at hishome in Fayetteville N. Y., June 15, 1882;(Hiram Eaton was found dead in bed by hisdau, having d of heart disease.) In earlylife he was a Whig, but after the existence ofthe Republican party, uniformly supported DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EATON 215 its principles and candidates, and was himselfelected to the Assembly by a majority of316 and served on the Committee of Salt in1863. He was a tall, dignified man, a dryjoker; a man who never used tobacco orliquor and while not a communicant of any. HON. HIRAM EATON religious order, was a constant attendant andsupporter of the Baptist Church, and was oneof the building committee of the New Churchbuilt in Hiram LEaton was a man whopossessed the respect and esteem of his fellowcitizens to an eminent degree; he representedhis district in the vState Legislature in 1863,and for six years was President of the Villageof Fayetteville, N. Y. He was largely in- 216 EATON GENEALOGY terested in the Chenango Railroad, beingone of its originators and for many yearsdirector of the : 646 1 Ellen Amy b Feb. 7. 1833; m , 1854, Edward Flint Rice; d 647 2 Lewis Hiram b July 14, 1838; dAug. 8, 1881; m Agusta Beard 648 3 Jane (Jennie) Zada b May 14, 1846;d April 11, 1890; m Jan 24, 1883. AddisonLee Cunningham. He d in Dayton, O.,1901-2. Hon. Hiram Eaton Tribute by His Associates—Memorial of Banks and Bankers The sudden death of the Hon. Hiram Eaton,at Fayettevill
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