Memorial and biographical record and illustrated compendium of biography ..of ..citizens of Columbia . COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY. 349 of ^Ir. Eaton, being at that time interestedin hop growing in England, and was one ofthe largest land owners in the liop districtof Kent. Our subject sold hops as highas fifty-eight cents per pound, but the pricefinalh dropped to one and a fourth centsper pound and proved an unremunerativecrop, and since then Mr. Eaton has engagedin general farming. Our subject was married January 15,1857, to Celinda Mianda Chaffee, daughterof Captain Enoch and Rhoda M. (Strana-ha
Memorial and biographical record and illustrated compendium of biography ..of ..citizens of Columbia . COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY. 349 of ^Ir. Eaton, being at that time interestedin hop growing in England, and was one ofthe largest land owners in the liop districtof Kent. Our subject sold hops as highas fifty-eight cents per pound, but the pricefinalh dropped to one and a fourth centsper pound and proved an unremunerativecrop, and since then Mr. Eaton has engagedin general farming. Our subject was married January 15,1857, to Celinda Mianda Chaffee, daughterof Captain Enoch and Rhoda M. (Strana-han) Chaffee, of Otsego county, New Eatons father came west in 1865, lo-cating at Newport, Wisconsin. He was acaptain in the New York militia. Hisdeath occurred in ]March, 1887, and he wasburied in Baraboo, in Mr. Eatons family Eatons mother returned east in 1880,and made her home with her eldest daugh-ter in Peterboro, Madison county. NewYork, until her death in 1881. Air. and are the parents of two children:Minnie Mianda, born February 14, 1866,now the wife of Rew T. E
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