1. | Eaton, Major in Union Army Samuel Edward(Ed) was born on 23 Jul 1868 in Piermont, NY Occupation = President of Electrical Company; died on 18 Apr 1942 in Coconut Grove, FL. Other Events and Attributes:
- Death: Franklyn, N.C
- Reference Number: 49001
- Birth: 23 Jul 1868, Piermont, New York
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[Decendants Daniel Brayton Eddy online Decendant Tree.FTW]
Betty Howe writes:
S. Edward (Ed) was the "most loved" of all the children. He was the President of the S. Edward Eaton Electrical Engineers, NYC. The company installed some of the first electrical wirings in NY. He sold out in 1929, went to Florida, and from there into the rural South (NC). His wife, Olive Bowers Eddy Eaton, a graduate of Brown University in 1905, taught school in the South (Franklin, NC) and Edw started an automobile agency (Chevrolet).
Edward did keep the S. Edward Eaton company all the time that his children were growing up. They lived in Nyack. Wm and Edw divided Unterberg and both families lived there for a period.
It was in his later life, after Edw left for NC that Julian employed both Wm and Edw in the citrus growing and marketing groves that he owned in Coconut Grove, Florida, "
AMary:
Gram married at home in Riverside, RI.
The crash of '29 - Ed became sick and went into a sanatoriam. Left electrical contactor job in NYC. Went from Nyack to Ashville, NC and started a Chevrolet car agency. Never got $ from contractor . In 6/37 Ed went to Coconot Grove to work for Julian in the fruit groves and then in the office.
Gram taught school in Frandlin, NC in 1934 til Christmas of 38 and then they moved to Coconut Grove to be with Ed.
Samuel married Eddy, Olive Bowers on 17 Sep 1908 in Riverside, RI (In her own home). Olive (daughter of Eddy, Lloyd Clarence and Chace, Olive Boss) was born on 22 Jan 1883 in Providence, RI; died on 14 Jul 1979 in Arlington, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Eaton, M.B.
- 3. Eaton, Dorothy
was born on 1 May 1911 in Nyack-on-Hudson, New York; died on 1 Sep 2002 in St. Petersburg, FL.
- 4. Eaton, Lavinia
was born on 4 Jan 1910 in Nyack-on-Hudson, New York; died on 27 Sep 1942 in Woodland Park, FL of Multiple Sclerosis @ 32; was buried in Woodlawn Park in Coconut Grove, Florida.
- 5. Eaton, S.E.
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