Nathaniel Eaton, the father, died in Haverhill, Dec. 29, 1796. ... John Eaton,
theson of Nathaniel and Rebecca (Dodge) Eaton, of Haverhill,Mass. ... Jan; 31,
1860.
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He taught English Literature, Greek, and Latin three years at Mt.Harris college in Illinois; English, in Peoria, HI., high school, one year. He was Professor of Political Science and English Literature in Knox college, Galesburg, HI., three years, and has been Professor of Economics and Social Science inIndiana university, at Bloomington, Ind., since June, 1889. He is author of several works on political economy, and has contributed to the "Political Science Quarterly," and other periodicals. (4) Hester Pamelia Jenks was a very successful teacher, and was principal of the high school at Vinton, lowa, when a severe illness of her mother called her home. (5) Martin Lane Jenks is withFindlay Soiling Mills Co., at Findlay, Ohio. Benjamin L. Jenks, father of the foregoing family, was a farmer and lumber dealer. Jeremiah Jenks, his brother, the present husband of Mrs. Amanda (Messer) Jenks, is head of the firm ofJ. Jenks & Co., • of Sand Beach, Mich., manufacturers of flour, salt, etc., and dealers in grain and general merchandise. Halle, Germany, in 1885.
Nathaniel Eaton, the father, died in Haverhill, Dec. 29, 1796. His widow afterward came to Sutton where she m. Mr. Gile. After his death she lived with her sons Elijah and Nathaniel. She was a\ woman of marked ability, faith, and good cheer. John Eaton, the son of Nathaniel and Rebecca (Dodge) Eaton, of Haverhill, Mass., was born Feb. 21, 1767, near the present vil-
lage of Penacook, on the banks of the Merrimack river, just below the site of the monument erected to commemorate the heroic escape of Hannah Dustin from the Indians. He was a brazier, trader, and farmer, and removed in early manhood to Sutton, where, Dec. 20, 1792, he m. Mary Kimball, b. Dec. 11, 1770, the eldest child of Caleb and Sarah (Sawyer) Kimball.1 John Eaton built and occupied a new house on the brow of Kimball's hill near the Kimball home, where were born to him the followingchildren,
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Frederick, b. Nov. 16, 1793 ; d. Jan; 31, 1860.. Euth Kimball,b. Feb. 10, 1795; d. Sept. 13, 188?. Rebecca Dodge, June 3, 1796 ; d. Dec. 9, 1852. Sarah, b. Oct. 12, 1797 ; d. in infancy. John, b.Nov. 7, 1798 ; d. May 19, 1873. Sarah Sawyer, b. April27, 1800 ; d. Dec. 4, 1878.
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John Eaton and wife removed to near Warner Lower Village, where were b. to them the followingchildren, 1See
Eaton
Grange.
