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Below is a sample of a family biography included in the Crawford County, Missouri History published in 1888 by Goodspeed Publishing Company.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details in a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

John M. Eaton, farmer, is a son of Abraham and Mary (Reaves) Eaton, natives of North Carolina, who were married in Washington County, Mo., whence, in 1843, they moved to Crawford County, which was their permanent home. In early life Abraham Eaton was engaged in teaming, hauling mineral and lumber, but after coming to Crawford County he engaged in farming; he was a soldier of the War of 1812, and his widow, who is still living at the age of eighty-four years, draws a pension; both were professing Christians, though members of no church. Abraham Eaton died in 1885, the father of twelve children. John M. was born in Washington County, Mo., in 1837, and was but six years of age when his parents located in Crawford County; he received a good common-school education, and when nineteen yeas of age rented a farm and engaged in the pursuit of agriculture, which occupation he has always followed. In 1860 he married Mary Garrison, who was born in Ohio, in 1838, and of the twelve children born to their union ten are living, viz.: Jesse N., William O., Louella E., Mary A., Charles E., Hettie V., Lula V., Samuel W., Selden N. and Claudie J. Mrs. Eaton is a member of the Baptist Church. In 1862 Mr. Eaton enlisted in Company C. Davis' Regiment Enrolled Missouri Militia, and in the fall of 1863 was enrolled in Company A, Phelps' Regiment, serving nine months and taking part in the battle of Pea Ridge; in the militia he held the rank of corporal. Mr. Eaton settled on his present farm in 1872, which consists of 430 acres. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

This family biography is one of 117 biographies included in the History of Crawford County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1888.  For the complete description, click here: Crawford County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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