|
Sarah (Ream) Eaton |
Sarah (Ream) Eaton was born in about 1851 in Ursina, Somerset County, PA, the daughter of Levi and Hila (King) Ream.
She spent her early years in the Ursina/Lower Turkeyfoot area and appears with the family in the 1860 federal census. Sadly, she lost her mother to death in 1864 when Sarah was entering her teenage years. Then as a 17-year-old, in 1868, she relocated to Iowa with her father and siblings.
The 1870 census enumeration lists Sarah as an 18-year-old in Osceola, Clarke County, IA, keeping house for her widowed father and siblings Norman, John and Samantha.
Sarah was joined in matrimony with William Raymond Eaton (May 1848-1922), son of John and Eliza Louise (Drumann) Eaton and a native of Pawtucket, RI. A profile on the website AskArt.com says that William "spent much of his youth accompanying his father who established railway stations for the expanding Burlington Railroad in Iowa and Nebraska."
Elmer Leonidas Denniston's 1939 book Genealogy of the Stukey, Ream, Grove, Clem, and Denniston Families, erroneously names Sarah's spouse as "John Easton."
Together, the couple produced a trio of sons -- Claude Lorraine Eaton, Arthur Rupert Eaton and Herbert Vincent "Bertie" Eaton.
  |
| William's landscapes Mountains Near Santa Monica and Paris Street View (right) - courtesy Wikimedia Commons |
The Eatons are known to have made a home in Antelope County near Lincoln, NE in 1873 at the birth of their eldest son Claude.
Sadly, she is believed to be the same "Sarah Eaton" who at age 30 died from "pelvic peritonitis" in Chicago on April 12, 1880. Funeral rites were conducted in the family household at 78 Loomis Street, with burial following in the Windy City's Graceland Cemetery. A short notice of her passing was printed in the Chicago Tribune. Her untimely passing left her widower with three mouths to feed, ranging in age from 7 to 3.
Later in that fateful year 1880, when the United States Census was made, William and his three offspring lived in Kane County, IL. His occupation was provided as "Artist."
John wed a second time, on Aug. 26, 1889, to Mary Wood (Feb. 1862- ? ), daughter of George and Margaret (Drake) Wood. They tied in the knot in Milwaukee, WI, by the hand of Rev. E.G. Updike of the Methodist Episcopal Church. At the time, he was living at 522 West Madison Street in Chicago and continuing his trade as an artist.
The Eatons did not reproduce. They relocated to the East Coast by 1900, settling in Washington, Bergen County, NJ. Then circa 1907, for the benefit of Mary's health, they again pulled up stakes and migrated entirely cross-country to Southern California. The 1910 census shows them in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, CA. By 1920, they had moved to nearby Pasadena, with him working as a landscape painter in the gardens industry. Their address was 600 Del Monte Street, sharing a home with their niece Alida E. Dunlap.
The Pasadena (CA) Star-News described his artistic style as "of the Hudson River school. Water colors and oils were both his mediums for expression and his pictures possessed much charm of color and composition, most of them pastoral rather than formal in composition. Many of his paintings are owned by Pasadena people."
Sadly, William died in Los Angeles at the age of 74 on the day after Christmas 1922. An obituary in the Pasadena Star-News called him a "landscape painter... and for about fifteen years a resident of Pasadena..." Rev. James Leishman presided over the funeral, with burial in Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena.
William is said to have a biographical entry in Edan Hughes' book Artists in California, 1786-1940. His works today are preserved in such institutions as the Ross Memorial Museum in St. Andrews, Canada, and have been sold at auction by such prestigious houses as Christie's in New York.
~ Son Claude Lorraine Eaton ~
Son Claude Lorraine Eaton (1873-1961) was born on April 4, 1873 in Antelope County near Lincoln, NE.
In 1898, at the age of 25, he married Edna Lucille Beckman/Peckham (1878-1964), originally from Illinois. The wedding was held in Kane County, IL.
Five children of this coupling were Ruth Lillian Easton, John Raymond Eaton, Charles Robert Eaton, Norman Eaton and Robert "Paul" Eaton.
The family first settled in Batavia, Kane County, IL. Their world was shattered in April 1907 at the death of seven-year-old daughter Ruth from scarlet fever. Again on Dec. 7, 1911, they lost three-day-old son Charles in Geneva, Kane County.
Federal census records for 1910 show Claude working in the shop of an electrical contractor. Their address was on Prairie Street. In 1922, they made their home in Chicago, but at some point later in the 1920s they migrated to northern California.
The U.S. Census of 1930 places them in Oakland, Alameda County, CA, at which place Claude was president of a glue company. Then by 1940, still in Oakland, he worked as an engineer for an electrical contractor. Their last residence was in Hayward, CA.
Death swept him away into the hereafter at the age of 88 on June 30, 1961 in Alameda, CA. His obituary was published in the Oakland Tribune,in which the family asked that any memorial gifts be made to the new Pilgrim Congregational Church.
The widowed Edna outlived her spouse by nearly three years and at the end was in San Leandro, CA. At the age of 81, she succumbed to the spectre of death on Feb. 12, 1964. The Tribune carried an obituary which stated that Rev. Gordon McKenzie would lead the obsequies.
Daughter Ruth Lillian Eaton (1899-1907) was born in Oct. 1899 in Illinois. Sadly, she did not survive childhood. She was considered "a sweet, bright little child, admired by all who knew her," said an obituary. But in the spring of 1907, she developed scarlet fever caused by streptococcus bacteria. She surrendered to the angel of death in Batavia, IL on April 27, 1907. A newspaper said she "had been suffering from what was considered a mild form of the disease, and was apparently recovering, when she was suddenly taken with a relapse and passed away in a few hours... Her death is a hard blow upon the afflicted parents, who have the heart-felt sympathy of their many friends." Her tender remains were lowered under the sod of West Batavia Cemetery, known at the time as East Side Cemetery.
Son John Raymond Eaton (1901-1984) was born on Oct. 23, 1901 in Batavia, Kane County, IL. On Sept. 4, 1926, he wed Greta Margaret "Grace" Mathie (1907-1985), originally from Edmonton, Province of Alberta, Canada. Their wedding was held at Batavia. The bride stood 5 feet, 2 inches tall, weighed 132 lbs., and sported a light complexion, blue eyes and brown hair. Grace emigrated to the United States on Sept. 23, 1923 aboard the Dorothy Alexander. One known daughter was Marian Ruth Burris. They lived in Oakland, CA in 1930, with him working in traveling sales for a windmill firm. By 1940, he apparently had switched jobs and was selling for an instruments company. Circa 1941, when Grace filed a petition for naturalization as a U.S. citizen, their address was 54000 Normandie Avenue, Oakland. They pulled up stakes and moved to Santa Cruz County in 1947, remaining there for the balance of their lives. John was the owner and operator of John R. Eaton Engineering Supplies and for 50 years was a sales representative of K&E, a firm producing surveying supplies. Their final years were spent in Ben Lomond, CA. The angel of death cut him away in Santa Cruz on Feb. 4, 1984. An obituary was printed in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. The remains were placed into eternal repose in the Odd Fellows Mausoleum, with Rev. Sandy Sanderson officiating. Grace survived for 11 months. She was enveloped in death on Jan. 5, 1985.
- Granddaughter Marian Ruth Eaton (1928- ? ) was born on Jan. 25, 1928 in Alameda, CA. She first tied the marital cord with (?) Murray ( ? - ? ). Two known daughters in this family were Nancy Murray-Rohrer and Christy M. Funk. Then in a civil ceremony in Carson City, NV, on June 17, 1977, she wed Robert Ralph Burris ( ? - ? ). The pair dwelled at Boulder Creek, CA in 1984.
Great-granddaughter Nancy Murray ( ? - ? ) grew up in Ben Lomond, CA. Circa 1979, she wed Daniel Rohrer ( ? - ? ) of Boulder Creek, CA. News of their marriage license was printed in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. She has resided in Ben Lomond, CA.
Great-granddaughter Christy Murray ( ? - ? ) married (?) Funk. Their homeplace in 1984 was in Hollister, CA. In more recent years she has made a home in Reno, NV.
Son Norman Eaton (1913-1979) was born on April 16, 1913 in Illinois. His childhood was spent in Oakland, Alameda County, CA. Circa 1934, he appears to have worked as a laborer and made a home at 5224 Congress Avenue in Oakland. Census evidence for 1950 suggests that he was a patient in the Agnews/California State Mental Hospital in Santa Clara. He was carried away in death in Butte County, CA on May 12, 1979, at the age of 66. The remains are interred in Chico Cemetery.
Son Robert "Paul" Eaton (1915-2000) was born on June 17, 1915 in Warrenville, DuPage County, IL. As a youth he migrated with his parents to northern California. Paul stood 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighed 142 lbs., with brown eyes and brown hair. He dwelled in young manhood at 5029 Fairfax Avenue in Oakland and worked as a drug store clerk and as a display man for Canada Dry Ginger Ale. In about 1946, at the age of 30, he entered into marriage with 29-year-old Madeline Cervantes (1916-2015), daughter of Joseph M. and Isabel M. Cervantes of Hayward, CA. The pair did not reproduce over the remarkable span of 54 years they spent together. The Oakland Tribune said that he was "a bay area resident for 80 years..." Madeline is known to have earned a living in 1950 as a beautician. Circa 1961-1992, they lived in Castro Valley, CA, and in the early 1970s owned the Liquor Center at 22058 Center Street. Paul held memberships in the Castro Valley Lions Club, Host Lions Club and the local chamber of commerce. With his health in decline, he was admitted to the Veterans Hospital in Livermore, CA. There, he died on Nov. 10, 2000. The Tribune obituary also named as his survivors niece Marian Burris and great-nieces Nancy Rohrer and Christy Funk. Madeline survived her husband by 15 years with evidence suggesting that she lived in Hayward. She reputedly died in Oakland on Aug. 31, 2015.
~ Arthur Rupert Eaton ~
Son Arthur Rupert Eaton (1875-1965) was born on Nov. 30, 1875 in Chicago.
He lived in boyhood in Batavia, IL and had an eighth grade education.
On Dec. 29, 1897, when he was 24 years of age, he was joined in wedlock with Clara Belle Selfridge (Jan. 16, 1876-1953), also a resident of Batavia, and the daughter of Charles Gibson and Ida Sofia (White) Selfridge. Their wedding ceremony was held in Kane County, IL.
The pair did not reproduce.
The newlyweds first lived on North Prairie Avenue in Batavia, where Arthur generated income as a laborer. During the decade of the 1900s, they relocated to northern California and settled in Oakland, CA. In 1910, in Oakland, he was employed as an agent in the windmill industry. At that time, Arthur's 32-year-old bachelor brother Herbert was in the household, working as a draftsman for a marble firm. Herbert also earned a living in 1910 in the pump business.
Their address in 1910 was 4606 Penniman Avenue and later for years was at 3120 Arkansas Street, Oakland.
Arthur was employed as branch manager for Baker Manufacturing Company of Alameda in 1917-1920, assisted by brother Herbert as sales manager. He switched careers during the 1920s and by 1930 worked as a printer in a printing shop. He continued in this field into 1950, with the census-taker in 1950 describing it as a "small shop." Clara Belle's widowed sister Nellie A. Frank dwelled under their roof in 1950, generating income as a babysitter.
Sadly, Clara died at the age of 77 on May 5, 1953.
Arthur survived for another dozen years. In about 1963, he moved to Pleasant Hill, CA, making a homeplace at 40 Boyd Road. At the age of 89, he passed away in Contra Costa County on May 17, 1965. His cremains are at rest in the Chapel of Memories in Oakland. The Contra Costa Times ran an obituary, saying that he was survived by niece Juanita Stiles and nephews John R. Eaton of Santa Cruz and Paul Eaton of Castro Valley.
The Reams are named in the book Heroic Willards of '76, authored by James Andrew Phelps in 1917..
~ Herbert Vincent "Bertie" Eaton ~
Son Herbert Vincent "Bertie" Eaton (1877-1953) was born on Nov. 16, 1877 in Chicago.
He had a seventh grade education and also put down roots in Oakland, CA. He was a lifelong bachelor.
In 1910, in Oakland, he lived with his married brother Arthur and worked as a draftsman for a marble firm. He also is known to have earned a living that year in the pump business. When registering for the military draft during World War I, he resided in North Columbia, Nevada County, CA and generated income as a self-employed miner. In 1920, he and his brother were employed by Baker Manufacturing Company of Alameda, with Herbert involved as sales manager.
Herbert returned to coal mining as his occupation. In 1935-1940, he toiled in Bloomfield, Nevada County, CA, a community in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, with his residence along the North Columbia-Alleghany Road. His employer in 1941 was W.F. Dixon of San Francisco.
Herbert's final home was in Lake City, NV. Suffering from heart problems, he was regularly admitted to the hospital in Nevada City, CA in the years between 1947 and 1952, including five times in 1952 alone. His last hospitalization was on Jan. 8, 1953.
Sadly, Herbert passed away in Nevada County Hospital on Jan. 14, 1953. Burial was in the local Forest View Cemetery, with Rev. Max Christensen leading the funeral service. An obituary was published in the Grass Valley (CA) Union., which referred to him as a "retired miner... He moved to California about 55 years ago and had been in Nevada county 25 years."
|
Copyright © 2002, 2009, 2012, 2014-2017, 2022-2023, 2026 Mark A. Miner |