Eaton, John, 1829-1906

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Eaton, John, 1829-1906
Date of birth
1829-12-05
Date of death
1906-02-09
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Authors
Educators
Soldiers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 74631803
Wikidata: Q6231079
Library of congress: n 86114654
OCoLC: oca01777998
Sources of Information
  • Grant, Lincoln and the Freedmen, 2022:(by John Eaton)
  • John Eaton, U.S. commissioner of education, 1870-1886 [MI] 1995:page 2 (b. 1829) page 24 (d. Feb. 9, 1906; Arlington National Cemetery)
  • WWWA, 1897-1942(Eaton, John; b. 1829; d. 1906; inspector of edn. for Puerto Rico; pres. Sheldon Jackson Coll., Salt Lake City; chaplain 27th Ohil vol. inf., 1862; apptd. Nov. 1862, supt. of freedmen, later given supervision at all military posts from Cairo to Natchez and and Ft. Smith; co. 63 U.S. colored inf.; bvt. brig. gen., Mar. 1865; furnished example for Freedmen's Bureau; editor Memphis Post; State supt. schools, Tenn.; commissioner U.S. Bureau of Edn.; pres. Marrietta Coll.; rep. Interior Dept. at Centennial Expn.; organizer of ednl. exhibit at New Orleans; pres. Nat. Congress of Edn.)
  • Wikipedia, May19, 2023(John Eaton, Jr. (Dec. 5, 1829 - Feb. 9, 1906) was an American educator who served as the U.S. Commissioner of Education and a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War)
  • NUCMC data from New Jersey Historical Soc. for Morris, G. P. Papers, 1843-1918(John Eaton)
  • WWWA, 1897-1942(Eaton, John; b. 1829; d. 1906; inspector of edn. for Puerto Rico; pres. Sheldon Jackson Coll., Salt Lake City; chaplain 27th Ohil vol. inf., 1862; apptd. Nov. 1862, supt. of freedmen, later given supervision at all militaryposts from Cairo to Natchez and and Ft. Smith; co. 63 U.S. colored inf.; bvt. brig. gen., Mar. 1865; furnished example for Freedmen's Bureau; editor Memphis Post; State supt. schools, Tenn.; commissioner U.S. Bureau of Edn.; pres. MarriettaColl.; rep. Interior Dept. at Centennial Expn.; organizer of ednl. exhibit at New Orleans; pres. Nat. Congress of Edn.)
  • John Eaton, U.S. commissioner of education, 1870-1886 [MI] 1995:p. 2 (b. 1829) p. 24 (d. Feb. 9, 1906; Arlington National Cemetery)
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Wikipedia description:

John Eaton, Jr. (December 5, 1829 – February 9, 1906) was an American educator who served as the U.S. commissioner of Education and a Union Army colonel during the American Civil War. On March 12, 1866, the United States Senate confirmed his January 13, 1866 nomination for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865.

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