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)