Sgt. George Washington Eaton

George W. Eaton served in the Union Army during the American Civil War as a member of Company A, 81st Illinois Infantry Regiment. He enlisted on August 1, 1862 in Perry County, Illinois and mustered in on August 26, 1862 at Camp Anna, Illinois with the rank of Private. He was promoted Sergeant on September 1, 1863. He mustered out on August 5, 1865 at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

• Source - Ancestry.com. Web: Illinois, Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

"George W. Eaton died at his home 848 North Church street, at 10:45 Friday morning at the age of eighty-two years, three months and twenty-one days. He had been in failing health for some time and had been confined to his bed for the last three weeks. He suffered a stroke of paralysis Monday morning and never regained consciousness, the end coming peacefully. Mr. Eaton was born in Washington county Mo., June 4, 1831. He was married to Nancy Kellingsworth March 15, 1855. Six children were born to them, three of them are living. On Nov 27, 1877, he was married to Mary Hurt and to this union six children were born. He was a veteran of the civil war, enlisting in company A, 81st Illinois Infantry, Aug. 1, 1862, and serving until the close of the war. He was a member of the G.A.R., and also of the Baptist church. He was a pioneer of Illinois, coming to this state with his parents at the age of ten years. He is survived by his wife and the following children: Frank Eaton, Duquoin; Alfred Eaton, Grant City Mo.; John Eaton, East St. Louis; Flora, George, Herschel, and Homer Eaton of Decatur. Mrs. Harry Weiss of Danville, also one stepdaughter, Mrs. Charles Peel of Decatur. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral. The Daily Review, Decatur Illinois, 26 Sep 1913 A description of the funeral was published in The Daily Review on 29 Sep 1913."

• Source - Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 March 2018), memorial page for George Washington Eaton (4 Jun 1831–26 Sep 1913), Find A Grave Memorial no. 52956863, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by BjJ (contributor 46902476) .