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Josiah Eaton

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Josiah Eaton

Birth
Maine, USA
Death
8 Dec 1892 (aged 64–65)
Altamonte Springs, Seminole County, Florida, USA
Burial
Maitland, Orange County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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Newly freed slaves settled in the Maitland area in 1880’s. Joe Clark, and other residents, acquired 112 acres of land through the good will of Lewis Lawrence and Josiah Eaton. On August 15, 1887, twenty seven residents gathered in the “town Hall” and signed a charter establishing the first all-negro town in the United States. In honor of Josiah Eaton, the town was named Eatonville.

SOURCES:
http://www.townofeatonville.org/about/

Related Title
Memoranda Book 001: Carey Hand Funeral Home records, June 15, 1891 to July 15, 1894

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University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections Department

Repository Collection
Carey Hand Funeral Home Records
Newly freed slaves settled in the Maitland area in 1880’s. Joe Clark, and other residents, acquired 112 acres of land through the good will of Lewis Lawrence and Josiah Eaton. On August 15, 1887, twenty seven residents gathered in the “town Hall” and signed a charter establishing the first all-negro town in the United States. In honor of Josiah Eaton, the town was named Eatonville.

SOURCES:
http://www.townofeatonville.org/about/

Related Title
Memoranda Book 001: Carey Hand Funeral Home records, June 15, 1891 to July 15, 1894

Repository
University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections Department

Repository Collection
Carey Hand Funeral Home Records

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JOSIAH EATON / BORN CALIAS ME. 1827 / DIED ALTAMONTE FLA. 1892
HE LOVED HIS FELLOWMEN

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