W.L. EATON DIES
AT HOME IN OSAGE
Former State Railroad Commissioner
Passes Away After Long Illness.
Funeral on Friday
OSAGE, IOWA - June 8, 1911 - Willard L. Eaton, former state railroad commissioner died at his home in this city yesterday.
He succumbed to heart disease, suffering from valvular trouble and an affection of the arteries.
Mr. Eaton is survived by his wife and one son, Allan, who are here.
The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at the Eaton home and will be in charge of the Grand Lodge of the Masons.
Mr. Eaton had long been prominent in legal, business and political affairs in Iowa. He was a native of the state, having been born in Delaware County, October 13, 1848. Since he was eight years of age he had resided in Osage, his parents moving her in 1856. He was educated in the public schools of Osage and Mitchell County and was a graduate of the State University at Iowa City.
He was called to many official places, the duties of which he discharged with satisfaction of his friends and honor to himself. He was mayor of Osage three times. He served as county attorney for Mitchell County. He served Mitchell County as its representative in the Iowa legislature during three general assemblies. He served one term as state railroad commissioner and was prominently mentioned as a congressional candidate, and had been urged by his friends to be candidate for attorney general.
He served as speaker of the house.
[Oelwein Register, Wednesday, June 14, 1911]
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WILLARD L. EATON is a native of Iowa, having been born at Delhi in Delaware County, October 13, 1848. He is a graduate of the Law Department of the State University, and began the practice of law at Osage in Mitchell County, in 1874. Mr. Eaton is the son of Hon. A. K. Eaton who was one of the prominent pioneer lawmakers of Iowa, and long a leader in the Democratic party. W. L. Eaton has been three terms mayor of Osage, and county attorney.
In politics he is a Republican and in 1897 was elected to represent his county in the House of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly. He was reelected to the Twenty-eighth General Assembly and became a prominent candidate for Speaker, but not being chosen was made chairman of the committee of ways and means. He was again elected, serving in the Twenty-ninth General Assembly as Speaker of the House.
"History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century" on www.Wikisource.org
(Sent by contributor S. Bell)
AT HOME IN OSAGE
Former State Railroad Commissioner
Passes Away After Long Illness.
Funeral on Friday
OSAGE, IOWA - June 8, 1911 - Willard L. Eaton, former state railroad commissioner died at his home in this city yesterday.
He succumbed to heart disease, suffering from valvular trouble and an affection of the arteries.
Mr. Eaton is survived by his wife and one son, Allan, who are here.
The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at the Eaton home and will be in charge of the Grand Lodge of the Masons.
Mr. Eaton had long been prominent in legal, business and political affairs in Iowa. He was a native of the state, having been born in Delaware County, October 13, 1848. Since he was eight years of age he had resided in Osage, his parents moving her in 1856. He was educated in the public schools of Osage and Mitchell County and was a graduate of the State University at Iowa City.
He was called to many official places, the duties of which he discharged with satisfaction of his friends and honor to himself. He was mayor of Osage three times. He served as county attorney for Mitchell County. He served Mitchell County as its representative in the Iowa legislature during three general assemblies. He served one term as state railroad commissioner and was prominently mentioned as a congressional candidate, and had been urged by his friends to be candidate for attorney general.
He served as speaker of the house.
[Oelwein Register, Wednesday, June 14, 1911]
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WILLARD L. EATON is a native of Iowa, having been born at Delhi in Delaware County, October 13, 1848. He is a graduate of the Law Department of the State University, and began the practice of law at Osage in Mitchell County, in 1874. Mr. Eaton is the son of Hon. A. K. Eaton who was one of the prominent pioneer lawmakers of Iowa, and long a leader in the Democratic party. W. L. Eaton has been three terms mayor of Osage, and county attorney.
In politics he is a Republican and in 1897 was elected to represent his county in the House of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly. He was reelected to the Twenty-eighth General Assembly and became a prominent candidate for Speaker, but not being chosen was made chairman of the committee of ways and means. He was again elected, serving in the Twenty-ninth General Assembly as Speaker of the House.
"History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century" on www.Wikisource.org
(Sent by contributor S. Bell)
W.L. EATON DIES
AT HOME IN OSAGE
Former State Railroad Commissioner
Passes Away After Long Illness.
Funeral on Friday
OSAGE, IOWA - June 8, 1911 - Willard L. Eaton, former state railroad commissioner died at his home in this city yesterday.
He succumbed to heart disease, suffering from valvular trouble and an affection of the arteries.
Mr. Eaton is survived by his wife and one son, Allan, who are here.
The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at the Eaton home and will be in charge of the Grand Lodge of the Masons.
Mr. Eaton had long been prominent in legal, business and political affairs in Iowa. He was a native of the state, having been born in Delaware County, October 13, 1848. Since he was eight years of age he had resided in Osage, his parents moving her in 1856. He was educated in the public schools of Osage and Mitchell County and was a graduate of the State University at Iowa City.
He was called to many official places, the duties of which he discharged with satisfaction of his friends and honor to himself. He was mayor of Osage three times. He served as county attorney for Mitchell County. He served Mitchell County as its representative in the Iowa legislature during three general assemblies. He served one term as state railroad commissioner and was prominently mentioned as a congressional candidate, and had been urged by his friends to be candidate for attorney general.
He served as speaker of the house.
[Oelwein Register, Wednesday, June 14, 1911]
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WILLARD L. EATON is a native of Iowa, having been born at Delhi in Delaware County, October 13, 1848. He is a graduate of the Law Department of the State University, and began the practice of law at Osage in Mitchell County, in 1874. Mr. Eaton is the son of Hon. A. K. Eaton who was one of the prominent pioneer lawmakers of Iowa, and long a leader in the Democratic party. W. L. Eaton has been three terms mayor of Osage, and county attorney.
In politics he is a Republican and in 1897 was elected to represent his county in the House of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly. He was reelected to the Twenty-eighth General Assembly and became a prominent candidate for Speaker, but not being chosen was made chairman of the committee of ways and means. He was again elected, serving in the Twenty-ninth General Assembly as Speaker of the House.
"History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century" on www.Wikisource.org
(Sent by contributor S. Bell)
AT HOME IN OSAGE
Former State Railroad Commissioner
Passes Away After Long Illness.
Funeral on Friday
OSAGE, IOWA - June 8, 1911 - Willard L. Eaton, former state railroad commissioner died at his home in this city yesterday.
He succumbed to heart disease, suffering from valvular trouble and an affection of the arteries.
Mr. Eaton is survived by his wife and one son, Allan, who are here.
The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at the Eaton home and will be in charge of the Grand Lodge of the Masons.
Mr. Eaton had long been prominent in legal, business and political affairs in Iowa. He was a native of the state, having been born in Delaware County, October 13, 1848. Since he was eight years of age he had resided in Osage, his parents moving her in 1856. He was educated in the public schools of Osage and Mitchell County and was a graduate of the State University at Iowa City.
He was called to many official places, the duties of which he discharged with satisfaction of his friends and honor to himself. He was mayor of Osage three times. He served as county attorney for Mitchell County. He served Mitchell County as its representative in the Iowa legislature during three general assemblies. He served one term as state railroad commissioner and was prominently mentioned as a congressional candidate, and had been urged by his friends to be candidate for attorney general.
He served as speaker of the house.
[Oelwein Register, Wednesday, June 14, 1911]
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WILLARD L. EATON is a native of Iowa, having been born at Delhi in Delaware County, October 13, 1848. He is a graduate of the Law Department of the State University, and began the practice of law at Osage in Mitchell County, in 1874. Mr. Eaton is the son of Hon. A. K. Eaton who was one of the prominent pioneer lawmakers of Iowa, and long a leader in the Democratic party. W. L. Eaton has been three terms mayor of Osage, and county attorney.
In politics he is a Republican and in 1897 was elected to represent his county in the House of the Twenty-seventh General Assembly. He was reelected to the Twenty-eighth General Assembly and became a prominent candidate for Speaker, but not being chosen was made chairman of the committee of ways and means. He was again elected, serving in the Twenty-ninth General Assembly as Speaker of the House.
"History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century" on www.Wikisource.org
(Sent by contributor S. Bell)
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