Capt. Nathaniel J. Eaton was the son of General William Eaton and Elizabeth Sykes Danielson and the husband of Harriet Hayden. In 1827 Eaton graduated from West Point Military Academy. At the academy he met Albert Sidney Johnston, and thus began a close friendship that lasted forty years. The friendship ended when General A. S. Johnston was killed at Shiloh in 1862. Nathaniel Eaton served in the Black Hawk War (1832) as Chief Commissary of the Illinois Volunteers. He also played a role in the founding of Washington University of St. Louis and served on the first directors board of the university in 1854.
In 1835 Nathaniel, along with his sister Almira Hayden, and niece Charlotte Sprague, petitioned the U. S. Congress for just compensation for the services of his late father, Gen. William Eaton. The outcome of the petition is not known.
Grandchildren (children of Harriet):
Henry Eaton Root
In 1835 Nathaniel, along with his sister Almira Hayden, and niece Charlotte Sprague, petitioned the U. S. Congress for just compensation for the services of his late father, Gen. William Eaton. The outcome of the petition is not known.
Grandchildren (children of Harriet):
Henry Eaton Root
Capt. Nathaniel J. Eaton was the son of General William Eaton and Elizabeth Sykes Danielson and the husband of Harriet Hayden. In 1827 Eaton graduated from West Point Military Academy. At the academy he met Albert Sidney Johnston, and thus began a close friendship that lasted forty years. The friendship ended when General A. S. Johnston was killed at Shiloh in 1862. Nathaniel Eaton served in the Black Hawk War (1832) as Chief Commissary of the Illinois Volunteers. He also played a role in the founding of Washington University of St. Louis and served on the first directors board of the university in 1854.
In 1835 Nathaniel, along with his sister Almira Hayden, and niece Charlotte Sprague, petitioned the U. S. Congress for just compensation for the services of his late father, Gen. William Eaton. The outcome of the petition is not known.
Grandchildren (children of Harriet):
Henry Eaton Root
In 1835 Nathaniel, along with his sister Almira Hayden, and niece Charlotte Sprague, petitioned the U. S. Congress for just compensation for the services of his late father, Gen. William Eaton. The outcome of the petition is not known.
Grandchildren (children of Harriet):
Henry Eaton Root
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