Washington

EATON, Oscar G.

Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical 
Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other 
States. Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Pub Co, 1912, p 177

Oscar G. EATON, undertaker, Waitsfield [Washington County, Vermont], was born 
26 February 1853 at Bakersfield [Franklin County, Vermont], son of Jairus and 
Hannah (GIDDINGS) EATON. Educated in the public schools; followed farming 
until twenty-eight years of age; employed in a hardware store five years, 
when he purchased a tin and hardware business in Waitsfield, continuing the 
same until 1897, when he engaged in the lumber business for nine years, 
owning two saw mills in Waitsfield. For several years has been engaged in 
the undertaking business. Republican; has held the offices of constable, 
auditor, lister, and for two years moderator; represented Waitsfield in the 
Legislature, 1902; was senator from Washington County, 1904. Has been a 
member of the Masonic Fraternity for twenty years, the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows about thirty years, and has filled all the chairs and was 
district deputy grand master, 1894; also a member of the Grange. In 1876 he 
[Oscar G. EATON] married [Miss?] Alice J. MILLS of Warren [Washington County, 
Vermont]; they have two sons, Fred J. and Frank L.

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