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Barney Augustus Eaton

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Barney Augustus Eaton
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 7th district
In office
1899–1907
Succeeded byGeorge E. Page
Wisconsin State Assembly
In office
1895–1898
Personal details
Born(1853-10-29)October 29, 1853
Lake, Wisconsin
DiedJanuary 8, 1936(1936-01-08) (aged 82)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceMilwaukee

Barney Augustus Eaton (1853–1936) was a politician in Wisconsin.

Biography

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Eaton was born on October 29, 1853, in the town of Lake, Wisconsin.[1] He would become a fruit farmer.

Political career

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Eaton was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1895 to 1898, and later the Wisconsin State Senate from 1899 to 1907. Additionally, he had been president of the village of Cudahy, Wisconsin, from 1895 to 1896, and president of the Cudahy School Board in 1895. He also served as the director of the Lake Fire Insurance Company for six years. He was a Republican.[2]

He died on January 8, 1936, in Milwaukee.[3] He is buried in Forest Home Cemetery, in Milwaukee.

References

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  1. ^ "Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....Eaton, Barney Augustus". USGenWeb Archives. Archived from the original on 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  2. ^ Wisconsin Blue Book. 1903. p. 1,078.
  3. ^ 'Funeral Rites Tomorrow For Barney Frank-First President of Cudahy Served in Legislature,' Milwaukee Sentinel, January 9, 1936, pg. 1
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