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My great great grandfather John Eaton shows up on/in absolutely no census sheet or book. He was born in Ohio, ca. 1838. He married Lucy Martha Churchill of Montgomery Co. IN in1861 and had two daughters Ida (b. 1862) and Viola. He died ca. 1873, in either IN or Warren Co. IL. The only census information I can find is in 1870 when Ida and Viola are staying with the grandparents John and Rachel in nearby Fountain Co. IN (northern part of the state).
John's age, year of marriage, and early death lead me to believe that he may have been a Civil War veteran, I would presume from Indiana. I found one Eaton with an IN regiment from Montgomery Co. but no other. It's very difficult to find which counties go with which regiments.
John shows up on no census forms prior to 1860 either. His father was born in OH. His mother, Rachel, was born in IN which indicates that John's father must have been in IN prior to John's birth but they show up on no census prior to 1870. Of course, I have no middle initial and there are a gazillion John Eatons in IN and OH. The Churchills were also from OH and they could have been married there and then moved to IN to be with John's family or something. No Lucy Eaton is listed as receiving a widow's pension.
All help will be appreciated.
Kay Larson