History of Lancaster, (Grant County) Wisconsin United States of America

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Edward Dwight Eaton, educator, was born at Lancaster, Wis.. Jan. 12, 1851; son of Samuel W. and Catharine (Demarest) Eaton. He was graduated at Beloit college in 1872, and at Yale divinity school in 1875. He studied for a year at Leipzig and Heidelberg, Germany, and in 1876 returned to America and entered the Congregational ministry. He was pastor at Newton, Iowa, 1876-79, and at Oak Park, Ill., 1880-86. In June, 1886, he was elected president of Beloit college, During his administration the college more than doubled the number of its students, trebled its endowment, and added five substantial structures to its college buildings. President Eaton in addition to his duties as the official head of Beloit college acted as professor of history and instructed the classes that took as their subjects "The English Revolution" and "The French Revolution," the other branches being assumed by Prof. Robert C. Chapin. President Eaton was also chairman of the board of trustees and of the executive committee of the board. He was absent from the college from January to June, 1898, when he visited China as a member of the deputation sent by the American board of commissioners for foreign missions to inspect its work in that country. He received the degree of LL.D. from the University of Wisconsin, and that of D.D. from the Northwestern univemity, in 1887.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Lancaster, (Grant County) Wisconsin

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