Thomas Treadwell Eaton

Rev. T. T. Eaton Dies Suddenly
Of Stroke of Apoplexy at Grand Junction Tenn.
One of Most Prominent Baptists in Country.
Was Frequent Visitor Here
Editor of the Western Recorder and Pastor of Walnut Street Church In Louisville.
The Rev. T. T. Eaton, pastor of the Walnut street Baptist church in Louisville, editor of the Western Recorder and one of the most distinguished members of the Baptist denomination is dead.
     Dr. Eaton's death occurred at Grand Junction, Tenn., from a stroke of apoplexy at 1:05 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
     Dr. Eaton was stricken with apoplexy in the waiting-room of the depot at Grand Junction Friday night while waiting for a train to go to Blue Mountain, Miss., where he was to deliver a series of lectures before the chautauqua which is in session there.
     The news of the sudden death of Dr. Eaton will cause profound sorrow among his friends in Owensboro. Dr. Eaton was a frequent visitor in Owensboro and has delivered some powerful sermons from the local Baptist pulpits. The Western Recorder, of which Dr. Eaton was the editor, has been read in the majority of Baptist homes for a great number
of years.
     Dr. Eaton was moderator of the Kentucky State Baptist association for several years. Last week at the Mayfield meeting he was succeeded by the Rev. W. D. Nowlin, of the Third Baptist church, of Owensboro.
     The Rev. Dr. T. T. Eaton, D. D., LL. D., was born in Murfreesboro, Tenn., November 16, 1845. His father, Joseph H. Eaton, was a preacher and educator, and was for a time pastor in Murfreesboro. He was also president of Union university, which he founded in that town. Dr. T. T. Eaton was educated at Union university and afterward studied at Madison university, N. Y., and at Washington college, Lexington, Va. He served as pastor in the Baptist church at Lebanon, Chattanooga and Murfreesboro; Petersburg, Va., and as pastor of the Fourth and Walnut street church in Louisville.
     On April 16, 1880, he was called to the pastorate of the Louisville church.
     Dr. Eaton was a Confederate veteran, and served throughout the Civil war. He married Miss Alice Roberts, who survives him with the following children: Joseph H. Eaton, of Denver and Mrs. Edward Farmer, of Louisville. Dr. Eaton also leaves a sister, Mrs. Josephine Peck, of Louisville.
     The silver wedding anniversary of Dr. and Mrs. Eaton was celebrated in Louisville June 19, 1897, and the members of the church presented the couple with a chest of silver, containing 104 pieces. Dr. Eaton was one of the most prominent members of the Louisville Ministerial association. He was a trustee of the Louisville Southern Baptist seminary.

—The Owensboro Messenger, Owensboro, Kentucky, 30 Jun 1907, p 1

Eaton, George Washington, clergyman, b. in Henderson, Huntington co., Pa., 3 July, 1804; d. in Hamilton, Madison co., N.Y., 3 Aug., 1872. He was graduated from Union college in 1829, and from 1831 till 1833 was professor of ancient languages in Georgetown college, Kentucky, acting as president for six months. He was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy in Hamilton literary and theological institution, Hamilton N.Y., and in 1837–'50 filled the chair of ecclesiastical and civil history there. After the incorporation of the institution as Madison university Dr. Eaton was its president from 1850 till 1861, and at the same time professor of systematic theology. He was also professor for some years of intellectual and moral philosophy. From 1861 till 1871 he was president of Hamilton theological seminary and professor of homiletics. He received the honorary degrees of D.D. and LL.D. Dr. Eaton was early ordained to the Baptist ministry, and was a striking original and eloquent preacher.
—His brother, Joseph Haywood, educator, b. in Berlin, Delaware co., Ohio, 10 Sept., 1812; d. in Murfreesborough, Tenn., 12 Jan., 1859, was graduated at Hamilton literary and theological institution in 1837. He was elected to a professorship in Union university, Murfreesborough, Tenn., in 1841, and in 1847 became its president, continuing in that relation till his death. He was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1843, and was a preacher of uncommon ability. He had received the honorary degree of LL.D.
—Joseph Haywood's son, Thomas Treadwell, clergyman, b. in Murfreesborough, Tenn., 16 Nov., 1845, was graduated at Washington college, Lexington, Va., in 1867, and has served as pastor of Baptist churches in Lebanon and Chattanooga, Tenn., Petersburg, Va., and Louisville, Ky. Besides having written several pamphlets, Mr. Eaton is the author of "My Angels" (1874); "Sermons to Children" (1887); "Marriage and Law" (1887).