Looking for ancestors of ELI EATON, b. 1825 Hawkins Co., Tennessee, died 1877 Stoddard County, Missouri. Married 1847 to REBECCA M. RUTLEDGE, b. 1830, Tn. They migrated to Stoddard County, Mo., ca 1852 where they settled near Bloomfield. Eli's parents may have been JOSEPH EATON and MARGRETT ?. They were also from Hawkins County, were the right age to have been his parents, and followed to Stoddard County. No proof. This family is believed to have been descended from Joseph Eaton of Washington County, Va. Joseph was a Rev War vet, and moved to Grainger County, Tn., ca 1796. He died there. One of his children was a Dr. Robert Donnelson Eaton. The family is believed to have been of Scotch-Irish origin, and may have originally spelled their name "Eyton". Help! Phil Eaton