Joseph Oriel Eaton (1829-1875)[1] was an American painter of portraits and figure subjects, both in oil and in water-colours. His most famous work is his portrait of Herman Melville, author of the 1851 novel Moby-Dick.
He was married to Emmaline (Emma) Goodwin, great-granddaughter of John Adams, and granddaughter of John Quincy Adams.[2][3] The Eatons had five children:
Son, Frank[3]
Son, William[3]
Daughter, Mary Nelson (c. 1869 – 1948), married Frank Howard Nelson on June 6, 1907, in Montclair, New Jersey.[3][4][5][6][7]
Daughter, Margaret, married to Swedish Count Henning Gustave Taube,[2][3] who was a co-founder of Eaton Corporation and brother of Swedish Prime Minister Arvid Taube.[8]
Son, Harrison, but later known as Joseph Oriel Eaton II, born 1873 and a co-founder of Eaton Corporation[3]
A granddaughter (or possibly step-granddaughter) named Margaret Comacho was married to John Stoye on November 6, 1911.[9]
Works
Mother and Children in an Interior
Among his exhibited works were:
Landscape: View on the Hudson. 1868.
Multiple portraits of John Means of Kentucky. 1868
^ a b"Obituary Notes". The New York Times. 1912-06-22. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
^ a b c d e f"Mrs. Emma G. Eaton". The Montclair Times. 1912-06-29. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
^"Three Weddings Announced". The Montclair Times. 1907-05-25. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
^"Obituary for Mary Eaton Nelson (Aged 81)". The Cincinnati Post. 1948-10-22. p. 38. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
^"Marriage of Nelson-Eaton". The New York Times. 1907-06-07. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
^"Nelson Will Probated". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1948-10-28. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
^"Count H. G. Taube, Former Resident of Lake George Dies". The Post-Star. 1928-03-12. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
^"Notes About Town". The Montclair Times. 1911-11-11. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
^"Museum Opens Portrait Show of Unique Type". The Cincinnati Post. 1933-02-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
^"Obituary for Mary Eaton Nelson (Aged 78)". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1948-10-23. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Eaton, Joseph O.". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Eaton, Joseph O.". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.