HISTORY OF KANE COUNTY.
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helped organize the First National Bank of Dundee in 1901, of which he was President until 1904. He has no interest in politics, and has not cast a vote for forty years.
JAMES EAGER, coal merchant, Batavia, Ill . was born in County Kerry, Ireland, Dec. 29, 1840, the son of James and Julia (O'Connor) Eager. He received his early education in the schools of his native country, being fifteen years of age when he came to the United States. Arriving in this country, he lived in Boston and that, vicinity for about seven years, and in 1863 came to Illinois and established his home in Batavia. He was variously employed for several years afterwards, but eventually became connected with the coal trade, and embarked in the business on his own account in 1887. In connection with the coal trade, Mr. Eager carries a stock of lime, cement, tile and wood, and is one of the oldest dealers in these lines in Batavia. In 1863 he married Miss Mary Manning, of Massachusetts.
CHARLES C. EARLE (deceased), manufacturer and banker, born at Newburgh, N. Y., July 14, 1822; engaged in the leather trade in Worcester, Mass., in early life, and continued in business in that city until 1856, when he came to Aurora, where he was at first engaged in the iron foundry business, and later in the lumber trade, retiring from business in 1872.
CHARLES H. EATINGER, farmer and stock-raiser, Dundee Township, Kane County, was born in Ravenna, Ohio, April 24, 1848, and was brought by his parents to Illinois in 1855, when they made a settlement in Bureau County. Mr. Eatinger secured a public school education, and was trained to farm life, but operated at one time in butter and cheese-making. In 1878 he purchased the Wanzer dairy farm, three miles west of Dundee, and has since been recognized as one of the leading dairy farmers of the county. In 1887 he started a horse and cattle ranch in Cherry County, Neb., which he has conducted up to the present time, his three sons being there and having direct management. This ranch contains about 4,000 acres, and is a model farm. Mr. Eatinger is also interested in Kansas lands, and has all his life been a dealer in stock. He is a member of the orders of Free Masons, Knights of the Maccabees, and Knights of the Globe. In 1870 he married Miss Jeannette Crichton, daughter of James Crichton, one of the pioneers of Kane County.
CHARLES H. EATON, manufacturer, Batavia, Ill., born in Pawtucket, R. I., in 1849, son of John and Eliza (Pike) Eaton, and was reared and educated in Massachusetts. When sixteen years old he came to Illinois, and finished his schooling at Dwight. In early manhood he became interested in railroad construction, and later in the building of water-works along the lines of the Chicago, Burlington & Qumcy Railroad from Chariton to Fort Kearney in Nebraska, being thus engaged for eight years. In 1886 he came to Batavia to enter into the employment of the United States Wind Engine and Pump Company, and has since filled various positions with that concern, for ten years being general sales agent for its business in twenty-eight States. He is a Mason, and affiliated with the Chicago Commandery Knights Templar. In 1870 he married Miss Clara, daughter of John Wesley Wood, of Warrenville. Ill.
CHARLES J. ECKLAND, late Superintendent Illinois Sugar Refining Company, Geneva, Ill., born in Jonkoping. Sweden, Feb. 19, 1875, son of Solomon and Christina Eckland; was
