Eaton Reunion, 1926
Hamilton Spectator
July 15, 1926
Hewed Home From Forest
In 1826, one hundred years ago, he and his son Daniel made their way
through the bush to what is now Carlisle. They were among the original
settlers. And 200 acres of .....in the families possession. Fourteen heads
of families and their 16 children are among the descendants who remained
on the old homestead.
With his wife and eleven children, John Eaton prospered. It was not
discouraging to him that when they first came they were compelled - so
thick was the underbrush - to unyoke the oxen and lead them one by one.
Nor did it seem to deter them that reach the Hamilton market they were
forced to walk twelve miles there and back, a basket of eggs in one hand,
and a basket of butter in the other. Large families were then an economic
necessity - not a handicap.
To build a thirteen-room frame house was the work of years, and many
trees fell under their ringing axes. It was not until 1876 that the last
pine of these well timbered lands came down. Even to-day there is a stump
underneath the house which has replaced the old home.
That place was the scene of many religious revivals - for thither,
before Carlisle's church was built, came the circuit riders. The camp
meeting was held there for decades.
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