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Mrs. Martha Ann
Sawin Eaton was the daughter of Samuel Sawin, a corporal in
the Revolutionary War in 1776 under General George
Washington.
She was born
June 7, 1825, in Livermore, Maine, and died May 28, 1912, at
the home of her son in Enid, Oklahoma.
Burial was in
the Fairbury Cemetery in the Avery family plot.
She was a charter member of the Quivera Chapter.
Mrs. Eaton moved
from Fairbury 11 years earlier to live with her son and his
family. Martha Ann Sawin was married to Mr. Avery, and to
them one son was born. She was married a second time to Mr.
Eaton, and he preceded her in death 22 years earlier.
Her
obituary in the May 31, 1912, edition of the Fairbury
Journal stated:
"Mrs. Eaton's father died a
great many years ago, having been quite an aged man at the
time of Mrs. Eaton's birth. She moved with her father when but
a small child to Boston, Mass., where she resided for a
number of years. She has lived 17 years past the allotted
three score and some years, and during her past three years
enjoyed the distinction of being one of the last daughters
of the Revolution to survive, there being perhaps less than
half a dozen remaining."
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Eaton Gravestone
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