Mary Evelyn Eaton

1898 - 1995  (96 years)

• Name	Mary Evelyn Eaton
  Birth	30 Sep 1898	Ironton, Lawrence, Ohio   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Alternate birth	30 Sep 1901	Proctorville, Lawrence, Ohio   [4]
  Death	22 Jan 1995	Columbus, Franklin, Ohio   [5, 6, 7]
  Burial	Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell, West Virginia   [8]
  Person ID	I8677	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	William Oliver Eaton
  Mother	Minnie Russell
  Family ID	F5154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John Diller Raabe,   b. 28 May 1903, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania d. 12 Apr 1966, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	19 Jun 1926	Hamilton, Butler, Ohio   [9, 10]
  Family ID	F5163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Reynold Edward Klages,   b. 29 Mar 1884, Delphos, Allen, Ohio d. 22 Apr 1966, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	12 Jul 1947	Franklin County, Ohio   [9]
  Family ID	F5149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  The "Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973" database on ancestry.com reports her birthplace as Union, Lawrence County, Ohio. No such place exists. The database contains no image of the primary source for this, but we can well imagine a badly-handwritten "Ironton" being mistranscribed as "Union." [Update, 21 Apr 2021: The "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007" database on ancestry.com now confirms her birthplace as Ironton.] Her date of birth on the record of her first marriage is three years later than that on the record of her second. The 1898 date is confirmed by multiple records of her death. She is buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Huntington, West Virginia as "Mary Evelyn Eaton Klages", so it seems highly unlikely that she married again after the death of Reynold Edward Klages. Oddly, Spring Hill Cemetery also contains the grave of her first husband John Diller Raabe's second wife Esther Mae Craddock. Tyrone (Pennsylvania) Daily Herald, 22 Jun 1926, citation details below: Miss Mary Evelyn Eaton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Eaton, of Proctorville, near Huntington, West Virginia, well known in social circles and popular teacher in the Huntington schools, and John D. Raabe, of the International Nickel company, were married Saturday, June 19, at the home of the bride's uncle, the Rev. Dr. D. H. Dennison, who performed the ceremony. Dr. Dennison is pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Huntington. The only attendants were Miss Ruth Jenison and Howard Geer, of Marion, Ohio, a fraternity brother of the groom. Mrs. Raabe graduated from Huntington high school and thereafter attended the University of Cincinnati two years. Later she attended Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, where she received her degree. She is a member of Chi Omega sorority. She has been teaching two years. Mr. Raabe, the son of Mrs. D. C. Raabe of Northwood, is a former student at Ohio Wesleyan, where he first met his wife. He is a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He had been in Huntington since December of last year when he assumed his position with the Nickel company. The newlyweds will be at home to their large circle of friends at 101 Richmond Street, Huntington, West Virginia, after July 1.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2849] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, on ancestry.com., date and county only; record of her 1947 marriage to Reynold Edward Klages. [S4756] Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973, on ancestry.com., date and county only. [S22] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, on ancestry.com. [S2849] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, on ancestry.com., record of her 1926 marriage to John Diller Raabe. [S4719] Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018, on ancestry.com. [S22] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, on ancestry.com., date only. [S5540] Find a Grave page for Mary Evelyn Eaton Klages., date only. [S5540] Find a Grave page for Mary Evelyn Eaton Klages. [S2849] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, on ancestry.com. [S5538] "John D. Raabe Claims a West Virginia Bride." Tyrone (Pennsylvania) Daily Herald, 22 Jun 1926, p. 1.