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Barney Augustus Eaton (1853–1936) was a politician in
Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
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Biography

Eaton was born on October 29, 1853, in the town of Lake, Wisconsin. He would become a fruit farmer.


Political career

Eaton was a member of the
Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...
from 1895 to 1898, and later the
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from 1899 to 1907. Additionally, he had been president of the
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of
Cudahy, Wisconsin Cudahy () is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 18,204 at the 2020 census. History Originally known as the Buckhorn Settlement, it was renamed in the late 1800s when Patrick Cudahy purchased of land in the ...
, from 1895 to 1896, and president of the Cudahy School Board in 1895. He also served as the director of the Lake Fire Insurance Company for six years. He was a
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. He died on January 8, 1936, in Milwaukee.'Funeral Rites Tomorrow For Barney Frank-First President of Cudahy Served in Legislature,' Milwaukee Sentinel, January 9, 1936, pg. 1 He is buried in
Forest Home Cemetery Forest Home Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located in the Lincoln Village neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is the final resting place of many of the city's famed beer barons, politicians and social elite. Both the cemetery and ...
, in
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The Political Graveyard
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