Eaton, Joseph Oriel, 1829-1875

"Annie" was the wife of Hylas Sabine, a state senator from Union County, Ohio. She was born in September of 1835 to Joseph R. Ware of Mechanicsburg, Ohio. She and Hylas Sabine were married October 8th, 1857. Their son, Wallace, was the first man to build a symphony hall (in Boston) in which engineering principles were used to assure good acoustics. The Sabines also had a daughter, Annie Ware Sabine Siebert. A portrait of Hylas Sabine was also done by Joseph Oriel Eaton (H 27424).

Joseph Oriel Eaton (1829-1875) was born in Licking County, Ohio. He studied in New York, but did most of his work in the Midwest. He was active in Cincinnati in 1850s. He is known as a portrait, genre, and landscape painter. At the end of his career, he worked in New York City as a successful painter of children's portraits.

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