Eaton, Alice Eugenia Shirley, 1844-

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Unionist woman living in Washington, D.C., New Hampshire, and Tennessee. Daughter of a Vicksburg Unionist James Shirley and wife of John Eaton, Union General, District of Tennessee Freedmen's Administrator, editor of the Memphis Post (1866-1867), President of Marietta College (1886-1891), and President of Sheldon Jackson College (1895-1899).

From the description of Alice Eaton diary, 1865-1908. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 74670754

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Washington (D.C.)
Tennessee
Southern States
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American newspapers
Journalism
Recipes
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1867-1877)
Women
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Birth 1844

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