T.C. Van Eaton ran for Congress on the Republican ticket back in 1912. His wife, Nellie was right behind him. However, she was a mother first.
I’m not sure who this letter was specifically addressed to, but she tells the woman she will be T.C.’s secretary and communicate to the women what’s going on in Congress, but right now she has a child she needs to take care of and won’t “appear in the campaign”.
Images courtesy of Pat Van Eaton.
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9 responses to “T.C. Van Eaton Runs for Office (1912)”
[…] John was born December 12, 1911, the son of T. C. Van Eaton. […]
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[…] 1911 receipt for $3.00 to T. C. Van Eaton from the town Treasurer, G. B. Ingersoll, was for money towards the Eatonville fire alarm bell. The […]
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[…] 1912, T.C. Van Eaton sold his store — the town’s first business — and A. Y. Lindsey Co. started selling […]
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[…] this — a request for payment of expenses on New Washington Hotel stationery from L. L. Barrbow to T. C. Van Eaton — that make the images come […]
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[…] press photos of the old T.C. Van Eaton home were taken in 1971. The small article says at the time it was being considered as a family and […]
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[…] County, Kansas, had no idea when this picture was taken that she would eventually marry a man named T. C. Van Eaton. She would be his third wife and they would have three kids, John, Robert and […]
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[…] two wagons in the center are T. C. Van Eaton’s stage coaches and one of the men standing by it is T.C.,” says T.C.’s grandson, Pat […]
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[…] appears to be the back half of the store, and T.C. Van Eaton in the center, wearing the dark suit and […]
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[…] Van Eaton home has experienced some transformations. Built originally in 1898 by T.C. Van Eaton, it was looking a bit worn down here in […]
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