1819.
WILLIAM PIERCE EATON, born in Plainfield, Conn., in 1795, died in Norwich, Conn., January 5, 1867, aged 71 years. In November, 1819, he settled in Norwich as a physician, and for nearly twenty years remained in practice. On retiring from his profession, he continued to reside in Norwich, for the first four or five years being engaged in the lumber and coal business. He was also largely interested in real estate, purchasing considerable tracts of land in different parts of the city, for improvement and sale. In 1845, he opened a drug store, which he carried on until a few weeks before his death, uniting with this business that of insurance. He was deeply interested in all local improvements, and in the advancement of education.