Biography of John J. Eakright, page 983.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

John J. Eakright, section 20, Wilmington Township, is a prominent teacher of 
De Kalb County.  He was born three miles south of Butler, March 15, 1852, a 
son of Abraham and Susannah (Miller) Eakright.  He was reared on his 
father’s farm and educated in Butler and the High School of Auburn.  He 
began teaching in the fall of 1873, and has taught nine winters in his home 
district.  He taught one winter in Union Township, and the winter of 1884-’85 
in No. 3, Wilmington Township.  Mr. Eakright has been a very successful 
teacher, and has gained a reputation second to none in the county.  He takes 
an active interest in the teachers’ institutes of De Kalb County, and has 
never missed a session since he began teaching.  He was elected Justice of 
the Peace in 1884 for a term of four years.  Mr. Eakright was married Oct. 
28, 1874, to Acelia Treman, daughter of Edgar Treman, an old setter of 
Wilmington Township.  They have one son---Orton E., born Sept. 9, 1877.  Mr. 
Eakright has a pleasant home of forty-seven acres, and in the summer 
devotes his attention to farming.

Submitted by:
Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com