Background
Eaton, Joseph Oriel was born on July 28, 1873 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Joseph Oriel and Emma (Goodman) Eaton.
Eaton, Joseph Oriel was born on July 28, 1873 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of Joseph Oriel and Emma (Goodman) Eaton.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams, 1895.
Began with American Express Company, New York City, 1895. Department manager George P. Ide & Company, Troy, 1897-1904. Assistant general manager Empire Cream Separator Company, Bloomfield, New Jersey, 1904-1906.
Organized, Interstate Shirt & Collar Company, Troy, 1906, treasurer until 1910.
Founder, vice president & treas, Torbensen Gear & Axle Company, Newark, New Jersey, 1911, later the Torbensen Axle Company, Cleveland, president, 1916-1919. Organized, Eaton Axle Company, Cleveland, 1919, president, 1919-1923, merged, 1920, with Standard Parts Company, of which was president and general manager.
Then president Eaton Axle & Spring Company, a merger of Eaton Axle Company, Perfection Spring Company and Torbensen Axle Company. Partner Otis & Company, investment bankers, Cleveland, October 1921-1931.
Director and member executive committee, Inland Investors, Incorporated., National Acme Company.
Director Berkshire Frozen Food Lockers, Incorporated.
Served as private, 2d New York Volunteer Infantry, Spanish-American War. Member Gargoyle Alumnus, Delta Psi. Clubs: Union, Tavern, (Cleveland).
Married Edith Ide French, 1910. Children: Edith French (Mistress Daniel Dewey), Caroline French, Winsor Brown French, Edward Savage French (stepchildren), Joseph Oriel, Margaret Adams (Mistress Herbert M. Sichel), Martha (Mistress Charles Hickok), Anne (Mistress H. Whitney Dodge).