John Eakin

Jno (John) Rogers Eakin, lawyer and editor of the Washington Telegraph (Hempstead County), the only state newspaper to remain in operation throughout the Civil War.

Old white man with long beard reading a book

Courtesy of the Arkansas State Archives

Media

Time Period

Post-Reconstruction through the Gilded Age (1875 - 1900)

Category

Law / Lawyers

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

White

Gender

Male

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