John Eadon, a scissor smith, was baptised in Ecclesfield on 14 October 1759 (Hall, 1915).  He was the son of John Eadon and Hannah.  His father was master of the Free Writing School in Sheffield.  He was apprenticed to Joshua Fowler, a scissor smith, in 1775, and was then apprenticed briefly to Joseph Bailey.  Eadon was granted his Freedom in 1782.   In 1775, his sister, Mary, had married Bailey.  The two men became partners in Bailey & Eadon, which in 1787 was listed as scissor smiths, ironmongers, and factors in Westbar.  They developed strong trading links with America.   John Eadon became Master Cutler in 1811, when the firm was known as Bailey, Eadon & Bailey.   After 1815, Eadon and Bailey dissolved their partnership.  John Eadon & Son continued as a merchant and ironmonger in Westbar (1822) and then Pond Street (1828).  John Eadon, Charles Street, died on 24 January 1829, aged 69, and was buried in Ecclesall.  His wife, Mary, had predeceased him on 18 October 1828, aged 67.