sentences:  Eggleston was born to Dr. Joseph Eggleston and Ann Carrington on November 13, 1867, in Prince Edward County, Virginia.He attended Prince Edward Academy and then Hampden-Sydney College in Hampden-Sydney, Virginia, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1886 and later a Master's Degree.From 1886 until 1889, Eggleston served as a public school teacher in Virginia, Georgia, and North Carolina.