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Eastman, Harvey Gridley

educator, was born Nov. 16, 1832, in Marshall, N. Y. He opened a commercial school in St. Louis in 1855, and four years later the Eastman National Business college at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In 1871, and again in 1873, Mr. Eastman was elected to the New York assembly, and he also served three terms as mayor of Poughkeepsie.

He died July 13, 1878, in Denver, Colo.

Eastman, Ira A

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in New Hampshire. He served in the state legislature, and was speaker of the house from 1837 to 1839; and was at one time secretary of the state senate. He was register of probate; from 1844 to 1859 was a judge of the circuit and the supreme courts; and was elected a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1839 to 1843.

Eastman, John Robie

astronomer, was born July 29, 1836, in Andover, N. H.

In February, 1865, he was appointed professor of mathematics in the United States navy, with the relative rank of commander, and assigned to astronomical work in the United States observatory in Washington. He has accompanied various astronomical expeditions throughout the United States, and in 1870 was sent to Syracuse, Sicily, to observe the total eclipse of the sun that took place on Dec. 22 of that year.

Easton, Carroll F

banker, was born Aug. 31, 1857, in Lowville, N. Y.

He received his education in the schools of West Martinsburg, N. Y., and has attained prominence as a successful banker. For many years he lived in Minnesota, and is now a prominent banker of Aberdeen, S. D., and general financial agent of the western department of the Fidelity and Deposit company of Maryland.

Easton, John

governor. He was governor of Rhode Island in 1690-95, and of

Eastman, Nehemiah

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1785 in Strafford county, N. H. He settled at Farmington, N. H. He was a senator in the state legislature from 1820 to 1825; and a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1825 to 1827. He died Jan. 11, . 1850.

Eastman, Ornan

clergyman, was born March 27, 1796, in Amherst, Mass.

He entered the service of the American Tract society in Boston in 1825-28. In the latter year he was transferred to New York, first as general agent for the Mississippi valley, and from 1832 as finance secretary, which office he continued to fill till he retired in 1870. He died April 24, 1874, in New York city.

Eastman, Philip

jurist, author, was born Feb. 5, 1789, in Chatham, N. H. He served as a commissioner to locate claims of settlers on the northeastern boundary of Maine. He published General Statutes of Maine in 1840, and Digest of the First Twenty-Six Volumes of Maine Law Reports in 1849. He died Aug. 7, 1869, in Saco, Maine.

Eastman, Sanford

physician, was born in 1821 in Lodi, N. Y. He began to practice in Buffalo, and was in 1858 appointed to the professorship of anatomy in the university, to which was added in 1867 that of clinical surgery, which position he resigned in 1870. He died Jan. 8, 1874, in Riverside, Cal.

Eastman, Seth

soldier, author, was born Jan. 24, 1808, in Brunswick, Maine.

He was an officer in the United States army stationed at Fort Snelling and other places on the western frontier; afterwards a lieutenant-colonel and brevet brigadier-general. He was the author of History, Condition and Future Prospects of the Indians of the United States; and Topographical Drawing. He died Aug. 31, 1875, in Washington, D. C. in to Philip's Indian War of 1675-76.