Earll, Jonas – Eastman, Ira A
Earll, Jonas
congressman, was born in 1786. He was at one time a senator in the New York legislature; and was a member of congress from that state from 1827 to 1831. He was a canal commissioner at the time of his death. He died in October, 1846, in Syracuse, N. Y.
Earll, Nehemiah H
congressman, was born in New York. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1839 to 1841.
Early, Charles
real estate operator, was born Jan. 16, 1851, in Lynchburg, Va. In 1883 he came to Washington, D. C., and became a real estate operator. He has originated and promoted several land syndicates, and those engaged with him have substantial proof of his foresight and good sense.
Early, John
bishop, was born Jan. 1, 1786, in Bedford county, Va. Though sixty-nine years of age, he was elected bishop in 1854, and served his church with great zeal and fidelity for nineteen years.
He died Nov. 5, 1873, in Lynchburg, Va.
Early, John
clergyman, college president, was born in 1814, in Ireland.
He was appointed president of Worcester college, Mass., where he remained several years. Subsequently he was transferred to the presidency of Georgetown college. He died in 1874, in Georgetown, D. C.
Early, Jubal Anderson
general, author, was born Nov. 3, 1816, in Franklin county, Va. He was a distinguished general in the confederate army who settled in New Orleans after the close of the civil war. He was the author of Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States; Campaigns of General Lee; and Jackson's Campaign against Pope. He died in 1894.
Early, Lewis Johnson
educator, journalist, author, was born Feb. 2, 1865, in Ohio county, Ky. He commenced life as a teacher in Hawesville, Ky.; and subsequently was instructor of elocution in the West Kentucky college. He is the editor and proprietor of The Telephone of Cannelton, Ind.; and is also the author of a book of selections entitled The Elocutionist's Favorite.
Early, Peter
lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born June 20, 1773, in Madison county, Va. He served in the United States house of representatives from Georgia from 1802 to 1807. On his return to Georgia he was made a judge of the supreme court of the state; in 1813 was elected governor; and was subsequently a state senator. He died Aug. 15, 1817, in Greene county, Ga.
Eason, James Henry
educator, clergyman, editor, was born Oct. 24, 1866, in Sumterville, Ala. He attended the Selma university, and the Richmond Theological seminary, Virginia, from which institution he received the degree of B. D. in 1890. He was principal of the Auburn academy, Alabama; missionary of the American Baptist Home Mission society of New York city; and professor of mathematics and metaphysics in Selma university. He reads Greek and Hebrew fluently, and has made some original investigations in ancient history; and is the author of a work on that subject entitled The March of Civilization. He is a successful clergyman, and the editor of The Baptist Leader.
East, Thomas Sadler
business man, was born Aug. 11, 1879. He graduated from the Military academy of Clinton, La., in which city he is successfully engaged in business.
Eastburn, George
educator, was born Nov. 25, 1838, in Bucks county, Pa.
In 1862 he enlisted in the eleventh regiment Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, and subsequently left the military service on account of sickness. In 1868 he graduated from Yale college, with the degree of B. A.; and the same year founded an English and classical school on Broad street, Philadelphia, known as The Eastburn academy, which he has since conducted with great success. He was offered the vice-presidency of Girard college. He has lectured extensively on the metric system, and other subjects. In 1871 Yale college gave him the degree of M. A.; and in 1890 the degree of Ph. D. was conferred on him by Princeton college.
Eastburn, James Wallis
clergyman, author, poet, was born Sept. 26, 1797, in London, England. At the age of eighteen he wrote the hymn O Holy, Holy, Holy Lord! and was a contributor to various periodicals. He published, in conjunction with Robert C. Sands, Yamoyden, a romantic poem, founded on the history of King Philip, the sachem of the Wampanoags. He died at sea Dec. 2, 1819.
Eastburn, Manton
bishop, author, was born Feb. 1, 1801, in England. He was the fourth protestant episcopal bishop of Massachusetts. He was the author of Lectures on Hebrew, Latin, and Greek Poetry; Lectures on the Epistles to the Philippians; and Essays and Dissertations on Biblical Literature. He died Sept. 11, 1872, in Boston, Mass.
Easterbrook, Experience
lawyer, congressman, was born April 30, 1813, in Lebanon, N. H. He was a member of the convention that formed the constitution of Wisconsin; served also in the legislature, and was attorney general of the state. In 1854 he was appointed United States district attorney for the territory of Nebraska, which office he held until 1859, when he was elected a delegate from Nebraska to the thirty-sixth congress.
Eastland, Mrs. Clara F
poet, was born June 16, 1835, in Rutland, Vt. She is the author of a number of poems.
Eastman, Alvah
legislator, journalist, was born Aug. 22, 1858, in Lovell, Maine. In 1889 he was elected a member of the Minnesota legislature; and during 1890-93 was United States revenue agent.
He is the editor and owner of the Daily and Weekly Journal of St. Cloud; and president of the Minnesota Editorial association.
Eastman, Benjamin C
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Wisconsin from 1851 to 1855. He died Feb. 5, 1856, in Platteville, Wis.
Eastman, Charles Gamage
poet, was born June 1, 1816, in Frysburg, Maine.
He was a poet of Montpelier, Vt., who published in 1848 a volume of Poems, descriptive of rural life in New England. He died in 1861 in Burlington, Vt.
Eastman, Charles Rochester
scientist, author, was born in 1868 in Indiana. He is a scientist of Cambridge, an assistant in the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. He edited and translated from the German of Karl von Zittel a Text- Book of Palæontology.
Eastman, David Wallace
legislator, financier, was born Sept. 18, 1839, in Republic, Ohio. He received a thorough education and taught school until graduation in Battle Creek.
Mich.
He enlisted in 1861 and served with distinction in fifteen battles and skirmishes. He reenlisted in 1864, and resigned the following year. He served in the second regiment Missouri cavalry (Merrill's Horse); was sergeant of company H, and rapidly promoted to sergeant-major, first lieutenant, and adjutant of his regiment. In 1871 he moved to Kansas, and since that time has resided in Emporia, where he has attained success in the real estate business, as a financier, and in public affairs. He has been assistant postmaster; a member of the board of education; treasurer of his county twice; mayor of Emporia; cashier of the Citizens' bank; and in 1893 was a member of the famous Kansas house of representatives, and did some important work for the cause of good government. In 1894 he was a candidate for state treasurer before the republican convention, and has taken an active part in the public affairs of his city, county and state. He is now secretary and treasurer of the Building and Loan association of Emporia, Kas.
Eastman, Edward
lawyer, legislator, was born in April, 1837, in Harrison, Maine. He is a successful lawyer; and represented his city in the state legisla ture in 1876.
Eastman, Mrs. Elaine Goodale
educator, author, poet, was born Oct. 9, 1863, in Berkshire county, Mass. She became a teacher at various Indian schools, and in 1891 married Dr. Charles Eastman, a Sioux Indian. She is now supervisor of schools in St. Paul, Minn. She is the author of Journal of a Farmer's Daughter; The Coming of the Birds; and a volume of poems entitled Apple Blossoms.
Eastman, George
inventor, was born July 12, 1854, in Waterville, N. Y. As an amateur photographer and experimenter during this period he perfected a process for making dry plates, and in 1881 began to manufacture dry plates on a small scale. The Eastman Dry Plate company now employs 700 people, and has a branch factory in Harrow, England. The Kodak was the greatest hit, and the Eastman Kodak company, formed to produce it, capital $5,000,000, is sending its goods all over the world.
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.