Eastman, John Robie – Eaton, Joseph Oriel
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, Julia Arabella
educa-wrote a Narrative of the Causes which led tor, author, was born July 17, 1837, in Fulton, N. Y. She is a Massachusetts teacher who has written a number of juvenile tales, among which are Short Comings and Long Goings; Young Rick; and Kitty Kent's Trouble.
Eastman, Macarthur Eastman
capitalist, was born June 8, 1810, in Gilmanton. He introduced the patent spinning jenny into England; sold patent of breech-loading cannon to British government in 1856; and contracted for firearms to the United States and other governments. He planned the direct ocean cable, laid in 1874. He died Sept. 3, 1877, in Manchester, N. H.
Eastman, Mrs. Mary Hender- Son
author, was born in 1818 in Warrenton, Va. She is the author of Romance of Indian Life; Dacotah, or Life and Legends of the Sioux; American Aboriginal Portfolio; Chicora and other Regions of the Conquerors and the Conquered; Tales of Fashionable Life; and Aunt Phillis's Cabin, a reply to Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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.
Easton, Nicholas
governor Rhode Island, was born in 1593 Rhode Island. He was governor of the united colonies of Rhode Island and ProVidence in 1650-52. He died Aug. 15, 1675, in Newport, R. I.
Easton, Rufus
jurist, congressman.
He was appointed United States judge for the territory of Louisiana in 1805; and was elected a delegate to congress from Missouri territory from 1814 to 1816.
Eaton, Amos
scientist, author, was born May 17, 1776, in Chatham, N. Y. He was a prominent scientist whose writings include Index to Geology of the Northern States; Natural History of New York; Geological Survey of the Erie Canal District; Philosophical Instructor; and Manual of Botany of North America. He died May 6, 1842, in Chatham, N. Y.
Eaton, Amos Beebe
soldier, was born May 12, 1806, in Catskill, N. Y. He was brevetted major-general in 1865, and was placed on the retired list in 1874. He died Feb. 21, 1877, in New Haven, Conn.
Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton
clergyman, educator, author, was born Dec. 10, 1849, in Nova Scotia.
He is an episcopal clergyman and instructor of New York city. He is the author of The Heart of the Creeds, a notable contribution to Broad church literature; Acadian Legends and Lyrics; Letter-Writing, its Ethics and Etiquette; The Church of England in Nova Scotia; and Tales of a Garrison Town.
Eaton, Asa
clergyman, author, was born July 25, 1778, in Plaistow. He was rector of Trinity church, Bridgewater, Mass.; and wrote History of Christ Church, Boston. He died March 24, 1858, in Boston, Mass.
Eaton, Benjamin H
farmer, manufacturer, governor, was born Dec. 15, 1833, in West Bedford, Ohio. He served as justice of the peace, county commissioner, and as representative and senator in the territorial legislature; and in 1884 was elected governor of the state of Colorado.
Eaton, Charles Henry
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 15, 1852, in Beverly, Mass. He attended Dean academy, Tufts' college, and Tufts' Divinity school. He has attained success as a universalist clergyman, and has filled pastorates in St. Paul's church of Palmer, Mass.; and in the Church of the Divine Paternity of New York city. He has written extensively on reform and social economics.
Eaton, Cyrus
educator, author, poet, was born Feb. 11, 1784, in Framingham, Mass. He was an educator of Maine who was totally blind for the last thirty years of his life; and for five years was a representative in the Massachusetts legislature. He was the author of Annals of Warren, Maine; Woman, a poem; and History of Thomaston, Maine. He died Jan. 21, 1875, in Warren, Maine.
Eaton, Daniel Cady
educator, author, was born Sept. 12, 1834, in Fort Gratiot, Mich. He was a professor of botany at Yale university; and the author of The Ferns of North America; and Ferns of the Southwest. He died in 1895.
Eaton, Daniel Cady
educator, author, was born June 16, 1837, in Johnstown, N. Y. He was a professor of the history of art at Yale university in 1869- 76; and the author of Handbook of Greek and Roman Sculpture.
Eaton, Dorman Bridgman
jurist, author, was born June 27, 1823, in Hardwick, Vt. He is a jurist of New York city, prominent in civil service reform, who has published Civil Service in Great Britain, and edited the seventh edition of Kent's Commentaries.
Eaton, Edward Dwight
clergyman, educator, college president, was born Jan. 12, 1851, in Lancaster, Wis. This eminent clergyman and educator has filled pastorates in the congregational church at Newton, Iowa, and at Oak Park, Ill.; and in 1886 became president of the Beloit college, Wis.
Eaton, George Washington
clergyman, college president, was born July 3, 1804, in Henderson, Pa. He was president of Madison university from 1850 till 1861, and at the same time professor of systematic theology. From 1861 to 1871 he was president of Hamilton Theological seminary and professor of homiletics. He died Aug. 3, 1872, in Hamilton, N. Y.
Eaton, Horace
educator, governor, was born June 22, 1804, in Barnard, Vt.
He was for some years a member of the legislature; lieutenant-governor from 1843 to 1846; superintendent of public schools from 1845 to 1850; governor of the state from 1846 to 1849; and was a member of the constitutional convention in 1848. He died July 4, 1855, in Middlebury.
Eaton, Isaac
educator, was born in 1724, in Montgomery, Pa. He was for twenty-six years pastor of the baptist church in Hopewell, N. J., and was the first teacher among American baptists to open a school for the education of young men for the ministry. He died July 4, 1772.
Eaton, James R
clergyman, educator, was born Dec. 11, 1834, at Hamilton, N. Y. In the spring of 1869 he became professor of natural science in William Jewell college, Liberty, Mo. He died March 20, 1897, in Cairo, Egypt, while on a trip to the Holy Land.
Eaton, John
educator, soldier, journalist, was born Dec. 5, 1829, in Sutton, N. H. He was commissioned a colonel in the volunteer service, and brevetted a general. He established and edited the Daily Post at Memphis, Tenn.; and in 1870 was appointed United States commissioner of education.
Eaton, John Henry
was born in 1790 in Tennessee. He was a senator in congress from Tennessee from 1818 to 1829; and was secretary of war under President Jackson from 1829 to 1831. From 1834 to 1836 was governor of the territory of Florida; and from 1836 to 1840 was minister plenipotentiary to Spain. He was the author of a Life of Andrew Jackson. He died Nov. 17, 1856, in Washington, D. C.
Eaton, Joseph Oriel
artist, was born Feb. 8, 1829, in Licking county, Ohio.
He was an effective genre and portrait painter, both in oil and water colors. The works that he exhibited at the National academy are Landscape View on the Hudson; and Moral Instruction. He died Feb. 7, 1875, in Yonkers, N. Y.