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J.
D. EASTON
is descended from ancestors who were prominent actors the early history of
the New England colonies. One of these pioneers of the Easton
family settled in Providence Plantation, in Rhode Island, becoming an
associate of Roger Williams. The grandmother of our subject,
Miss M. Perry, was a full cousin of Commodore Perry of Lake Erie
fame.
Perry Easton, father of J. D., was born
Jan. 8, 1790, in Woodbury, Conn., and when yet a boy came to Greene county,
N. Y., and served in Capt. Clark's Company during the war of 1812.
After the war he came to Ontario county, N. Y., and in 1818 moved to Huron
county, Ohio, residing in Ridgefield and Bronson townships. When a
young man he was married to Sallie Raymond, who was born in Great
Barrington, Mass., a descendant of Lord Raymond, and they had three
children, of whom are mentioned J. D., the subject proper of this
sketch, and a twin brother who lives in Paris, Texas. Politically
Mr. Easton was first a Jeffersonian Democrat, then a Henry Clay
Whig, and subsequently a Republican. He and his family were
members of the Presbyterian Church. He died in 1858.
J. D. Easton was born in 1816, in Rushville, N.
Y., and was reared and educated in Huron county, Ohio. In 1848 he was
united in marriage with Miss Jane Barker, who was born in 1815, in
Cayuga county, N.Y., and they made their home on the farm in Peru township,
Huron Co., Ohio. During the war he bought horses for the Government.
About 1873 they settled on their present home, containing 170 acres, ninety
of which are within the limits of the corporation of Monroeville. In
politics our subject was originally a Whit, now a Republican, and he has
served six years as a member of the board of directors for the county
infirmary. He has taken an active interest in other matters of local
importance, and was recently elected vice-president of the Firelands
Historical Association. His wife is a member of the Society of
Friends. Mr. and Mrs. Easton are the parents of two children,
namely: Ida S. and John P., the latter of whom is married to a
Miss Fish, and is now living on a farm near Monroeville; he has two
children, Eunice and Candace.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the counties of
Huron and Lorain, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago: J. H. Beers &
Co., 1894 - Page 499 |
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GUSTAVUS
ERF. The subject of this sketch, one of the junior members of
the Erf Bros. Publishing Co., and a brother of J. Eduard Erf,
was born in Lyme township, Huron county, in 1865, the third son of
Anthony Erf. Like his brother, he spent his early life in going to
school and working on the farm. After having completed his studies in
the district school, he attended the Monroeville high school, and later on
went to Cleveland, where he did some work on a mechanical journal as
solicitor. Coming to Norwalk, he, in company with his brother, bought
the Norwalk Germania, which they continued to publish. Later on
a job office was opened. When the firm of Erf Bros. was lately
consolidated and merged into the Erf Bros. Publishing Co. he became a
prominent stockholder. Mr. Erf is especially connected with the
business management of the concern, in which he takes an active interest.
In 1892 our subject was married to Miss Rosa Frenz,
who presides over his pleasant home on Olive street. Though young he
is active and energetic, well liked by his business associates, and he has
before him a prosperous and bright career.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the
counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio - Illustrated - Published: Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co., 1894 - Page 52 |
