Huerfano-Las Animas County CO Archives Biographies.....East, John L. 1885 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/co/cofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 February 8, 2009, 10:43 pm Author: Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918) JOHN L. EAST. John L. East, who has been actively and successfully engaged in the practice of law at Walsenburg for the past eight years, has spent practically his entire life in Colorado, having been but three years of age when brought to this state by his parents. His birth occurred in Lawrence county, Ohio, on the 6th of November, 1885, his parents being Milton and Malissa (Morris) East, who in the year 1888 made their way westward to Trinidad, Colorado. The father devoted his time and energies to general agricultural pursuits throughout his active business career but is now living retired in the enjoyment of well earned rest. He has witnessed and aided the growth and development of his district for a period covering three decades and is widely recognized as one of the esteemed and representative citizens of his community. His wife was called to the home beyond in 1911. John L. East, the youngest in a family of seven children, completed a course of study in the graded and high schools of Trinidad, Colorado, by graduation in 1904. Having determined upon a professional career, he then entered the law department of the University of Colorado, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1908. He first located for practice in Trinidad, where he was associated with John J. Hendricks for a year, but in 1910 removed to Walsenburg, in which town he has remained continuously to the present time, having built up an extensive and gratifying clientage. He is a strong advocate with the jury and concise in his appeals before the court. Much of the success which has attended him in his professional career is undoubtedly due to the fact that in no instance will he permit himself to go into court with a case unless he has absolute confidence in the justice of his client's cause. On the 30th of June, 1911, in Trinidad, Mr. East was united in marriage to Miss Flora D. Squiers, by whom he has two children, Pauline and John L., Jr. He is an active worker in the local ranks of the democratic party, serving as chairman of the democratic central committee. In January, 1917, he was appointed county attorney and in this connection is also making a most excellent record. At this writing he is a candidate for state senator from the fourteenth senatorial district, comprising Huerfano, Costilla and Custer counties, and his personal qualities, as well as his professional achievements well recommend him to the careful consideration of the public. Fraternally be is identified with the Masons, belonging to the lodge, chapter and commandery, and he is also connected with the Eastern Star, the Woodmen of the World and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. A resident of the state since early childhood, he has always been deeply interested in its progress and development and in the community where he resides enjoys an enviable reputation as a public-spirited, respected and patriotic young American. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF COLORADO ILLUSTRATED VOLUME II CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1918 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/huerfano/bios/east287nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cofiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb