Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Easton, Cyrus M 1842 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Cyrus M. Easton, physician, Gardner, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, 
October 23, 1842, to Alexander and Hannah (Lee) Easton, he born in Franklin 
County, Mass., September 25, 1801, a local preacher by profession and also a 
farmer; his death occurred November 1, 1880; she, born in Oppenheim, N. Y., 
January 5, 1811, died December 7, 1843; she was the mother of six children, of 
whom the Doctor was the youngest child. During his early childhood, his time 
was employed in rendering what assistance he could to his parents upon the 
homestead farm and in attending the common schools of the county, where he 
received the foundation of his subsequent education. At the age of fifteen 
years, he emigrated to the then far West, and eventually located in Grundy 
County, where he was engaged about three years as a farm hand; he then 
returned to Ohio and entered the Western Reserve Seminary, with a view of 
fitting himself for school teaching, which occupation he followed a part of 
the three years following, when not engaged with his studies. His literary 
education was completed at the Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington; 
commenced the study of medicine with Dr. J. D. CURL, of Mazon; attended his 
first course of lectures and received his diploma as an M. D. at Rush Medical 
College of Chicago, January 17, 1872, but had been practicing about five years 
previous; came to Gardner in August, 1874, where he has the satisfaction of 
conducting a very successful practice. Being ambitious to keep abreast of his 
profession, the Doctor attended the practitioners' course at Chicago, in the 
spring of 1882, where he also received a diploma. He was married in Kankakee 
County, August 20, 1867, to Miss Mary Ann Armstrong, who was born in Calhoun 
County, Mich., September 13, 1843, to Wellington G. and Grace (Glass) 
Armstrong, he a native of New York, born in 1814, March 27, died April 1, 
1876; she a native of England, born July 6, 1811, still living. Mrs. Easton is 
the mother of three children, viz., Cora May, born July 10, 1869; Lena Almira, 
born August 19, 1870; Rufus Wellington, born February 11, 1875. During the 
rebellion, Dr. Easton entered the service, in Company F, One Hundred and Forty-
fourth Illinois Infantry, Capt. Barber, and served on detached duty as Clerk 
and Warden of the military prison at Columbus, Ky., until mustered out in 
1864. Politically, he is a stanch advocate of the principles of the Republican 
party.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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