EAST

HON. JOHN R. EAST was born May 17, 1845, in Indian Creek Township, Monroe Co., Ind. . He is the third son and fourth child of William and Eveline Wall) East. His father came to Monroe County in 1828, and settled in Indian Creek Township. The subject of this sketch received the rudiments of. a common English education there, and began teaching school when seventeen years of age. In February, 1864, he enlisted in Company I, Fifty-ninth Indiana Volunteers, under Capt. Graves, serving for one year and a half. He took part in the battles at Altoona and Sheppard's Landing, and marched with Sherman to the sea. On July 17, 1865, he received an honorable discharge, having been promoted to the position of Sergeant of his company. He then returned to his home and to teaching. In March, 1869, he came to Bloomington, entered the law office of Judge S. H. Buskirk, and continued until the following fall, when he entered the Law Department of the State University, from which he graduated in February, 1870. He then formed a partnership with James H. Rogers (deceased) in the regular practice, continuing for about nine months, when he assumed the duties of County Clerk, to which office he had been elected in the October before. This office he filled successfully for four years, and then resumed the practice of law, and had for his different partners Hon. C. W. Henderson (deceased) and Col. W. C. L. Taylor, now of La Fayette.    In October, 1878, he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney of the Tenth Judicial District, and served one year, remaining in the practice alone until 1882, when he formed a partnership with his brother, William H. East, and the firm name is East & East. On March 22, 1866, he was married to Miss Ma­tilda J. Binkley, daughter of Christian and Rosanna Binkley, respected residents of Monroe County. They have had six children, George J. (deceased), Rufus EL, Mattie A., William C, John R. (deceased) and Eva L. Mr. East is a member of the K. of P. and of the G. A. R. He has passed all the chairs in the L O. O. F. He is a member of the Methodist Church, and politically is a Democrat. - Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana Historical and Biographical, By Charles Blanchard, Published by F. A. Battey & Co, 1884, Pages 561 - 562

WILLIAM H. EAST, a native of Monroe County, Ind., was born June 12, 1852, in Indian Creek Township. His parents, William and Eveline (Wall) East, natives of North Carolina and Tennessee. Our subject is the youngest son and child in a family of seven children, and was reared on the old home farm in Indian Creek Township. He received a good education, and at the age of eighteen he entered the printing office of Thomas Purcell, and after staying with him for a year he found the occupation distasteful, and he then commenced teaching school. He followed this until 1874, when he became Deputy County Clerk, in which position he served until the expiration of one term of office. He then began teaching school in the winter and reading law in the summer, for three years. For the next two years, he farmed, two miles east of Bloomington. He then taught school for a year, when he formed a partnership with his brother, J. R. East, in the practice of law, and at present they are doing a thriving business, under the firm name of East & East. In 1877, he married Mary A. Conder, a daughter of E. W. Conder, a citizen of Indian Creek Township. They have two children, Ida M. and William E. Mr. East is a member of the K. of P., and also of the Methodist Episcopal Church. - Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana Historical and Biographical, By Charles Blanchard, Published by F. A. Battey & Co, 1884, Page 562

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