Edwin G. Eastman (1847-1916) was born in Grantham, New Hampshire, and died in Newport, New Hampshire. In 1874 he graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, and began pursuing a legal career. He was admitted to the bar in 1876 and the same year became a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Eastman then served as a county solicitor and, in 1889, as a member of the New Hampshire Senate. He was appointed Attorney General of New Hampshire and held that position from 1892 through 1911. During that time he formed the legal partnership Eastman, Scammon & Gardner, which he continued until his death. In 1877 Eastman married Elma E. Eastman (b. Dodge) in Newport, New Hampshire. She died in 1880, and in 1885 he married Morgieanna Eastman (b. Follansby) in Boscawen, New Hampshire.
In addition to his law practice, Eastman was director of the Boston & Maine Railroad, vice president and director of Exeter Banking Company, vice president and trustee of Union Five Cents Savings Bank, trustee of Robinson Seminary, president of Exeter Manufacturing Company, and president of Newmarket Light, Heat & Power Company. He was also a delegate to the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention in 1901 and to the Republican National Convention in 1908. In 1907, Eastman worked as co-counsel with Samuel J. Elder and William A. Morse to represent the ten defendants named in the "Next Friends" lawsuit, including several of Mary Baker Eddy's household staff and officials of The First Church of Christ Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. The lawsuit, claiming that Eddy was not competent to manage her own affairs, was ultimately unsuccessful.
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Edwin G. Eastman (1847-1916) was born in Grantham, New Hampshire, and died in Newport, New Hampshire. In 1874 he graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, and began pursuing a legal career. He was admitted to the bar in 1876 and the same year became a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. Eastman then served as a county solicitor and, in 1889, as a member of the New Hampshire Senate. He was appointed Attorney General of New Hampshire and held that position from 1892 through 1911. During that time he formed the legal partnership Eastman, Scammon & Gardner, which he continued until his death. In 1877 Eastman married Elma E. Eastman (b. Dodge) in Newport, New Hampshire. She died in 1880, and in 1885 he married Morgieanna Eastman (b. Follansby) in Boscawen, New Hampshire.
In addition to his law practice, Eastman was director of the Boston & Maine Railroad, vice president and director of Exeter Banking Company, vice president and trustee of Union Five Cents Savings Bank, trustee of Robinson Seminary, president of Exeter Manufacturing Company, and president of Newmarket Light, Heat & Power Company. He was also a delegate to the New Hampshire Constitutional Convention in 1901 and to the Republican National Convention in 1908. In 1907, Eastman worked as co-counsel with Samuel J. Elder and William A. Morse to represent the ten defendants named in the "Next Friends" lawsuit, including several of Mary Baker Eddy's household staff and officials of The First Church of Christ Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. The lawsuit, claiming that Eddy was not competent to manage her own affairs, was ultimately unsuccessful.
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