David A. Easton (1843-1894) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, in 1865 and studied law for a short time before deciding to enter the ministry. He studied at the Andover Theological Seminary in Andover, Massachusetts, from 1866 to 1869. That year, he married Margaret E. Easton (b. Corser) in Portland, Maine, and he was ordained as pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Danbury, Connecticut. He remained there until 1875 and became acting pastor in Naugatuck, Connecticut, until 1879. He reluctantly left the ministry due to ill health and lived and worked as a businessman in New York, New York, for a decade.
Easton became interested in Christian Science in 1888 when his wife and daughter, Emma E. Newman (b. Easton), were healed. The Eastons became students of Mary Baker Eddy, completing the Primary class in February 1889 along with Newman, who also went on to complete the Normal class in November 1898. Easton became a member of the Christian Scientist Association in 1889 and was also a member of the National Christian Scientist Association. In 1891 he was healed of tuberculosis after a meeting with Eddy. By 1892 the Eastons and their daughter were living in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, working as Christian Science practitioners and conducting Christian Science meetings.
Easton joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 5, 1892. His wife and daughter would later do so on September 30, 1893. Although Eddy had initially requested that Easton serve as pastor in Chicago, Illinois, she ended up recommending him for pastor of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. (Eddy would later ordain the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures as pastor of the church in 1895.) Easton accepted the position, and the family moved to Cambridge in 1893. Along with his wife and daughter, Easton was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner from 1892 until his passing. He was a member of the Executive Council of the Alpha Delta Phi Society and a member of the University Club of New York.
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David A. Easton (1843-1894) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, in 1865 and studied law for a short time before deciding to enter the ministry. He studied at the Andover Theological Seminary in Andover, Massachusetts, from 1866 to 1869. That year, he married Margaret E. Easton (b. Corser) in Portland, Maine, and he was ordained as pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Danbury, Connecticut. He remained there until 1875 and became acting pastor in Naugatuck, Connecticut, until 1879. He reluctantly left the ministry due to ill health and lived and worked as a businessman in New York, New York, for a decade.
Easton became interested in Christian Science in 1888 when his wife and daughter, Emma E. Newman (b. Easton), were healed. The Eastons became students of Mary Baker Eddy, completing the Primary class in February 1889 along with Newman, who also went on to complete the Normal class in November 1898. Easton became a member of the Christian Scientist Association in 1889 and was also a member of the National Christian Scientist Association. In 1891 he was healed of tuberculosis after a meeting with Eddy. By 1892 the Eastons and their daughter were living in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, working as Christian Science practitioners and conducting Christian Science meetings.
Easton joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 5, 1892. His wife and daughter would later do so on September 30, 1893. Although Eddy had initially requested that Easton serve as pastor in Chicago, Illinois, she ended up recommending him for pastor of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. (Eddy would later ordain the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures as pastor of the church in 1895.) Easton accepted the position, and the family moved to Cambridge in 1893. Along with his wife and daughter, Easton was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner from 1892 until his passing. He was a member of the Executive Council of the Alpha Delta Phi Society and a member of the University Club of New York.
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