ev. Dr. Easter was born in Baltimore, August 24, l830, the son of a well known merchant of the city, a man of large ability and liberal ideas. After graduation at Yale College at the ago of 20 years, Dr. Easter went abroad to continue studies in the natural sciences, for which he had a special liking. He graduated from Heidelberg in l855 as a chemist and geologist and also studied at the University of Gottingen and at the Saxon School of Mines at Freiberg. Returning to America, he occupied the chair of chemistry and physics in the University of Georgia until l860. His course in theology was taken by private study, and his ordination to the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church occurred at Savannah, Georgia, November 30, l859. Dr. Easter's first charge was Christ church, Savannah, and his subsequent rectorships included Brunswick and Rome, Ga., Tuscaloosa, Ala., Trinity church, St. Louis; the Cathedral, Omaha; Jacksonville, Ill., and St. Stephen's church at San Luis Obispo, his first appointment in California. December 31, l893, he became rector of Trinity church at Redlands. Under his administration this church has prospered. An important change recently accomplished was the removal of the church building and the rectory from their former location, at a point on Center street originally planned for the center of the town, to the present location on Cajon street, near the center as finally determined by the course of events.

Dr. Easter has received degrees from Yale and Heidelberg Universities and from Nebraska College. In l865, J.B. Lippincott & Co. published his "Physical Technics," a work that has attracted the attention of scholars throughout the country. He has been twice married in l857 to Miss Frances H. Coley and in l872 to Miss Mary E. Doan. Of the five children born to him only two, a son and a daughter, are now living.

Trinity Episcopal Church Society was organized April 7, l887, and the church was opened for service July l7 following, when Rev. Alfred Fletcher, the first rector, was installed. He was succeeded by Rev. William T. Manning in February, l892, who served until the author of this sketch began his ministry here.

(Source: Illustrated Redlands, l897, pg. 38)