Lander County
William Easton
Biography
(Transcribed by Andaleen Whitney)
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Nevada Genealogy Trails Lander County William Easton Biography (Transcribed by Andaleen Whitney) |
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WILLIAM EASTON, proprietor of the International Hotel of Austin, Nevada, and also the county assessor of Lander county, came to this commonwealth in 1875, and is a native of Canada, where he was born on the 1st of January, 1854. His grandfather, William Easton, was a native of Scotland, but emigrated to America in 1800 and took up his abode thirty miles south of the city of Montreal, Canada. His son, Neal Easton, was born on the family homestead there, and married Miss Ann Jamieson, also a native of Scotland, and they became the parents of seven children. The mother passed away in death in 1866, but the father still survives and now makes his home in London, Ontario, being seventy-seven years of age. William Easton, the only member of his father's family in Nevada, received his early education in Canada, and when fourteen years of age went to London, Ontario, to learn the blacksmith's trade. From there he went to Bismarck, on the Canada Southern Railroad, and thence came to Austin, Nevada, where he was employed as mining engineer by the Manhattan Company, also doing their blacksmithing. In 1890 he was elected sheriff and assessor and held that office for four terms of two years each. Mr. Easton in 1899 purchased the International Hotel, a building one hundred by one hundred feet in dimensions, with twenty-three sleeping apartments, a large hall for theatres and parties, a large dining-room and all modern conveniences to be found in a first-class hotel. He also owns a half interest in a livery stable in Austin, and is one of the city's most active and successful business men. In politics Mr. Easton was formerly identified with the Republicans, but when his party abandoned its bimetallic principles he became one of the active organizers of the silver party and is now independent in his political affiliations. In 1899 he was sergeant-at-arms in the state legislature. In 1902 he was again elected assessor of Lander county, being now in his tenth year in that important office, and is giving the utmost satisfaction in the performance of its duties. In January, 1888, Mr. Easton was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Anna Stow, a native daughter of California, where her birth occurred in San Francisco. They have three children: Neil Stow, attending school in California; Della Louise, also attending school; and Melville H. The family are Methodists in their reigious faith, and fraternally Mr. Easton is a Freemason, holding the office of senior warden in the blue lodge and is treasurer of the chapter. He has also filled all the offices in the lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and in the social and business circles of the community he holds an enviable place.
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