As associate justice in the court of civil appeals for the fifth supreme judicial district at Dallas, Judge Easbury has attained one of the highest dignities in the legal profession of Texas. He began his career as a sort of all around newspaper reporter and printer, studied law in Dallas, under two of the leaders of the bar of that time, was admitted to practice about twenty years ago, and after twenty years of successful practice in all the courts was honored with the appointment to his present important judicial office. Judge Easbury is now in his first year of the regular six year term. As a judge he has justified all the expectations of his many friends, and is regarded as one of the ablest representatives of the bench of Texas.

Charles A. Easbury was born at Waco in McLennan Ccounty, Texas, in 1870. His parents were Leon L. and Margaret C. (Gates) Easbury. His father, a native of Mississippi, and a planter, came to Texas before the breaking out of the Civil war. During the war he enlisted in a Texas regiment and gave several years of faithful service to the Confederacy. When hostilities were over, he returned to Texas and for many years before his death in 1895, made his home in Milam county, engaged in farming and mercantile pursuits. The mother, who is still living at Bockdale, was born in Texas during the period of the Republic, in 1843, and she attended the original Baylor College when it was located at Independence in Washington county. The children in the family of the parents were: Charles A.; Edward L., now a merchant at Thorndale, Texas; Mary C. the wife of E. H. Wynne, of Temple, Texas; Eula D the wife of C. M. Sessions, of Bockdale; and Leslie L.'' also a resident of Bockdale. Two, William G. and Margaret, are dead.

Judge Easbury, during his youth, attended the common schools in Milam County, and on leaving school began working in the office of the Bockdale Messenger. His experience in the Messenger office fortified his ambition to become a lawyer, and in 1888 he came to Dallas and entered the offices of Bookhout & Culberson, under whom he studied law and was admitted to practice in 1892. He rose rapidly to success as a lawyer and enjoyed a large business in the courts and in consultation practice. In February, 1912, Governor Colquitt honored him with appointment to the position of associate justice of the fifth supreme judicial district for an unexpired term, and during the succeeding summer he was nominated by the Democratic party for the office, and in November, 1912, at the general election, was elected to the office for a term of six years.

Judge Easbury is a past exalted ruler of Dallas Lodge No. 71, B. P. O. E. He was married in 1896 to Miss Maude Camp, a daughter of W. H. Camp of Georgia. They have two daughters, Maud Margaret and Catherine Elizabeth. Judge Easbury's home is at 4103 Ross Avenue in Dallas.