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Calvin Easton Brodhead

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Calvin Easton Brodhead

Birth
Pike County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
29 Apr 1907 (aged 60)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Sp/o 1) Laura C. (Leisenring), 2) Mary C. (Lewis);
s/o Andrew J. & Ophelia (Easton) Brodhead

Source: John W. Jordan. 1911. Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania. 3 vols. Lewis Publ. Co., New York:

Calvin Easton, born in Pike county, Pennsylvania, December 27, 1846; married (first) December 6, 1870, Laura Clewell Leisenring, born at Mauch Chunk, August 9, 1848, daughter of Alexander William and Ann (Ruddle) Leisenring. They had Anna Leisenring, born November 12, 1871; Emily Easton, born November 3, 1872; Alexander William, January 1, 1874; married (second) at Oakville, Canada, Mary Lewis, who died March 31, 1905.

According to his obituary in The Reading Eagle on 5/1/1907, he died suddenly of gastritis in NYC. "He was widely known in railroad and contracting affairs, having served as chief engineer of the Lehigh Valley Railroad for some time. In 1872 he supervised the construction of the Easton and Amboy division of the road. He was well known in Flemington, NJ, where he lived before locating at Mauch Chunk."
Sp/o 1) Laura C. (Leisenring), 2) Mary C. (Lewis);
s/o Andrew J. & Ophelia (Easton) Brodhead

Source: John W. Jordan. 1911. Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania. 3 vols. Lewis Publ. Co., New York:

Calvin Easton, born in Pike county, Pennsylvania, December 27, 1846; married (first) December 6, 1870, Laura Clewell Leisenring, born at Mauch Chunk, August 9, 1848, daughter of Alexander William and Ann (Ruddle) Leisenring. They had Anna Leisenring, born November 12, 1871; Emily Easton, born November 3, 1872; Alexander William, January 1, 1874; married (second) at Oakville, Canada, Mary Lewis, who died March 31, 1905.

According to his obituary in The Reading Eagle on 5/1/1907, he died suddenly of gastritis in NYC. "He was widely known in railroad and contracting affairs, having served as chief engineer of the Lehigh Valley Railroad for some time. In 1872 he supervised the construction of the Easton and Amboy division of the road. He was well known in Flemington, NJ, where he lived before locating at Mauch Chunk."

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