Elijah Easton (May 18, 1815 – February 27, 1905) was an American farmer, teacher and politician who served two one-year terms as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Walworth, Wisconsin,[1] and another as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from a three-county district, as well as holding local offices in both these states.
Easton was born on May 18, 1815, in Afton, New York, and was educated in the local common schools, In 1837, he moved to Potter County, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in teaching and farming.
He moved to Dover Township, later renamed Havana at his suggestion, in Steele County, Minnesota in 1866, and for the third time created a new farm for himself in a pioneer region.
Known locally as "Uncle Elijah", he was described in a contemporary account as a "venerable looking old gentleman... [w]ith his tall, erect form, stately bearing, long white hair and whiskers, and... kind and benevolent face."
While he had been suffering from increasing feebleness, within the past year he had posed as a model at Pillsbury Academy, a local college preparatory school.