Biographical Sketches

ALLEN M. EASTERLY

ALLEN M. EASTERLY, P. O. Radersburg, ex-assessor of Jefferson county, is a native of Jackson Co., Mich.; moved to Minnesota in 1858, and for ten years was engaged in farming in that state.  He then emigrated to Last Chance Gulch in Montana, removing a few months later to Jefferson county, where he has since continued to reside.  After coming to Jefferson he mined at Indian Creek until 1877, since which time he has mostly been engaged in politics.  In 1877 he was appointed sheriff of the county for one and a half years, has since been elected for two terms, and during the fall of 1882 was elected assessor.  Mr. Easterly has always been a staunch democrat, and was elected to his present position by a very large majority.  While acting in the capacity of sheriff of the county, Mr. Easterly executed the first man who suffered the extreme penalty of the law in Jefferson, the execution taking place on the first day of March, 1868.  The name of the party executed was Micaja McAndrews who murdered George Mavor under the following circumstances: the two men had been traveling together from the Black Hills, and when twelve miles above Boulder City on the Boulder river, McAndrews shot his companion through the head while he lay sleeping at midnight.  McAndrews was arrested in Pioneer City, and after being brought back to Radersburg and having a trial was hanged.  Mr. Easterly was married to Miss Nancy Boyle, of Ohio, July 9, 1860, and they now have four children: George Burton, Allen, Ida Luemma and Charles.  Mr. Easterly retired from the assessor's office in 1884.

Source: Transcription from the book, History of Montana: 1739-1885, published in 1885; located on the website, Hathitrust Digital Library (http://www.hathitrust.org), accessed 19 January 2025.

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