MEET SOME OF OUR
NOTABLE RESIDENTS

Most photographed stage actress in the 1890s

President of Lafayette College who saved the school in 1863

Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court beginning in 1900

First Professor of English Language in America in 1857

Noted architect known for using Mercer tiles

Noted sculptor who designed Traill Green statue at cemetery entrance

Signer of Declaration of Independence

Inventor of the

football helmet

Father of American Band Music and conductor of regimental band in Civil War

Founder of Easton Cemetery in 1846 and Lafayette professor

First director of Easton Library in 1902 and founder of historical society

Perfector of the split-bamboo fly rod in 1840s

Civil War veteran and Medal of Honor recipient

Civil War veteran and commander in Spanish-American War

Lafayette professor who developed the field of meteorology

Educator and superintendent of Easton schools for 60 years

First African-American student at Lafayette College in 1832

Self-taught 19th century artist

Founder of Lafayette College and first president of its Board of Trustees

Leading citizen of Easton who worked with President John Adams