Edmund P. Easterbrook

American military officer and clergyman (1865–1933)

Fannie Luscombe
(m. 1892; died 1929)
Children5, including Arthur and Ernest

Edmund Pepperell Easterbrook (December 22, 1865 – January 18, 1933) was an English-born American military officer and minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church who served as the 2nd Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1928 to 1929.[1]

He was married to the former Fannie Luscombe in September 1892. The couple would go on to have 5 children: Arthur, Gladys, William, Wilfred, and Ernest. Arthur and Ernest served as general officers in the Army, while Gladys married future general J. Lawton Collins.[2]

He died in 1933 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.[3]

References

  1. ^ Gushwa, Robert L. (1977). The United States Army Chaplaincy. Vol. IV. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of the Army. p. 6. Retrieved June 1, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "Col. E. P. Easterbrook Is Dead In Virginia". The New York Times. Associated Press. January 19, 1933. p. 15. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  3. ^ "Burial detail: Easterbrook, Edmund P". ANC Explorer. Retrieved June 1, 2023.

External links

  • Media related to Edmund P. Easterbook at Wikimedia Commons
Offices and distinctions
Military offices
Preceded by
Charles Brent
Senior Chaplain of the American Expeditionary Forces
1918–1920
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Preceded by
John T. Axton
Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army
1928–1929
Succeeded by
Julian E. Yates
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