John C. Early

John Chrysostom Early was an American teacher and colonial officer. He was Governor of Mountain Province in Cordillera, Philippines and an advisor to Governor General of the Philippines, Dwight F. Davis.

Career

His parents were John Early Sr. and Anastasia Kinsella, Irish immigrants to the United States. John C. Early was born in Edina, Missouri on November 11, 1873. In 1878, the family moved to Moorhead, Minnesota. Early studied at Fargo College and the Moorhead Normal School.
In his early career, Early ran the family farm and brick business in Minnesota. He lived in Seattle and mined for gold in Klondike. He enrolled Washington Agricultural College where he studied under sociology professor Walter Greenwood Beach. After attaining his bachelor's degree, Early worked as a teacher, farmer and newspaper publisher. He published The Southern Idaho Review.
He moved to the Philippines in 1906, during the History of [the Philippines (1898–1946)|American period], to work as a teacher. He was Governor of Mountain Province from 1923 to 1930.
He died on January 2, 1932, in Baguio.