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Descendants of Roger EASTMAN, the Emigrant to America

Eastman, Georgia

"On Oct 26, 1870, the County of Dodge, Georgia was formed and the County Seat was fixed at Eastman. The County was named for W. E. Dodge of New York, a wealthy merchant with a large lumber interest in this district. The town was named for WILLIAM PITT EASTMAN, a native of New England, who organized the Dodge Land Company. Eastman, Georgia is the center of a rich agricultural section and a trade center. Eastman, in the middle south Georgia, has an unusual record. In 1882 a hanging of four men and a woman is believed to have been one of the largest number of people to have been executed legally at any one time in this country. It was the culmination of the Eastman Riot…."

Source: "Georgia Landmarks" by Knight, 1914

"Population 3,022; seat of Dodge County was named for WILLIAM PITT EASTMAN who gave the land on which the town was built. The first store was operated in 1871 two years before the town was incorporated. At that time lumber, milling and turpentine distilling were the chief enterprises but cotton and pecan cultivation have superseded them in recent years."

Source: "American Guide Series, 1940"

William Pitt Eastman (1813 - 1888)[My 4th Cousin 5 Times Removed]

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Eastman, Quebec, Canada

"Was named for Ruth Jane Eastman whose husband John S. Blinn established it. Frederick Solomon Eastman, an Episcopal rector, had his first church here."

Source: "That Man Eastman" by Charles John Eastman, 1952

Ruth Jane Eastman (June 19, 1833 - Unk)[My 6th Cousin 3 Times Removed]

Frederick Solomon Eastman (November 30, 1871 - June 1969)[My 6th Cousin 3 Times Removed]

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Eastman, Wisconsin

"Population 2,713; a farming town located about 12 miles from Prairie du Chien. It was organized in 1855 and named for Honorable Ben C. Eastman, U.S. Congressman from this district."

Source: "That Man Eastman" by Charles John Eastman, 1952

Ben C. Eastman (October 24, 1812 - February 02, 1856), U.S. Congressman [My 5th Cousin 4 Times Removed]

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Eastmanville, Michigan

"On the edge of the Grand River, a few miles northwest of Grand Rapids, is the town of Eastmanville, Michigan. According to road maps it has a population of one hundred and fifty [in 1950]. Actually the town consists of a combination general store and filling station surrounded by some very fine farms and a residence on the Grand River which has been in the Eastman Family for many years."

"Directly in front of the general store is a huge rock on which is a bronze tablet bearing the following words:

"Placed here in 1921 by Frederic Eastman and dedicated to his grandfather, Dr Timothy Eastman, 1798-1868, the first white settler in 1835 who organized this town of Polkton in 1845, and of this father, Mason Eastman, 1829-1860 who platted Eastmanville in 1855."
"Dr Timothy Eastman was born in E. Kingston, NH, Jan 17,1798. Studied medicine with Prof Ingalls of Boston and in 1835 went to Michigan and established the town of Polkton. The country was a wilderness and his trip had been by Erie Canal, a sailing vessel to Detroit and then by stage coach and canoes. With him were his wife, Mary Jane Barker, and several children. He was the first clerk of Ottawa County, served as associate judge of the district and did a great deal of medical work. Was a member of the Constitutional Convention in 1850 and held many other important positions. In 1840, Ottawa County had two hundred and eight people and in 1846 the town of Polkton with thirteen farms had only 105 improved acres valued at $4.00 per acre. The total assessed value of all real and personal property was $17,000."

Source: "That Man Eastman" by Charles John Eastman, 1952

"EASTMANVILLE; a small colony of summer homes on the north bank of the Grand River. A drawbridge is kept in operation although the river at normal stages is so shallow that nothing larger than a scow or rowboat can navigate the stream. Because the river is deemed by the Government to be a navigable stream from its mouth to Lamont, nineteen miles above, the bridge tender daily keeps his watch and nightly, on the central span, he hangs the red and green lights that mark the channel for whatever craft may pass. But no vessel ever appears. In more than a decade the bridge has been operated but twice; the river was at flood stage and a small tug and a few barges drawing less than four feet passed upstream and returned."

Source: "Michigan-Writers Project, 1941"

Dr. Timothy Eastman [My 4th Cousin 5 Times Removed]

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9-11-2001

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