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Submitted: 2/24/14 • Approved: 7/11/16 • Last Updated: 3/11/18 • R27898-G27898-S3
SERGEANT US Army
Company C 59 Illinois Infantry
Civil War Union
December 2, 1832 - Death Date Unknown
Mississippi Marine Brigade
William G. Cutler's HISTORY OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, Crawford County-Giographical Sketches Published 1883
..J.G. EASTWOOD, saddle and harness maker, was born in Illinois December 2, 1832. He was raised on a farm, received a common school education, and went to learn a trade at the age of eighteen, beginning business for himself in Illinois at the age of twenty, in which he continued twelve years,. In 1861, he enlisted in the army and served until 1863. He came to Kansas in 1865, and was employed on a farm two years, coming to Girard in 1869, where he remained until 1877. He was then on a farm two years, and then came back to Girard and engaged in the saddler's business, in which he has since continued. He owns a farm of 120 acres, and runs it as a grain, stock and fruit farm. The farm has a fine grove of timber and running water on it. He also owns a residence in Girard. He was Police Judge for three years, and is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows. He was married to Miss Margaret J. Mourning, of Kentucky, in 1858. They have three children--Susan E., Eva R., Franklin M. and George Wesley (deceased); Miss Susan Eastwood was married to Mr. E. Mills in 1876, and has had two children--George L. (deceased) and Harry.
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Jefferson was a Civil War veteran having enlisted in Co. C 59th Illinois Infantry where he became a Sargeant and was later transferred to the Mississippi Marine Brigade.
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Evelyn Jones Christensen
Contributed on 2/24/14
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