*Civil War Veteran of Co. E, 12th ME Inf. Military Service
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s/o Daniel & Rebecca (Smart) Eastman
h/o Mary M. (Hobson) Eastman (m. November 1, 1876, Standish, Cumberland County, Maine)
f/o James Walker Eastman & Rebe Mary (Eastman) Thompson
h/o Adelia S. (Walker) Eastman (m. May 20, 1884, Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine)
f/o Edna Eastman
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TOBIAS L. EASTMAN, a well-known public man of Oxford County, and the proprietor of the Eastman Canning factory in Fryeburg, was born in the town of Stow, this county, December 30, 1844. His parents were Daniel and Rebecca (Smart) Eastman, the former of Fryeburg, the latter of Lovell. Daniel Eastman was engaged for a number of years in farming and lumbering and conducting a hotel in Lovell; and his death occurred in that town, October 25, 1877. He was twice married. His first marriage was contracted with Mrs. Lucy Walker, of Fryeburg, who died in Lovell, April 10, 1835. She was the mother of seven children, all now deceased; namely, James W., Abigail W., Hall C., Horace D., Horace, Mary Ann, and Samuel W. The second wife, Rebecca, after her husband's death went to live with her son, Tobias L., and died at his home, December 7, 1885. She was the mother of six children, namely: Seth and Tobias L., deceased; Lucy W., now residing in Standish, Me., the widow of Jere H. Lord; Tobias L. (second), the subject of this sketch; Susan S., deceased; and Emma E., the widow of Tobias Lord, and now residing in Standish, this State.
The educational advantages available by Tobias L. Eastman were limited to those offered by the common schools. Although but a boy of sixteen when the Rebellion began, he, on October 1, 1861, offered his services for the war, wishing to enlist in the Twelfth Maine Regiment of Volunteer Infantry. He was refused on account of his youth; but, being determined to fight for the Union, he followed the regiment to New Orleans, and there, on May 1, 1862, was enrolled in Company E, under Colonel George F. Shepley and Captain Knight. He remained with the regiment until the last year of the war, participating in the engagements at Ponchatoula, La., and Irish Bend, La.; the siege of Port Hudson; the engagement at Deep Bottom; and, under Sheridan, in the battles of Winchester and Cedar Creek. In all this time he escaped injury; and though he spent two weeks in the hospital on account of illness contracted in the malarial districts of the South, he was in comparatively good health when, in August, 1865, he received his discharge at Hilton Head, S.C. Returning home after this he was engaged for one year each as clerk in a grocery store of Lovell and in a hardware store of East Cambridge, and for four years in a general merchandise store at Steep Falls, Me. Subsequently, he was railroad Station Agent at Steep Falls for two years, and then he was employed in the United States Mail Service on the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad until 1881. He was next appointed Postmaster of Fryeburg, and served four years until February, 1886. After leaving his position he established a factory for canning corn at Fryeburg. This proved successful, and within a short time he took measures to incorporate the T.L. Eastman Company, which now manages a factory in Fryeburg village and has an extensive business, most of their canned goods being shipped to New York City.
In 1876 Mr. Eastman was united in marriage with Mary M. Hobson, of Standish, Me., daughter of the late Rev. P.M. Hobson. He died in 1880, leaving two children, namely: James W., who is with his father; and Reba M., who make her home with her aunt in Standish, Me. In May, 1884, Mr. Eastman entered a second marriage, contracted with Miss Adelia S. Walker, of Fryeburg. She is a daughter of Henry and Caroline (Frye) Walker, residents of this town. Mr. Walker is a well-to-do farmer. By his second union Mr. Eastman has one child, Edna. He is one of the leading Republicans of the district, which he represented in 1891 in the legislature. He is a popular and influential member of several social organizations. As a Mason he belongs to Pythagorean Lode, No. 11, of Fryeburg; Aurora Chapter, No. 17, of Cornish, Me.; Portland Council, of Portland; and Portland Commandery, No. 2, of the same city. As a Knight of Pythias he has passed all the chairs in Pequawket Lodge, No. 34, of Fryeburg; and as an Odd Fellow he is a member of Pequawket Lodge, No. 46, of Brownfield, Me. He belongs to Lovell Colony, No. 63, Pilgrim Father of Fryeburg; to Grover Post, No. 126, Grand Army of the Republic, of the same town; and he is Secretary of the West Oxford Agricultural Society. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman are members of the congregational church at Fryeburg. They occupy a handsome residence on Main Street, Fryeburg.
[Source: Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Franklin and Oxford Counties, ME; page 564-565]
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s/o Daniel & Rebecca (Smart) Eastman
h/o Mary M. (Hobson) Eastman (m. November 1, 1876, Standish, Cumberland County, Maine)
f/o James Walker Eastman & Rebe Mary (Eastman) Thompson
h/o Adelia S. (Walker) Eastman (m. May 20, 1884, Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine)
f/o Edna Eastman
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TOBIAS L. EASTMAN, a well-known public man of Oxford County, and the proprietor of the Eastman Canning factory in Fryeburg, was born in the town of Stow, this county, December 30, 1844. His parents were Daniel and Rebecca (Smart) Eastman, the former of Fryeburg, the latter of Lovell. Daniel Eastman was engaged for a number of years in farming and lumbering and conducting a hotel in Lovell; and his death occurred in that town, October 25, 1877. He was twice married. His first marriage was contracted with Mrs. Lucy Walker, of Fryeburg, who died in Lovell, April 10, 1835. She was the mother of seven children, all now deceased; namely, James W., Abigail W., Hall C., Horace D., Horace, Mary Ann, and Samuel W. The second wife, Rebecca, after her husband's death went to live with her son, Tobias L., and died at his home, December 7, 1885. She was the mother of six children, namely: Seth and Tobias L., deceased; Lucy W., now residing in Standish, Me., the widow of Jere H. Lord; Tobias L. (second), the subject of this sketch; Susan S., deceased; and Emma E., the widow of Tobias Lord, and now residing in Standish, this State.
The educational advantages available by Tobias L. Eastman were limited to those offered by the common schools. Although but a boy of sixteen when the Rebellion began, he, on October 1, 1861, offered his services for the war, wishing to enlist in the Twelfth Maine Regiment of Volunteer Infantry. He was refused on account of his youth; but, being determined to fight for the Union, he followed the regiment to New Orleans, and there, on May 1, 1862, was enrolled in Company E, under Colonel George F. Shepley and Captain Knight. He remained with the regiment until the last year of the war, participating in the engagements at Ponchatoula, La., and Irish Bend, La.; the siege of Port Hudson; the engagement at Deep Bottom; and, under Sheridan, in the battles of Winchester and Cedar Creek. In all this time he escaped injury; and though he spent two weeks in the hospital on account of illness contracted in the malarial districts of the South, he was in comparatively good health when, in August, 1865, he received his discharge at Hilton Head, S.C. Returning home after this he was engaged for one year each as clerk in a grocery store of Lovell and in a hardware store of East Cambridge, and for four years in a general merchandise store at Steep Falls, Me. Subsequently, he was railroad Station Agent at Steep Falls for two years, and then he was employed in the United States Mail Service on the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad until 1881. He was next appointed Postmaster of Fryeburg, and served four years until February, 1886. After leaving his position he established a factory for canning corn at Fryeburg. This proved successful, and within a short time he took measures to incorporate the T.L. Eastman Company, which now manages a factory in Fryeburg village and has an extensive business, most of their canned goods being shipped to New York City.
In 1876 Mr. Eastman was united in marriage with Mary M. Hobson, of Standish, Me., daughter of the late Rev. P.M. Hobson. He died in 1880, leaving two children, namely: James W., who is with his father; and Reba M., who make her home with her aunt in Standish, Me. In May, 1884, Mr. Eastman entered a second marriage, contracted with Miss Adelia S. Walker, of Fryeburg. She is a daughter of Henry and Caroline (Frye) Walker, residents of this town. Mr. Walker is a well-to-do farmer. By his second union Mr. Eastman has one child, Edna. He is one of the leading Republicans of the district, which he represented in 1891 in the legislature. He is a popular and influential member of several social organizations. As a Mason he belongs to Pythagorean Lode, No. 11, of Fryeburg; Aurora Chapter, No. 17, of Cornish, Me.; Portland Council, of Portland; and Portland Commandery, No. 2, of the same city. As a Knight of Pythias he has passed all the chairs in Pequawket Lodge, No. 34, of Fryeburg; and as an Odd Fellow he is a member of Pequawket Lodge, No. 46, of Brownfield, Me. He belongs to Lovell Colony, No. 63, Pilgrim Father of Fryeburg; to Grover Post, No. 126, Grand Army of the Republic, of the same town; and he is Secretary of the West Oxford Agricultural Society. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman are members of the congregational church at Fryeburg. They occupy a handsome residence on Main Street, Fryeburg.
[Source: Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Franklin and Oxford Counties, ME; page 564-565]
*Civil War Veteran of Co. E, 12th ME Inf. Military Service
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s/o Daniel & Rebecca (Smart) Eastman
h/o Mary M. (Hobson) Eastman (m. November 1, 1876, Standish, Cumberland County, Maine)
f/o James Walker Eastman & Rebe Mary (Eastman) Thompson
h/o Adelia S. (Walker) Eastman (m. May 20, 1884, Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine)
f/o Edna Eastman
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TOBIAS L. EASTMAN, a well-known public man of Oxford County, and the proprietor of the Eastman Canning factory in Fryeburg, was born in the town of Stow, this county, December 30, 1844. His parents were Daniel and Rebecca (Smart) Eastman, the former of Fryeburg, the latter of Lovell. Daniel Eastman was engaged for a number of years in farming and lumbering and conducting a hotel in Lovell; and his death occurred in that town, October 25, 1877. He was twice married. His first marriage was contracted with Mrs. Lucy Walker, of Fryeburg, who died in Lovell, April 10, 1835. She was the mother of seven children, all now deceased; namely, James W., Abigail W., Hall C., Horace D., Horace, Mary Ann, and Samuel W. The second wife, Rebecca, after her husband's death went to live with her son, Tobias L., and died at his home, December 7, 1885. She was the mother of six children, namely: Seth and Tobias L., deceased; Lucy W., now residing in Standish, Me., the widow of Jere H. Lord; Tobias L. (second), the subject of this sketch; Susan S., deceased; and Emma E., the widow of Tobias Lord, and now residing in Standish, this State.
The educational advantages available by Tobias L. Eastman were limited to those offered by the common schools. Although but a boy of sixteen when the Rebellion began, he, on October 1, 1861, offered his services for the war, wishing to enlist in the Twelfth Maine Regiment of Volunteer Infantry. He was refused on account of his youth; but, being determined to fight for the Union, he followed the regiment to New Orleans, and there, on May 1, 1862, was enrolled in Company E, under Colonel George F. Shepley and Captain Knight. He remained with the regiment until the last year of the war, participating in the engagements at Ponchatoula, La., and Irish Bend, La.; the siege of Port Hudson; the engagement at Deep Bottom; and, under Sheridan, in the battles of Winchester and Cedar Creek. In all this time he escaped injury; and though he spent two weeks in the hospital on account of illness contracted in the malarial districts of the South, he was in comparatively good health when, in August, 1865, he received his discharge at Hilton Head, S.C. Returning home after this he was engaged for one year each as clerk in a grocery store of Lovell and in a hardware store of East Cambridge, and for four years in a general merchandise store at Steep Falls, Me. Subsequently, he was railroad Station Agent at Steep Falls for two years, and then he was employed in the United States Mail Service on the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad until 1881. He was next appointed Postmaster of Fryeburg, and served four years until February, 1886. After leaving his position he established a factory for canning corn at Fryeburg. This proved successful, and within a short time he took measures to incorporate the T.L. Eastman Company, which now manages a factory in Fryeburg village and has an extensive business, most of their canned goods being shipped to New York City.
In 1876 Mr. Eastman was united in marriage with Mary M. Hobson, of Standish, Me., daughter of the late Rev. P.M. Hobson. He died in 1880, leaving two children, namely: James W., who is with his father; and Reba M., who make her home with her aunt in Standish, Me. In May, 1884, Mr. Eastman entered a second marriage, contracted with Miss Adelia S. Walker, of Fryeburg. She is a daughter of Henry and Caroline (Frye) Walker, residents of this town. Mr. Walker is a well-to-do farmer. By his second union Mr. Eastman has one child, Edna. He is one of the leading Republicans of the district, which he represented in 1891 in the legislature. He is a popular and influential member of several social organizations. As a Mason he belongs to Pythagorean Lode, No. 11, of Fryeburg; Aurora Chapter, No. 17, of Cornish, Me.; Portland Council, of Portland; and Portland Commandery, No. 2, of the same city. As a Knight of Pythias he has passed all the chairs in Pequawket Lodge, No. 34, of Fryeburg; and as an Odd Fellow he is a member of Pequawket Lodge, No. 46, of Brownfield, Me. He belongs to Lovell Colony, No. 63, Pilgrim Father of Fryeburg; to Grover Post, No. 126, Grand Army of the Republic, of the same town; and he is Secretary of the West Oxford Agricultural Society. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman are members of the congregational church at Fryeburg. They occupy a handsome residence on Main Street, Fryeburg.
[Source: Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Franklin and Oxford Counties, ME; page 564-565]
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s/o Daniel & Rebecca (Smart) Eastman
h/o Mary M. (Hobson) Eastman (m. November 1, 1876, Standish, Cumberland County, Maine)
f/o James Walker Eastman & Rebe Mary (Eastman) Thompson
h/o Adelia S. (Walker) Eastman (m. May 20, 1884, Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine)
f/o Edna Eastman
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TOBIAS L. EASTMAN, a well-known public man of Oxford County, and the proprietor of the Eastman Canning factory in Fryeburg, was born in the town of Stow, this county, December 30, 1844. His parents were Daniel and Rebecca (Smart) Eastman, the former of Fryeburg, the latter of Lovell. Daniel Eastman was engaged for a number of years in farming and lumbering and conducting a hotel in Lovell; and his death occurred in that town, October 25, 1877. He was twice married. His first marriage was contracted with Mrs. Lucy Walker, of Fryeburg, who died in Lovell, April 10, 1835. She was the mother of seven children, all now deceased; namely, James W., Abigail W., Hall C., Horace D., Horace, Mary Ann, and Samuel W. The second wife, Rebecca, after her husband's death went to live with her son, Tobias L., and died at his home, December 7, 1885. She was the mother of six children, namely: Seth and Tobias L., deceased; Lucy W., now residing in Standish, Me., the widow of Jere H. Lord; Tobias L. (second), the subject of this sketch; Susan S., deceased; and Emma E., the widow of Tobias Lord, and now residing in Standish, this State.
The educational advantages available by Tobias L. Eastman were limited to those offered by the common schools. Although but a boy of sixteen when the Rebellion began, he, on October 1, 1861, offered his services for the war, wishing to enlist in the Twelfth Maine Regiment of Volunteer Infantry. He was refused on account of his youth; but, being determined to fight for the Union, he followed the regiment to New Orleans, and there, on May 1, 1862, was enrolled in Company E, under Colonel George F. Shepley and Captain Knight. He remained with the regiment until the last year of the war, participating in the engagements at Ponchatoula, La., and Irish Bend, La.; the siege of Port Hudson; the engagement at Deep Bottom; and, under Sheridan, in the battles of Winchester and Cedar Creek. In all this time he escaped injury; and though he spent two weeks in the hospital on account of illness contracted in the malarial districts of the South, he was in comparatively good health when, in August, 1865, he received his discharge at Hilton Head, S.C. Returning home after this he was engaged for one year each as clerk in a grocery store of Lovell and in a hardware store of East Cambridge, and for four years in a general merchandise store at Steep Falls, Me. Subsequently, he was railroad Station Agent at Steep Falls for two years, and then he was employed in the United States Mail Service on the Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad until 1881. He was next appointed Postmaster of Fryeburg, and served four years until February, 1886. After leaving his position he established a factory for canning corn at Fryeburg. This proved successful, and within a short time he took measures to incorporate the T.L. Eastman Company, which now manages a factory in Fryeburg village and has an extensive business, most of their canned goods being shipped to New York City.
In 1876 Mr. Eastman was united in marriage with Mary M. Hobson, of Standish, Me., daughter of the late Rev. P.M. Hobson. He died in 1880, leaving two children, namely: James W., who is with his father; and Reba M., who make her home with her aunt in Standish, Me. In May, 1884, Mr. Eastman entered a second marriage, contracted with Miss Adelia S. Walker, of Fryeburg. She is a daughter of Henry and Caroline (Frye) Walker, residents of this town. Mr. Walker is a well-to-do farmer. By his second union Mr. Eastman has one child, Edna. He is one of the leading Republicans of the district, which he represented in 1891 in the legislature. He is a popular and influential member of several social organizations. As a Mason he belongs to Pythagorean Lode, No. 11, of Fryeburg; Aurora Chapter, No. 17, of Cornish, Me.; Portland Council, of Portland; and Portland Commandery, No. 2, of the same city. As a Knight of Pythias he has passed all the chairs in Pequawket Lodge, No. 34, of Fryeburg; and as an Odd Fellow he is a member of Pequawket Lodge, No. 46, of Brownfield, Me. He belongs to Lovell Colony, No. 63, Pilgrim Father of Fryeburg; to Grover Post, No. 126, Grand Army of the Republic, of the same town; and he is Secretary of the West Oxford Agricultural Society. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman are members of the congregational church at Fryeburg. They occupy a handsome residence on Main Street, Fryeburg.
[Source: Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Franklin and Oxford Counties, ME; page 564-565]
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