Dr William Thomas Eastes was the son of Holman Eastes and Ruth Webb. He was a Physician and teacher. He was the husband of Sarah Zedaker and the father of 8 daughters and one son. In order of birth they are: Ida Viola (Eastes)Cory, Arthur Theodore Eastes, Dora Ruth Almarine (Eastes)Davis, Drusilla Jane (Eastes) Miller, Carrie Etta Catherine (Eastes)Lesley, Bessie Ann (Eastes) Thorpe Wilbur. Hattie Eugenia (Eastes)Grogard,Apphia Myrtle (Eastes)Shaw, and Lydia Ethel(Eastes)Taylor Strang.

My father,Lawrence T. Eastes, was his nephew. Dad told me that Dr. Eastes once treated him for Chicken pox. My father used to ride his pigs causing them not only be quite frightened, but to loose weight when they needed to be fattened up. His Uncle told my father he thought he was too mean to get chicken pox and was sure he'd be up and around again sooner than anyone wanted. Dad probably had ADHD like my brothers. I'm sure he was a real knucklehead.

My grandfather Marshall worked with Dr. Eastes and their brother-in-law Austin Price Ward on Patent Rights. They patented a few of Dr. Eastes' designs.

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"William T. Eastes has been twice married. His first wife, Sarah C. Zedekar, died on August 30, 1919, and on January 19, 1922, he married Martha Rench, who died on January 1, 1923."


William Thomas Eastes:

The medical profession plays one of the most conspicuous parts in the record of county state or nation. As a class the twentieth century physicians and surgeon is a gentleman of culture, refinement, philanthropy and character. The genial, sunny natured physician oft-times accomplishes as much in the sick chamber as his remedies. The subject of this review, Dr. Eastes, of Gaston, Delaware County, Indiana, is a gentleman who stands high in the social as well as the professional circles of his home town. He was born at Mount Comfort, Hancock County, Indiana, August 11, 1844. He is a son of Holman and Ruth (Webb) Eastes. Holman Eastes, the father, was born in Union County, Indiana, February 21, 1817, and passed to his reward on February 27, 1880. Mrs. Eastes, his wife, was born in Rush County, Indiana, November 14, 1819, and died in April 8, 1901. They were married in Rush County on December 22, 1836, and had eleven children, viz: Lemuel F., born June 3, 1838, and died aged fifty-seven years; Addison S., born December 5, 1839, and died September 21, 1858; Lucinda A., born September 11, 1841, and died January 28, 1904; William T., subject of this sketch; Sarah Jane, born February 12, 1847, and now living at Marion, Indiana; Jasper N., born December 20, 1848, and died August 4, 1849; Marshall T., born Mary 29, 1850, and now living in Kansas City Missouri; Albert O., born August 19, 1852, and died August 13, 1862; Meridith P., born August 22, 1854, now living at Huntington Indiana; Jessie U., born August 25, 1856, now living at Marion, Indiana, and Jerome S., who was born August 24, 1861, and died March 1, 1863. The senior Mr. Eastes devoted his entire life to tilling the soil and removed from Union County to Hancock County, Indiana, when but a young man. Here he remained until 1856, when he removed to Madison County and in 1878 to Grant County, where he spent the remainder of his days. He was a justice of the peace for eight years, which office he held at the time of his death. He was a life long member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; belonged to Alexandria Lodge No. 235 of the Masonic order, and in politics was a Republican. Dr. Eastes received his education in the public schools and the Medical College of Indiana, Indianapolis, from which latter institution he received his degree on March 3, 1881. He taught school for six terms in Madison, Delaware and Blackford counties, and then entered the mercantile business in Summitville, Indiana, in which he was engaged for about three years. When he began the practice of medicine he located in Washington Township, near Cologn Post Office, this being in the spring of 1878, and in 1890 in Gaston, Indiana, later spending eight years in Muncie, Indiana, and returning subsequently to Gaston, where he has been continuously since.
On August 23, 1863, Dr. Eastes was united in marriage to Miss Sarah C. Zedekar, born in Summitville, Indiana, March 16, 1846, and the daughter of John M. and Catherine (Noland) Zedekar. The father was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1808, and died at the age of sixty-seven years; the mother was born in Ohio in 1812, and passed away at the age of eighty-four years. They had ten children, five sons and five daughters, of whom five are living at the present time: Mary Jane, Sarah C. (wife of the subject), Philip A., James N. and William D.

Mr. Zedekar was a carpenter by trade but devoted the latter part of his life to farming in Madison County, Indiana. He was a member of Alexandria Lodge No. 235 of the Masonic order, and in politics was a Republican. Dr. and Mrs. Eastes are the parents of nine children and ten grandchildren, the following being the names of their children in order of birth: Ida V., wedded William L. Cory, who was one of the successful teachers in Indiana for twenty-five years. Arthur T., who was educated at Danville Normal and was a teacher in Delaware County. He is assistant money order and stamp clerk in the Muncie Post Office and has held this position for twelve years. He is secretary of the Examining Board of the Civil Service, a most efficient official, and the U. S. Department of Civil Service gave him this praise - that he was the only secretary in the United States who had invariably made immediate report of his examinations. He wedded Mrs. Nellie (Upton) Lane, a native of Wisconsin. They reside in Muncie, Indiana. Dora A. wedded A. C. Davis, who was also educated at the Danville Normal. He was an efficient teacher in Indiana for fifteen years. He is an architect in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Drusilla J. wedded Isaac N. Miller, who is one of the successful farmers and stockmen of Washington Township. Carrie E. wedded Norman E. Lesley, who is one of the successful merchants of Gaston, Indiana, a dealer in grain, coal, hay, seeds, wool, etc. He received a good business education in the Winchester public schools. Bessie A. wedded George T. Thorpe, one of the leading attorneys at law of Muncie, Indiana. Hattie E. wedded Andrew Grogard, who is a telegrapher and for eighteen years in the employ of the Texas & Pacific Railroad at Fort Worth, Texas. Apphia M. wedded O. A. Shaw, who is in the employ of the U.S. Mail Department at Muncie, Indiana. Lydia E. wedded Samuel Taylor, who is foreman in the large glass factory of the Ball Brothers at Muncie, Indiana. Of this family six of the daughters and the son, Arthur, as well as the father, Dr. Eastes, were teachers, having taught six or more terms of school. Dr. Eastes is a member of the Universalist Church at Muncie, and belongs to the New Corner Lodge of the I.O.O.F., and the Red Men Council at Matthews, Grant County, Indiana. He is independent in his politics. His wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church.