From Willey's Book of Nutfield, 1898.
Son of Dr. Joseph and Miriam (Calef) Eastman, he was born in Loudon, New Hampshire on 22 April 1811. On his maternal side he was the great grandson of Gov. Josiah Bartlett who was the signer of the Declaration of Independance.
Dr Eastman was educated at Kingston, Atkinson and Saco (Maine) academies, taught district school eight years and graduated from Dartmouth with honors in 1837. Around 1839 he opened a practice in Hampstead, New Hampshire, formerly practising for a short time in Newmarket, NH. He remained in Hampstead until his death at the age of 86.
His favorite branches of medicine were surgery and obstetrics, and he attended at the births of over 4,500 children who have lived and of whom he has kept a record.
On 20 August 1861, Gov. Berry appointed him Surgeon of the Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers with the rank of Major. He accompanied the regiment to Washington, Annapolis, Port Royal, Hilton Head, St. Augustine and Jacksonville over a course of two years. He then resigned and returned home to New Hampshire due to an illness in the family. He held every rank in the New Hampshire militia from private to colonel. He was very active in politics being a staunch Democrat. He was one of the prime movers in the building of the Rochester & Nashua railroad and was a director from the start.
Dr. Eastman first married Ann A., daughter of Capt. Leonard Wilson (a pensioner of 1812) and Elizabeth Gregg, who was a daughter of Nathaniel Warner of Derry. Their children were Mary Bartlett (Mrs. Lavoisier Hill of New York city), Mahlon, Ettie and Ella. His second wife, who was the daughter of Dr Jerome Harris and Mary Tewksbury of Amesbury, Mass. died 23 May 1891. Their children were Josiah Bartlett and Susie A.
~
FOURTH NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
Josiah Calef Eastman, M. D.Hampstead, N. H.Eastman, Josiah C. Field & Staff. Born in Loudon, N.H.; age 50; resident of Hampstead, N.H.; appointed Surgeon, Aug. 20, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, '61; resigned Oct. 7, '62. P. O. address, Hampstead. (Record, Ayling's Register, 1895, p. 169.)The following biographical sketch is taken from the "Physicians and Surgeons of America," compiled by Dr. Irving A. Watson, 1896Josiah Calef Eastman of Hampstead, N. H., was born in Loudon, N. H., April 22, 1811, and was the son of Dr. Joseph and Miriam (Calef) Eastman, grandson of Timothy and Abigail (Gale) Eastman, and of Joseph and Miriam (Bartlett) Calef; and a great grandson of Colonel Gale of East Kingston, and of Hon. Josiah Bartlett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and who was president 1790- '91 and first governor of New Hampshire, 1792- '93. Joseph Eastmanwas graduated from Dartmouth Medical College in 1806 and died at Meredith, N. H., at the age of thirty-three years."Josiah C. Eastman obtained a preliminary education at the Kingston and the Atkinson (N. H.) and the Saco (Me.) Academies; taught in district schools; commenced the study of medicine in 1833 with Drs. L. S. Bartlett and Thomas Bassett of Kingston, N. H.; attended three courses of lectures at Dartmouth Medical College and was graduated M. D. therefrom in 1837."Dr. Eastman practiced medicine for a time at Newmarket, N. H., and about 1839 located at Hampstead, where he has since been in active practice when not in the military service. In August, 1861, he was appointed by Governor Berry surgeon of the Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, with rank of major. He was in service with the regiment at Washington, Annapolis, Port Royal, Hilton Head, St. Augustine and Jacksonville until 1863, when he resigned his commission on account of illness in his family and returned to Hampstead. Soon after this he was offered the colonelcy, which was declined. When a youth he was chosen by Hon. Levi Woodbury for a cadetship at West Point Military Academy but the opposition of his widowed mother prevented its acceptance."In 1845 he was county treasurer of Rockingham county, declining re-nomination in 1847; represented Hampstead in the legislature in 1847- '50 and was state senator in 1853- '54.Democratic."Dr. Eastman is one of the oldest members of the New Hampshire Medical Society, president in 1860 ; was a member of the Rockingham Medical Society and an ex-president of the same ; also was a member of the American Medical Association and was one of the three representatives from New Hampshire to the International Medical Congress, held in Philadelphia, 1876. Dr. Eastman has been twice nominated for councilor for his district; was a delegate to the national conventions which nominated General McClellan and Hon. Horatio Seymour for the presidency and vice-presidency. In 1849, while a member of the legislature. Dr. Eastman introduced the bill, entitled 'An act providing for the establishment of public libraries,' which became a law under the signature of Governor Dinsmore, and New Hampshire was the first state in the Union to empower towns and cities to maintain free public libraries by taxation, as a result of the passage of that bill. Dr. Eastman was largely instrumental in the building of the Nashua and Rochester Railroad and served as director after its completion."Married, first. May 3, 1841, Miss Ann A., daughter of Capt. Leonard (a pensioner of 1812) and Elizabeth Gregg (Warner) "Wilson. Their children are: Mary Bartlett, wife of Lavosier Hill of New York City, and Miss Ella Eastman.Dr. Eastman married second, February 5, 1860, Miss Mary Ellen, daughter of Dr. Jarome and Mary (Tewksbury) Harris of Amesbury, Mass. Their children are: Josiah Bartlett and Susie A. Eastman."Dr. Eastman died in Hampstead, N. H., November 27, 1897.
Son of Dr. Joseph and Miriam (Calef) Eastman, he was born in Loudon, New Hampshire on 22 April 1811. On his maternal side he was the great grandson of Gov. Josiah Bartlett who was the signer of the Declaration of Independance.
Dr Eastman was educated at Kingston, Atkinson and Saco (Maine) academies, taught district school eight years and graduated from Dartmouth with honors in 1837. Around 1839 he opened a practice in Hampstead, New Hampshire, formerly practising for a short time in Newmarket, NH. He remained in Hampstead until his death at the age of 86.
His favorite branches of medicine were surgery and obstetrics, and he attended at the births of over 4,500 children who have lived and of whom he has kept a record.
On 20 August 1861, Gov. Berry appointed him Surgeon of the Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers with the rank of Major. He accompanied the regiment to Washington, Annapolis, Port Royal, Hilton Head, St. Augustine and Jacksonville over a course of two years. He then resigned and returned home to New Hampshire due to an illness in the family. He held every rank in the New Hampshire militia from private to colonel. He was very active in politics being a staunch Democrat. He was one of the prime movers in the building of the Rochester & Nashua railroad and was a director from the start.
Dr. Eastman first married Ann A., daughter of Capt. Leonard Wilson (a pensioner of 1812) and Elizabeth Gregg, who was a daughter of Nathaniel Warner of Derry. Their children were Mary Bartlett (Mrs. Lavoisier Hill of New York city), Mahlon, Ettie and Ella. His second wife, who was the daughter of Dr Jerome Harris and Mary Tewksbury of Amesbury, Mass. died 23 May 1891. Their children were Josiah Bartlett and Susie A.
~
FOURTH NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
Josiah Calef Eastman, M. D.Hampstead, N. H.Eastman, Josiah C. Field & Staff. Born in Loudon, N.H.; age 50; resident of Hampstead, N.H.; appointed Surgeon, Aug. 20, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, '61; resigned Oct. 7, '62. P. O. address, Hampstead. (Record, Ayling's Register, 1895, p. 169.)The following biographical sketch is taken from the "Physicians and Surgeons of America," compiled by Dr. Irving A. Watson, 1896Josiah Calef Eastman of Hampstead, N. H., was born in Loudon, N. H., April 22, 1811, and was the son of Dr. Joseph and Miriam (Calef) Eastman, grandson of Timothy and Abigail (Gale) Eastman, and of Joseph and Miriam (Bartlett) Calef; and a great grandson of Colonel Gale of East Kingston, and of Hon. Josiah Bartlett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and who was president 1790- '91 and first governor of New Hampshire, 1792- '93. Joseph Eastmanwas graduated from Dartmouth Medical College in 1806 and died at Meredith, N. H., at the age of thirty-three years."Josiah C. Eastman obtained a preliminary education at the Kingston and the Atkinson (N. H.) and the Saco (Me.) Academies; taught in district schools; commenced the study of medicine in 1833 with Drs. L. S. Bartlett and Thomas Bassett of Kingston, N. H.; attended three courses of lectures at Dartmouth Medical College and was graduated M. D. therefrom in 1837."Dr. Eastman practiced medicine for a time at Newmarket, N. H., and about 1839 located at Hampstead, where he has since been in active practice when not in the military service. In August, 1861, he was appointed by Governor Berry surgeon of the Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, with rank of major. He was in service with the regiment at Washington, Annapolis, Port Royal, Hilton Head, St. Augustine and Jacksonville until 1863, when he resigned his commission on account of illness in his family and returned to Hampstead. Soon after this he was offered the colonelcy, which was declined. When a youth he was chosen by Hon. Levi Woodbury for a cadetship at West Point Military Academy but the opposition of his widowed mother prevented its acceptance."In 1845 he was county treasurer of Rockingham county, declining re-nomination in 1847; represented Hampstead in the legislature in 1847- '50 and was state senator in 1853- '54.Democratic."Dr. Eastman is one of the oldest members of the New Hampshire Medical Society, president in 1860 ; was a member of the Rockingham Medical Society and an ex-president of the same ; also was a member of the American Medical Association and was one of the three representatives from New Hampshire to the International Medical Congress, held in Philadelphia, 1876. Dr. Eastman has been twice nominated for councilor for his district; was a delegate to the national conventions which nominated General McClellan and Hon. Horatio Seymour for the presidency and vice-presidency. In 1849, while a member of the legislature. Dr. Eastman introduced the bill, entitled 'An act providing for the establishment of public libraries,' which became a law under the signature of Governor Dinsmore, and New Hampshire was the first state in the Union to empower towns and cities to maintain free public libraries by taxation, as a result of the passage of that bill. Dr. Eastman was largely instrumental in the building of the Nashua and Rochester Railroad and served as director after its completion."Married, first. May 3, 1841, Miss Ann A., daughter of Capt. Leonard (a pensioner of 1812) and Elizabeth Gregg (Warner) "Wilson. Their children are: Mary Bartlett, wife of Lavosier Hill of New York City, and Miss Ella Eastman.Dr. Eastman married second, February 5, 1860, Miss Mary Ellen, daughter of Dr. Jarome and Mary (Tewksbury) Harris of Amesbury, Mass. Their children are: Josiah Bartlett and Susie A. Eastman."Dr. Eastman died in Hampstead, N. H., November 27, 1897.
From Willey's Book of Nutfield, 1898.
Son of Dr. Joseph and Miriam (Calef) Eastman, he was born in Loudon, New Hampshire on 22 April 1811. On his maternal side he was the great grandson of Gov. Josiah Bartlett who was the signer of the Declaration of Independance.
Dr Eastman was educated at Kingston, Atkinson and Saco (Maine) academies, taught district school eight years and graduated from Dartmouth with honors in 1837. Around 1839 he opened a practice in Hampstead, New Hampshire, formerly practising for a short time in Newmarket, NH. He remained in Hampstead until his death at the age of 86.
His favorite branches of medicine were surgery and obstetrics, and he attended at the births of over 4,500 children who have lived and of whom he has kept a record.
On 20 August 1861, Gov. Berry appointed him Surgeon of the Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers with the rank of Major. He accompanied the regiment to Washington, Annapolis, Port Royal, Hilton Head, St. Augustine and Jacksonville over a course of two years. He then resigned and returned home to New Hampshire due to an illness in the family. He held every rank in the New Hampshire militia from private to colonel. He was very active in politics being a staunch Democrat. He was one of the prime movers in the building of the Rochester & Nashua railroad and was a director from the start.
Dr. Eastman first married Ann A., daughter of Capt. Leonard Wilson (a pensioner of 1812) and Elizabeth Gregg, who was a daughter of Nathaniel Warner of Derry. Their children were Mary Bartlett (Mrs. Lavoisier Hill of New York city), Mahlon, Ettie and Ella. His second wife, who was the daughter of Dr Jerome Harris and Mary Tewksbury of Amesbury, Mass. died 23 May 1891. Their children were Josiah Bartlett and Susie A.
~
FOURTH NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
Josiah Calef Eastman, M. D.Hampstead, N. H.Eastman, Josiah C. Field & Staff. Born in Loudon, N.H.; age 50; resident of Hampstead, N.H.; appointed Surgeon, Aug. 20, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, '61; resigned Oct. 7, '62. P. O. address, Hampstead. (Record, Ayling's Register, 1895, p. 169.)The following biographical sketch is taken from the "Physicians and Surgeons of America," compiled by Dr. Irving A. Watson, 1896Josiah Calef Eastman of Hampstead, N. H., was born in Loudon, N. H., April 22, 1811, and was the son of Dr. Joseph and Miriam (Calef) Eastman, grandson of Timothy and Abigail (Gale) Eastman, and of Joseph and Miriam (Bartlett) Calef; and a great grandson of Colonel Gale of East Kingston, and of Hon. Josiah Bartlett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and who was president 1790- '91 and first governor of New Hampshire, 1792- '93. Joseph Eastmanwas graduated from Dartmouth Medical College in 1806 and died at Meredith, N. H., at the age of thirty-three years."Josiah C. Eastman obtained a preliminary education at the Kingston and the Atkinson (N. H.) and the Saco (Me.) Academies; taught in district schools; commenced the study of medicine in 1833 with Drs. L. S. Bartlett and Thomas Bassett of Kingston, N. H.; attended three courses of lectures at Dartmouth Medical College and was graduated M. D. therefrom in 1837."Dr. Eastman practiced medicine for a time at Newmarket, N. H., and about 1839 located at Hampstead, where he has since been in active practice when not in the military service. In August, 1861, he was appointed by Governor Berry surgeon of the Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, with rank of major. He was in service with the regiment at Washington, Annapolis, Port Royal, Hilton Head, St. Augustine and Jacksonville until 1863, when he resigned his commission on account of illness in his family and returned to Hampstead. Soon after this he was offered the colonelcy, which was declined. When a youth he was chosen by Hon. Levi Woodbury for a cadetship at West Point Military Academy but the opposition of his widowed mother prevented its acceptance."In 1845 he was county treasurer of Rockingham county, declining re-nomination in 1847; represented Hampstead in the legislature in 1847- '50 and was state senator in 1853- '54.Democratic."Dr. Eastman is one of the oldest members of the New Hampshire Medical Society, president in 1860 ; was a member of the Rockingham Medical Society and an ex-president of the same ; also was a member of the American Medical Association and was one of the three representatives from New Hampshire to the International Medical Congress, held in Philadelphia, 1876. Dr. Eastman has been twice nominated for councilor for his district; was a delegate to the national conventions which nominated General McClellan and Hon. Horatio Seymour for the presidency and vice-presidency. In 1849, while a member of the legislature. Dr. Eastman introduced the bill, entitled 'An act providing for the establishment of public libraries,' which became a law under the signature of Governor Dinsmore, and New Hampshire was the first state in the Union to empower towns and cities to maintain free public libraries by taxation, as a result of the passage of that bill. Dr. Eastman was largely instrumental in the building of the Nashua and Rochester Railroad and served as director after its completion."Married, first. May 3, 1841, Miss Ann A., daughter of Capt. Leonard (a pensioner of 1812) and Elizabeth Gregg (Warner) "Wilson. Their children are: Mary Bartlett, wife of Lavosier Hill of New York City, and Miss Ella Eastman.Dr. Eastman married second, February 5, 1860, Miss Mary Ellen, daughter of Dr. Jarome and Mary (Tewksbury) Harris of Amesbury, Mass. Their children are: Josiah Bartlett and Susie A. Eastman."Dr. Eastman died in Hampstead, N. H., November 27, 1897.
Son of Dr. Joseph and Miriam (Calef) Eastman, he was born in Loudon, New Hampshire on 22 April 1811. On his maternal side he was the great grandson of Gov. Josiah Bartlett who was the signer of the Declaration of Independance.
Dr Eastman was educated at Kingston, Atkinson and Saco (Maine) academies, taught district school eight years and graduated from Dartmouth with honors in 1837. Around 1839 he opened a practice in Hampstead, New Hampshire, formerly practising for a short time in Newmarket, NH. He remained in Hampstead until his death at the age of 86.
His favorite branches of medicine were surgery and obstetrics, and he attended at the births of over 4,500 children who have lived and of whom he has kept a record.
On 20 August 1861, Gov. Berry appointed him Surgeon of the Fourth New Hampshire Volunteers with the rank of Major. He accompanied the regiment to Washington, Annapolis, Port Royal, Hilton Head, St. Augustine and Jacksonville over a course of two years. He then resigned and returned home to New Hampshire due to an illness in the family. He held every rank in the New Hampshire militia from private to colonel. He was very active in politics being a staunch Democrat. He was one of the prime movers in the building of the Rochester & Nashua railroad and was a director from the start.
Dr. Eastman first married Ann A., daughter of Capt. Leonard Wilson (a pensioner of 1812) and Elizabeth Gregg, who was a daughter of Nathaniel Warner of Derry. Their children were Mary Bartlett (Mrs. Lavoisier Hill of New York city), Mahlon, Ettie and Ella. His second wife, who was the daughter of Dr Jerome Harris and Mary Tewksbury of Amesbury, Mass. died 23 May 1891. Their children were Josiah Bartlett and Susie A.
~
FOURTH NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
Josiah Calef Eastman, M. D.Hampstead, N. H.Eastman, Josiah C. Field & Staff. Born in Loudon, N.H.; age 50; resident of Hampstead, N.H.; appointed Surgeon, Aug. 20, 1861; mustered in Sept. 18, '61; resigned Oct. 7, '62. P. O. address, Hampstead. (Record, Ayling's Register, 1895, p. 169.)The following biographical sketch is taken from the "Physicians and Surgeons of America," compiled by Dr. Irving A. Watson, 1896Josiah Calef Eastman of Hampstead, N. H., was born in Loudon, N. H., April 22, 1811, and was the son of Dr. Joseph and Miriam (Calef) Eastman, grandson of Timothy and Abigail (Gale) Eastman, and of Joseph and Miriam (Bartlett) Calef; and a great grandson of Colonel Gale of East Kingston, and of Hon. Josiah Bartlett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and who was president 1790- '91 and first governor of New Hampshire, 1792- '93. Joseph Eastmanwas graduated from Dartmouth Medical College in 1806 and died at Meredith, N. H., at the age of thirty-three years."Josiah C. Eastman obtained a preliminary education at the Kingston and the Atkinson (N. H.) and the Saco (Me.) Academies; taught in district schools; commenced the study of medicine in 1833 with Drs. L. S. Bartlett and Thomas Bassett of Kingston, N. H.; attended three courses of lectures at Dartmouth Medical College and was graduated M. D. therefrom in 1837."Dr. Eastman practiced medicine for a time at Newmarket, N. H., and about 1839 located at Hampstead, where he has since been in active practice when not in the military service. In August, 1861, he was appointed by Governor Berry surgeon of the Fourth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, with rank of major. He was in service with the regiment at Washington, Annapolis, Port Royal, Hilton Head, St. Augustine and Jacksonville until 1863, when he resigned his commission on account of illness in his family and returned to Hampstead. Soon after this he was offered the colonelcy, which was declined. When a youth he was chosen by Hon. Levi Woodbury for a cadetship at West Point Military Academy but the opposition of his widowed mother prevented its acceptance."In 1845 he was county treasurer of Rockingham county, declining re-nomination in 1847; represented Hampstead in the legislature in 1847- '50 and was state senator in 1853- '54.Democratic."Dr. Eastman is one of the oldest members of the New Hampshire Medical Society, president in 1860 ; was a member of the Rockingham Medical Society and an ex-president of the same ; also was a member of the American Medical Association and was one of the three representatives from New Hampshire to the International Medical Congress, held in Philadelphia, 1876. Dr. Eastman has been twice nominated for councilor for his district; was a delegate to the national conventions which nominated General McClellan and Hon. Horatio Seymour for the presidency and vice-presidency. In 1849, while a member of the legislature. Dr. Eastman introduced the bill, entitled 'An act providing for the establishment of public libraries,' which became a law under the signature of Governor Dinsmore, and New Hampshire was the first state in the Union to empower towns and cities to maintain free public libraries by taxation, as a result of the passage of that bill. Dr. Eastman was largely instrumental in the building of the Nashua and Rochester Railroad and served as director after its completion."Married, first. May 3, 1841, Miss Ann A., daughter of Capt. Leonard (a pensioner of 1812) and Elizabeth Gregg (Warner) "Wilson. Their children are: Mary Bartlett, wife of Lavosier Hill of New York City, and Miss Ella Eastman.Dr. Eastman married second, February 5, 1860, Miss Mary Ellen, daughter of Dr. Jarome and Mary (Tewksbury) Harris of Amesbury, Mass. Their children are: Josiah Bartlett and Susie A. Eastman."Dr. Eastman died in Hampstead, N. H., November 27, 1897.
Family Members
Advertisement
Advertisement
