Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: W. W. EASTMAN ************************************************************************ Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, June 2005 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ The death of W. W. Eastman occurred some time during the night. He had been suffering for fifteen weeks past from a general breakdown following an attack of grippe. Yesterday evening after supper he was out in the yard talking with the neighbors but retired a little earlier than usual as he complained of not feeling very well. This morning he was found dead in his bed. While this was a great shock to the family, yet they are thankful he could pass away so easily without suffering. Mr. Eastman was born in Wales, Erie County, New York, seventy-nine years ago the first of last February. He came to Wisconsin in 1848 and settled near Magnolia, Rock County, where his home was until a few years ago. He was married February 20, 1855, to Miss Anne E. Dunbar of Albany, who survives him, together with two children, S. B. Eastman, and Mrs. Linda Collier of Evansville, and three grandchildren. Mr. Eastman served in the army during the Civil War for three years and sixteen days as a member of the 33rd Wisconsin Volunteers. He was a member of T. L. Sutphen Post No. 41, G.A.R. of this city. The funeral will be held at the home on Cherry Street Saturday afternoon at two o'clock and will be in charge of Rev. C. H. Meyers of the Free Baptist Church of which Mr. Eastman had been a regular attendant. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman have made their home in Evansville for the past nine years and have made for themselves many good friends here. May 2, 1912, Evansville Review, Evansville, Wisconsin