EASTMAN, THOMAS, born Dec. 8, 1771, in Kingston, New Hampshire, was married in 1792, in Augusta, Me., to Sarah Cummings. They had nine children born in Maine. Mr. Eastman was captain of a cavalry company in the war of 1812, and was posted between the Kennebec and Penobscot rivers to carry dispatches back and forth. Maine being a district of Massachusetts, he represented that district in the Legislature of Massachusetts four or five times. When Maine became a State, he was elected one of its Senators. He was also a Judge of the Court of Sessions, in Waldo county, where he lived. Mrs. Sarah Eastman died Sept. 3, 1827, and Thomas Eastman was married Oct., 1828, in Boston, Mass., to Susan Frothingham, a native of that city. They had one child in Maine, and moved to Auburn, Ill., in 1836. Of his children only six came to Sangamon county, namely:

DAVID, born Oct. 20, 1794, was married Jan. 1, 1817, in Maine, to Salinda Wood, a native of Winthrop, in the same State. They had four children, and came to Auburn, Sangamon county, Ill., in 1836 or 7, Of their children, AUGUSTA, born in Maine, went from Sangamon county to California, and died there. LOUISA H., married Owen Maynard, and lives in Baltimore, Md. CHARLES H., died in Springfield, Ill., in 1849. GEORGE L., born May 5, 1833, in Maine, brought up in Sangamon county, went to California in 1852, and returned to Springfield in 1870, where he now lives. David Eastman died in 1844, at Auburn, and Mrs. Salinda Eastman died April 25, 1871, in Springfield.

ASA, born Sept. 12, 1802, in Winthrop, Maine, came in 1831 to Waverly, Morgan county, Ill., and laid out the town of Auburn, in Sangamon county, in 1835. He was married Sept. 21, 1837, in Waverly, to Susan E. Tanner, who was born Sept., 1820, in Warren county, Conn. They moved to Auburn in the fall of 1840, and to Springfield in the fall of 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Eastman had two children, ALLEN T., born Dec., 1839, in Waverly, died May, 1847, in Springfield. ANNIE S., born June 12, 1842, in Springfield, was married June, 1867, to James M. Johnson, a native of St. Louis. They have three living children, ALICE E., MARY SUSAN, and HERSCHEL ALLEN, and reside in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Susan Eastman died March, 1843, and Asa Eastman resides in Springfield, where he has been for many years largely identified with its business. He began as a partner with James L. Lamb in a flouring mill, and in 1865 he built the only grain elevator in the city, at a cost of about $75,000, and still owns it. He was the originator and one of the principal stockholders in the Leland Hotel, and was President of the Board of Directors when it was building.

ANN H., born Oct. 17, 1805, in Maine, lives with her brother Asa.

HANNAH M., born Aug. 29, 1813, in Maine, was married in Springfield, Ill., March 11, 1869, to Judge William Brown, of Jacksonville. He died April 25, 1871, in Jacksonville. His widow now resides with her brother Asa, in Springfield.

SAMUEL FRANK, the only child of Thomas Eastman by his second marriage, was born Oct. 12, 1830, in Palermo, Waldo county, Me., and came to Auburn, Ill., with his parents in 1836. Returned east and learned the trade of a machinist, at Manchester, N. H. He was married Oct. 5, 185??, at New Haven, Conn., to Mary A. Brown, who was born Oct. 1, 1831, in Bridgewater, Conn. They came in 1856 to Springfield, and have four children, HENRY F., FREDERICK A., CHARLES E., and S. FRANK, Jun., and reside in Springfield. Mr. S. F. Eastman is the proprietor of a machine shop, corner of Washington and Tenth streets, Springfield, Ill.