Eastman, Elbridge G. (1813-1859)

Name:

Eastman, Elbridge G. (1813-1859)

Title:

Editor, "Knoxville Argus," Knoxville, TN, 1839-
Clerk, United States Post Office Department, Washngton, DC
Editor, "Nashville Union," "Nashville American," "Union and American", 1847-1859
Clerk, Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1849-1850.
Clerk, Tennessee State Senate, 1853

Other Names:

Eastman, Elbridge Gerry

Born:

02/27/1813

Birthplace:

Bridgewater, NH

Died:

11/23/1859

Death Location:

Nashville, TN

Residence:

Bridgewater, NH
Concord, NH
Baltimore, MD, 1838
Knoxville, TN, 1839-1845
Washington, DC, 1845-1847
Nashville, TN, 1847-1859

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Printer's apprentice, New Hampshire Patriot
Journalist
Newspaper editor

Father:

Eastman, Timothy (1786-1869)

Mother:

Wilkins, Abigail Clarissa (1792-1834)

Relations:

Friend of James K. Polk, later U. S. President

Spouse:

Lucy Ann Carr (1818-1876), 1838

Children:

Caroline, Born August 21, 1839, Knoxville, TN
Mary Tennessee, born December 3, 1840, Knoxville, TN
Caroline Clara, born September 24, 1842, Knoxville, TN
Charles Hazen, born February 25, 1845, Plymouth, NH
William Edward, born December 16, 1846, Washington, DC
Lewis Robert, born January 18, 1849, Nashville, TN
Elbridge Gerry, born November 9, 1851, Nashville, TN
Lucy Carr, born December 16, 1853, Nashville, TN
John Winston, born January 15, 1856
Roger, born July 21, 1858, Nashville, TN

Notes:

W. W. Clayton, History of Davidson County, Tennessee, With Illustrayions and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. W. Lewis & Co., 1880), 385.

"Death of E. G. Eastman," Nashville Daily Union and American, Nashville, Tennessee, November 24, 1859, 3.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee