Captain Sanford Eastburn, a native of Indiana and a grandson of Benjamin Eastburn, a native of Ohio. Sanford Eastburn was reared in the state of his nativity and in 1851 came west to Iowa. He was married here to Nancy Ferguson, a native of Indiana and a daughter of John Ferguson, who was also born in that state and became one of the early settlers of Mahaska county.
After his marriage Mr. Eastburn began farming on his own account and improved and fenced a place, built a good house and carried on the work of cultivating his land for some time.
It was subsequent to his marriage that he enlisted for service in the Civil war, becoming a member of Company K, Thirty-third Iowa Volunteer Infantry, with which he served for three years. At the end of that time he was promoted to the captaincy of another company, with which he continued throughout the remainder of the war and was then honorably discharged. He was a true and loyal soldier and made a creditable military record, winning promotion in recognition of gallant and meritorious service. He died in 1891, at the age of fifty-eight years, while his wife passed away in October, 1903, at the age of sixty-six years.
Death notice
EASTBURN, died, at his home in Fremont, Iowa, at 4 o'clock a.m., Saturday, January 3, 1891 of stomach trouble of 12 months' duration, Sanford Eastburn, aged 60 years.
Funeral Monday, January 5 at 11 a.m., from Baptist Church in Fremont. Deceased leaves a wife and five children.
Oskaloosa Herald, January 4, 1891
Captain Sanford Eastburn, a native of Indiana and a grandson of Benjamin Eastburn, a native of Ohio. Sanford Eastburn was reared in the state of his nativity and in 1851 came west to Iowa. He was married here to Nancy Ferguson, a native of Indiana and a daughter of John Ferguson, who was also born in that state and became one of the early settlers of Mahaska county.
After his marriage Mr. Eastburn began farming on his own account and improved and fenced a place, built a good house and carried on the work of cultivating his land for some time.
It was subsequent to his marriage that he enlisted for service in the Civil war, becoming a member of Company K, Thirty-third Iowa Volunteer Infantry, with which he served for three years. At the end of that time he was promoted to the captaincy of another company, with which he continued throughout the remainder of the war and was then honorably discharged. He was a true and loyal soldier and made a creditable military record, winning promotion in recognition of gallant and meritorious service. He died in 1891, at the age of fifty-eight years, while his wife passed away in October, 1903, at the age of sixty-six years.
Death notice
EASTBURN, died, at his home in Fremont, Iowa, at 4 o'clock a.m., Saturday, January 3, 1891 of stomach trouble of 12 months' duration, Sanford Eastburn, aged 60 years.
Funeral Monday, January 5 at 11 a.m., from Baptist Church in Fremont. Deceased leaves a wife and five children.
Oskaloosa Herald, January 4, 1891
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