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Mary Merritt1    wife #1 of 3rd cousin 5xR
b. 4 August 1818, d. 17 December 1864, #25040

Birth 4 August 1818 Mary was born on 4 August 1818 at Auburn, New York.1,2

Marriage 3 February 1842 Mary Merritt, 23 years old, married Leander Eastman, who was 26 years old, , son of Nathaniel Henry Eastman and Marilla Patterson, 3 February 1842 in Middlebury, Wyoming county, New York.1,3

 
Cen1850 27 August 1850 Mary Merritt appears on the 1850 census of Middlebury, Wyoming county, New York Leander is 35, a farmer and born in New York. Wife is Mary 32. Children are:
Anderson 7     (May actually be Andrew Jackson)
Merrit 5 and
John 3
There also is hired hand living in the household.4

George Eastman site gives two children for this marriage:
John W. Eastman (Cemetery records indicate he was John N.)
BIRTH: 6 JUN 1847, Middlebury, Wyoming Co, NY(he is 3 on 1850 census)
DEATH: 4 NOV 1864, Middlebury, Wyoming Co, NY

and
Charles Justus or Justin
BIRTH: 25 NOV 1851, Middlebury, Wyoming Co, NY
DEATH: 9 NOV 1864, Middlebury, Wyoming Co, NY.1,5

November 1864 What happened November 1864 Two of their children died in early November of 1864. Was there an epidemic?   And then mother died in December???
Death 17 Dec 1864 Mary died on 17 December 1864 at Middlebury, Wyoming county, New York at age 46.6,5 

Family Leander Eastman  b. 9 October 1815, d. 4 May 1893
Children  1. Andrew Jackson Eastman b. 7 Nov 1843
  2. George Merritt Eastman b. 13 Jun 1845, d. 21 Nov 1914

Citations
  1. Download, http://www.gendex.com/users/geastman/eastman/d0028/g0000021.html#I09337. Not a valid address now.
  2. Download, http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/cgi-bin/cemetery.cgi gives year only.
  3. [S9964] Mary Emily Eastman, PeterEastmanRecords, No date or place, names only.
  4. Download, 1850 US census Middlebury, Wyoming county, New York, page 229B, line 19, res 138, fam 138.
  5. Download, http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemeteries/cgi-bin/cemetery.cgi.
  6. Download, http://www.gendex.com/users/geastman/eastman/d0028/g0000021.html#I09337 gives death year as 1874.
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