George EASTERBROOK^[1]

1825 - 1864

• Born	29 Dec 1825	Sackville, Westmoreland, NB, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Moved	1847	Freeport, IL   [1]
  Occupation	Between 1847 and 1849	Freeport, IL   [1]
  	farm assistant and stonemason
  Residence	1856	Dekalb Co, IL   [1]
  	Section 14, Pierce Township
  	He purchased 80 acres of unimproved land on the northeast quartersection. Four years later he purchased in additional 80 acres in the same section.
  Died	9 Dec 1864	Dekalb Co, IL   [1]
  Residence	1885	Blackberry Twp, Kane, IL   [1]
  _UID	9ED6B992755F4B559BAB1382ABAA2EB647AB
  Person ID	I7244	OuthouseLine2014
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2012

  
  

  Family	Priscilla OUTHOUSE,   b. Abt 1834,   d. 1914
  Married	17 Feb 1853	Kane Co, IL   [1]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living   5. Living
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2004
  Family ID	F2560	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  DeKalb Co, Illinois Biographical Dictionary (Ancestry.com) -- GEORGE EASTERBROOK, deceased, was a farmer in section 14, Pierce Township, and had been a landowner in DeKalb County from 1856 until the date of his death. In that year he purchased 80 acres in section 14, and four years later he purchased an additional 80 acres on section 14. In 1883, his wife made a third purchase, of 80 acres on the section last named, under good improvements, provided with suitable farm buildings, and a good orchard. Mr. Easterbrook was born Dec. 29, 1825, in Sackville, Westmoreland Co., New Brunswick, where he was reared in the pursuits of agriculture and also instructed in the vocation of stone mason. In 1847 he came to Freeport, Ill., and there worked as a farm assistant and also as a mason, alternating between the two callings for two years. Subsequently he went to Kane Co., Ill. He was there married Feb. 17, 1853 to Priscilla, daughter of James and Caroline (Reed) Outhouse. Her parents were both born in the province of New Brunswick, and were pioneers of Kane County, wither they removed in 1834. They are of Holland descent and are, at present date (1885), residents of Blackberry. The parents of Mr. Easterbrook were of English birth, and his paternal grandfather was for many years a member of the House of Commons in England, and his father served as a member of the Canadian House of Parliament. Soon after his marriage, Mr. Easterbrook went to Iowa and purchased 100 acres of land in Black Hawk County. He made no location for a home, but returned to Kane County, where he remained until the year named, in which he settled in Pierce Township. He died Dec. 8, 1864 leaving five children--Isabella, James George, Susan Emma, Wilson E. and Alvin W. After his decease, his wife rented the farm and returned to Kane County. She bought a farm where she resided until 1875, when she returned to the homestead in Pierce Township. Her sons are continuing the management of the estate in a highly creditable manner. Isabella married John Vosburgh of Kingston; Susan E. is the wife of William Postle and lives in Virgil Township, Kane County. James G. Easterbrook is the Assessor of Pierce Township. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S193] Biographical album, DeKalb Co (Ill.) Biographical Dictionary, pg 542 (Reliability: 3).