(submitted by Anne Wight)
Truman Benjamin Eastman (1866 - 1950) married Catherine "Cassie" Muma (- 1942), daughter of Joseph Muma and Rachel Bearss, in 1895.
Truman and Cassie Eastman dirs lived at Lot 23, Con. 4 NER, Warwick Twp., a lot one concession over from that of his father Elijah, who lived on Lot 24, Con. 3 NER. In 1919, Truman moved to Lot 21, Con. 6 NER, where he continued to carry out mixed farming. The house and barn were on a hill, with the fields on slightly rolling land. Part of the lot had a good sized bush. Some time after this move, his former farm home on Con. 4 was destroyed by a tornado. In 1937, his farm went to his youngest son, Leo, and Truman and Cassie moved to the Village of Arkona. However, he would walk out to either son Leo's farm or son Clarence's to clear bush and weeds from the fence rows.
Truman Eastman and wife Catherine “Cassie” Muma. Courtesy A Wight.
Truman lived up to his name is respect to his character. Dorothy McQuiggan, one of his grand-daughters, said of him, "He has no vices." Laverne Eastman, a grandson, described Truman as "quiet" and "humble." Another grandson, Walter Eastman, was impressed by the kindness of his grandfather to family and others. Harold Eastman, the son of a second cousin, noted that Truman
was a "big, handsome man." Speaking of Cassie, Harold said that she was a "fine, intelligent woman."
Truman left the Methodist Church to join the Arkona Baptist Church in the early 1900s. That became the church his family attended, with some descendants still belonging to that church. One daughter, Myrtle, and her husband helped found a new Baptist church in Detroit.
As well as carrying out the usual farm wife occupations, Cassie also raised canaries. She drove the family Model T Ford as Truman had poor eyesight, a condition which also prevented him from hunting.
The children of Truman and Cassie were all born in Warwick Twp. Clarence farmed in the area and still has descendants on farms in the area. Leo also farmed in WarwickTwp. Truman's third son, Clifford, became a high school teacher and worked in several places in Ontario. The daughters, Irene (Eastman) McQuiggan, Reta (Eastman) Jennings and Myrtle (Eastman) McChesney all moved away from Warwick.
Chapter 24 of 25 - Eastman, Truman Benjamin
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