Leroy D. Eastman (March 21, 1872 – November 20, 1945) was an American businessman, farmer, and politician.
Born in
Hazel Green, Wisconsin, Eastman worked in a bank and lumberyard in
Cobb, Wisconsin. He also worked in lumberyards in other places in Wisconsin:
Mineral Point,
Montfort, and
Lancaster, Wisconsin. He was president of the Eastman Cartwright Lumber Company and the Livingston Lumber Company in
Livingston, Wisconsin
Livingston is a village in Grant and Iowa Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 664 at the 2010 census. Of this, 657 were in Grant County, and only 7 were in Iowa County.
The Iowa County portion of Livingston is part of the ...
. Eastman also was a farmer and cattle breeder. Eastman served on the Lancaster Common Council from 1906 to 1914 and then on the Grant County Board of Supervisors; Eastman was chairman of the county board. Eastman served in the
Wisconsin State Assembly in 1927 and 1929 and was a
Republican. Eastman died in Lancaster, Wisconsin.
[Leroy Eastman, Early Lumberman, Dies in Lancaster, ''Wisconsin State Journal'', November 22, 1945, p. 1.]
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1872 births
1945 deaths
People from Hazel Green, Wisconsin
People from Lancaster, Wisconsin
Businesspeople from Wisconsin
Farmers from Wisconsin
County supervisors in Wisconsin
Wisconsin city council members
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
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