Easterday Family: Portland, Indiana (1907)

Source: Complete Directory of Jay County, M. & M. Directory Co., Portland, Ind., p. 51

The relevant entries that relate to my families are :

Easterday, Christian (Barbary), retired, 803 n Meridian

Easterday, John G, (Elizabeth), grocer, 802 n Meridian

Easterday, Orvil R, asst cashier, 1st Nat bank, 802 n Meridian

Easterday, Philemon, (Ola), grocer, 809 n. Meridian (Arah, Atha)

Christian EASTERDAY was born 1831 in Ohio and married April 25, 1853 in Marion County, Ohio to Barbara Helen HALEY, daughter of George J. and Rachel H. (GARY) HALEY.  Barbara was born November 20, 1835 in Goshen, Hardin County, Ohio.  She is my paternal 2-great grandaunt, the older sister of my George Washington HALEY.

Christian is the father of John G and Philemon, Orville is John's son.  Christian was a Civil War veteran.  He died May 21, 1918 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana.  Barbara died March 28, 1908 in Jay County, Indiana.

Back from Grand Rapids

Source: The Weekly Chronicle, Elyria, Ohio, September 6, 1902, page 3.

Back from Grand Rapids


Councilman Eady, City Engineer Snow and City Clerk Park returned Saturday morning from Grand Rapids, where they had been to attend the meeting of the National Municipal League.  Councilman LeMaster went on to visit his father.  They report a very profitable meeting and much valuable information gained in regard to streets, lights, etc.  There was a great deal of discussion in regard to municipal ownership and the most of the sentiment was strongly in its favor.  The next meeting of the league will be in Baltimore.


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Councilman LeMaster was my paternal great-granduncle, William Clifford LeMaster (1871-1922).  His father, Luman Walker LeMASTERS was living in Jay County, Indiana.  Distance from Elyria, OH to Grand Rapids, MI is 275 miles, per Google Maps.  From Grand Rapids, MI to Portland, IN is another 200 miles, give or take.  Would be interesting to see what railroads they would have taken.

Wordless Wednesday: The Highs

John, Clara (Wright) & Charlie High

Wordless Wednesday – a great way to share your old family photos! Create a post with the main focus being a photograph or image. Some posters also include attribute information as to the source of the image (date, location, owner, etc.). Wordless Wednesday is one of the longest running “memes” in the blogosphere and is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers.