Goodspeed's Henry County Biographies - E surnames
Robert
Eastwood, proprietor of the Henry County Woolen Mills, was
born in England in 1823, and is one of a family of eight
children, four of whom are now living. The parents, John and
Alice (Woodcock) Eastwood, were born in 1776 and 1778
respectively. The father was a native of England, and followed
merchandising there till 1843, when he came to America, locating
in Massachusetts. After remaining there a short time he went
West to Ohio, and spent the latter part of his life in tilling
the soil. He died in 1853. The mother died in 1855 in
Massachusetts, having moved back to that place after the death
of her husband. Our subject came to America one year previous to
his parents, and after stopping in Massachusetts went to Ohio,
and from there came to Tennessee in 1851. He located in the
middle part of the State and married Angeline Longford, a native
of Tennessee, born in 1833; by this union he became the father
of seven children: Richard, Robert, Abel, Alice, Hannah, Mary
and Joseph. In 1856 our subject came to Henry County, and built
the first woolen-mill in the county, it having a carding and
cotton-gin. In 1865 he located where he now lives, and built a
woolen factory. He also carries on his farming interest in
connection with the factory. He is conservative in politics,
voting for principle rather than for party, and he and Mrs.
Eastwood have for many years been church members.
Dr. Samuel C. Edmunds, a
leading physician and surgeon of this part of the State, was
born December 23, 1831, in Warren County, Ky., and is a son of
John J. and Sallie (Martin) Edmunds. The father was born in
Amherst County, Va., October 19, 1805 and removed to Warren
County, Ky., at the age of five. There he lived until 1842, when
he moved to Henry County, Tenn., and there remained until his
death in 1848, having been a farmer all his life. The mother of
our subject was also born in Amherst County, Va., in 1800, and
died in 1870. Our subject was reared on a farm, received a
practical education, and graduated in the medical department of
the university of Louisville in March, 1856. He then began
practicing at Cottage Grove, Henry Co., Tenn., continuing there
until 1861, when he removed to Paris, and has since practiced
his profession in this place with very great success. January
22, 1857, he married Drusilla Hardy, of Calloway Co., Ky. To
them were born five children: Hinda, Sallie, Cora, William and
Nellie. Politically Mr. Edmunds is a member of the Democratic
party, and as a citizen is one of the leading men of the county.
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