Eustis, G. D.

EUSTIS

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 9/17/2008 at 13:42:15

G. D. Eustis

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.158, Macedonia Twp.)
G. D. Eustis, furniture dealer and undertaker, Carson, was born in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., May 5, 1846, son of George and Jane (McCoy) Eustis, he born in England in September, 1809, was a farmer by occupation, and was killed September 5, 1854, by the accidental discharge of a blast while he was foreman of a gang of miners at Brogbille; she born in Ireland in February, 1813, and has given birth to eleven children, two of whom are dead. Mr. Eustis began to work at farming when twelve years of age, his father having died. After two years of farm life, he served an apprenticeship of two years at the carpenter's trade, and tehn, at the age of sixteen, enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Sixth New York Infantry. During the last year of his service, he was color-bearer for his regiment. This regiment was a part of the Army of the Potomac, and consequently Mr. Eustis was in many severe engagements. At the battle of Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864, Col. Townsend, of Mr. Eustis' regiment, was killed, and of the forty-eight men composing Company C, twenty-five were killed, Mr. Eustis himself being wounded. He, with his regiment, were mustered out at Ogdensburg, N. Y., July 16, 1865. After returning from the army, Mr. Eustis spent about eight months in his native country, then came to Montgomery County, Ill., where he conducted a farm one year, and worked at the carpenter's trade one year. He remoevd to Galesburg, and worked at his trade from 1868 to 1878, then came to Stuart, Iowa, where he conducted a furniture business till June, 1881, when he came to Carson and opened a furniture and undertaking establishment, where he now is. Mr. Eustis was married, in Galesburg, Ill., March 16, 1870, to Elizabeth Young, born in 1844, daughter of Robert and Rosanna (Wilson) Young, he born in New York in 1790, was a farmer by occupation, and died July 22, 1877; she born in Maryland, and is living with our subject. Mr. and Mrs. Eustis have four children - Albert, Eddie, Ida M. and Ralph. Mr. Eustis is a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 444, and is a Republican in politics.