Eastin, Rawlings and Duffy Courtesy of Steve Henkel, September, 2001. A very early photo of Louisiana or "Lucy" (Eastin) Rawlings, taken about 1850-1855. Louisiana, the tenth child and fourth daughter of Philip Eastin and Sarah Anna Hite Smith Eastin, died on 23 May 1857 in Dupont at age 53, of "pulmonary disease" -- i.e. tuberculosis. We believe she may be buried at Ryker's Ridge Cemetery, near her parents. One of Louisiana's sisters, Mahala Eastin, married Elisha Gale English and was the mother of William Hayden English, for whom see more below. Louisiana was the second wife of Eleazer Rawlings, whom she married at Lexington, Scott County, IN in 1820. They had four children: 1. Melvina Rawlings, b abt 1825, marr Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Crary. Crary was Postmaster at the Lexington Post Office, Scott Co. IN, from 28 Apr 1845 to 09 Nov 1845. His tenure followed that of William H. English, who served from 20 Aug 1842. Frank Crary was a Methodist minister, and became was the long-time editor of the California Christian Advocate in San Francisco. Source: Book, "Reminiscences of the Old South 1834-1866" by John Williamson Crary, Sr. (Frank's brother) with Biographical Sketch by May Crary Weller (John's daughter), 1984. 2. Leroy Rawlings, b 5 Feb 1829, marr Kesiah Duffy (see below). Per National Archives microfilm Roll M841 Roll #33, page 213, "Appointment of Postmasters - 1832-1971": Le Roy [sic] Rawlings was postmaster at Dupont, Jefferson Co. IN from 27 Aug 1849 to 3 Dec 1851. He also operated a grocery store at Dupont in the 1840s and 1850s. 3. Moses M. Rawlings (middle initial possibly for "Marshall"), b abt 1837. Moses, who evidentally never married, served in the Civil War with the 8th Indiana Volunteers, per his gravestone. He "died in the war", according to his brother Leroy. DAR "Items 1817-1886" in Jefferson Co IN (at DAR Washington DC) say "M.M. Rawlings, pvt in 6th [not 8th] Ind.,age 25, dies at Dupont on May 2nd. (Date is probably incorrect, since newspaper quoted is dated 10 Apr 1862.) He is buried in the Methodist Graveyard "on the Graham Farm", near his half-sister-in-law, Mary Jane (Duffy) Rawlings, wife of Harvey L. Rawlings. She is buried in the same place (on the Graham farm) in Section 15-5-9, in Lancaster Township, south of Dupont, IN. 4. Celestina Rawlings, b abt 1841, in Hendricks County by 1862. As far as we know, she never married. Leroy Rawlings married 13 Feb 1851 to Keziah Duffy (b 3 Nov 1834), dau of James Duffy and Eleanor Latta, who marr on 12 Feb 1819 in Adams Co, OH, and within a year went to Jefferson Co, IN to live. Unfortunately Eleanor Latta Duffy died in Jefferson Co. in 1837/1838, and James remarried, to a Jane Thompson. Keziah's picture taken around 1904. Leroy and Kezia Duffy Rawlings's son Carroll Crary Rawlings. Picture taken ca 1857 when he was about age five. More on William English: The following information is obtained from "The Life of William H. English, The Democratic Candidate for Vice President of the United States" by Charles S. Keyser, Philadelphia, 1880. This book was obtained by this compiler on interlibrary loan from the VA State Library. 1. Another biography of English, referred to in the above work, is Col. J.W. Forney's "Life of William H. English" in an appendage to his "Biography of Winfield Scott Hancock". 2. Per Keyser, "his grandfather and grandmother on his father's side were born in the state of Delaware...and died in KY.... His grandfather on his mother's side (Philip Eastin, father of Mahala Eastin) served in the 4th VA Regiment of the Revolution, and his grandmother on his mother's side (Sally Hite Smith) was born in Winchester VA." 3. Mahala was born in Fayette Co. KY. 4. He went for three years to the University of South Hanover, and got to the bar in 1840. 5. In 1863, with others he started the First National Bank of Indianapolis, and became its president, retiring in 1877. For 14 years he had a salary of $5,000. At retirement he got a gold medal and a gift of $465,000 cash. 6. Mortgage foreclosures on the records of Marion Co. IN included the following: Plaintiff Defendant Date of filing Notes Wm. H. English James W. King 26 Jan 1876 Josiah King was the third husband of Hetty T. Rawlings, mother of the above Eleazer Rawlings. " " Sarah Dunbar et al 25 Jan 1876 James Dunbar was Hetty's second husband. " " James W. King et al 22 Mar 1877   " " " " 21 Aug 1878   Family Album Jefferson County INGenWeb. Copyright 1996 - 2002. All Rights Reserved. Web site by Ruth A. Hoggatt.