Flag Holder Marker Dedicated

On Veterans Day, Friday, November 11, 2016, the Wisconsin Chapter of the US Society of the War of 1812 held a ceremony at the Belleville Cemetery to dedicate a Flag Holder Marker Dedication to Justin Aaron Eastman, a Patriot of the War of 1812.
Justin Aaron Eastman was born on October 31, 1791, in Rupert, Vermont, the son of Revolutionary War Patriot Captain Enoch Eastman (April 24, 1747-June 23, 1829) and Sara Rising (May 20, 1760-November 17, 1826). Enoch Eastman served from 1776 until 1784 in the Vermont Militia as a Lieutenant and Captain.
Justin served during the War of 1812 in the Martindale Vermont Militia, and his brother, Calvin, was in Sumner's Regiment.
Justin married Thirza Wilson and their first child, Sarah, was born in New York in 1815, followed by Thirza in 1817, James in 1819, Lucy in 1821, Nancy Ann in 1825, Enoch in 1829 and Margaret in 1831.
Justin is listed on the 1830 and 1840 census in Oswego, New York, and Wisconsin Territory in 1836. He was issued a land patent for 80 acres on March 1, 1836, in Washington County and another in 1850, signed by President Zachary Taylor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Justin Aaron Eastman passed away on January 18, 1856, in Belleville, Dane County, Wisconsin. For his service, a widow's pension was issued in 1871, in Milwaukee to his wife, Thirza Wilson.
The President of the Wisconsin Chapter, US Daughters of 1812, Nancy Finch Burns, gave the Welcome at the ceremony. The Presentation of Colors was by the Wisconsin Sons of the Revolution Color Guard. William Austin, descendent of Justin Eastman, led the Pledge of Allegiance. Austin also gave a personal tribute and biography of Eastman. William Austin, and other family members, placed the 1812 Flag and Holder.