As published in:
The History of Wyandot county Ohio
1884
GEORGE W. EYESTONE, born November 18, 1831, is a native of Ross County, Ohio, and son of George and Elizabeth Eyestone, who moved from Ross County, and settled in this township in 1833. His parents died at the respective ages eighty-five and fifty-two, having reared a family of six sons and two daughters. Mr. Eyestone worked at the wagon and carriage trade from 1849 to 1860, and then began the work of a carpenter, which he has continued to a greater or less extent to the present time. He enlisted, February 4, 1864, in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was engaged in the battles of New Market (receiving a slight flesh wound in the head), Berryville, Piedmont, Winchester and Fisher's Hill. At Winchester, he received another wound in the calf of the leg, and at Fisher's Hill he was wounded in the hand by a minie ball, as the result of which he receives a small pension. After eight months in the hospital at Little York, Penn., he was honorably discharged June 11, 1865. He then returned home and has since given his attention to farming and his trade. Mr. Eyestone was married, December 17, 1852, to Sarah A. James, of this township, native of Athens County, Ohio, and daughter of Benjamin and Melissa (Richeson) James. Her parents were natives of Ohio and - respectively, and of English descent. Mr. and Mrs. Eyestone had two children, daughters-Eva A. and Roberta M., who died in 1875 and 1878 respectively. Mrs. Eyestone passed away April 29, 1881, and Mr. E. was married, May 3, 1882, to Mrs. Rosa H. Kisor, widow of Henry Kisor, of Tiffin, Ohio. By her first husband, Mrs. Eyestone had two children--Edith and Earl. Mr. Kisor died in December, 1877. Mr. Eyestone owns thirty. eight acres of well-improved land where be now resides. He and Mrs. Eye. stone are members of the Lutheran Church, of which society his first wife was also a member. In politics, Mr. E. is a stanch Republican and Prohibitionist.