Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897. Published
by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago.  Reprinted by Southern Historical
Press.  p. 94.  Jefferson County.

GEORGE B. EASTIN, of Louisville, was born in Fayette county, Kentucky, in
August, 1843, and died in Rome, Italy, in June, 1896.  He was a
distinguished member of the Kentucky bar and served as associate justice
on the supreme bench.  He was graduated in Kenyon College just before the
country became involved in civil war, and went to Lexington, where he joined
General Morgan's command as a private.  Gallant conduct, however, soon won
him promotion to the lieutenancy of his company, and later he became
captain of Company D, Second Kentucky Cavalry.  During Morgan's raid into
Ohio, Captain Eastin was captured, and for three months was imprisoned in
Camp Douglas, after which he escaped and rejoined his command.
     At the close of the war Mr. Eastin went to Canada, but in 1866
returned to Kentucky and located in Louisville.  The following year he was
graduated from the Louisville Law School, and from that time until his
death he was an active practitioner at the bar.  Well versed in the
principles of law, strong in argument and logical in he reasoning, he won
many cases of note and was connected with important litigation.  In
February, 1895, he was appointed by Governor John Young Brown to a vacancy
on the bench of the supreme court and afterward was the nominee for that
office.  In April, 1896, he went abroad with the hope of improving his
health but died in Rome.  He was a man of domestic tastes, a courteous
and polished gentleman, and an able lawyer.  He was the first president
of the Confederate Association of Kentucky and served for several years
in that capacity.

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