Life History

Notes

• Missouri Marriages to 1850
  Albis H. East
  Spouse Polly Morris
  Marriage 2 Sep 1841 Lincoln County
  
  The Voelker Family Tree on Ancestry has Alvis' middle name as Hertsell.  There is no documentation, and since I have found no record to this extent, I would conclude Voelker is reporting insider family knowledge.
  --  http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/11070783/person/-532251249
  
  In 1855 Alvis bought land in Taylor County, Iowa.
  
  U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
  Alvis H East
  15 Jun 1855
  40 Acres
  5th Prime Meridian
  Taylor County, Iowa, Township 69-N, Range 35-W, Section 28
  Kanesville Land Office
  Authority April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
  Document #5012
  
  1860 Federal Census, Page County, Iowa, 18 June, Nodaway Township, PO Clarinda, page 26 (scan 936), Hse/Fam #205
  A H East 40 M Farmer & Physician $4000 Real Estate $300 Personal b North Carolina [abt 1820]
  Jenny East 31 F b Illinois [abt 1829]
  Scott East 11 M b Iowa [abt 1849]
  Theopolus H East 10 M b Iowa [abt 1850]
  Mary I East 8 F b Iowa [abt 1852]
  Emma F East 6 F b Iowa [abt 1854]
  Margaret J East 4 F b Iowa [abt 1856]
  A H East Jr 3mos M b Iowa [abt Feb 1860]
  Hannah Cumming 27 F Domestick b Ohio
  May Wall 19 F School Teacher b New York
  
  There are Civil War records of Alvis' service for the Union in two different states.
  
  U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
  Alvis H. East
  Union, Phelps' Regiment, Missouri 10th Infantry (6 months, 1861)
  Companies F & S
  Rank Staff Surgeon, Lieutenant/Surgeon
  
  American Civil War Soldiers
  Alvis East
  Residence Clarinda, Iowa
  Enlistment 17 Sep 1862
  Served Union, Iowa
  71 Sources
  
  1870 Federal Census, Nodaway County, Missouri, 13 July, Union Townahip, PO Maryville, page 32, Hse #253, Fam #250
  East, A H 60 M W Farmer $9000 Real Estate $1000 Personal b North Carolina [b abt 1810]
  East, Jane 39 F W Keeping House born Illinois
  East, Isabel M 17 F W No Occupation born Iowa
  East, Emma F 15 F W No Occupation born Iowa
  East, Jane M 13 F W No Occupation born Iowa
  East, Hertsell A 11 M W born Iowa
  East, Ester [sic] 8 F W born Iowa
  East, George 4 M W born Iowa
  East, Lucy 1 F W born Iowa
  
  Living next to Alvis and Jane is their 19-year-old son Theophilus with his 17-year-old wife Mary.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Nodaway County, Missouri, 6 July, Union Townahip, PO Maryville, page 33, Hse #255, Fam #251
  East, Theophiles H 19 M W Farm Laborer $0 Real Estate $250 Personal b Iowa [b abt 1823]
  East, Mary 17 F W Keeping House born Indiana
  
  Some genealogies, like the Maschewski genealoy, report the family and provide Jane's last name of Rawlings.
  
  Theophilus H. EAST
  Birth 1849 in Iowa
  Death 1910 in Chickasaw [error copied from Ancestry for Chickasha], Grady, Oklahoma
  Parents:
  Alvis H EAST 1820-1870
  Jane RAWLINGS b 1825
  --  Maschewski, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/940080/person/-1380396186?ssrc=&ftm=1ss
  
  Alvis Hertsell East moved from North Carolina, via Iowa, to Indian Territory in the late 1800s when homesteaders raced West to claim their own plot of land. A few years later Parts of nearby Oklahoma Territory were opened up for a land run. Alvis died in Chickasha, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, just on the edge of Chickasaw Nation, across from what was then the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache tribal reservation.  These all became part of Oklahoma State in 1907.  Chickasha is now in Grady County, Oklahoma.
  
  His wife Jane applied for a military pension base don Alvis's service in the Union Army in the Civil War.
  
  Jane Rawlings East Request for Widows Army Pension
  30 July 1880
  Mrs Jane East, age 49
  Residence near Dexter, Grayson County
  Widow of Alvis H East, married on Feb 4, 1846 in Clinton County, Iowa
  Maiden name Jane Rawlings
  Enlisted Page County, Iowa 17 Sept 1862, as a Surgeon
  Commanded by Capt George in the 23rd Regiment of Iowa Infantry Volunteers in the War of 1861
  "Contracted a disability, which afterwards caused his death"
  Died Chlarinda [sic], Iowa 13 Sept 1872
  Declaration made the County Clerk, Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas
  Children under 16 in the home Lucy Lavanda East born 12 March 1869, George East born 16 July 1866
  
  Dr Alvis H. East
  Birth 1820
  Death Sep 13, 1872
  Spouses:
  Mary Polly Morris East (1824 - 1844)
  Jane Rawlings East (1829 - 1898)
  Children:
  Samuel T East (1842 - 1880)
  Theophilus H East (1852 - 1917)
  Alvis Hertsell East (1859 - 1900)
  George I East (1866 - 1896)
  Burial Rose Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma, USA
  Created by MillieBelle Oct 19, 2008
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #30680618, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30680618
  
  There are two memorials on Find a Grave for Alvis, one in Chickasha, Oklahoma (Chickasaw Nation), where his second wife and at least one child are also buried.  The other is in their former home area of Clarinda, Page County, Iowa, from which they moved to Missouri then Indian Territory.  Both memorials have the same date of death.  The Iowa marker has no dates.
  
  Alvis served the Union under two enlistments in the Civil War, first in the Missouri 14th Regiment for 6 months in 1861.  Then he joined the 23rd Iowa Infantry, in September 1862.  He served in both cases as staff surgeon.
  
  I note that the Iowa memorial reports he died in Iowa.  This appears to be part of his military records.  This is strange, since his wife Jane and their sons Alvis H Jr, and George died and are buried in Chickasha, Oklahoma.  Another son Theophilus H East also lived there for many years before he went to Western areas and Mexico to serve as a doctor his last few years, before passing away in Colorado.
  
  Alvin Hertsell East
  Birth 1820
  Death Sep. 13, 1872
  23rd Iowa Infantry & 14th Missouri Infantry (Phelps Reg.) [1861] Entered Service 09-17-1862 in Des Moines, Iowa, Discharged 04-11-1863
  Served with 23rd about a year & compelled to Resign. He came to Page County in 1851. When War came he became assistant Surgeon of the 4th Iowa Infantry.
  d. 09-13-1872 in Clarinda, Iowa. Age 53
  Burial Clarinda Cemetery, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa
  Created by Bev Sep 09, 2006
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #5671526, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15671526
  
  The Iowa site has a military marker.
  
  Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999
  A H East
  Burial Clarinda, Page
  Military Stone 23rd Iowa Inf
  Clarinda Cemetery
  Source 43462 Gravestones copied by Graves Registration Project, WPA

Sources

• 1. 1860 Federal Census, Page County, Iowa
  • 18 June, Nodaway Township, PO Clarinda, page 26 (scan 936), Hse/Fam #205
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. 1870 Federal Census, Nodaway County, Missouri
  • 6 July, Union Townahip, PO Maryville, page 32, Hse #253, Fam #250
• 4. 1870 United States Federal Census
  • Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
  • Year: 1870; Census Place: Union, Nodaway, Missouri; Roll: M593_795; Page: 666B; Image: 678; Family History Library Film: 552294
• 5. American Civil War Soldiers
  • Name: Name: 16 Sources;;
• 6. Widows Army Pension Request, US
• 7. Iowa, Cemetery Records, 1662-1999
• 8. Ancestry Trees
• 9. Missouri Marriages to 1850
• 10. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
  • Name: Date: 2007;;
• 11. Oklahoma, Select Marriages, 1870-1930
• 12. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
• 13. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907
  • Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;
• 14. Washington, Select Death Certificates, 1907-1960
• 15. 1870 Federal Census, Nodaway County, Missouri
  • 14 July, Union Township, PO Maryville, p 33, Hse #256, Fam #252
• 16. Ancestry Trees
  • L Sherman, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=1153794&pid=-1984798304
• 17. Native American Applications for Enrollment in Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
• 18. Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
• 19. Chickasaw Nation Marriages, FamilySearch