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Eastman was born in Mansfield in DeSoto Parish,  and the site of the Battle of Mansfield in 1864 during the [[American Civil War]]. Eastman earned his living as a tinsmith (or "tinner").<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-e/|title=Eastman, John H.|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' used the book ''History of Shreveport and Shreveport Builders'' (1937) by Lilla McLure and J. Ed Howe for its sketch of Mayor Eastman.</ref>​ In 1898, he established the Vordenbauman-Eastman Hardware Company.<ref name=lahist/>​

Eastman was born in Mansfield in DeSoto Parish,  and the site of the Battle of Mansfield in 1864 during the [[American Civil War]]. Eastman earned his living as a tinsmith (or "tinner").<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-e/|title=Eastman, John H.|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref><ref>''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' used the book ''History of Shreveport and Shreveport Builders'' (1937) by Lilla McLure and J. Ed Howe for its sketch of Mayor Eastman.</ref>​ In 1898, he established the Vordenbauman-Eastman Hardware Company.<ref name=lahist/>​

Eastman's mayoral term was the first under Shreveport's city commission government, in effect from 1910 to 1978, when it was replaced by the mayor-council format. Under his administration changes were made in street paving policies to improve the outcome at less cost. Eastman, worked to acquire the Cross Lake area (11,000 acres) at $1.00 per acre. Cross Lake is now the principal Shreveport municipal water source.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveportla.gov/pdf/ccr00-4revised.pdf|title=Department of Operational Services: 2009 Water Quality Report, March 2010|publisher=shreveportla.gov|accessdate=February 4, 2011}}</ref> Eastman also oversaw the enlargement of the Louisiana State Fair grounds and the construction of the grandstand.<ref name=lahist/> The fairgrounds are now located along [[Interstate 20]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=3701+Hudson+Ave,+Shreveport,+LA%E2%80%8E++71109&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=0kRdSvTyJ9PEmQfOtMF_&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1|title=3701 Hudson Avenue (map)|publisher=maps.google.com|accessdate=February 4, 2011}}</ref> Eastman also worked to secure the construction of the traffic bridge over the Red River, which connects Shreveport with neighboring [[Bossier City]]. It opened in January 1915.<ref name=lahist/>​

Eastman's mayoral term was the first under Shreveport's city commission government, in effect from 1910 to 1978, when it was replaced by the mayor-council format. Under his administration changes were made in street paving policies to improve the outcome at less cost. Eastman, worked to acquire the Cross Lake area (11,000 acres) at $1.00 per acre. Cross Lake is now the principal Shreveport municipal water source.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveportla.gov/pdf/ccr00-4revised.pdf|title=Department of Operational Services: 2009 Water Quality Report, March 2010|publisher=shreveportla.gov|accessdate=February 4, 2011}}</ref> Eastman also oversaw the enlargement of the Louisiana State Fair grounds and the construction of the grandstand.<ref name=lahist/> The fairgrounds are now located along Interstate 20 near the Independence Bowl Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=3701+Hudson+Ave,+Shreveport,+LA%E2%80%8E++71109&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=0kRdSvTyJ9PEmQfOtMF_&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1|title=3701 Hudson Avenue (map)|publisher=maps.google.com|accessdate=February 4, 2011}}</ref> Eastman also worked to secure the construction of the traffic bridge over the Red River, which connects Shreveport with neighboring [[Bossier City]]. It opened in January 1915.<ref name=lahist/>​

Eastman married the former Nellie Mayo of [[Lake Charles]], and the couple had four children, of whom only one survived, William M. Eastman.<ref name=lahist/>

Eastman married the former Nellie Mayo of [[Lake Charles]], and the couple had four children, of whom only one survived, William M. Eastman.<ref name=lahist/>