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'''John H. Eastman''' (September 23, 1861 – November 14, 1938) was a [[business]]man who served from 1910 to 1914 as the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[mayor]] of [[Shreveport]], the third largest city in [[Louisiana]] and the largest in the northwestern section of the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20110203/NEWS01/110203032|title=Claire Taylor, "Census 2010: Lafayette's population up 9.4 percent,"|publisher=theadvertiser.com|accessdate=February 4, 2011}}</ref>
'''John H. Eastman''' (September 23, 1861 – November 14, 1938) was a [[business]]man who served from 1910 to 1914 as the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[mayor]] of [[Shreveport]], the third largest city in [[Louisiana]] and the largest in the northwestern section of the state.
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/>