Ella was born in Pike Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in
October of 1864, the only child of Jonathan Brink Stevens and Sarah Cathyrn
(Rockwell) Stevens. She was a good student and attended the Camptown
Academy from 1880-1884. This was a relatively new school for young
people who wanted to further their education past the eighth grade.
At that time students attended for seven months of the year. She
was also a member of the Stevensville Presbyterian Church and was the Sunday
School's Secretary in 1884.
In 1885 at age twenty, she married Frank Edward Potter Eastabrook
who was also a native of Stevensville and fellow churchgoer.
Ella and Frank raised two fine children, Victor S., later of Binghamton,
NY and Mildred Clara ( Mrs. John Andrew Morrow) of Towanda, PA.
Ella was a lifelong resident of Stevensville, which was named for
her great grand uncles Nathan and Aden Stevens who arrived in the spring
of 1794.
She died 13 May 1933 at her home after a short illness from pneumonia
and complications, and was buried in nearby Camptown Cemetery. She
was 68 years old.
Her obituary states that she was "one of the best known residents
of the southeastern part of Bradford County." |
