When Jacob Edward Eastering was born on 5 January 1859, in Dorchester, South Carolina, United States, his father, Alexander Edward Easterling, was 30 and his mother, Ellen Elizabeth Infinger, was 29. He had at least 3 sons and 4 daughters with Angeline Mathilda Sweat. He lived in Burns Township, Colleton, South Carolina, United States in 1880 and Burns Township, Dorchester, South Carolina, United States in 1920. He died on 21 November 1942, in Ridgeville, Dorchester, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Bonnerest Garden Of The Resurrection Cemetery, Ridgeville, Dorchester, South Carolina, United States.