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Thomas ELDREDGE
(1782-1843)
Lois OTIS
(1788-1828)
Levi CLAPP
(Abt 1808-1839)
Mary BURRIS
(Abt 1808-1841)
Otis ELDREDGE
(1822-1896)
Catharine CLAPP
(1827-1903)
Harvey ELDREDGE
(1848-1937)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Rebecca Jane ROBERTS

  • ELDREDGE
  • Thomas ELDREDGE
  • Anson ELDREDGE+
  • Margaret ELDREDGE
  • Harvey Sylvester ELDREDGE+
  • Clara ELDREDGE
  • Ida May ELDREDGE

Harvey ELDREDGE

  • Born: 5 May 1848, Symmes, Edgar County, Illinois, United States 3 4 5 6
  • Marriage: Rebecca Jane ROBERTS on 29 Oct 1866 in , Coles County, Illinois 1 2
  • Died: 1 Oct 1937, , Grayson County, Texas, United States at age 89 6 7
  • Buried: Sadler, Grayson County, Texas 6
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: U.S. Federal, 6 Dec 1850, , Edgar County, Illinois, United States. 3

• Census: U.S. Federal, 28 Jun 1860, , Edgar County, Illinois, United States. 4

• Census: U.S. Federal, 8 Aug 1870, Douglas, Clark County, Illinois. 5

• Census: U.S. Federal, 28 Jun 1880, , Grayson County, Texas, United States. 8

• Census: U.S. Federal, 12 Jun 1900, , Grayson County, Texas, United States. 1

• Census: U.S. Federal, 20 Apr 1910, , Grayson County, Texas, United States. 9

• Census: U.S. Federal, 7 Feb 1920, , Grayson County, Texas, United States. 10

• Census: U.S. Federal, 2 Apr 1930, , Grayson County, Texas, United States. 11


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Harvey married Rebecca Jane ROBERTS on 29 Oct 1866 in , Coles County, Illinois.1 2 (Rebecca Jane ROBERTS was born in 1846 in , , Illinois, United States,5 6 died in 1917 in , Grayson County, Texas, United States 6 12 and was buried in Sadler, Grayson County, Texas 6.)


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Sources


1 1900 U.S. census, Grayson, Texas population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 111, sheet 9A, dwelling 160, family 162, Harvey Eldredge; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 1640;
Harvey, 52 born May 1848, was living with his wife, Rebecca J., 53, Nov 1846, and children, Anson, 30 born Sep 1870, and Clara, 13 born Dec 1886 in Grayson County, Texas. The couple had been married 33 years (1867) and Rebecca had born seven children, five of whom were alive. Harvey, Rebecca and Anson were born in Illinois. Clara was born in Texas. Harvey's father was born in Ohio and mother in Illinois. Rebecca's parents were born in Kentucky. The entire family could read and write. Harvey was a landlord and owned his home free of mortgage.

2 "Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900," database(www.ancestry.com), Harvey;
Name: Rebecca Jane Roberts
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: Harvey Eldridge
Marriage Date: Oct 29, 1866
Marriage County: Coles
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1301516 - 1301518.

3 1850 U.S. census, Edgar, Illinois population schedule, District Nineteen, dwelling 1402, family 1443, Otis Eldredge; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 105;
Otis, 29 and born in Stark County, Ohio, was living with his wife, Catherine, 23 and born in Edgar County, Illinois, and children, Levi, 6 and born in Clark County, Illinois, Harvey, 2, Clarinda, 11 months, both born in Edgar County, Illinois. Leonard, 17, and Edmond Clapp, 13, laborers both born in Clark County, Illinois, were also living in the household. Otis owned $200 in real property. Catherine could not read or write. Leonard and Edmond had attended school in the last year.

4 1860 U.S. census, Edgar, Illinois population schedule, Simms, p. 89, dwelling 641, family 620, Otis Eldridge; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 176;
Otis Eldridge, 38, a farmer, and his wife, Catherine, 34, was living with Levi, 15, a farm laborer, Harvey, 12, Clarinda, 11, Sylvester, 8, Eugenia, 4, Martin, 3, Mandana, 1 in Simms Township, Edgar County, Illinois. He owned $1,500 in real property and $734 in personal property. Otis was born in Ohio but Catherine and all the children were born in Illinois. The oldest four children had attended school in the last year.

5 1870 U.S. census, Clark, Illinois population schedule, Douglas, p. 10, dwelling 70, family 69, Harvey Eldridge; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Dec 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 195;
Harvey Eldridge, 22 and a farmer, was living with his wife, Rebecca, 23, and children, Thomas, 2, and Anson, 10 months old born in August of 1869, in Clark County, Illinois. He had $300 in personal property. Rebecca could not read and write.

6 Charlotte Holder and Georgiana Hurlbert, "Grayson County, Texas Cemetery Records" (typescript, Dallas Public Library, Dallas), p. 89;
Harvey Eldredge18481937
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Rebecca Jane Eldredge18461917

7 "Texas Death Index, 1902-2000," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Dec 2009), H. Eldridge;
Name: H. Eldridge
Death Date: 1 Oct 1937
Death County: Grayson
Certificate: 50291

8 1880 U.S. census, Grayson, Texas population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 13, p. 47, dwelling 397, family 397, Harvey Eldredge; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 Dec 2009); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 1307;
Harvey, 32, Rebecca, 33, Thomas, 12, Anson, 10, Margaret, 7, Sylvester, 5 in Precint 6, District 13, Grayson County, Texas. Everyone in the family was born in Illinois. Harvey's father was born in Ohio and mother in Illinois. Rebecca's parents were born in Kentucky. Thomas and Anson had attended school but could not read or write.

9 1910 U.S. census, Grayson, Texas population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 101, p. 4A, dwelling 57, family 57, Harvey Eldridge; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 1556;
Harvey Eldridge, 61, was living with Rebecca J., 63, his wife of 43 years (1867), in Grayson County, Texas. They were both born in Illinois. Harvey's father was born in Ohio and mother in Illinois. Both of Rebecca's parents were born in Kentucky. Rebecca had born seven children, five of whom were alive. They both were no longer employed, could read and write, and owned their own home.

10 1920 U.S. census, Grayson, Texas population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 112, p. 21B, dwelling 397, family 415, Anson Eldredge; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 1809;
Anson, 50, his wife, Mary E., 35, and children, Frances L., 10, Orville J., 9, Charles W., 7, were living in in Grayson County, Texas. His father, Harvey, 71, and mother-in-law, Mary J. Campbell, 70 were also living in the household. Harvey and Mary J. were both widowed. All the children attended school. Anson and Harvey were born in Illinois. Mary E. was born in Arkansas and her father in Alabama. Anson's mother was born in Illinois. The children were all born in Texas. Harvey's father was born in Ohio and mother in Illinois. Mary J. Campbell was born in Tennessee as were her parents. Anson was a general farmer for his own account and the farm was enumerated on schedule 340. They rented the farm.

11 1930 U.S. census, Grayson, Texas population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 53, p. 1A, dwelling 1, family 1, Anson Eldrege; digital images, Ancesty (www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 2337;
Anson Eldrege, 60, was living with his wife, Mary E., 45, his children, Joe O. 19, and Charles W. 17, and his widowed father, Harvey, 81 on the East Road out of Sadler Village in Grayson County, Texas. They lived on a rented farm. Anson was 35 and Mary 20 when they married which would make the year of marriage ca. 1905. Harvey married at 24 which would be ca. 1873. No one had attended school in the last year but all could read and write. Anson and the boys farmed and the farm was enumerated on farm schedule 1. Anson and Harvey were born in Illinois as were their parents. Mary was born in Arkansas, her mother in Alabama and father in Tennessee. Anson was not a veteran.

12 "Texas Death Index, 1902-2000," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 Dec 2009), Rebecca;
Name: Robecca Ann Eldredge
Death Date: 17 Jan 1926
Death County: Grayson
Certificate: 1780



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