Re: Eldridge family in Iowa
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Re: Eldridge family in Iowa
Karen Henry 5/03/02
Hi!THis is a comfusing family!For instance, my records (I mentioned the source last time) shows JonathanE. born 1787 and married to Sara Barnes.I am pretty sure I remember hearing her name when my mother and grandmother went thru their endless litanies of ancesters, but Elizabeth Lee Gordon is completely unfamiliar to me.It would seem to be the same people tho.I note in your letter that Jonathan's younger brother was Judson which was my grandfather's name and not that common, especially in conjunction w/ Jonathan.One of the things my mother used to say (she could not always be trusted as she liked to embellish a story) was that the family used these names and various combinations of them, over and over.The family story is that my grandfather (Hugh Judson) who was born prematurely, was named after an uncle or cousin who had died in infancy, since no one was sure he would survive.
What I know about Jonathan (1843) was that he was in the Union army, Co. F - 11th Iowa Infantry, Crocker's Brigade.(You might want to look up this lot - they had a pretty hard time, starting w/ the Battle of Shiloh).He became a US Marshall and somewhere we have the requisite watch-that-stopped-a-bullet.The record I have shows that he had two wives, but the family story is that he actually was married three times.THe first wife died quickly and his second (or first), Nancy Jane Lorimar, may or may not have been a Native person or Metis (again, I'm not sure about this) with whom he had a daughter, Maude.He then married Lillian Uretta (where did they get these names!) McCloud with whom he had Hugh Judson (11/9/1887 - 2/28/1960 - m. Lou Etta Brosius) and Ruth (?-? - m. Frank Stratton).
In 1956, when my family was moving to the west coast, we stopped in Corning, Iowa where my grandfather was born and there were many relatives still there.It is a beautiful town.Please keep me posted on anything you find out.Do you have any connections between this lot and JE who came from England?Thank you!Lucretia
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Re: Eldridge family in Iowa
Karen Henry 5/04/02