Title
Mrs.
Last Name
Eldridge
First Name
Elizabeth
Middle Name
D.
Maiden Name
Nick Name
Place of Birth
Date of Birth
1792?
Place of Death
Date of Death
1892-01-21
Publication
The Dexter Gazette 1-27-1892, p.3
Obituary
In the death of Mrs. Elizabeth D. Eldridge, who died last Thursday morning, the village loses one of its oldest residents. Mrs. Eldridge was ill with the grippe for about a week and, being in her one hundredth year, was unable to rally. She married Samuel Eldridge, who died in 1854, and they came to Dexter in l831. During their lives they were esteemed as being among our best citizens. To Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge were born six children, William, Charles L., Elizabeth, now Mrs. Richard Carr, with whom Mrs. Eldridge lived; B. F., and Samuel, two of our wellknown citizens; Lavina, who was the late Mrs. Geo. A. Abbott. The funeral occurred Saturday at the Free Baptist church, Rev. F. E. Carver officiating.