John Eldridge purchased land in Greene County, Illinois in 1834, 1835 and 1840 and was recorded at Greene County in the 1830 and 1840 US census as the head of a household.
This John is thought to be the John Eldridge at Finley in Greene County on the 1850 census shown as a blacksmith aged 75 born in Massachusetts with a Mary aged 54 born in North Carolina. The preceding census entry records Anderson and Nancy Caveness with two children and the following entry is a household comprising Milton, Washington and Perry Eldridge. They, along with Nancy, are thought to be children of John and Mary with them being the John Eldridge who married Mary Sigman in Clark County, Illinois on 12 Jul 1813.
Updated 6 July 2023
John Eldridge (1775- ) m 1813 Mary Sigman (1796- ) | Nancy Eldridge (1818-1867) m ( ) Anderson Caveness (1818-1901) | | | Mary Caveness (1847-1921) | Martha Jane Caveness (1850- ) | Catharine Caveness (1855-1944) | Milton Green Eldridge (1825- ) m 1852 Mary Jane Kissee (1829-1912) | | | Melissa Ann Eldridge (1852-1933) | m 1882 James A Haycraft (1852-1923) | | | | | Maud A Haycraft (1884-1978) | | | Mary Elizabeth Eldridge (1857-1923) | m 1877 Thomas Benton Day (1850-1903) | | | | | Guy Homer Day (1878-1959) | | Hugh Howard Day (1880-1960) | | Mary Emily Day (1883-1973) | | Gay Garfield Day (1885-1948) | | Ruth Esther Day (1892-1971) | | John Levi Day (1894-1962) | | | Mandana Ufins Eldridge (1860-1931) | m ( ) David Pogue ( - ) | Martha Jane Eldridge (1863-1938) | m 1889 George H James (1857-1945) | | | | | Stephen Eldridge James (1889-1988) | | Stella A James (1891-1976) | | | John Arthur Eldridge (1866- ) | m 1894 Grace E Bain (1872-1968) | Nancy Caroline Eldridge (1869-1944) | m 1887 Frederick Stephen James (1859-1943) | | | | | Myrtle James (1888-1985) | | Walter Frederick James (1892-1982) | | | Walter Clarence Eldridge (1872-1953) | m 1903 Lena Endter (1879-1964) | | | Clarence Lonard Eldridge (1912-1993) | m ( ) Mary Jane Fitzgerald (1921-2023) | | | | | David Lee Eldridge (1945-2019) | | m ( ) (Unknown) ( - ) | | | | | | | Michael E Eldridge (1962- ) | | | Paul Eldridge ( - ) | | | Lynne Eldridge ( - ) | | | | | m ( ) (Unknown) ( - ) | | m 1985 Carol Lynn Swift (1947- ) | | Stephen Eldridge ( - ) | | m ( ) Emmojean (Unknown) ( - ) | | Lee-Anne Eldridge ( - ) | | | Maud Amelia Eldridge (1914-2003) | m 1938 Adrain Lewis Burson (1913-1966) | Washington Lee Eldridge (1828-1897) m 1873 Catherine McHaffie (1838-1891) | | | Izella Ernestine Eldridge (1875-1955) | m 1903 Daniel Hunt Patton (1874-1942) | | | | | Chester Lee Patton (1904-1979) | | Daniel Ernest Patton (1906-1951) | | Frank Eldridge Patton (1910-1988) | | Marie Irene Patton (1920-2002) | | | Rachael M Eldridge (1876-1932) | m 1900 James F Johnson (1869-1945) | Chester Lee Eldridge (1879-1959) | m 1907 Della (Unknown) ( - ) | m 1923 Catharine S Heine (1888- ) | m 1929 Lulu May Sutherland (1882-1959) | Perry J Eldridge (1831-1911) m 1868 Rachael C White (1843-1911) | Mary Eldridge (1868-1868) John Eldridge (1869- ) George W Eldridge (1871-1948) m 1906 Gussie Ganison (1889-1965) Anna May Eldridge (1884-1948) m 1899 (Unknown) Kissee ( - ) | | | Theodore Roosevelt Kissee (1900-1974) | George Jackson Kissee (1902-1972) | Roy William Kissee (1903-1979) | James Sherman Kissee (1905-1978) | Cecil Charles Kissee (1908-1976) | m ( ) John Thomas Mills (1877-1956) | | | Myrtle May Mills (1914-1980) | Bertha Ann Mills (1916-2001) | Inez Larue Mills (1918-1999) | Henry Paul Mills (1923-1980) | Mary Rethal Mills (1926- ) | m ( ) Clarence Smith Yates (1906-1975)