Biography of T.J. Eldridge, page 728.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

T.J. Eldridge was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, April 9, 1835, the only son 
of Benjamin and Ellen (Hite) Eldridge, natives of Ohio, of English and 
German descent.  His mother died when he was five months old.  When he was 
fourteen yeas old he began to work by the month for farmers, and when 
eighteen years of age began to work at the carpenter’s trade, which he 
followed fourteen years.  In the meantime the Rebellion broke out, and 
May 2, 1864, he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth Ohio 
Infantry, and served till Sept. 4, 1864.  In 1866 he came to De Kalb County, 
and settled in Richland Township on land he had bought in 1858.  Here he has 
since resided, engaged in agricultural pursuits.  Mr. Eldridge was married 
March 31, 1859, to Mahala Kenan, of Sandusky, Ohio.  To them have been born 
six children, but three of whom are living---Benjamin F., Ann M. and Oliver 
P.  The deceased are Henrietta, Ida M. and Emeline.   Politically Mr. 
Eldridge is a Republican.

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