Tenth Generation

2925. Catherine CLAPP was born in 1827 in Edgar Co., IL.¹⁶⁰³ She died in 1900 at the age of 73.

Catherine CLAPP and Otis ELDRIDGE¹⁶⁰³ were married on 22 December 1842 in Clark Co., IL.¹⁶⁰⁴ Page 118 of Clark County records. They^¹⁶⁰⁴ appeared in the census in 1860 in Symmes Twp., Edgar Co., IL. Page 466, Paris P.O., 28 Jun 1860, line 11, Dwelling 641, family 620
Otis Eldridge, 38, M, Farmer, 1500, 734, OH
Catharine Eldridge, 34, F, IL
Levi Eldridge, 15, M Farm Laborer, IL
Harvey Eldridge, 12, M, TN
Clarinda Eldridge, 10, F, IL
Sylvester Eldridge, 8, F, IL
Eugenia Eldridge, 4, F, IL
Martin Eldridge, 3, M, IL
Mandana Eldridge, 1, F, IL
They appeared in the census in 1870 in Symmes Twp., Edgar Co., IL. Page 261 B, Paris P.O., line 26, dwelling 123, family 113
Eldridge, Otis, 48, M, W, Farmer, 2000, 2000, OH
Eldridge, Catherine, 43, F, W, Keeping house, IL
Eldridge, Sylvester, 18, M, W, IL
Eldridge, Clarinda, 20, F, W, IL
Eldridge, Eugenia, 15, F, W, IL
Eldridge, Martin, 13, M, W, IL
Eldridge, Mandana, 11, F, W, IL
Eldridge, Otis, Jr., 9, M, W, IL
Eldridge, Harriet, 6, F, W, IL
Catherine and Otis appeared in the census in 1880 in Symmes, Edgar Co., IL.¹⁶⁰⁵ Otis ELDRIDGE Self M M W 58 OH Occ: Farmer Fa: NY Mo: NH
Catherine ELDRIDGE Wife F M W 53 IL Occ: Housekeeping Fa: KY Mo: NC
Otis ELDRIDGE Son M S W 19 IL Occ: Farming Fa: OH Mo: IL
Hattie ELDRIDGE Dau F S W 16 IL Occ: Housekeeping Fa: OH Mo: IL They had five boys and four girls.
Otis ELDRIDGE¹⁶⁰³ was born on 7 January 1822 in Stark Co., OH.^1603,1605 When he was 18 he moved to Clark Co., IL (1839). He stayed there until 1842, then moved to Edgar Co., IL. He has a farm of 217 acres and in 1879 was valued at $40 an acre.

Catherine CLAPP and Otis ELDRIDGE had the following children:

6781	i.	Levi ELDRIDGE was born about 1845 in IL. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Symmes Twp., Edgar Co., IL. Levi Eldridge, 15, M Farm Laborer, IL
6782	ii.	Harvey ELDRIDGE was born about 1848 in IL. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Symmes Twp., Edgar Co., IL. Harvey Eldridge, 12, M, TN
6783	iii.	Clarinda ELDRIDGE was born about 1850 in Edgar Co., IL. She appeared in the census in 1860 in Symmes Twp., Edgar Co., IL. Clarinda Eldridge, 10, F, IL She appeared in the census in 1870 in Symmes Twp., Edgar Co., IL. Eldridge, Clarinda, 20, F, W, IL
6784	iv.	Sylvester ELDRIDGE¹⁶⁰⁶ was born on 5 June 1852 in OH. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Edgar Co., IL. Sylvester Eldridge, 8, F, IL He appeared in the census in 1870 in Symmes Twp., Edgar Co., IL. Eldridge, Sylvester, 18, M, W, IL Sylvester died on 16 January 1942 at the age of 89 in Sugar Creek Twp., Vigo Co., IN. He was buried in January 1942 in Elledge Cemetery, Clark Co., IL.¹⁶⁰⁶ Survivors listed in Obituary: Mrs. Dona COX, Charles, Coris, Owen, and Golman Eldredge all of Paris, IL., R. R. Eldredge, Terre haute, IN., Cleveland Eldredge, West Terre Haute, IN, and William Eldredge, Marshall, IL.
6785	v.	Eugenia ELDRIDGE was born about 1856 in Edgar Co., IL. She appeared in the census in 1860 in Symmes Twp., Edgar Co., IL. Eugenia Eldridge, 4, F, IL She appeared in the census in 1870 in Symmes Twp., Edgar Co., IL. Eldridge, Eugenia, 15, F, W, IL
6786	vi.	Martin ELDRIDGE was born about 1857 in Edgar Co., IL. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Symmes Twp., Edgar Co., IL. Martin Eldridge, 3, M, IL He appeared in the census in 1870 in Symmes Twp., Edgar Co., IL. Eldridge, Martin, 13, M, W, IL
6787	vii.	Mandana ELDRIDGE was born about 1859 in Edgar Co., IL. She appeared in the census in 1860 in Symmes Twp., Edgar Co., IL. Mandana Eldridge, 1, F, IL She appeared in the census in 1870 in Symmes Twp., Edgar Co., IL. Eldridge, Mandana, 11, F, W, IL
+6788	viii.	Otis ELDRIDGE Jr..
6789	ix.	Harriet "Hattie" ELDRIDGE was born about 1864 in Edgar Co., IL.¹⁶⁰⁵ She appeared in the census in 1870 in Symmes Twp., Edgar Co., IL. Eldridge, Harriet, 6, F, W, IL She appeared in the census in 1880 in Symmes, Edgar Co., IL.¹⁶⁰⁵ Hattie ELDRIDGE Dau F S W 16 IL Occ: Housekeeping Fa: OH Mo: IL