From GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM REPORTED DEATHS, THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE 1911-1914, by Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith, Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2003.
January 31, 1913 - THOMAS D. ELDRIDGE born Giles Co., Tenn., April 8, 1823; died Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 17, 1912; moved to Memphis in 1854; lawyer; in 1859 elected attorney-general of Shelby Co. and in 1878 was the first judge of the county's probate court and judge of the circuit court in Bartlett; married Martha Adams; children, Mrs. Patti Armistead, Mrs. T. F. Brahan, Mrs. Abner Rogers, Mrs. M. H. Alford. Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis.
From the book: Elmwood 2002, In the Shadow of the Elms, by Perre Magness. Portion about: T. D. Eldridge
He opposed secession, but when the Federals occupied Memphis he was arrested. He escaped from prison and served as a civilian clerk to the Confederate commander at Selma AL.
January 31, 1913 - THOMAS D. ELDRIDGE born Giles Co., Tenn., April 8, 1823; died Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 17, 1912; moved to Memphis in 1854; lawyer; in 1859 elected attorney-general of Shelby Co. and in 1878 was the first judge of the county's probate court and judge of the circuit court in Bartlett; married Martha Adams; children, Mrs. Patti Armistead, Mrs. T. F. Brahan, Mrs. Abner Rogers, Mrs. M. H. Alford. Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis.
From the book: Elmwood 2002, In the Shadow of the Elms, by Perre Magness. Portion about: T. D. Eldridge
He opposed secession, but when the Federals occupied Memphis he was arrested. He escaped from prison and served as a civilian clerk to the Confederate commander at Selma AL.
From GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS FROM REPORTED DEATHS, THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE 1911-1914, by Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith, Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2003.
January 31, 1913 - THOMAS D. ELDRIDGE born Giles Co., Tenn., April 8, 1823; died Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 17, 1912; moved to Memphis in 1854; lawyer; in 1859 elected attorney-general of Shelby Co. and in 1878 was the first judge of the county's probate court and judge of the circuit court in Bartlett; married Martha Adams; children, Mrs. Patti Armistead, Mrs. T. F. Brahan, Mrs. Abner Rogers, Mrs. M. H. Alford. Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis.
From the book: Elmwood 2002, In the Shadow of the Elms, by Perre Magness. Portion about: T. D. Eldridge
He opposed secession, but when the Federals occupied Memphis he was arrested. He escaped from prison and served as a civilian clerk to the Confederate commander at Selma AL.
January 31, 1913 - THOMAS D. ELDRIDGE born Giles Co., Tenn., April 8, 1823; died Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 17, 1912; moved to Memphis in 1854; lawyer; in 1859 elected attorney-general of Shelby Co. and in 1878 was the first judge of the county's probate court and judge of the circuit court in Bartlett; married Martha Adams; children, Mrs. Patti Armistead, Mrs. T. F. Brahan, Mrs. Abner Rogers, Mrs. M. H. Alford. Buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis.
From the book: Elmwood 2002, In the Shadow of the Elms, by Perre Magness. Portion about: T. D. Eldridge
He opposed secession, but when the Federals occupied Memphis he was arrested. He escaped from prison and served as a civilian clerk to the Confederate commander at Selma AL.
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