Sheldon was the son of William Mulford Eldridge and Eliza Poyser. He married Anna Estella Prough (daughter of Alfred Prough and Arilla E. Elliott) on 14 May 1891 in Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana. They had five children:

Alice Arilla
Fannie Eliza
Harry William
Florence Grace
Mary Martha Eldridge m. John Edward Davis in 1926 m. Mr. Mills

Source: "Joseph Poyser and his Descendants 1769-1983" by Josephine Lois Poyser Fullerton pgs 478, 480
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Ancestral File

name: Sheldon ELDRIDGE
gender: Male
birth: 1870
,, IN
afn: 3QF0-D1
Parents
father: William M. ELDRIDGE (AFN: 3QF0-60 )
mother: Eliza (AFN: 3QF0-75 )
Marriages (1)
spouse: Anna (AFN: CC4K-6W )
Submitters (1)
submitter: lsmwilliams634833

microfilm: 1394388
submission: AF83-096680

Source Citation
"Ancestral File v4.19," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MW9J-QFS : accessed 3 October 2012), entry for Sheldon ELDRIDGE.
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"United States Census, 1880," Sheldon Eldridge in household of Wm. M. Eldridge, York, Elkhart, Indiana, United States

name : Sheldon Eldridge
event: Census
event date: 1880
event place: York, Elkhart, Indiana, United States
gender: Male
age: 10
marital status : Single
occupation : At Home
race or color (original) :
ethnicity (standardized) : American
relationship to head : Son
birthplace : Indiana, United States
birthdate : 1870
spouse's name :
spouse's birthplace :
father's name : Wm. M. Eldridge
father's birthplace : Ohio, United States
mother's name : Eliza R. Eldridge
mother's birthplace : Ohio, United States
page : 190
page character : B
entry number : 60
nara film number : T9-0275
gs film number : 1254275
digital folder number: 004240583
image number: 00205

Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Wm. M. Eldridge M 50 Ohio, United States
wife Eliza R. Eldridge F 44 Ohio, United States
daughter Olive E. Eldridge F 25 Indiana, United States
son Walter E. Eldridge M 23 Iowa, United States
son William Eldridge M 18 Indiana, United States
son Chas. B. Eldridge M 12 Indiana, United States
son Sheldon Eldridge M 10 Indiana, United States
daughter Lulu Eldridge F 10 Indiana, United States
other Ettie Hoisington F 23 Michigan, United States

Citing this Record

"United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHMR-NLZ : accessed 04 Oct 2012), Sheldon Eldridge in household of Wm. M. Eldridge, York, Elkhart, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 190B, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T9-0275.
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"Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992," Sheldon D. Eldridge, 1891

groom's name: Sheldon D. Eldridge
groom's birth date:
groom's birthplace:
groom's age:
bride's name: Anna E. Prough
bride's birth date:
bride's birthplace:
bride's age:
marriage date: 14 May 1891
marriage place: Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana
groom's father's name:
groom's mother's name:
bride's father's name:
bride's mother's name:
groom's race:
groom's marital status:
groom's previous wife's name:
bride's race:
bride's marital status:
bride's previous husband's name:
indexing project (batch) number: M00246-7
system origin: Indiana-EASy
source film number: 1845555
reference number: P 390

Citing this Record

"Indiana, Marriages, 1780-1992," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XF7Y-Y5V : accessed 03 Oct 2012), Sheldon D. Eldridge and Anna E. Prough, 14 May 1891; citing reference P 390, FHL microfilm 1845555.
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F.A.G. member Robert Ashton reports on 10-3-12:

"Anna and Sheldon are buried in the other Grace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, Indiana instead of Middlebury."