GEORGE ELDREDGE, a highly respected
citizen of Mystic, residing in the house in which he was born September
22, 1834, is a son of Elam and Hannah (Fitch) Eldredge, and comes both
of English and Irish ancestors. The Eldredge family came to this country
from England, and settled in Massachusetts. George, the father of Elam
and son of Thomas, married Hannah Burrows, who bore him eight sons and
a daughter; namely, Elam, Nathan, Charles, Delight, George, Thomas, Winthrop,
Robert, and William, all of whom, with the exception of Winthrop, who died
young, married and had children. Several of the sons were mariners, and
more than one lived to pass the age of fourscore. Their mother died in
1847, aged eighty-two, and their father in 1850, at the same age. Daniel
Eldredge, brother of George Eldredge, Sr., was one of the wounded at the
battle of Fort Griswold.
Elam Eldredge was at one time master of a
coasting-vessel, making trips as far South as Florida. He subsequently
engaged in the fish business. He was twice married, his first wife being
in maidenhood Eunice Burrows, daughter of Elam Burrows, of Mystic, Conn.
For his second wife he married Hannah Fitch, who was born December 28,
1803, daughter of Chester and Deborah (Packer) Fitch, of Mystic. There
were seven children by this union, four sons and three daughters, all of
whom attained maturity. Those now living are: Hannah, wife of Henry Latham,
of Mystic; George, whose name appears at the head of this sketch; Eunice
B., who resides with her brother; and Mary E., who lives in this vicinity.
The father died in 1870, aged seventy-seven, and the mother on May 27,
1885, lacking just seven months of reaching her eighty-second year. George
Eldredge received his education chiefly in the excellent district schools
of his native town; and, having a taste for the higher mathematics, he
subsequently devoted considerable time to that study. In 1854, at the age
of twenty, he began learning the blacksmith's trade. For some years he
was employed in a machine shop, and he was later engaged in the meat business
for fifteen years. Since 1892 he has lived retired.
On October 3, 1860, Mr. Eldredge was joined
in marriage with Susan Moody Kemp, of Mystic. She died in 1883, at the
age of forty-seven, leaving no children. Mr. Eldredge is a stanch Democrat,
and has served two terms in the Connecticut legislature, in 1883 and 1889.
Biographical Review Volume
XXVI
Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens
of New London County Connecticut
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1898
pgs 121 - 122
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