Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1918 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

Nathan Eldridge was born in Bucyrus, Crawford county, Ohio, Aug. 8, 1841, and passed to his eternal reward August 18, 1918. After the death of the wife and mother his father came to Jasper county, bringing his son Nathan, then six years of age, with him. From that time he remained a citizen of this county. He was united in marriage with Clara J. Webb April 25, 1873. To this union wab given ten children, five of whom, with the widow, remain to mourn their loss. The children remaining are, Mrs. Lora M. Leach, of South Dakota; Jesse; Emmett, now a member of the U. S. army; Bertha and Thomas, all of this county. Six grandchildren, the children of Mrs. Leach, are among those who mourn his going. He leaves also a half sister, two half brothers and two brothers, Stephen and Thomas. Mr. Eldridge was a veteran of the Civil war, enlisting in Co. F, 12th Indiana cavalry, and served to the end of the war. Thirty-two years ago he united w th the Barkley M. E. Church and proved faithful to the end, a consistent, loyal, useful Christian, meeting every obligation with cheerfulness.