Elnathan Eldredge

Utah Pioneer Dies At Ogden Death Ends Long Service in L.D.S. Church for Elnathan Eldredge

Ogden—Elnathan Eldredge, 89, well-known Utah pioneer, who for many years had charge of immigrants crossing the plains to Utah, died Tuesday night at 12 o’clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E.C. Stratford, 1183 Twenty-eighth street.

He was born September 12, 1841, in Dennis, Mass., the son of Elnathan and Ruth Barker Eldredge. He is a direct descendant of William Brewster of the Mayflower. He came with his parents across the plains in 1847, arriving in Salt Lake valley September 26, and was appointed by the Latter-day Saints church to be in charge of immigration across the plains in 1861.

Mr. Eldredge was called on a mission to Europe in 1863 and labored for a time in the Manchester conference. In 1864 he was appointed president of the Preston conference an din 1866,at the end of his mission, he was appointed to take charge of the companies of Latter-day Saints converts as they arrived in America. He guided 5000 people to Utah.

In 1869 he was named, with several other young men, to colonize the Bear Lake valley. While there, from 1869 to 1874, he had a government contract to carry mail from ST. Charles, Idaho, to Evanston, Wyo. In 1878 he helped colonize St. John, Ariz. He served a mission in Indiana in 1879.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary Eldredge, and two brothers, Joshua Eldredge and Joseph U. Eldredge Sr., of Salt Lake City, and seven daughters and four sons, Mrs. W.E. Wread, Pasadena, Cal.; Mrs. E.C. Stratford, Ogden; Mrs. W.S. Wieler, Mrs. John Johnson, E. Roscoe Eldredge, Mrs. Ernest S. Holmes, Lawrence Eldredge, Seymour Eldredge, all of Salt Lake City; Mrs. H.W. Burton, Los Angeles; Harold O. Eldredge, Pasadena, Cal.; Mrs. Maurice Griffin, Los Angeles; 34 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday in the Seventeenth ward in Ogden, under the direction of Larkin & Sons. Interment will be made in Salt Lake City.

[Salt Lake Tribune, Apr. 23, 1931]

[transcribed and proofread by David Grow, Jan. 2006]

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Funeral Set for Pioneer

Ogden—Funeral services for Elnathan Eldredge, 89, well-known Utah pioneer, who died Wednesday will be held Sunday, April 25, at 1 p.m. in the Seventeenth ward chapel, with Bishop Charles H. Halverson in charge. Interment will be in the Salt Lake City cemetery.

Mr. Eldredge is survived, besides his widow and two brothers, by four sons and seven daughters: Mrs. W.E. Wread, Pasadena, Cal.; Mrs. E.C. Stratford, Ogden; Mrs. W.S. Wieler, Mrs. John Johnson, E. Roscoe Eldredge, Mrs. Ernest S. Holmes, Lawrence Eldredge, Seymour Eldredge, all of Salt Lake City; Mrs. H.W. Burton, Los Angeles; Harold O. Eldredge, Pasadena, Cal.; Mrs. Maurice Griffin, Los Angeles; 34 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

[Deseret News, Apr. 24, 1931]

Helped colonized the Bear River valley in 1869, and St. John, Arizona in 1878.

• Immigration: Sep 25 1847 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
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• Census: July 11 1860 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
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• Census: June 16 1880 - Sugar House, Salt Lake, Utah
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• Census: Jan 20 1920 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
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