Horace Sunderlin Eldredge

Biographical Summary:

(son of Alanson Eldredge and Esther Sunderlin). Born February 6, 1816 Brutus Cayuga county, New York. Came to Utah September 15, 1848, Brigham Young company.

Married: Betsy Ann Chase July 20, 1837, Buffalo, New York (daughter of Benjamin Chase and Mehitabel Russell of New England), who was born September 23, 1818

Their children:

1. Lurana born February 21, 1838, married Joseph W. Young February 2, 1865;
2. Mary Aurelia born January 20, 1840, married Amini R. Jackman September 9, 1858;
3. Selina Mehitabel born October 12, 1842, died March 10, 1844;
4. Betsy Ann born April 11, 1845, died February 26, 1846;
5. Helen Louisa born June 8, 1847, died August 30, 1847;
6. Horace Alonzo born June 8, 1847, died September 12, 1847;
7. Alice born October 26, 1848, married David Yearsley January 11, 1871, died September 19, 1912;
8. Zina Presinda born January 17, 1853, married Moroni Reese December 29, 1870.

Married: Sarah W. Gibbs April 20, 1851, Salt Lake City (daughter of Aaron Gibbs and Prudence Carter of Bensontown, Rutland county, Vermont), who was born June 11, 1827 and came to Utah September 4, 1848. Daniel A. Miller company.

Their children:

1. Horace S. born February 7, 1863, died January 22, 1865
2. Eliza Evaletta born May 29, 1855, married Joseph H. Grant October 18, 1874, died October 15, 1911;
3. Jessie born November 17, 1857, married Briant Stringham June 6, 1877;
4. Byron Gibbs born February 7, 1867, died April 9, 1879.

Family resided Salt Lake City and Bountiful, Utah

Married: Hannah Adams February 2, 1855, Salt Lake City (daughter of James Adams and Betsy Leavitt of Centerville, Utah, former a pioneer September, 1851, James Allred company, latter died 1848, Council Bluffs, Iowa). She was born January 11, 1833.

Their children:

1. James A. born February 16, 1857, married Jane Jennings June 23, 1879;
2. Clara Ursula born November 8, 1861, died November 23, 1862;
3. Adelbert U. born August 23, 1863, married Edith Pack December 2, 1885;
4. Christie born July 19, 1866, married John L. Fackrell November 2, 1887;
5. Clarence born June 1, 1869, married Effie Peck October 14, 1890;
6. Horton A. born August 22, 1872, married Lillle Hatch October 26, 1892.

Family home Bountiful, Utah.

Married: Chloe Antoinette Redfield February 14, 1857, Salt Lake City (daughter of Harlow Levi Redfield and Alpha L. Foster of North Madison, Connecticut, pioneers September 8, 1850. Aaron Johnson company). She was born August 10, 1842, Pittsfield, Pike county, Illinois.

Their children:

1. Harlow Moroni born December 12, 1861, died December 22, 1862;
2. Alpha May born August 6, 1863, married Reed Smoot September 17, 1884;
3. Ben R. born May 4, 1866, married Lizzie Sharp August 18, 1887;
4. Ernest R. born February 20, 1868, married Kate Sharp October 1, 1890 (she died July 1893); married Cora Hooper October 28, 1897;
5. Horace R. born June 17, 1869, married Eleanor Groesbeck February 3, 1897;
6. Chloe Addie born August 14, 1871, married William J. Bateman December 17, 1891;
7. Esther born October 5, 1874, married Edwin C. Coffin November 1, 1893 (divorced 1903); married Theodore L. Center February 15, 1906;
8. David Harold born August 29, 1878, married Barbara Mayr of Munich, Germany, April 24, 1906;
9. Mary Jane born July 23, 1880, married Lee Green Richards August 18, 1908;
10. Guy S. born March 12, 1882, married Bess Shores of Ashland, Wisconsin, April 9, 1903.

Marshal of wagon train Brigham Young company; territorial marshal state of Deseret; collector and assessor of territory; brigadier-general Utah militia. High priest; one of seven presidents 1st quorum seventies; immigration agent St. Louis 1852; president and superintendent ZCMI. Merchant and banker in Salt Lake City. Died September 6, 1888.

Sources: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, page 856; Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah photographs, page 84
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