Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Eldridge, Harvey W. 1900 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net June 13, 2013, 5:23 pm The Ionia Sentinel, Thursday, January 4, 1900 Harvey W. Eldridge, a well known Orange resident, died Jan. 1, of cancer of the stomach. Deceased was 59 years of age. Funeral Jan. 3, 1900, interment in Balcom cemetery. Subsequent Publication: The Ionia Sentinel, Thursday, January 18, 1900 Harry W. Eldridge was born in the town of Canandaigua, N.Y., Dec. 3, 1841, and died Jan. 1, 1900, being 58 years and 29 days old. He was one of a family of ten children, of whom three brothers and one sister survive him. His father came to Michigan when he was but four years of age, settling in the township of Orange, in which place he lived until his death. On January 6, 1861, he was married to Susan McNiel; to this union were born seven children, all of whom mourn the loss of a kind husband and loving father. He was converted some twenty years ago. In the year 1887 he united with the East Berlin W. M. church, where for twelve years he has been a true and faithful member. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/e/eldridge20717nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb