Lenawee County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Conant, Elbridge E. ************************************************ 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: Ted Bates Tedbytes@comcast.net December 12, 2017, 8:55 pm Cemetery: Maple Grove Name: Elbridge E. Conant Date Of Photograph: June 19, 1999 Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/lenawee/photos/tombstones/maplegrove/conant313849nph.jpg Image file size: 148.6 Kb Eldridge Conant was born on 18 Jul 1818 in New Haven,Addison,Vermont. He was son of Israel Elliot Conant and Eliza Holt of Mont Vernon,N.H and direct descendant of Roger Conant,founder of Salem,Mass in 1626 Elbridge was a jeweler by trade. He learned this trade from his brother-in-law Numan Hunt,husband to his sister Susan of New Haven,Vermont. The Hunt's Cemetery was visited by Theodore H. Bates on a trip East to Vermont in 1999. His name is often referred to as Elbridge or Eldredge. Eldredge being the more common reference.  Events in his life were: • He worked from circa 1850 to 1880 as a jeweler in Hudson MI
Listed in the 1863 Michigan State Gazetteer and Business Directory. • He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Hudson MI, listed as a goldsmith. • He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Hudson MI, listed as a jeweler. • He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Hudson MI, listed as a jeweler. About 1840 Eldredge was taken West from Vermont to the state of Michigan by his father Israel Elliot Conant by horse drawn wagon, a long and difficult trip. Michigan is where Eldredge spent the rest of his life with his own family. The following is an obit. for Eldredge found in the "Hudson Post" of Hudson,Michigan dated Friday April 25,1890. "DIED" in Hudson,Mich., April 16th, 1890, Eldredge E. Conant, in the 72d year of age. Deceased was the third of seven children. He was the son of Israel E. and Elizabeth Conant, and was born in the town of New Haven,Addison County,Vermont July 18, 1818. When a youth, he went to live with an uncle, on his mother's side, named Hunt, with whom he learned the jeweler's trade, and also became skilled in the manufacture of the old style clock cases, and from this readily took up the business of cabinet maker. While yet a young man he came with his father to Michigan, the conveyance being a wagon drawn the entire distance by one horse. He located in the town of Brest,Monroe County. Later on working in Monroe, and still later he located at Keene's Corners,two miles north of Hudson; erstwhile pursuing dilligently the business of cabinet making, and as an expert, repairing clocks and watches for any and all in need of such work. On the 10th day of November 1842, he was united in marriage to Miss Jane Fish, daughter of David and Phoebe Fish,who resided in Pittsford Township. He with his young wife then took up their residence in Hudson,where they have since resided. To this pair were born five children, viz: George E. Conant, of Clayton,Michigan; Mrs. Armina Dotzler, of Chicago,Ill.; Mrs. Delia F. Smith, of Colorado;Duane E. Conant,Hudson, and Mrs. Jennie A. Bass,Chicago,Ill. all of whom survive the father. The deceased, coming upon the age of action so long ago, was a pioneer in the early settlement of Michigan. And it was by the strictest economy and the most persistent and untiring industry on the part of both husband and wife that he became possessed of a fair competence. During the later years in his life the deceased was afflicted with a cancerous formation in his stomach, and how very severe were his sufferings at times none may ever know. On Friday, the 11th instantly he went to Clayton to visit the family of his son George, returning to Hudson on Saturday. He was taken ill on his return, and on Wednesday forenoon,the 16th, his sufferings were intense, and duing the afternoon he went ino a stupor, from which he never rallied, and died about 6 o'clock. Funeral services were held at the home on Friday at 2 p.m., conducted by Rev. A. B. Storms,whose remarks were based upon John, xii, 46, : I am the light of the world". The music was furnished by the M. E. Choir. Additional Comments: Buried with his wife Jane Fish and children in Maple Grove Cemetery in Hudson,Lenawee,Michigan File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/lenawee/photos/tombstones/maplegrove/conant313849nph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 4.6 Kb