Another family from Herkimer, who settled in Rock Co., WI Mel >From The Portrait and Biographical Album of Rock County, Wis., publ, 1889 - page 646, 647, 648 FREDERICK STARR ELDRED, was born in Winfield, Herkimer Co., N.Y., on the 27th day of April, 1821. His parents, Zenas and Lucena (CARTER) ELDRED, were natives of Litchfield County, Conn., and are of English descent. The coat of arms of the ELDRED family, brought from England, bearing date 1645, is in possession of the Hon. Edwin ELDRED of Worcester, Mass., a copy of which is with our subject. The ancestors on the paternal side, Jehoshaphat ELDRED and Thankful, his wife, settled in Falmouth, Mass., about 1700, and are buried in the old burying ground at Falmouth, the mother in 1750, aged sixty-one years, and the father in 1765, aged eighty-three years. They left four sons - Jehoshaphat, Daniel, Judah and William. Jehoshaphat, Jr. the great-grandfather of our subject, with his wife and perhaps one or two children, left Falmouth and settled in Litchfield County, Conn., about the time of the death of his mother, in 1750. They each lived to the good old age of eighty-five years and were buried at Warren, Conn. On the headstone at the grave of the father is the quotation, "The memory of the just is blessed." Their children were Ward, Judah, Elisha, Samuel, Jehoshaphat, Moses, Rufus, Betsey, Juanna and Ruth. We judge much of the character of the parents by the names given their children. The children of Judah and Sarah (FINNEY) ELDRED (the latter an aunt of President FINNEY of Oberlin College and now deceased), were two sons - Zenas and Swift. Judah ELDRED and his wife, the paternal grandparents of our subject, lived long and useful lives in their native place. The father was an officer in the Revolutionary War and participated in the battle of Saratoga, where occurred the capture of Burgoyne, and was at the battle of Long Island as well as in the Valley of the Mohawk. He participated in several hard-fought battles, and afterward drew a pension from the Government until his death, which occurred in 1843 at the age of ninety years. The records of Hartford, Conn., establish the fact that Judah ELDRED was elected and served six years as a member of the State Legislature, and he was otherwise prominent in the affairs of his county and State. The remains of himself and his estimable wife were laid side by side in the cemetery at Cedarville, Herkimer County, by their son Zenas, the father of our subject. The children of the latter and his wife, in her girlhood Lucina CARTER, who grew to manhood and womanhood were Carter, Henry, Zenas, Nelson, Frederick and Lucina. The eldest and the youngest have joined the great majority on the other shore. The four remaining brothers have homes as follows: The Rev. H. B. at Cleveland, Ohio; Zenas, at Bridgewater, N.Y.; Nelson at Gilman, Ill., and F. S., at Janesville, Wis. Mrs. Lucina (CARTER) ELDRED was the only daughter of Adonijah CARTER, of Litchfield, Conn., and a direct descendant of Capt. Thomas MUNSON, who landed on our shores form England in August, 1837, and settled at New Haven, Conn. (See MUNSON Family Reunion, published at New Haven in 1887.) She died at the age of forty-four years. Her husband, Zenas ELDRED, was the eldest son of Judah ELDRED, and when a young man settled in Winfield, Herkimer Co., N.Y., in 1808. He became a prosperous farmer and was much respected and honored, holding the office of Justice of the Peace and Supervisor of his township for a number of years. Although he was a Whig, politically, his town and county were strongly Democratic. He was an officer and one of the most liberal supporters of the Congregational Church of his town. The sermon preached at his funeral, Feb. 22, 1863, by the Rev. W. J. KNOX, and afterward published, was from the text "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches." ! In it was related many interesting facts in regard to his integrity, benevolence, industry and Christian character during the fifty-five years of his life in his adopted town. He was buried with others of his family at North Winfield, and in later years a granite monument was erected by his four surviving sons. Our subject was reared to habits of industry, and the morality of home life on the farm, with such teachings as we might naturally expect from Puritan ancestors. His education was obtained in the public schools of his native county, and at Hamilton Academy in Madison County, N.Y., the latter a school of considerable note. He continued at home with his father, employed at farm labor until twenty-one years of age. Then, in 1842, he came to Johnstown, Rock Island Co., Wis., and with $200 given him by his father, entered a quarter section of Government land, and at the same time preempted another quarter-section adjoining upon which he immediately commenced the establishment of a home. Retiring to his native town the following year, Zenas ELDRED was married, on the 18th day of June, to Miss Sarah, a daughter of Richard WETMORE, of Winfield, and immediately afterward he returned and with his young wife took possession of his new home. He there continued to reside engaged in stock-raising and dairying until the spring of 1855, then selling the farm he removed to Janesville, Wis., which was then little more than a thriving village, although it had been incorporated as a city nearly two years. While at Johnstown Mr. ELDRED held the office of Justice of the Peace, and was one of the organizers and officers of the First Congregational Church and one of its chief supporters. At Janesville Mr. ELDRED engaged in the lumber business two years, and after that for more than twenty years was engaged in the wholesale and retail grocery trade. In the fall of 1874 he was one of a few enterprising business men who organized the Janesville Cotton Manufacturing Company, of which he was the first cash subscriber to its stock, and served continuously as Director and Treasurer of this and its successor, the Janesville Cotton Mills, to this date, June, 1889. In these corporations he has done much arduous and responsible work, being on the building committee as well as Treasurer, and was twice sent to the Eastern States by the Board of Directors to purchase machinery, the cost of which was over $300,000, many times and almost continuously becoming individually responsible for the corporation debts, and a part of the time with a large prospect of losing the hard earnings of almost a lifetime. Mr. ELDRED thinks that in some respects the building of these mills was the best work of his life; not for the stockholders, for they have been losers, many of them largely, but for the fact of its paying to its employes more than $100,000 a year for the past fourteen years, which has enabled many of them to build for themselves comfortable homes. Others through its help have set themselves up in business, in which they are making more than a comfortable living. In this respect it has been the means of more good than many of our benevolent societies. Mr. and Mrs. ELDRED have one adopted daughter who is now the wife of D. F. SAYRE, Jr., a resident and prosperous farmer of Fulton, Rock Co., Wis. Since his residence in Janesville Mr. ELDRED has been entrusted with the settlement of ten or twelve estates, most of them small but a few of them quite large, and has accepted nothing for his services. In 1865-66 he served as Alderman for the Fourth Ward, and was chairman of the Finance Committee of the City Council. In 1870 he was elected Supervisor for two years, representing the city of Janesville, under the law passed by the Legislature in 1861, making one Supervisor from each assembly District. In politics he has always been a supporter of the Republican party. The cause of temperance has ever enlisted his earnest sympathies and ardent support, and he is a consistent member of the temperance society known as the Temple of Honor and he has aided materially the great cause. He was one of the organizers, and originally a s! tock-holder of the Central Wisconsin Bank, and also one of the incorporators of its successor, the First National Bank of Janesville, of which he was and is the first Vice-President. In 1886 Mr. ELDRED was called to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 27th of January. He was again married, the 4th of September, 1888, to Mrs. Fanny E. HOYT, of Grand Rapids, Mich. This lady was the widow of Benjamin Franklin HOYT, one of the many who gave their lives for their country in the war of the rebellion. Mr. and Mrs. ELDRED are honored members of the First Congregational Church at Janesville, and Mr. ELDRED was the largest contributor in the building of the church edifice of that society, which was completed in 1868 at a cost approaching $45,000. He was one of the Board of Trustees at that time, and was chairman of the building committee and Treasurer of the society for a number of years following. He has won the reputation of being a progressive, yet conservative business man, exacting in his methods and always reliable. He stands deservedly high in the estimation of his townsmen for the many sterling qualities and kindly genial manner. Note: In the 6th paragraph it mentions Rock Island County - I'm believe they meant Rock County.