Hi, Found this in a book, sorry I dont have the referrence right handy but it was in the Ridgeville section. "Moses Eldred and family came into the township in 1813, and located in the western part. At that ime there was not a house west of them nearer than Florence, Erie county. In 1815 the Sextons, who had settled east of Mr. Eldred, moved further west on the same ridge. .........." While the article was interesting this was the only mention of the Eldred family. I will try and locate the face page that I copied to document this piece. Marilyn