I don't think you are barging in at all. I can provide you with a little bit on your Eldridge line. Robert Dillman's grandparents were Thomas R. Eldridge and Mimie (?). Thomas' parents were William Frank Eldridge and Ruth Owens. They were married in Claiborne Tennessee 1-25-1844. All I know about William's parents were that his father was John Eldridge and his mother was Nancy (?). Nancy is widowed by 1840 and appears on the census for Lee Co. Virginia in 1840. This Eldridge line goes back to early Lee County. John and Nancy were there in 1830. I'll check and see if I have any more information on them. Zahn In a message dated 10/5/2008 9:59:56 P.M. Central Daylight Time, ebsmiddy@hotmail.com writes: Hello: I don't mean to barge into your discussion, but I have been reading with great interest. My Great Uncle, Robert Dillman, and several of his siblings, were born and raised in Rose Hill, Lee County, by their Grandparents who had the last name of Eldredge. I will look my census records up tomorrow and find their names. I believe I first found them on the 1900 or 1910 census. I believe Uncle Bob's mother also lived off and on with her parents, but was not there, most of the time. I don't know the story. I just remember my grandmother telling me that Uncle Bob was born in Rose Hill and after he married Allie Bolling Dillman, ran a store or barbershop on the right side of the road, heading east. The new road has taken the old site now, but I remember as a child, her showing it to me. She failed to mention that he was raised by Eldredge grandparents. I found that myself, when I went looking for him in the census. He was my Daddy's favorite Uncle. I hope you both will be on here tomorrow, when I can tell you their names. Sincerely, Elizabeth Smiddy Campbell County, TN -------------------------------------------------- From: <StarrZahn@aol.com> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 10:45 PM To: <valee@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [VALEE] Ransom Eldridge > Yes it is the same family. > Serelda married William Eldridge. Her sister Martha married Ransom > Eldridge > and her other sister Margaret married Ransom Eldridge when Martha died. > > > In a message dated 10/5/2008 9:31:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > SLOLIFE36@aol.com writes: > > The Harris women were relatives of mine. Martha & Surelda wife of > William > Eldridge, were daughters of Elijah & Elizabeth Jane (Mary) Smith > Harris. > > Elijah & Elizabeth were my 3rd great grandparents. Please tell > me this is the same family. Thank You, bob h. > > > > **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your > destination. > > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! > (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the > body of the message > > > > > > **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your > destination. > Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! > (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VALEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001)

Thank you so much for that information. I did not have Thomas's parents at all, since I really had not gotten anything done on them, except the census records. I just "happened" on them searching for Uncle Bob, since his wife had told me he was from Rose Hill. I got busy putting up beans today, and didn't find my census records. I do know that on at least one of them, Uncle Bob, whose real name was Robert, as you know, had his mother on the census living with her parents, Thomas and his wife, (I know her name, just forgot, that is why I have to hunt records), and Uncle Bob's siblings. His Mama seemed to "leave" them with her parents, and then come back now and again. I think she had a "married" name, but will have to check. Uncle Bob married Allie Fair Bolling from Flat Gap, Wise County, VA. I sound ignorant, but am lost without my notes, but I do have their "original" marriage license, for which he made a homemade frame. I have no idea how they met, since he lived in Rose Hill and she was raised in Flat Gap, VA. Aunt Allie was a sister to my grandmother, Erma Bolling Bunch, and both were daughters of Ivory Morrell and Louisa Raleigh Bolling of Flat Gap. I did inherit their pictures albums, and have several pictures of Uncle Bob and Aunt Allie, with an older couple at the "Coal House" in Middlesboro, KY, and around the area. I am sure that the elderly couple is probably Thomas Eldridge and wife, Uncle Bob's grandparents. I can't identify some of them, who could possibly be his siblings, or even his mother. I live halfway up on the side of Cumberland Mtn., about half an hour away, going west, down Powell Valley, from Cumberland Gap. We are out of the City limits, but live in LaFollette. So that area is very familiar to me, but that new road has messed me up good in finding old landmarks that Grandmama used to show me. Aunt Allie talked about the White Rocks and the Sand Cave, and had an old glass Alka Seltzer bottle, those tall, narrow glass ones, with layers of different colored sand in it. She and Uncle Bob used to picnic up there on the mountain. I never knew Uncle Bob, he died before my time, but Aunt Allie told me all about him when I was young. I will definitely find those records tomorrow, so I won't sound so ignorant. I do so appreciate your time and help, and also for not thinking I was "barging in" on your conversation with the lady you were helping. Sincerely, Libby Bunch Smiddy Campbell County, TN -------------------------------------------------- From: <StarrZahn@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 12:31 AM To: <valee@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [VALEE] Ransom Eldridge > I don't think you are barging in at all. I can provide you with a little > bit > on your Eldridge line. Robert Dillman's grandparents were Thomas R. > Eldridge > and Mimie (?). Thomas' parents were William Frank Eldridge and Ruth > Owens. > They were married in Claiborne Tennessee 1-25-1844. All I know about > William's > parents were that his father was John Eldridge and his mother was Nancy > (?). > Nancy is widowed by 1840 and appears on the census for Lee Co. Virginia > in > 1840. > This Eldridge line goes back to early Lee County. John and Nancy were > there > in 1830. I'll check and see if I have any more information on them. > Zahn > > > In a message dated 10/5/2008 9:59:56 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > ebsmiddy@hotmail.com writes: > > Hello: > > I don't mean to barge into your discussion, but I have been reading > with great interest. My Great Uncle, Robert Dillman, and several of his > siblings, were born and raised in Rose Hill, Lee County, by their > Grandparents who had the last name of Eldredge. I will look my census > records up tomorrow and find their names. I believe I first found them > on > the 1900 or 1910 census. I believe Uncle Bob's mother also lived off and > on > with her parents, but was not there, most of the time. I don't know the > story. I just remember my grandmother telling me that Uncle Bob was born > in > Rose Hill and after he married Allie Bolling Dillman, ran a store or > barbershop on the right side of the road, heading east. The new road has > taken the old site now, but I remember as a child, her showing it to me. > She failed to mention that he was raised by Eldredge grandparents. I > found > that myself, when I went looking for him in the census. He was my > Daddy's > favorite Uncle. I hope you both will be on here tomorrow, when I can > tell > you their names. > > Sincerely, > Elizabeth Smiddy > Campbell County, TN > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: <StarrZahn@aol.com> > Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 10:45 PM > To: <valee@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [VALEE] Ransom Eldridge > >> Yes it is the same family. >> Serelda married William Eldridge. Her sister Martha married Ransom >> Eldridge >> and her other sister Margaret married Ransom Eldridge when Martha died. >> >> >> In a message dated 10/5/2008 9:31:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >> SLOLIFE36@aol.com writes: >> >> The Harris women were relatives of mine. Martha & Surelda wife of >> William >> Eldridge, were daughters of Elijah & Elizabeth Jane (Mary) Smith >> Harris. >> >> Elijah & Elizabeth were my 3rd great grandparents. Please tell >> me this is the same family. Thank You, bob h. >> >> >> >> **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your >> destination. >> >> Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. 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Elizabeth, If I understand you family line it looks like this: 1. John Eldridge & Nancy ? 2. William Frank Eldridge & Ruth Owens 3. Thomas R. Eldridge & Mimie ? 4. ? 5. Robert "Bob" Dillman & Allie Fair Bolling I have some information on this line. 1. Could William Frank Eldridge's father be Moses? 2. Do you think there is any relationship between your Eldridge line and my Ransom Eldridge b. 1835 in Lee co. VA? 3. Do you have any information on William H. Short who married ? Eldridge. I think they may have raised Ransom after his parents returned to England because Ransom is found in 1850 in the household of their son, Greenberry Short. Shirley Eldridge-Darby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth Smiddy" <ebsmiddy@hotmail.com> To: <valee@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 12:08 AM Subject: Re: [VALEE] Ransom Eldridge > Thank you so much for that information. I did not have Thomas's parents > at > all, since I really had not gotten anything done on them, except the > census > records. I just "happened" on them searching for Uncle Bob, since his > wife > had told me he was from Rose Hill. I got busy putting up beans today, and > didn't find my census records. I do know that on at least one of them, > Uncle Bob, whose real name was Robert, as you know, had his mother on the > census living with her parents, Thomas and his wife, (I know her name, > just > forgot, that is why I have to hunt records), and Uncle Bob's siblings. > His > Mama seemed to "leave" them with her parents, and then come back now and > again. I think she had a "married" name, but will have to check. Uncle > Bob > married Allie Fair Bolling from Flat Gap, Wise County, VA. I sound > ignorant, but am lost without my notes, but I do have their "original" > marriage license, for which he made a homemade frame. I have no idea how > they met, since he lived in Rose Hill and she was raised in Flat Gap, VA. > Aunt Allie was a sister to my grandmother, Erma Bolling Bunch, and both > were > daughters of Ivory Morrell and Louisa Raleigh Bolling of Flat Gap. > > I did inherit their pictures albums, and have several pictures of Uncle > Bob > and Aunt Allie, with an older couple at the "Coal House" in Middlesboro, > KY, > and around the area. I am sure that the elderly couple is probably Thomas > Eldridge and wife, Uncle Bob's grandparents. I can't identify some of > them, > who could possibly be his siblings, or even his mother. I live halfway up > on the side of Cumberland Mtn., about half an hour away, going west, down > Powell Valley, from Cumberland Gap. We are out of the City limits, but > live > in LaFollette. So that area is very familiar to me, but that new road > has > messed me up good in finding old landmarks that Grandmama used to show me. > Aunt Allie talked about the White Rocks and the Sand Cave, and had an old > glass Alka Seltzer bottle, those tall, narrow glass ones, with layers of > different colored sand in it. She and Uncle Bob used to picnic up there > on > the mountain. I never knew Uncle Bob, he died before my time, but Aunt > Allie told me all about him when I was young. I will definitely find > those > records tomorrow, so I won't sound so ignorant. I do so appreciate your > time and help, and also for not thinking I was "barging in" on your > conversation with the lady you were helping. > > Sincerely, > Libby Bunch Smiddy > Campbell County, TN > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: <StarrZahn@aol.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 12:31 AM > To: <valee@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [VALEE] Ransom Eldridge > >> I don't think you are barging in at all. I can provide you with a little >> bit >> on your Eldridge line. Robert Dillman's grandparents were Thomas R. >> Eldridge >> and Mimie (?). Thomas' parents were William Frank Eldridge and Ruth >> Owens. >> They were married in Claiborne Tennessee 1-25-1844. All I know about >> William's >> parents were that his father was John Eldridge and his mother was Nancy >> (?). >> Nancy is widowed by 1840 and appears on the census for Lee Co. Virginia >> in >> 1840. >> This Eldridge line goes back to early Lee County. John and Nancy were >> there >> in 1830. I'll check and see if I have any more information on them. >> Zahn >> >> >> In a message dated 10/5/2008 9:59:56 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >> ebsmiddy@hotmail.com writes: >> >> Hello: >> >> I don't mean to barge into your discussion, but I have been reading >> with great interest. My Great Uncle, Robert Dillman, and several of his >> siblings, were born and raised in Rose Hill, Lee County, by their >> Grandparents who had the last name of Eldredge. I will look my census >> records up tomorrow and find their names. I believe I first found them >> on >> the 1900 or 1910 census. I believe Uncle Bob's mother also lived off >> and >> on >> with her parents, but was not there, most of the time. I don't know the >> story. I just remember my grandmother telling me that Uncle Bob was >> born >> in >> Rose Hill and after he married Allie Bolling Dillman, ran a store or >> barbershop on the right side of the road, heading east. The new road >> has >> taken the old site now, but I remember as a child, her showing it to me. >> She failed to mention that he was raised by Eldredge grandparents. I >> found >> that myself, when I went looking for him in the census. He was my >> Daddy's >> favorite Uncle. I hope you both will be on here tomorrow, when I can >> tell >> you their names. >> >> Sincerely, >> Elizabeth Smiddy >> Campbell County, TN >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: <StarrZahn@aol.com> >> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2008 10:45 PM >> To: <valee@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: Re: [VALEE] Ransom Eldridge >> >>> Yes it is the same family. >>> Serelda married William Eldridge. Her sister Martha married Ransom >>> Eldridge >>> and her other sister Margaret married Ransom Eldridge when Martha died. >>> >>> >>> In a message dated 10/5/2008 9:31:36 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >>> SLOLIFE36@aol.com writes: >>> >>> The Harris women were relatives of mine. Martha & Surelda wife of >>> William >>> Eldridge, were daughters of Elijah & Elizabeth Jane (Mary) Smith >>> Harris. >>> >>> Elijah & Elizabeth were my 3rd great grandparents. Please tell >>> me this is the same family. Thank You, bob h. >>> >>> >>> >>> **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your >>> destination. >>> >>> Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! >>> (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> VALEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the >>> body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your >>> destination. >>> Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. 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