Larry, Are you related to my Ransom Eldridge? Shirley Eldridge-Darby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry" <LARRE55@kymail.com> To: <valee@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 6:47 AM Subject: Re: [VALEE] Ransom Eldridge > Libby did you get the list i sent to you from McLin cem. > Thank You L. Eldridge > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Elizabeth Smiddy" <ebsmiddy@hotmail.com> > To: <valee@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 11:41 PM > Subject: Re: [VALEE] Ransom Eldridge > > >> Shirley: >> >> Line number four would be filled in as Tipton "Tip" Dillman & Alice >> Eldridge. Other than what you have there, I have not researched Uncle >> Bob's family in depth. Zahn was kind enough to fill me in on what I >> have >> so far, on the early line. Thomas R. Eldridge's wife's name looks like >> Miami on one census, and Minnie or Mimie on another, and I am not sure >> what >> her real name was. I believe I have a picture of them, with their >> Grandson >> Robert (Uncle Bob) and Aunt Allie Bolling Dillman. >> >> That is interesting that you mentioned the Shorts, since Allie Fair >> Bolling Dillman, was born and raised in Flat Gap, Wise County, VA, and >> there >> were as many Short families there as Bollings, and all intermarried. My >> 3X >> Great Grandparents were Jesse and Elizabeth Louisa Short Bolling. >> Shirley, >> I am a pretty good researcher, but Alice Eldridge Dillman, daughter of >> Thomas R. Eldridge and wife, had a son Robert who married into my >> Father's >> Mother's Bolling family. They are not my direct line. Allie Fair >> Bolling >> Dillman, was only a daughter-in-law to Alice Eldridge Dillman. Allie was >> my >> Great Aunt. I like to know about all my families, collateral also, and >> was >> just interested in knowing why Uncle Bob was in the home of his >> grandparents >> with his siblings. I wanted to know who his parents were, and found that >> on >> the census. I would love to be able to help you, but I really do not >> have >> any information at all on the older Eldridge families, I am only related >> through marriage, not by blood. Now if your William H. Short and >> Greenberry >> Short were from Flat Gap, Wise County, VA, I could probably help you >> there, >> since they could possibly be my blood relations, and could be found in my >> Bolling book. It has the entire genealogy of the Bolling and Short >> families >> in it. At least the Shorts who married into the Bollings, of which many >> did. There are some discrepancies, but for the most part, is correct on >> my >> direct line, at least. It does provide a "starting" place or clues to >> find >> real documentation. >> >> Other than that possible Short connection, I am sorry I can't help >> you with the Eldridge family back any further. If you think these Shorts >> were originally from Wise County, please let me know, and I will see if I >> can find anything on them for you. >> >> Sincerely, >> Libby >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------- >> From: "SHIRLEY ELDRIDGE-DARBY" <shirley1951@verizon.net> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 10:48 PM >> To: <valee@rootsweb.com> >> Subject: Re: [VALEE] Ransom Eldridge >> >>> 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. 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