Source, Rutland Daily Herald--Sat. Jan. 7, 1939. MRS. MINNIE BLAISDELL. BRIDPORT, Jan. 6, --Mrs. Minnie E. Eldridge Blaisdell, widow of Dr. E. G. Blaisdell, died at her home here at 11:30 this morning. She was born in Bridport April 9, 1854, the daughter of Oliver and Sarah (Pratt) Eldridge. She lived all her life in this town and had lived in the home where she died since her marriage to Dr. Blaisdell in 1874. Dr. Blaisdell died in 1923. She leaves one brother, Frank Eldridge of Bridport, two grandsons, Harold C. Payne of Bridport and Arthur B. Payne of   Lacresenta, Cal. ; four nephews, Robert Eldridge of Bridport, George Hamilton of Council Bluffs, Ia.; Walter Hamilton of Brighton, Colo., and Harry Hamilton of Montevideo, Minn., and a niece, Mrs. F. W. Spaulding of Bridport. Funeral services will be held at the Congregational church in Bridport Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Central cemetery, Bridport. Transcribed by, Joan H. Bixby Genealogy not just a hobby, but a labor of love.