My gggrandmother Susan Eldridge(the courthouse paper looks like Eleriage) m. Jefferson Yelton who died before 1852. according to her second marriage certificate to Allen Wright.(April 1852) It says"widow of Jefferson Yelton" They had at least one child, Mary J. Yelton who m. a Thomas Dickens in 1872.. Mary J. may have been raised by the Wrights, or at least lived in their household for a time, as J.M. Wight signed for her marriage(John Wright) They had ch. John, thomas, and Loulie and were living in Trimble Co. in 1880. No info on them tafter that.. I have found no connections for Jefferson, and no further info on Mary J. Roslyn

Roslyn, The 1860 Census for Carroll County, KY, p. 50, Family #359, shows Mary J. Yelton, age 12, b. in Indiana, in the household of John W. and Susanna Wright. John is 48, born in Kentucky, and Susanna is 52 (or possibly 32) and also born in Kentucky. The immediately preceding household (#358) is that of Allen Wright, age 24, Susan Wright, age 25, and two boys, Resin (?) age 5, and Charles, age 4. It seems to me that the Susan who married Allen Wright, if in fact it's the same one, is a little young to be Mary J. Yelton's mother. It's not impossible, but it seems unlikely. Of course, Susan could have lied about her age either to the census taker or to her second husband. In the 1860 Census she admits to being a year old than him, and maybe that's as far as she was willing to go. Do you have anything else that points to the Susan who married Allen Wright as being Mary J. Yelton's mother? But of course that leaves unanswered the question of who Mary J. Yelton's parents were, as well as the identity of the mysterious Jefferson Yelton. Cheryl -----Original Message----- From: nonny984 [mailto:nonny984@insightbb.com] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 2:41 PM To: YELTON-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [YELTON] Jefferson Yelton My gggrandmother Susan Eldridge(the courthouse paper looks like Eleriage) m. Jefferson Yelton who died before 1852. according to her second marriage certificate to Allen Wright.(April 1852) It says"widow of Jefferson Yelton" They had at least one child, Mary J. Yelton who m. a Thomas Dickens in 1872.. Mary J. may have been raised by the Wrights, or at least lived in their household for a time, as J.M. Wight signed for her marriage(John Wright) They had ch. John, thomas, and Loulie and were living in Trimble Co. in 1880. No info on them tafter that.. I have found no connections for Jefferson, and no further info on Mary J. Roslyn ==== YELTON Mailing List ==== YELTON FAMILY: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yelton/ Webmaster: Cheryl G. Chasin List Admin. Iris F. Reily ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

in 1848, John Wright signed papers in the courthouse for Susannah Eldridge saying that she was the orphan of James Eldridge, guardian John Haydon. the 1880 Ky. census says Mary J. was b. in Indiana, and her m. license says Shelby co. In., m. at home of John Wright. I cannot prove that Mary J. is Susan's daughter however. She was b. in 1848, and Mary J. was a widow 4 years later, so I think I just assumed she was, or someone told me- I think I have a paper that says all James Eldridge's children were b. between 1820-40. And I just found a note that someone said that there was a note about Susan when married to Jefferson they had a child, b. 1848 who was reared by John W. & Susan. This was from someone who was in the courthouse and found it. If she was 25 during the 1860 census, she must have only b een 13 or 14 when she had Mary J. Not out of the question I suppose. Susan went on to marry my gggrandfather William Dunn in 1863. It is usually the other way around, isn't it? The men outlived the women Susan and William and his son all died on the way to Ill. during a wagon train trip in late 1870's. My ggrandfather was b. in 1875, so it was after that. This is the first thing I have seen which actually gives her dob. There was also a Leroy J. Yelton b. apx 1821-I wondered if he was this Jefferson. His parents were John W. and Judith, but don't know if this is the correct one, but it does say Susan was a widow in 1853. Who knows? Thank you for this info-I will dig out my Eldridge papers and look again. Thank you so much for helping. Roslyn