Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM ELDRIDGE. He married JENNY GILLEY 1790 in Washington Co. VA.

Children of WILLIAM ELDRIDGE and JENNY GILLEY are:

• i. ARMINDA ELDRIDGE.
• ii. WILLIAM JR. ELDRIDGE.
• iii. JOHN ELDRIDGE.
• iv. SARAH ELDRIDGE.
• v. LEVI ELDRIDGE, b. Abt. 1806, Washington Co. VA; d. September 05, 1877, Rowen CO KY.

Generation No. 2

2. LEVI ELDRIDGE (WILLIAM) was born Abt. 1806 in Washington Co. VA, and died September 05, 1877 in Rowen CO KY. He married EASTER CAUDILL January 05, 1826.

Notes for LEVI ELDRIDGE: Levi lived about three miles from Blackey, Letcher County, KY, on Rockhouse Creek near the mouth of Perkins Branch. He was a farmer and owned a grist mill. He owned all the land in and around Letcher School. Levi was shot by guerillas during the Civil War and left for dead. He recovered and moved to Morehead, Rowan County, KY, where he died a few years later. When he left Rockhouse, all of his land holdings were sold for taxes, leaving him penniless. After Levi's death, Easter moved back to Letcher County, living at Roxana, KY.

Children of LEVI ELDRIDGE and EASTER CAUDILL are:

• i. WILLIAM PRESTON3 ELDRIDGE, b. August 13, 1827.
• ii. BENJAMIN ELDRIDGE, b. Abt. 1830. 3.
• iii. JOHN C. ELDRIDGE, b. September 05, 1833, Rockhouse Creek in Perry Co. KY; d. July 29, 1910, Roxanna in Letcher Co. KY.
• iv. SARAH ELDRIDGE, b. October 1834.
• v. ELIZA MELVINA ELDRIDGE, b. Abt. 1837.
• vi. LYDIA ELDRIDGE, b. Abt. 1843.
• vii. MARY ANN ELDRIDGE, b. Abt. 1847.
• viii. JESSE ELDRIDGE, b. Abt. 1849.
• ix. HENRY ELDRIDGE, b. Abt. 1852.
• x. RACHEL ELDRIDGE, b. October 15, 1853.
• xi. ABAJI JANE ELDRIDGE, b. Abt. 1855.
• xii. FANNY ELDRIDGE, b. June 26, 1856.

Generation No. 3

3. JOHN C. ELDRIDGE (LEVI, WILLIAM) was born September 05, 1833 in Rockhouse Creek in Perry Co. KY, and died July 29, 1910 in Roxanna in Letcher Co. KY. He married ELIZABETH BETSY CAUDILL December 22, 1850 in Letcher County Ky, daughter of MATTHEW CAUDILL and TERRY CAUDILL.

JOHN fought in the Civil War as a private for the Confederate cause. JOHN C. ELDRIDGE and ELIZABETH BETSY CAUDILL are buried in the Collins - Eldridge Cemetery, Mill Branch Mt. Letcher Co. KY

Children of JOHN ELDRIDGE and ELIZABETH CAUDILL are:

• i. HENRY ELDRIDGE, b. March 29, 1852. 4.
• ii. EASTER ELDRIDGE, b. June 09, 1856; d. December 06, 1918. 5.
• iii. MATHEW ELDRIDGE, b. November 13, 1860; d. October 29, 1912, Kings Creek Kentucky.
• iv. ELIZA ELDRIDGE, b. May 11, 1863.
• v. LEVI ELDRIDGE, b. December 16, 1867.
• vi. RACHEL ELDRIDGE, b. January 1872.

Generation No. 4

4. EASTER ELDRIDGE (JOHN C., LEVI, WILLIAM) was born June 09, 1856, and died December 06, 1918.

Child of EASTER ELDRIDGE is:

• i. JERUSHIA ELDRIDGE.

5. MATHEW ELDRIDGE (JOHN C., LEVI, WILLIAM) was born November 13, 1860, and died October 29, 1912 in Kings Creek Kentucky. He married (1) ROSA HATFIELD. He married (2) OZINA FIELDS. Children of MATHEW ELDRIDGE and ROSA HATFIELD are:

• i. MARY ELDRIDGE, m. NOAH FIELDS.
• ii. DEWEY ELDRIDGE.
• iii. MARTHA ELDRIDGE, m. DEWEY BROWN.
• iv. IRA ELDRIDGE, b. 1904; d. April 28, 1934, Kings Creek Kentucky; m. FANNY STURGILL.
• Notes for IRA ELDRIDGE: Ira was shot in the back by Joe Creech on April 28, 1934 near the head of Kings Creek Kentucky. Trouble had been brewing for several years between the two men over Creech's wife. Creech was found not guilty by a jury following the shooting. Newspaper accounts of the incident imply that Creech's age was a factor in the verdict.

Children of MATHEW ELDRIDGE and OZINA FIELDS are:

• v. POLLY ELDRIDGE, m. PRESTON RALEIGH.
• vi. BETTY ELDRIDGE, m. JOHNNY BACK.
• vii. JOHN JACKSON ELDRIDGE, m. LILLIE MCINTYRE.
• viii. LEROY ELDRIDGE, m. HETTIE BREEDING.
• ix. WILSON ELDRIDGE, m. CASSIE GRIFFITH.
• x. ESQUIRE ELDRIDGE, m. (1) SUSAN CAUDILL; m. (2) MARY POLLY MULLINS.
• xi. HEZAKIAH ELDRIDGE, m. MARY WELLS.
• xii. HENRY ELDRIDGE, m. DOVIE MITCHELL.
• xiii. MAGGIE ELDRIDGE, m. JAMES T. BROWN.
• xiv. CHARLEY ELDRIDGE, m. ARMINTA FRAZIER.
• xv. LEVI ELDRIDGE.
• xvi. PRESTON ELDRIDGE.
• xvii. AMBROSE ELDRIDGE, b. January 08, 1885.

Generation 5

IRA ELDRIDGE,(MATHEW, JOHN C., LEVI, WILLIAM) b. 1904; d. April 28, 1934, Kings Creek Kentucky; m. FANNY STURGILL.

Children of IRA ELDRIDGE and FANNY STURGILL are:

• i. JAMES MATTHEW ELDRIDGE, b. January 25, 1926. m. LEONA GILLIAM
• ii. ALVIN ELDRIDGE
• iii. IRA JUNIOR ELDRIDGE, b. June 06, 1932 (twin to GENEVA) m. BERTHA JOHNSON
• iv. GENEVA ELDRIDGE, b. June 06, 1932 (twin to IRA JUNIOR)
• v. MARIE ELDRIDGE, b. September 22, 1934 m. WALTER TURNER
• vi. ETHEL ELDRIDGE m. JOHNNY TURNER

Generation 6

MARIE ELDRIDGE (IRA, MATHEW, JOHN C., LEVI, WILLIAM) was born September 22, 1934

She married WALTER TURNER in Jonesville, Va, son of DAVE TURNER and LOUANNA SCOTT.

Children of MARIE ELDRIDGE and WALTER TURNER are:

• i. THERESA TURNER, b. 1955. Stillborn. Buried at Fort Riley Kansas, where Walter was stationed at time of childs death.
• ii. WARREN TURNER, b. 1956, Benham, Kentucky; d. 1956, Benham, Kentucky. Stillborn. Buried in Maggard Cemetery at Partridge KY.
• iii. TRACY MANUEL TURNER, b. March 17, 1959, Harlan, Kentucky.
• iv. TONY MARTIN TURNER, b. January 13, 1962, Harlan, Kentucky. d. June 30, 2002. Buried in Farley Cemetery at Watts Creek KY.