He married Ruth Baker on 14 Sep 1839 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, on 14 September 1839.[2]
In 1847, Elnathan, Ruth and their children traveled with the Abraham O. Smoot/George B. Wallace Company in the Mormon migration to Salt Lake City in 1847.[3][4]
Elnathan served as a Corporal in Captain A. Lytle's company of the Nauvoo Legion in the Utah Indian Wars in February 1850.[5]
In 1850, the family is found in Salt Lake City, Utah.[6]
↑ "Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLRS-S3X : 6 December 2014), Elnathan Eldridge, 27 Oct 1871; citing City Cemetery, , military unit Capt A Lytle's Co, Nauvoo Legion, Utah Indian Wars, State Archives, Capitol Building, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 485,492.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCS6-RZY : 23 December 2020), Ruth Eldridge in household of Elnathan Eldridge, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH24-93P : 18 February 2021), Ruth Eldridge in entry for Elnathan Eldridge, 1860. Utah Territory > Salt Lake > 16th Ward Great Salt Lake City > Page 162 > Line 1 > Family 57 > image 9 of 15; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "Utah, Salt Lake City, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Missionary Department, Missionary Registers, 1860-1937," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-T4BX : 27 November 2019), Elnathan Eldredgeson, Utah Territory, United States; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Church History library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; citing , Missionary department missionary registers 1860-1959, CR 301 22, Church History Library, Salt lake City, Utah.
↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCT-BRH : 2 January 2021), Ruth Eldredge in entry for Elna Uran Eldredge, 1870.
Utah Territory > Salt Lake > Salt Lake City, ward 16 > Page 8 > Line 11 > Family 52 > image 8 of 20; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 February 2021), memorial page for Elnathan Eldredge III (19 Jun 1811–25 Oct 1871), Find A Grave: Memorial #31777513, citing Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Bethea "Beth" Johnston Edmonds (contributor 47053952).
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