John Harp Eldridge
1854 - 1930-
Born 5 Jan 1854 Myersville, Maryland 
Gender Male Died 7 Aug 1930 Washington County, Maryland Buried Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Maryland Person ID I4580 Virts Last Modified 8 Aug 2014
Father Andrew Cole Eldridge, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Caroline Harp, d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F1694 Group Sheet
Family 1 Sophia E. Kinna, b. 24 Aug 1864, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 14 May 1926, Hagerstown, Maryland Last Modified 7 Oct 2012 Family ID F2089 Group Sheet
Family 2 Sarah Lillian Virts, b. 15 Dec 1863, Knoxville, Maryland , d. 14 Jan 1901, Washington County, Maryland Married 30 Nov 1881 Washington County, Maryland [1] Children 1. Albert Harp Eldridge, b. 11 Mar 1883, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 23 Jan 1886, Frederick County, Maryland 2. Charles Alfred Eldridge, b. 27 Apr 1885, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 8 Jul 1975, Washington County, Maryland 3. John Wesley Eldridge, b. 25 Sep 1887, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 4 Feb 1969, Bradenton, Florida 4. Viola Catherine Eldridge, b. 20 Sep 1889, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 19 Jun 1989, Boonsboro, Maryland 5. Clarence Virts Eldridge, Sr., b. 24 Oct 1892, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 31 Mar 1980, Boonsboro, Maryland 6. Russell Andrew Eldridge, b. 29 Mar 1897, Washington County, Maryland , d. 15 Oct 1977, Washington, DC Last Modified 7 Oct 2012 Family ID F1404 Group Sheet
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Sarah Lillian Virts and John Harp Eldridge
Sarah was born December 15, 1863 in Knoxville, Maryland to Cornelius William and Catherine Ellen Enniss Virts. She died January 14, 1901 in Frederick County, Maryland. She married John Harp Eldridge on November 30, 1881. He was born January 5, 1854 in Myersville, Maryland and died August 7, 1930 in Washington County, Maryland. Both are buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Maryland.
Russell Andrew Eldridge, Clarence Virts Eldridge, Sr., John Wesley Eldridge, Charles Alfred Eldridge, John Harp Eldridge and Viola Elridge Elliot
Photo courtesy of Julie Eldridge Carbaugh
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Notes - The Morning Herald, August 8, 1930
JOHN H. ELDRIDGE, well known retired farmer, died at the home of his son, Charles A. Eldridge, 538 Guilford avenue early Thursday morning, of complications, after an illness of two months, aged 77 years.
He was born and reared in Frederick county, the son of Andrew Cole and Caroline (Harp)) Eldridge.
He moved to this county 37 years ago.
His father was the only man in his district to vote for Freemont for president.
Mr. Eldridge was a member of the U. B. Church.
The following survive: Children, Mrs. Viola C. Elliott, Charles A., Clarence V., and Russell A., Hagerstown, and John W., Myersville; brother, George C., Myersville.
Funeral Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, services at the Antietam U. B. Church, Rev. Daniel Powell, assisted by Rev. B. F. Blubaugh, officiating. Interment at Rose Hill. His remains can be viewed at the home, the casket not being opened at the church.
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Married at the home of his father-in-law "Prospect Hill", Washington County, Maryland
- The Morning Herald, August 8, 1930
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Sources - [S675] Herald and Torch Light, Hagerstown, MD, December 14, 1881.
- [S675] Herald and Torch Light, Hagerstown, MD, December 14, 1881.