Ella Eudora (Teeter) Eldridge (1859 - 1928)

Born 1 Dec 1859 in Pleasant Hill, Miami, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Charles D. Eldridge — married 26 Nov 1908 in Miami, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Husband's given name not known, no children ID;ed by Family Search.

Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Miami County, Ohio, USA Memorial ID 26914436

Ella Teeter, one of a family of fourteen children who came to bless the union of E. K. and Susannah Teeter, was born in Jefferson County, Iowa, on the first day of December, 1859, and was called to her eternal home on March 29th, 1928, after a pilgrimage of 68 years, 3 months and 27 days. In 1865, the family moved to a farm near Pleasant Hill, and she received her education in Newton Township, graduating from the Pleasant Hill High School in 1880. Choosing the profession of teaching as her life's work, she gave many years of her life in the public schools of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas and Maryland.

On November 25th, 1908, she was united in marriage to C. D. Eldridge and resided in Maryland until after his death in 1915. Nature gave her no children, but she had a mother's heart and gave herself to others. In 1917, she returned home to care for her aged mother who passed away on April 19, 1927. Her parents were charter members of the Pleasant Hill Brethren church. Ella was one of the two young women who were baptized upon the day of organization, and she gave the remainder of her life to her Master and the church of her choice. She was constant in attendance when health permitted and we will miss her presence and her prayers.

-- STILLWATER VALLEY NEWS ~ April 2, 1928

Sources

• Memorial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Miami County, Ohio, USA
• Ella Eudora Teeter (1859–1928), profile provided by Family Search