Wade H. Eldredge

ELDREDGE, WOOD, ACKERMAN

Posted By: LuAnn Goeke (email)
Date: 1/29/2009 at 15:49:14

Wade H. Eldredge, retired, Sabula; Mr. Eldredge was born in Burlington, Vt., Aug 27, 1815; in the fall of 1836, he went to Dixon, Ill.; in January, 1837, he came to Sabula, where he has since resided; he was engaged in various occupations till the fall of 1849, when he secured a charter for a ferry between Sabula and Savanna, Ill., which he continued to operate till 1855; in 1854, he built the hotel known as the Eldredge House, which he still owns, and which he conducted till 1860. Mr. Eldredge is a worthy representative of the pioneers of our country. Thrown upon his own resources in early life, he has, by honest industry, acquired a competence. A severe attack of typhoid fever, some years since, destroyed, to a great extent, his sense of hearing, so that he has retired from the active duties of the business. His first wife was Mary J. Wood, a sister of E.A. Wood; she died in December 1862. His present wife was Barbara Ackerman, a native of Pennsylvania. He had five children by his first marriage; only one is living - Charles G., who resides in Sabula. - 1879 History of Jackson County Iowa, pg 695.