Lucius O. Eldridge
Lucius O. Eldridge, farmer, P. O. Streetsborougb, was born on the farm where he now resides, August 10, 1843, and is a son of Daniel and Mary A. (Mason) Eldridge, who had three children: Merrick E., Mary A., wife of Joseph Lindsey, and Lucius O. His father came to Aurora Township, this county, from Buffalo, N. Y., about 1820, and afterward settled in Streetsboro on the farm now owned by L. O. Eldridge, which he cleared and improved, and where he resided until his death. He died in 1879, at the age of seventy-nine years. The subject of this sketch was reared on the old homestead, where he has always resided. He participated in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting, August 10, 1862, in the Ninth Ohio Independent Battery, serving until June 20. 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He was married September 29, 1869, to Augusta, daughter of George W. and Tryphena (Wilson) Barrett, of Streetsboro, by whom he has two children: Clarence and Clayton. In politics Mr. Eldridge is a Republican. He is one of the enterprising farmers of this township.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885