Civil War Veterans of Mendocino County, California.
John French Elledge

Researched and Compiled by : 
Ronald Cannon, MA 
Submitted June 2010

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John French Elledge, 1835 TN-23 March 1885
Co. K, 4 TX Inf. CSA
Russian River Cemetery, Ukiah (P-8, Lot 19, NE)

AN HONORED CITIZEN DEAD – News was brought from Bartlett Springs early last Monday morning 
announcing the prospective death of our honored citizen, John French Elledge, who had been at the 
Springs for some weeks hoping to be benefitted. His brothers, William C. and Joseph, started there 
at once, but before they had reached his bedside, a telegram was received here announcing the 
unfortunate man’s death. The Masons, of which Order he was a worthy member, at once proceeded 
to make arrangements to bring his body home for the final burial ceremonies. J. F. Elledge was native 
of Cannon county, Tennessee, and at the time of his death was forty-nine years old. During the war of 
the rebellion he was a Confederate soldier and served the cause of the South with fidelity and courage 
to the close of that long and bitter struggle in a Tennessee regiment. In 1872 he came to California 
and joined his brothers in this county in the wool growing business, since when he has been a respected 
citizen in our midst. His health had been failing for two years. The funeral took place on Wednesday 
morning at ten o’clock under the auspices of Abell Lodge No. 53, F. & A. M., and it was largely attended 
by the numerous circle of friends and acquaintances of the deceased. Dispatch Democrat 27 March 1885.

1860 U.S. census, Giles County, Tennessee, population schedule, Southern Subdivision, Hammonds Store 
post office, p. 193 (stamped), dwelling 1333, family 1309, John F Eldridge; NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1251.

1870 U.S. census, Limestone County, Alabama, population schedule, Atheens post office, p. 161 (stamped), 
dwelling 401, family 394, John Ellege; NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 24.

1880 U.S. census, Mendocino County, California, population schedule, Ukiah township, ED 57, p. 184-C (stamped), 
dwelling 24, family 24, John F Elledge; NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 68.