Eldridge and Taylor family with carriage in front of brick house, Linton Township, Vigo County, Indiana, circa 1900

Description: Written on the back is Aunt Mary Taylor, John Taylor, Will Eldridge, Janie Eldridge (Janie Devol buggy & Sam), Duff Eldridge, Trella Dolson. Photograph was probably taken by photographer William DeVol, husband of Janie DeVol.They pose left to right:William Eldridge (1875-1933), Mary F. (McKinney) Eldridge Taylor (1838-1917), Lyman Duff Eldridge (1878-1950), John Okes Taylor (1884-1938), Trella May Dolson (1895-1900) little girl in wagon, Sarah Jane (Eldridge) DeVol (1868-1950) driving carriage, and Sam the horse.Mary F. Taylor, age 61, was listed as the head of household in Linton Township, Vigo County. Living with her were 15 year old son John O. Taylor; and sons William T. Eldridge, farm laborer, age 25; and Lyman D. [Duff] Eldridge, 22, farmer, listed as owner of the farm.Trella or Trellah Dolson was an orphan as her parents Vern K. and Margaret (Randolph) Dolson died in 1897 and 1898. In the 1900 census she lived with her grandparents in Linton Township, Vigo County, Indiana. Trella died on November 16, 1900 in Pimento, Sullivan County, Indiana of dipheria.[In the 1910 census Lyman D. Eldridge owned a farm on Eldridge Road in Linton Township, Vigo County. During the 1920 census for the same township he owned a farm on Sheldon Beauchamp Road. At the time of her death in December 1917, Mary F. Taylor lived northwest of Pimento].
Origin: 1900, circa
Source: http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/76314E3D-D4F2-4EF4-9ED1-192833524153
Collection: Indiana Album
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Geography: Vigo County, Indiana, United States
Subjects: Diana McKinney Collection
Families
Houses
Carriages & coaches
Pimento (Ind.)
Vigo County (Ind.)

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