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ENOS T. ELDRED (deceased), farmer, Oxford Twp., Sec. 9; P.O. Wyoming; born in New York June 10, 1831, and came to Iowa, in 1863, and entered, and now owns, eighty acres; he made all the improvements; held the office of School Director, and graduated at Cooperstown, N.Y.; died July 4, 1872. His wife, Ellen E. Atwood, was born in Illinois March 10, 1847; married January 14, 1862. Mrs. E. still carries on the farm, as directed by her husband; they had four children—Edgar E., Everett M., William L. and Harry. Bertie Bell Morton, adopted in 1879.
Source: History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 590.
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