Eldredge family

Born in New York City on May 8, 1818, Joseph Concklin Eldredge moved from Connecticut to Texas in 1837. While in Texas, Eldredge served as Sam Houston's aide-de-camp, as head of the peace party to the Indian country in 1843, and as a commissioner. Upon the occasion of Eldredge's appointment as assistant paymaster in the United States Navy in 1847, Sam Houston presented him with a sword. Eldredge participated in Commodore Oliver Perry's expedition, which opened Japan to world commerce, and in the laying of the Atlantic cable. During the Civil War he served in the United States Navy. Eldredge retired in 1878 and died in Brooklyn, New York on August 14, 1881.

Houston Eldredge, son of Joseph C. Eldredge, served as a midshipman in the United States Navy and stood for examination at Annapolis. He received his naval appointment as an Ensign Junior Grade in 1883. By 1894 he had served in the Bering Sea Command and reached the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade.

Houston Eldredge, Jr., graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1938.