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Francis and Virginia Jane Wilkerson Letterman








Francis and Virginia Letterman
and their 7 youngest children
about 1883 Webster County, Missouri
I believe that the girl second from the left is
Sarah Laura Letterman.









James Daniel Eldridge and Fannie Lora Lee Letterman,
daughter of Francis and Virginia Letterman

    Fannie and James were married 25 Nov 1897 by Judge Ben Shields on horseback near Niangua,
Missouri. The wedding party also sat on horse back for the vows.  Their best man was Fannie's cousin,
Albert Letterman and the bride's maid was Susie Mather.
Source: Naomi Eldridge Evans Davis and Jeannie Dates


     "The year was 1876. The child's name was James Daniel Eldridge. James' mother died possibly when he was born. His father, James, left his boy in the care of a woman named Marge Lavender in 1872. His actual birthday was March 24, 1872. The deal was she would raise him until his father got on his feet being a widower and all. Well the time came to return him, and she had grown too attached and left town. She abducted him from Independence, Kansas. She took him to Missouri near Niangua. He went by the surname of Lavender until about sixteen years of age, then he returned to Eldridge. James Eldridge, his father, was supposed to have been a minister of the Camelite Ministry.There were supposedly seven to eight more siblings."
http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.eldridge/724/mb.ashx
Adoption: Actually kidnapped by Leve & Margaret Lavender and traveled to Marshfield, Missouri along the railway tracks.




A Page from Fannie Elrdridge's Bible
Source: Naomi Eldridge Evans Davis






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