Alma Eldredge was the 5th child of Ira & Nancy Black Eldredge. The family was converted to the LDS church in 1840 and left their home in Indiana for the Rocky Mountains in 1846. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in Sept of 1847. Alma met his future wife, Marinda Merrill at Chalk Creek and they were married 24 Jan 1863. Alma was avidly involved in the political aspects of Coalville and the state of Utah. He and Marinda had 11 children, 6 of which grew to adulthood. Towards the end of their lives they moved to Salt Lake City and lived there until their deaths. Alma died of hypostatic pneumonia (fluid in dorsal region of lungs) and was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery close to by not by his parents.
Alma Eldredge was the 5th child of Ira & Nancy Black Eldredge. The family was converted to the LDS church in 1840 and left their home in Indiana for the Rocky Mountains in 1846. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in Sept of 1847. Alma met his future wife, Marinda Merrill at Chalk Creek and they were married 24 Jan 1863. Alma was avidly involved in the political aspects of Coalville and the state of Utah. He and Marinda had 11 children, 6 of which grew to adulthood. Towards the end of their lives they moved to Salt Lake City and lived there until their deaths. Alma died of hypostatic pneumonia (fluid in dorsal region of lungs) and was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery close to by not by his parents.
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