Mr. Eldredge became a Master Mason in 1853.

The evidence

• “Eldredge was in communion with the Episcopal church and a member of the Christ church, Janesville. He became a Master Mason in 1853 ; a member of Janesville Lodge, No. 55, and of Janesville Commandery, No. 2, Knights Templar, of which he was one of the organizers.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 247 / book p. 749

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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