WARD ELDRED came to Greene county in 1818, seeking a home, and found land to his liking on section 20, of this township (Carrollton Township). He had come afoot, with a cousin, from the state of New York, camping out on the way. They returned to their home the same year, and in the early spring he, with his father and brothers, came by flat-boat, and, after one summer spent in the vicinity of Alton, came to this county in 1821, and located on the farm he had selected. Mr. Eldred died here in 1851.