Born on Feb 16, 1822 to William Eldridge and Harriet F. Evans Eldridge. William Benjamin Eldridge passed away on Apr 4, 1905, at the age of 83 and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, United States. William Benjamin Eldridge was married to Elizabeth C. Hepburn Eldridge and had 8 children: Charles Benjamin Eldridge, Benjamin W. Eldridge, Frederick A. Eldridge, William Grant Eldridge, Mary F. Eldridge, Agnes L. Eldridge, Jane A. Eldridge, Evelyn Ellsworth Eldridge Wilson.