- Hon. Enoch Holdridge, eldest son of Rev. Price and Lydia (Robinson) Holdridge, was born in Nelson, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1818. His father, a pioneer preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, settled in Napoli in 1832. He traveled hundreds of miles through forests, storms, and sunshine. Enoch came to East Randolph in 1838, and worked for Capt. Amos Hall one year at $12 per month, and continued with him about fifteen years, transacting a large amount of business along the Allegheny, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers. He has been engaged on his own account in lumbering, farming, and merchandizing, and now owns with his son Ernest D. the "upper grist-mill" in East Randolph, located on the site of the first grist-mill of the place erected by Philemon Hall in 1824. Mr. Holdridge also has a half-interest in the Randolph Mills in East Randolph Village. He married Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Maybee. She is the mother of his three children: Josie, born Feb. 22, 1846, wife of Rev. W. W. Woodworth; Gertrude, born April 26, 1849, died Dec. 27, 1852; and Ernest D., born May 20, 1856. The latter was educated in Chamberlain Institute, engaged in teaching, and began the study of law, but was obliged to abandon it on account of ill-health. Enoch Holdridge was first a Whig and joined the Republican Party at its organization. He has received many political honors. He has served the town of Conewango as justice of the peace twenty-one years, supervisor eight years, and in 1872 was member of Assembly. In 1861 he was appointed postmaster of East Randolph, and voluntarily resigned in 1865 in favor of the veteran soldier, A. A. Hall, who lost a leg in battle. He has served as a trustee of Randolph Academy and at the organization of Chamberlain Institute was elected trustee, which position he still holds. He has been an efficient, honorable, and upright man and officer.
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